Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-13

tent1On TO q very lew OF many duulIlouai
items which will show the growth and develop
ment OF this city. ooo
Assessed wealth. SIG, 4s2, geo $ss. 4s7 900
Number school chill ,oo-o
Number school teach =, ,oo
Registered vote ..... 5000 1889
Freight ship'ts (tons) 249,472 SUI lsS
Express shipments .,-oooo o 90, ooo
(pounds) ...-,...... 1,35o,Oo0 G,S33,oo0
Express trains Daily III oo
No. acres GOV. land .oo,o-
sold ............... 257,913 4oZ,l9
Gross receipts Land. $72.075 $250,0o7
Telephone subscrib'rs 4lO 1,O0o
The city is very rapidly and substantially i'm
proving. Within eighteen months she has has
paved over five miles of streets and built over
100 miles of sidewalk. 100000 have been
eXpend ed in buildings in the same length OF
time Fine brick and stone business houses,
some OF them costing $3.50 600 make the new
Government building seem very insignificant.
The City OF Los Angeles purchased lot $50
feet front and is now erecting city hall
120x120 feet This costs, withia lair price for
a court house, 140x1s0 feet, at a cost
OF $40 900 on property 30ox34O. fair val
uation for both would be $650.OoO. Neither
the city nor the county has the demand for the
space the United States Government deeds,
and yet neither will have too much room for
the proper transaction OF business. we are
not do ourselves at our own expense. That
you may have some idea of the de-
velopment of this country in the past.
eqf II a
ton 10 the fact that in 1883 this county pro-
duced 500, 600 boxes oranges, 100 600 boxes
raisens; 100 GOO tons grapes, 5000 600 SALONS Ions
bushels barley, 1 100000 bushels wheat, and
other products in proportion, and yet the de-
velopment of our resources has barely begun.
over 400, 900 fruit trees have been planted
this year in this county and nearly 100000
acres more sown to grain than at any previous
year This city is the railroad center OF South
ern California, both systems of the Southern
Pacific, the Santa Fe road, and many local
roads terminating here. This undeveloped,
but rapidly developing county, rich beyond
resources will attract in the future as in the
past a large immigration, which will double
the present population of this city in very
few years This reasonable and natural in
crease should be taken into account by the
Government and the present wants of our city
and county not only provided for, but the i'm
of beginning the work should not be accepted
as an unanswerable argument in favor of COM
pletiDg It. The. Government can never so
esy ana eTGer rna' 70 as Il
matters, an option has been taken on
the ground adjoining the present site until May
been held since the construction Of the GOV.
eminent building be gan; which option will be
held subject to the pleasure of the United States
officials. The Senate Committee on relations
with Canaoa have lately visited our city and
inspected the building as well as our city and
county. We refer with confidence to the opin.
ion Of several of the Committee who recon-
we shall 'H recommend. p while we did ID
not have the opportunity to hear ex-
pressions from each, yet from those
and Pugh, we are greatly pleased to say that
they are in exact accord with us. We there
fore respectfully but earnestly protest against
the completion of the building at the present
time and that slnh actions shall ha ta
by you as are proper in the premises. We ap-
pend the resolutions unanimously adopted by
our Board in its last regular meeting:
Resolued, That this Board has carefully and
thoroughly examined into the matter of the
Government Building now being erected in this
city, and it is the sense of the Board that work
on said building should be stopped at once,
and an effort made at the next session of Con-
gress to obtain a sufficient appropriation to
purchase additional ground adjoining the pres
ent site and to enlarge the present building,
SO that 1t will have at least double the ground
space covered by the present building, and be
three stories in height.
Very respectfully submitted by tho Board of
Directors of the LIS Angeles Chamber of Com
merce,
E. W. Jones, President; W. F. Fitzgerald,
First Vice President: Hervey Lindley, Second
President; Sutherland Hutton, John Flourney.
d. Gilbert Dexter. M D.. johnson, W. \.
Hughes Z. P. Johnson. J. Mills Davies. ]. B
h. Toler, A. H. Denker, E. c.. Garbutt, H. C.
Wilmer. D. Mcfarland, Board Of Directors.
Attest, ~. r. HIGGINS, Secretary.
Los Angeles. CAL, June l, 1889.
The reading of tie report was greeted
with applause. The chairman said that
copies of the report of the directors had
teen sent to Gen. Vandever, Senator
Stanford and the Secretary OF the Treas
ury.
The report Of the special committee
was ordered received and filed. A SINH
lar motion was made with regard to the
report of the Board of Directors. Mr..
Peck wanted to see immediate action
taken and the report of the Board of D-
rectors forwarded to headquarters at
Washington. DR.. Widney was opposed
to the present location, as it was cramped
for room. Mr.. Lankershim said that an
arrangement had been made by which
additional ground could be obtained.
General Boyce wanted to have the work
stopped Immediately by telegram, and
the question Of date could be determined
afterward. Major Jones deprecated any
proposition TO change the site. He
thought that any action of this sort would
reflect unfavorably upon the Chamber,
and would occasion great deal OF oppo-
sition. With concerted action, large
appropriation could be secured.
General Boyce moved that the report
be adopted, with the exception OF the
clause recommending the purchase of
additional land adjoining the present
site. Mr.. Lankershim objected to this
amendment, which he said would nullify
the entire report. More ground could
be secured at the same location-the
whole block could be bought down to
Fifth street. The whole matter should
be left to the Government. Mr.. Book
was opposed to opening up the question
of the site again.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Gen. Boyce offered the following reso-
luton: That the officers of this Cham
Der, including the Vice-President and
Board of Directors, be instructed to send
the following telegram to both General
Vandever and Senator Stanford: "We
are instructed by the Chamber of Com
merce TO request you to telegraph to Sec
rotary Window and ask that work on
the Government building be stopped at
once, to save further waste of money"
Mr.. Hughes said that he had learned
that the Presidents of the Santa Fe road
and the California Southern would shortly
visit this city together with other rail-
road officials, and he moved that the
committees on visitors and on commerce
be instructed to confer with them and
attend to their entertainment when in
the city.
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