Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-11-14

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exhibit of California fruit and other pro-
ducts given him about year ago, were
placed on exhibit in London.
The following candidates have been
proposed for membership in the cham
Der of commerce, and will be voted
upon at the next regular meeting, No
vember 18th: AID. Frese & Co.. 500
South Spring street; NJ. G. Baker, 213
West First street; j.. II. Martin, 213
West First street; G. HI. Sessions, P. O.
box 686, city; G. II. Afford, city hall !;
d. Botiller, 843 South Spring street;
Mariner J. Kent, 1926 South Hill street !;
Wilson Chamberlain, 213 South Broad
way; M. S. Hewes, los North Spring
street; Thomas r. Bard, Hueneme,
California H. S. Hubbard, 12O1S South
Spring street; Ludwig & Wagner, Mott
market; Alfred Wood, III jackson
street; Chas. G. Lamb, 213 South Spring
street; Hugh f. Smith, 213 West First
street.
This concluded the business part of
the meeting. Ex-Mayor Workman,
who had been invited to address the
chamber on the results of his recent
trip to the east, and the prospects of
getting another overland railroad for
Los Angeles, was then introduced.
Mr.. Workman spoke as follows
Mr.. President and Fellow Members of the
Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles
GENTLEMEN: At the solicitation OF
your worthy president have consented
to address you this evening. As you
are ali aware that l am not public
speaker, / will place my remorks in the
shape Of a talk. My object in appear
ing before you is to awaken and arouse
the people of Los Angeles and Southern
California in general to the necessity OF
taking some action in a matter OF great
importance at this time.
Realizing the advantage arising from
railroad communication between Los
Angeles and Salt Lake city, | left here
early in October for the purpose of at
tracing the attention of capitalists in
the east to the building of this line at
an early date, and to examine the re-
sources of the country through which
such road would pass.
/ proceeded at once to st. Louis, Mo-,
to interview the enterprising gentlemen
now building the Terminal railway in
this county, OF which forty-eight miles
are now completed and in operation.
After having received proper encour-
agement from the gentlemen above re-
ferred to, l had interviews with the pro-
jectors OF several lines of road extending
in this direction through Southern
Utah, and they all expressed themselves
in favor of extending the roads into
Los Angeles and Southern California.
Now it is of the utmost importance that
the people of Los Angeles city and
county, also of San Bernardino county
and Southern California generally,
should be united in taking proper action
towards securing the immediate con-
struction of this road. Why wait five
or ten years for it to be built
when by the little aid and assistance
that we can give Thorn. we may secure
it's building at once, perhaps its compile
tion before the worlds fair of '93? Let
us for once act as unit in securing this
desirable end. There is no reason why
any antagonism should be created by
the friends of the great Southern Pacific
and Santa Fe systems. 1t will simply
build up Southern California and double,
triple, nay, quadruple the present bust
ness OF the existing roads,"
Southern California is as yet compar-
atively in its infancy; railroads build
up cities and communities; and the
more transcontinental connections we
have the faster will our country progress.
wish to call your attention to one
feature OF this road, and that / consider
of incalculable benefit, and that will
advance our country faster than any
other. This feature is manufacturing.
While accord to agriculture and horti-
culture their due and proper share in
the settlement of a country, and while |
recognize their great influence on the in
crease of traffic, yet to reach the highest
privileges Of large and populous city
we must have manufacturing indus
tries. Nothing will conduce more to
the building up of our country than
the securing of cheap fuel. On
the line OF this new road to
Salt Lake are immense deposits OF an
excellent quality OF coal, and mountains
of iron and other precious metals which
/ predict will be brought to this city to
be reduced as soon as this road is COM
pleted. These inexhaustible supplies
OF coal and iron are within 400 miles of
this city Of Los Angeles. Just think of
what our city would be with large smelt-
ing works, rolling mills and the other
manufacturing Industries that would
follow the introduction of cheap coal.
predict that the precious metals, such
as the gold, silver, etc., that are to
be found in Southeastern California and
Southeastern Nevada, from Los Angeles