Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-13
THAT SAN DIEGO POST.
BIDS OPENED YESTERDAY AT
ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
of Prices-Colonel Corbin's Views on
the Matter.

Bids from parties who wish to sell the
government land3 upon which to estab-
lish military post at San Diego, were
opened at army headquarters. The
bids were eleven in number, and offer
considerable variety in land offered and
in prices. The bids are as follows:
l. The San Diego Land and Town
company offer 1000 acres of the west
end of the Story ranch, fourteen miles
southeast OF San Diego, at $3.50.
2. San Diego Land and Town COM
pany, offer 750 acres ons-half mile from
San Diego Bay at $500 per acre.
8. A. Klauber offers 1,455 acres of
part of lot 13, of Rancho Mission of
San Diego, at s75 per acre.
T. The estate of Robert Allison six miles
east of San Diego, offers five distinct
| tracts as follows: 1910 acres, at SAL 80 !;
1866 acres, at $49.70; 1856 acres, at
$47.75; 1866 acres, at $46.34; 1895 acres,
at $45.26.
| 5. The Point Iona Land and Town
company offer 320 acres at $3.50 per acre,
and 400 acres at $100 per acre, one mile
/
| 6. The Coronado Beach company Of
fers 500 acres on Coronado Heights, two
miles from the boundary line between
the United States and Mexico. A price
of $50, 900 is asked.
Z. Los Angeles, San Diego and Yuma
railroad company offer to donate all of
lot IL subdivision of Ocean Beach. if the
government will use it's reservation at
Point Iona also.
s. The Coronado Beach company Of
fer to donate the Brickyard tract, in
cludIng wharf, also 80 acres opposite
Ballast Point, and land for batteries at
Coronado Heights, between the heights
and the hotel.
8. The Coronado Beach company also
offers $40 acres on North island, with
other land for batteries, with water and
other facilities, at prices to be fixed by
the commissioners appointed by Presi-
dent Harrison.
10. The Pacific Beach company offer
900 acres at Pacific beach, with half
mile water front, water, ETC., for $l25
per acre.
IL. James Gilmore and George w.
Hardacre offer $40 acres of Pueblo lots
Gas per maps furnishedl for $3.50, 900. If
additional land is needed they offer 260
acres at $4S,000, and 60 acres at SIS, 1000.
The adjutant general goes to San
Diego, today, by the afternoon train,
and will inspect all the sites offered,
after which the successful bidders will
be decided upon.
COLONEL CoRBIN's VIEWS.
H. G. Corbin, assistant adjutant-gen-
eral of the department of Arizona, in an
interview with HERALD reporter yes
terday, in speaking of the proposed
military post at San Diego, said that the
people of Los Angeles were very short
sighted in their policy of disparaging
the project. Southern California is all
one country; the presence of 1000 or
more men, who are non producers at
San Diego, could not fail to affect the
entire section, Los Angeles included.
Many of these men will draw large
salaries, all of them will draw salaries
of some size, and this money will re-
main in the country, as we'll as the
money which will be spent for food and
supplies for these men. This is
an item that should not be
forgotten. Another fact is,
that post at San Diego will provide the
people of Southern California with an
argument for the establishment of a post
at San Pedro and every other Southern
California port, an argument which the
recent affair of the Itata will not be
likely to weaken.
In speaking of the Itata, Colonel Cor
bin said that the insurgent steamer
would not have dared to enter San Diego
if there had been battery with single
gun defending that harbor. The Itata
came in there simply because it was un-
defended, and afforded facilities for es-
cape in case of complications.
In conclusion Colonel Corbin stated
that military posts were useful as pre-
ventitive measures, more than for what
they accomplished. AS such the people
OF the United States should rather en-
courage than discourage their establish
ment.