The herald., 1893-10-01
TERMINAL ISLAND.
Many improvements Under way-Local
Affafra

Many improvements Under Way-LocaI
Affairs.
TERMINAL ISLAND. Sept. 30.-There is
general movement of quietly getting
ready. and eligible locations on the bay
for wharves and warehouses are being
gobbled up, and the inference is from
the plan of campaign that favorable
news has been received from Washing
ton.
All the land around Whites point has
been bought in very quietly, presum-
ably by agents of the Southern Pacific,
30 the opposition tranHcontinental rail
road will have trouble in finding an
outlet on the west side of the hsrbor.
But this island, 80 situated topograph-
ically, will transact the bulk of the i'm
mense commerce that is hound to seek
this snug harbor, and with the estuary
dredged out to Wilmington, anc the bar
deepened to 80 feet at low tide, there
will be room for all the transcontinental
railroads in the country to meet ship
and rail on the east side OF the bay.
The Southern Pacific keep right on
dumping rock they get from Catalina
into the bay, making solid roadway
between Wilmington and San Pedro.
Several channels will be left open by
order of the government.
Extensive improvements at the COM
pany's pavilion and bathing house for
next season have been decided on, we
are creditably informed. A large dane
ing platform, we'll shaded and with
plenty Of seats, will be one Of the ad-
ditions, and a toboggan slide that will
extend and recede with the tide will
add to the popularity of this already fa-
vorite bathing resort.
Fish dinners are the attraction at the
pavilion, and Mr.. Beach has the knack
of suiting everybody in the many ways
that feb can be served.
There were several rumors about the
sale of Boskee's island floating around
this neighborhood on Wednesday last.
One of the reports was that the Santa
Fe had bought it, and another was that
it wac sold to lumber company that is
now doing business at Redondo.
T. M. Gilbert and Z. III. Hall are or
ganizing yacht club, with headquarters
at the island, with the object of having
good social time and of having series
of races with like club which is now
being organized at San Pedro.
VIM. w. Beach, the bonifsce of the
pavilion, has recovered from the effects
of his late accident SO far as to make the
trip from Arrowhead springs and return
last week.
The steamer Los Angeles discharged
over 80 tons of freight onto Terminal
cars at the wharf Thursday night.
The schooner Corona, with 10000 feet
of assorted lumber from Puget sound,
arrived Monday last, and is now dis
charging at the Ganahl company wharf
The immense business done by this
company has necessitated the chartering
of three more veseelE.
There are plenty OF curlew to be had
for the trouble of shooting, and sports
men when they tire of fishing can find
an agreeable and stimulating diversion
in hunting curlew and ducks.
A merry musical moonlight boating
party in two boats, consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. T. M. Gilbert. Mrs. William
Newell of Terminal Island, Mrs. Frank
Mcdonald of Redondo and Mr.. I. H.
Hall, Terminal agent, had delightful
sail on Wednesday night, circumnavi-
eating the several islands and going as
far as Wilmington.
Mics Audrey Settles of Long Beach
spent Friday very pleasantly here.
Mrs. Effie Osgood, Mrs. Nellie Oonnor
and the Misses Hattie and Elsie Graham
of Denver were more than pleased with
visit here on Wednesday.