Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-03
thanks to the lieutenant, which was
adopted unanimously.

thanks to the lieutenant, which was
adopted unanimously.
Mr.. II. Y. Osborne then made short
address, in which he said: This ques-
| tion is most serious one. We should
be practically united in the matter, for
consistently, we cannot propose two
places within few miles of each other
| to be improved, and cannot be surprised
if we obtain no appropriation for either.
! Twenty years ago the government en-
| gineers decided that the San Pedfo
harbor was the best place. At that
time boy could wade across the chan
mel. Only day or two ago the schooner
Meteor, drawing IL feet inches, crossed
the bar. That looks as if something
could be DONE. III the amount spent in
installments had been spent in one sum
the result would have been still better.
The improvement made already would
render it foolish to devote attention to
any new project for the present.
The duties received at San Pedro dur
ing nine years were $l0,270, $1,000,
$52, 900, $50 900, 1858 200, $105, 900, $780,
600, $52, 900, $53, 900, and in 1891 thus
far $S5 000 The total for nine years is
$660,000. Yet from this proposed i'm
provement l hope more for exports than
for imports, and see in the future great
vessels there unloading coal and taking
cargoes of golden wheat from modern
elevators at San Pedro to the east and
to Europe via the Nicaragua canal. ZAP
plause.I The collection OF duties as lit
now obtains should be amended. Los
Angeles ought to be a port of delivery,
and San Pedro and Redondo ought to be
made ports of entry.
General Vandever-It is plain from
what has been said that the results of
the engineers work has been as good as
at any point on the coast, and that the
government has always responded to
the demands of the engineers. The
foremost question in my mind is as to
the capacity OF the inner harbor. Will
there be enough room after the harbor
has been deepened for the traffic which
the growth of this city and country will
surely create? We don't want little
bit of a harbor with a narrow entrance.
Ultimately we will require an outer
convenience. In order to do something
now, however, the plan for the work
must be matured by the engineer,
approved by the secretary of war, and
then go to the congressional committee
on harbor improvements. There would
be no impropriety in urging upon con-
gress large appropriation, not only to
complete this work, but to extend it.
Mr.. Ainsworth--It has been said that
it is very important to chose the proper
point for our harbor. A practical point
would be Redondo, where vessel draw
ing 20 feet inches discharged day or
two ago because it could not get into
San Pedro. l should like to ask Lieu
tenant Meyler whether that vessel could
have entered San Pedro.
Lieutenant Meyler-You had better
not ask me, because captain told me
the other day that % feet of water was
the least he colld get in his soundings.
In reply to General Vandever, should
say that the capacity of this harbor will
of course be limited. The channel be-
tween the wharves will be 500 feet.
The dredging possibilities have, of
course, their maximum, and there is no
that vessels of 26 to 30 feet
draught can ever come into this harbor.
Mayor Hazard-I want an expression
from this chamber on the question
it is not inexpedient to ask
for further appropriation for an outer
barbor.
General Vandever-At the last ses-
sion of congress when the southern
delegates spoke for deep-sea harbor, at
Galveston, Tex, the principal argument
was that the shortest route across the
continent within the United States was
that from Galveston to San Pedro.
Without harbor at San Pedro the deep
sea harbor scheme at Galveston loses
half its virtue.
Mayor Hazard now offered resolu-
ton to the effect that the chamber
deemed it ilexpedient at the present to
ask for an appropriation for an outer
sea-wall harbor, but did desire to have
the improvements OF the inner harbor
continued. The first part of this reso-
luton awakened some opposition, the
speakers holding that the assumption
of such position might imperil future
opportunities for an outer harbor. The
mayor then withdrew his resolution and
adopted a substitute offered by Mr..
Lindley. This was as follows:
Resolved, That the chamber ask our
representatives in congress to use every
effort toward the completion OF the
work on the harbor at San Pedro, and
that an appropriation for that purpose
be asked for"
This was adopted unanimously. On
motion of Mr.. Osborne a committee of
FIVE, consisting of Messrs. Osborne,
Hazard, Workman, Lindley and Gunner
were appointed to memoriaize congress
in accordance with the resolution. The
recommendations of Collector Osborne
on ports of entry and delivery were
adopted and referred to committee
consisting of Messrs. Germain, Meyburg
and Braun.
The meeting then adjourned.
Besides the large planets which re-