Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-19
"A Happy Party of Nabobs
Inspect HarbOrs.
The Visiting Statesmen Well
Cared For.
They Take Look Both at San Pedro
and RedOndO.
The Trip on the WarriOr-Jim Mellus
Shows the Visitors How to Fish
Capt. Ainsworth Royalty En-
tertains Them at Redondo.

men with special prefxes to their names
in the. chamber of commerce party of
inspection to San Pedro yesterday than
in any other party that has recently
gone out of the Arcade depot. To COM
mence with there was Hon. Charles
FELTON,, then came His Excellency Gov
ernor H. H. Markham, OF Pasadena;
Hon. w. w. Bowers, of San Diego;
Mayor H. 7. Hazard, of Los Angeles;
Mayor T. P. Lukens, Pasadena; Gen. E.
P. Johnson, Collector HI. u. Osborne,
Capt. A. B. Anderson, Judge ]. w. Nc
Kinley, Col. F. s. Chadbourne, of Sac
ramento; Col. Reed Jones, of Oakland;
Col. w. D. Sanborn, of San Francisco;
Col. J. S. Young. of Healdsburg, and
Col. f. D. Laidlaw, of San Francisco.
OF persons less titled there were j. B.
Lankershim, Hervey Lindley, O. T.
johnson, William Niles, Charles For
man, w. H. Workman, Eugene Ger
main, Ben E. Ward, J. A. Kelley, James
Gunner, L. Lichtenberger, O.. w.
Churchill, G. M. Wells, G. d. Willard,
George H. Pike, L. E. Mosher, K, H.
Wade, J. J. Mellus, Hervy H. Smith,
This party took the 8 :25 train to San
Pedro, where, at the wharf, the steamer
Warrior was waiting, with all her bunt-
ing displayed.
The party was soon aflOat, and as the
little vessel steamed about in the har-
Dor, the Los Angeles men of experience
took Senator FELTON, in hand and pointed
out the various points OF interest in con-
nection with the subject nearest their
hearts-the making of safe harbor at
San Pedro. Lieutenant Miles, of the
United States naval survey, had been
taken aboard at San Pedro. and had
map with him, whereon he indicated
the different points, the depth of water
and other particulars.
To those not acquainted with the facts
it may be said that it is the intention,
in case government appropriation is
secured, to build a breakwater of broken
stone out in straight line from Point
Firmin, making an enclosed harbor Of
all the bay inside. The estimated cost
OF such breakwater and other improve
ments is $4,000, 900, and the harbor, thus
completed, will be one of the most COM
modious and safest on the Pacific coast.
The ground-or water-sufficiently
looked over, Senator FELTON, and few
special train whirled them rapidly to
Redondo, while the bulk of the party
remained aboard the Warrior and pro-
ceeded to Redondo by the outside pass
age, Captain Ainsworth having invited
the entire party to take lunch at the
great hotel.
Shortly after the steamer started ). ).
Mellus secreted himself in the cellar"
of the steamer, as one of the passengers
called it, and a suspicious popping of
corks was followed by the appearance
from below OF numerous bottles of beer,
accompanied by procession OF tum-
blers. A box of crackers came up next
and was broken open; then came half a
cheese. and the party proceeded to take
the edge off the appetites they were TAX
ing to Redondo.
Several fish lines were produced after
the cheese and cracker box had been
desolated, and after being duly baited
with piece OF white rag were dropped
overheard. Six fine albicore were
caught, four OF them by Col. Reed Jones
and one by j. B. Lankershim. These
five were all caught on hook baited by
a piece OF J. J. Mellus's pocket hand
kerchief, which he said had been pre-
viously soaked in whisky.
ATTlNSQ dU IoCoOAuOs OhO ooSeehASA
party and the overlanders met at the
hotel and proceeded to discuss special
lunch prepared for them, after which
short addresses were delivered by Mayor
Hazard, Senator Bowers and Senator
FELTON,, the latter gentlemen stating that
both would do all in their power when
in the national legislature to benefit
Southern California.
After lunch the members OF the party
who had not previously visited the mag
-nificent hotel, were conducted on an In
spection tour, and were enthusiastic il
their admiration of the beautiful ant
commodious structure. Captain Aims
worth was thanked individually ane
collectively for his hospitality by the
entire party, and did not part with hi
guests until he had taken the entir
party up to Los Angeles in a specia
train on the Redondo railway, AM
landed them at Jefferson street.
An amusing feature of the trip was IL
connection with Mayor Hazards pocke
book. He lost it at San Pedro, and
member af the party found it ant
placed it with the bar-keeper at the Re
dondo hotel, where, in order to redeeIr
it, he was obliged to set 'em up for al
of the party who could be gathered to
gether on short notice. The worth
mayor can take a joke as we'll as an
man and was as good natured as pot
sihlv over IT,