Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-16

About Our Harbor.
The editor of the HERALD yesterday
had several conversations with the lead
ing gentlemen who comprise the st.
Louis syndicate who are about to give
us the Terminal railway. They are per-
sons who rank high in political and
financial circles in the United States.
The fact that they take great interest
in our development is highly gratifying
to the amour propre of our people. In
the present article we will confine our
selves to two of these personages. And
first OF
MR.. RICHARD c. KERENs.
This gentleman is extensively known
in the United States. He is the partner
of Mr.. S. B. Elkins, who is the next
friend of Mr.. James G. Blaine, the
present secretary OF state of the United
States, and an all round political
athlete. This gentleman, through his
political associations, is power. He is
well known on the Pacific coast, and
has been in his day a great factor in
developing this section. He is quite OF
the middle age and has the genial man.
ners of frontiersman, with the polish
derived from long association with ele-
CANT society. His mansion on Vande-
venter Place, in St. Louis, is one OF the
palaces for which that city is noted.
His opinions are as valuable as his finan-
cial initiative is effective, while his polit-
ical "pull'' is about the biggest of any
Republican outside of official station
in the United States.
ABOUT OUR HARBoR AT SAN PEDRO.
The Terminal railway have already
begun work at Rattlesnake island,
and are now engaged building
wharves opposite those of the
Southern Pacific, on Deadman's
island. Mr.. Kerens has no hesitation in
saying that great harbor ought to be
constructed at that point. The govern
ment of tine United States has already
appropriated 1000, 900 for the improve
ment of the harbor at Galveston. and
there is no reason why the $4,000,000
needed for the construction of a harbor
at San Pedro should not be also grant
ed. Mr.. Kerens thinks that million
dollars of this money should be expend-
ed during the next two years, and he
believes that that sum will be forthcom-
ing. He thinks that our people ought
to agltate earnestly for this measure,
and so does the HERALD. Mr.. Kerens
is energetic, liberal in his ideas and
rustler from base.
HON. JEFF CHANDLER.
The Hon. JEFF Chandler, the attorney
and adviser and one of the stockholders
OF the Terminal railway, is one of the
most noted constitutional lawyers of
the United States. He was quite re-
Gently head of the firm of Chandler
& Hunton, of Washington, d. G. Prior
to that time he was a noted lawyer OF
St. Louis. He is the attorney for a
number of important railways outside OF
the Terminal system. He is man of
enlightened views. He is a great be-
lever in Los Angeles county, and he
sees no reason why San Pedro should
not be so improved as to make that har-
Dor the entrepot for the commerce of
China, Japan and the islands of the Pa
cifc.
WHAT THE TERMINAL PEOPLE PROPOSE.
This st. Louis syndicate propose to
complete their plans of local railway de-
velopment, which involve the building
of nearly one hundred miles of railway
and a fine wharf at San Pedro, on Rat
tlesnake island, with depots at Los An
spend, so Mr.. Chandler says, three mill
ion dollars; They estimate that this
will take them until about the first of
kor hof @Ln,r ,alo
body making traffic arrangement with
way, which will give them the use of
template making traffic arrangement
which will land them at Ogden and be-
yond.
When this is accomplished they pro-
pose to interview the people Of Los An
geles as to taking stock to the extent of
one million dollars in the road. They first
intend to invite our citizens to send out
experts to inspect for themselves the
immense deposits of coal and iron in
southwestern Utah. As condition for
this subscription they will bind them
selves to deliver coal at Los Angeles for
81 ton. AS one hundred thousand tons
of coal are now being used in this city
and vicinity, costing an average of $40 a
ton, this will of itself, in few years,
more than reimburse the subscription
asked for, and the county would, be-
sides, have the stock. San Bernardino
and Orange counties would be asked to
contribute their pro rata of this sub
scription.
In addition to this cheap fuel the
incidental benefits to Los Angeles and
to this section would be enormous.