Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-24
AN OBSTRUCTIVE CLAMoR.

Nothing could well be more absurd than
the undsguised hostility of San Diego
to anything that would have tendency
to benefit Los Angeles. This is in the
highest degree illogical. Certainly 1T is
to the interest of our southern neighbors
to zee Los Angeles city and county en-
large and prosper. The more people
who come to this favored portion OF
Southern California the greater will be
the overflow towards the south. But
our neighbors of Baynclimste affect not
to be able to see this. While we look
with great good humor at any progress
they have made. and are willing to help
them in anything that will advance
their interests. we are sorry to be obliged
to say that we are met in far different
spirit.
Why should the people of San Diego
antagonize appropriations looking to
the creation of deep-sea har-
Dor at San Pedro? 1t is just
as certain as that the night will sue.
ceed the day that the government OF the
United States, recognizing the great
paucity of natural harbors on the Pa
cifc coast, will create one on the Los
Angeles sea.board. Senator G. N. Eel
ton sees this and proposes to place the
harbor of San Pedro in the continuous
appropriation group, and will aim to
secure at the present session of congress
an allotment of $3.50, 900 for that place.
No one disputes the fact that Senator
FELTON, is very intelligent man. He is
under no special obligations to the peo-
pie of Los Angeles. He has considered
it part OF his duty to make an ex-
haustive study Of the needs of the state
he represents; and, after having thor
oughly inspected San Pedro, he
takes the responsibility of intro
ducing the bill to which San
Diegans take such querulous ex-
ceptions. The chamber of commerce
of this city, and all our other representa-
tive bodies and the Los Angeles news
papers, quite naturally follow the lead
of Senator FELTON,, and why should they
not?
How will it iniure our southern
neighbor to have good deep-sea har-
Dor created at San Pedro? The highest
authority in the United States engineer
corps says it can be done. All the topo-
graphical and marine conditions are
highly favorable to the creation OF this
harbor. A great commerce is building
up at Los Angeles. which represents the
whole stretch Of the Ameican continent
below certain lines of latitude. The
shortest route commercially from tide.
water to tidewater within the limits oi
the United States lies between Sar
Pedro and Galveston. Sensible people
are ready to admit that the Pacific coast
should have increased harbors for COM
merce and for refuge. Mr.. FELTON, has
the utmost confidence in being able to
pass his bill, and there is no earthly
reason why San Diego should raise q
yawp of opposition. Setting up the
ridiculous claim that her port ought to
do all the business for Southern Cali
fornia, it is as far from doing it now as
it was forty years ago, and ten years
from now it will be even further away
from it's unattainable goal than now.
The Hon. W. w. Bowers, the member
of congress from the old Sixth district
of California, OF which Los Angeles
formed almost one-half in population, is
adjured by San Diego marplots to work
against Mr.. Felton's bill, with its pres-
ent appropriation of $250,O00 and ulti-
mate appropriation of $S,O00,000. Mr..
Bowers will probably have too much de-
cency to do anything of the kind.
When he was soliciting the votes of the
people OF Los Angeles he again and
again, in public speech and in personal
intercourse, stated that he would work
for an appropriation Of $6,000,000 for
San Pedro harboI. No man can afford
to stultify himself as Bowers would be
compelled to do if he were to join in
with the mad clamors OF that portion OF
the people Of San Diego who are dis
posed to enact the dog-in-the-manger
business in connection with Senator
Felton's efforts to create serviceable
deep sea harbor on the southern coast.
1t is true that the Hon. W. w. will rep
resent a new district in the Fiity-third
congress, and that he is no longer
obliged to solicit the votes OF our peo-
pie. but he will probably think that
decency requires him to have some re-
I'd for hia nladnen