Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-10
LONG BEACH.
The Meeting of the Wharf
Advocates.
Good Advice as to What II
Needed.
An Enthusiastic Gathering-Brass Bands
and Parades-Interesting Ad-
dresses By Los An
geles Men.

LONG BEACH, July 9.-The mass meet
ing at Long Beach Friday night, called
for the purpose OF holding the voters
enthusiasm up to the sticking point OF
casting their ballots for the wharf bonds
at the election for that purpose Monday,
July 11th, was big affair and was but a
forerunner of the dense throng OF people
who will abide here when Long Beach
gets her own."
A long line of citizens with torches
and transparencies followed the Long
Beach brass band and paraded the prin-
cipal streets, lit up on their way by the
glare of roman candles, the swish of the
festive sky rockets and the booming OF
anyils. The transparencies were to the
point and bore the following notices: {:
''Vote for the bonds and bury the fos-
sils !" progress and wharf," "When
we help ourselves others help u.s."
Everybody says wharf," "All aboard
the wharf for Catalina island" "The
wharf will furnish landing for vessels
and market for our fruits )" "Down with
petty jealousies and up with the wharf,"
"Los Angeles wants the wharf !" "Pasa-
dena wants the wharf,"
The tabernacle where the meeting
was held was well filed by those inter
ested in this movement, many ladies
gracing the occasion with their pres
ence. Mr.. j. Roberts, who acted as
chairman, after short speech intro
duced, amidst much applause, the
mayor of Los Angeles, the Hon. Henry
7. Hazard, who among other things
said: "You have now the chance of
making Long Beach component part OF
the great city of Los AngeleH-and why
When you construct your wharf our
capitalists will be attracted to you and
pour out theii wealth in building hand
some homes on your beautiful seashore.
They will build you hotels, put in water
systems, sewers, street railways, and
tell you know it, our people will be
glad to claim Long Beach as part OF the
city of Los Angeles" He believed in
consolidated government, and when
people can come here to Long Beach
and go boating and fishing, the people
not only of Los Angeles but OF all over
the Union will come. The mayor was
earnest in his advocacy of the project,
and was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause.
Mr.. Charles E. French of Santa Ana
being called, made brief speech ex-
pressing sympathy with the movement.
He knew this place when it was only
sheep pasture, and had watched its
growth with great interest. He stated
that they were trying to get in here
with their railroad from Santa Ana, and
hoped they would be in by next sum-
mer. The people of Santa Ana were
heartily with US in the wharf enterprise
and sent greeting.
District Attorney McLachlan said that
the people of Pasadena, who own prop
erty here, told him to tell Long Beach
that they all were in favor of the city
building the wharf, and that they would
gladly pay their share OF the tax and
more if necessary. He had lot here
which heretofore had been for sale, but
was not now, as he thought this was the
best place in the county for investment.
He had also invested in lot in another
seaside town, which he did not name,
and had visited it short time ago and
found empty houses, no sign OF thrift,
no enterprise, and he now knew that his
money in that lot had 'gone where the
woodbine twineth." He advised the
building of the wharf, by all means. for
there never was school house, church
or hotel built but enhanced the value OF
all tne property, anu d Wuaii WOulu uO
the best investment they could make.
Governor Mintzer, who just got back
from San Francisco last Wednesday said
the officials of the Southern Pacific
railway told him that they were in favor
of the proposed wharf.
Rev. R. M. Webster believed in the
! people coming together in counsel and
advising and consulting with each
other. He believed to begin with that
if any such enterprise as this was to be
undertaken that it were better that the
whole people took part in it. He was
in favor of the park as a municipal eu-
terprise, but was opposed to corpora
ton, for any improvement that was to
be done he was in favor of the people
themselves doing it.
DR.. A. G. Cook also spoke, but 1t is
needless to recapitulate as the tenor OF
all the speeches were about the same.
Monday the 11th inst. will decide the
| question, and it will be cold day when
Long Beach gets left.