The morning call., 1893-02-03
WANT DEEP WATER
Men OF the South Before
Congress.
AIDED BY SENATOR FELTON,.
A Strong Presentation Is Made of the
Case on Behalf of the HarbOr
of San Pedro.
,IDrD BY SENATOR FELTON,.
Special to THE MoRN1Se CALL.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-There was an in
tereStng committee meeting at the Capitol
this morning. Senator FELTON, and Messrs.
Foreman and Gibson appeared before the
Sena Committee on Commerce and ad-
vecated the construction Of deep-water
harbor at San Pedro. Cal, in accordance
with The recommendations Of the War De-
partment. Engineers Foreman and Glo-
son represented tie Los Angeles Board Of
Trade. The members of the Commerce
Committee present were Frye. Cullom,
SaNver. Washburn and Quay. Senator
Hin of New York. though not a member of
the committee, listened attentivcly to the
remarks.
The first speaker was Mr.. Foreman,
who quoted largely from the report
Of The last board of engineers. He
said. The fact that San Pedro has been
selected as the most suitable location for a
deep-water barber for the fifth time by a
board Of engineers Of the army must have
great weight with Congress. In view of
The very excellent and seemingly conclusive
reasons given in the last report tor the
selection Of San Pedro, we feel justified in
saying that the people Of southern Caiif0r-
MA and of all the territory directly inter-
ested have by common consent agreed to
accept the last report as final. and are a
unit in their desire for immediate action in
CARRYING out the recommendations.
"In 1So0there were shipped from Southern
California 2St9 carloads Of oranges. The
conservative estimates place the crop of
the present year, which is now being liar
vested al from 700 TO 1900 carloads. and
thi, ratio Of increase will be preserved, If
not surpassed. am sure that l speak the
sentiment Of not only every member Of that
association, but Of every citizen Of South
ern California, and also of the Territories
Of Utah. New Mexico and Arizona. whose
cit Zens are, or WI be, represented before
y0u by the petitions q the business men of
their most important towns, when L say
that the commercial necessities Of those
sections absolutely demand the creation OF
q deep-water hsrbor at some point on the
coast e uthern California"
Chairman Frye. at the close Of Forman's
remarks, said: Il have been at Santa Mon
lea and San Pedro, and in the face Of the
reports IF the Board Of Engineers, have
no hesnancy In declaring my opinion that
the former IS preferable for q deep-wateT
harb 7. Santa Monica is seven miles nearer
Los Angeles, isn'tiI? The factiS the people
of that city would throw up their hats il
deep water harbor should be constructed Il
Santa Monica"
Notwithstanding the Senator's assertion,
Mr.. F.rman thought not lie said the high
bluffs at Santa Monica would prove TO be
obstacles.
Senator Cullom inquired about the own
ership Of railroad property and wharfage
at Santa Monica, and if il did not belong to
Huntington, Colonel Baker and Senator
Jones.
Fj.man said that was the understanding
cf the people Of utaern California, and
be believed it TO be correct. he said it was
their scheme to catch the coastwise trade
ard TO develop Santa Monica's,
When Forman had concluded FELTON,
made a statement in which he paid his re-
spects 10 Senator Frye, who is always
friendly to Mr Hnntington's interests. The
great railway magnate always feels that he
can rely upon Senator Frye's friendly Of
fees in his behalf II is Frye who pro-
poses 10 extend the Pacific railway debts
it is ha who reads to the Senate kilograms
from Mr.. Huntington opposing the passage
Of the Chinese exclusion bill; it is be VITO
receives long telegr ans from the Southern
Pacific Railway people IN opD0si lion TO San
Pedro and in favor Of Santa Monica for O
deep water hsrbOr. In short. Mr. Frye is
generally regarded in Washington as good
friend OF the railway corporations. He
knows that be eLiOys that reputation, and
his colleagues on the Commerce Committee
knew it to-day when FELTON,. without mine
ing words. said: 1T Is well for this COM
mittee TO know few facts about this mat
ter. Five different boards OF engineers
have reported in favor OF San Pedro
as against Santa Monica. As long
as Congress is disposed to take issue
with them, l apprehend we shall have no
harbor built There is but one interest Op-
posed to San Pedro. and that is the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company. besides the
personal Interests OF the two gentlemen
Dir. FoTman mentioned. If a haTbOT is
built al Santa Monica this railroad would
have almost, II not the absolute monopoly
Of the harbor TO the exclusion Of other
transcontinental roads. There could not
and would not be fair and equal division
of business. To speak plainly it would
give the Southern Pacific an almost exclu-
siYe monopoly of tie commerce Of that en-
tire section Of California"
Frye WINGED at Felton's words, and had
no questions to ask when he had concluded.
1t IS safe to say that there viii be no harbor
constructed at San Pedro while Senator
frye is chairman OF the Commerce Com
mIttee, for Congress will Ger tainly not run
counter to the recommended Of the army
engineers and build it at Santa Monica.