Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-08

made for feeding and distributing gifts
to the multitude of children. Now in a
few words instructions were given to the
children, and the great days festivities
began.
In short time the first detachment
of 1900 waits, under careful supervision
of the able police, were ready to be es-
corted to the immense dining room in
Horticultural hall. The remaining ones
were treated to delightful musical en-
tertainment, which continued through
out the day.
The dining hall presented gala ap-
pearance with it's beautiful and elabor-
ate decorations of flags, bunting. fes-
toons of smilax, garlands of cedar and
wreaths of holly. Ten we'll filed tables
running its entire length, each with a
seating capacity of 120, were covered
with spotless muslin here and there
choice exotic added its beauty to the
scene. Every plate was amply supplied
with cold roast turkey, cranberry sauce
and Saratoga chips, with the generous
cup of coffee steaming at its side, when
the children reached their places. In
addition to this there were great dishes
of various salads, celery, cold chicken,
ham, beef, pie. cake and other viands in
tempting array.
Under the efficient disposition of the
worthy force, each lady cared for ten
hungry children the first division of
1900 being ushered in, the feast began
at once.
When those at the table had eaten to
their satisfaction, they were taken back
to the stage, where each was presented
with q pound OF candy and some suit
able present.
This programme was carried out five
times, until considerably over 5000 chill
drer had been fed and made happy with
the ever welcome Christmas gift.
Looking upon this vast sea of unfor-
tunate humanity as they are with great
gusto devouring the delicious edibles, it
is sight long to be remembered, les
son full of interest and pathos. A. l.. D.
Santa Monica VS.. San Pedro.
EDIroRs HERALD: The report of the
engineers to congress on the deep-water
harbor does not chime with statements
that one or two of the gentlemen made
while visiting this place, and how they
can figure out that it will be 100000
cheaper. Santa Monicans are unable to
discover. Our rock lies nearer. and if it is
to be secured from the same point, i. e.,
Catalina island, Colonel Mendel himself
said there would be no additional ex-
pense to bring it to this place over San
Pedro; that the whole expense incurred
was in the quarrying and loading.
There seems to be nothing said on the
amount already expended at San Pedro,
which amounts to we'll nigh 81 ,000,0 900,
and yet they have not the beginning OF
a harbor. We Santa Monicans claim
they never can have, for many reasons
already stated, the main one being
that it is impossible to make the point
a deep sea harbor, because the water is
no deeper for considerable distance
out than at the entrance. The Outlook
in its last issue aptly put it in the fol-
lowing language:
But what of it? 1t is not practicable
to make San Pedro harbor accessible for
any larger vessels than now enter it.
The water for some distance out into
the ocean is no deeper than it is at the
entrance of the barbor, where it is
claimed to be fourteen feet, with vari-
alton in the rise and fall of the tide from
two to seven feet. 1t is not practicable
to dredge and keep channel open out
in the ocean, where there is a constant
depositing of debris, and shifting of
the same by the changing currents.
That engineering science which would
keep the channel open at an expense
that would justify the work is yet to be
discovered. We therefore say, without
fear of successful contradiction, that San
Pedro is now accessible for vessels OF as
large draft as it ever will be in the fu-
ture. H.