The herald., 1893-02-18
THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS.
A Request That They Stop at a
Los Angeles Port.
Petitioners Sign the Memorial Rep
senting Millions of Dollars.
A Weighty Demand Addressed to the
Company by tho Members of
the City Board OF
Trade.

A rev days ago Mr.. w. y. Patterson.
president Of the board OF trade, pre-
pared petition, a copy of which ap-
pears below. The secretary of the
board, Mr.. Gregory Perkins, jr., has
circulated the petition and secured the
signatures OF the members thereto. 1t
is believed that II this matter receives
the encouragement OF citizens, the &C.
tion prayed for will be taken.
To the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. San
Francisco, California.
GENTLEMEN: The undersigned are
members of the Los Angeles board of
trade, and would state, in order to give
you correct opinion of the commercial
standing OF this community, that the
members of the board of trade alone
represent capital of $20.0O0,OOO.
We would take pride in fostering such
an enterprise as is hereinafter suggested,
in order that we may not be obliged to
patronize ports 80 far distant from us as
are those of San Francisco and SanDiego.
We would take pride in encouraging
the visits OF the ships of company like
your own, whose entire life has been
associated with the growth and pros-
perity of the commerce OF the Pacific
coast.
We understand that the course OF
your steamers is, or will be, through
the Santa Barbara channel, SO that it
would require but very slight diverg-
ence to enable them to touch at one or
more OF the ports adjacent to Los Ange-
les.
The traffic in this section of the
country is already large and is constant
ly increasing in volume.
1t may be superfuous to say that the
commerce which makes an entry and
finds an outlet at San Diego represents
but small portion of the commerce of
Southern California, for the reason that
an average distance of 1875 miles sepa-
rates this large and rapidly growing ter
ritory from that port.
For that reason but little for or from
here finds its way to your steamers,
although large quantities of the prod
ucts Of this rich country, of which this
city is the commercial center, would
readily seek convenient and near by
outlet.
In view of the above and many other
facts which may be enumerated and
which are doubtless already apparent to
you, we earnestly ask that your vessels
on their south-bound trips to Panama
and on their north-bound trips to San
Francisco, shall touch at one or more of
the ports contiguous to this city.
(Signed): w. G. Patterson, president
board of trade; w. @. Patterson & Co..
wholesale produce dealers; California
bank, J. M. Wilmer, cashier; Niles
Pease, furniture and carpets; VIM. s..
Allan fnruituva onI ooroato. Gau,-ovr
q Johnson Co., by G. M. Danskin, gro.
Ger B. F. Coulter, jr.. dry goods com
pany; Stoll & Thayer Co., books and
stationery; Tufts-Lyon Arms Co., guns
and sporting goods; A. d. Childress,
president Of the City bank; III. J. VOL
lacott, merchant; H. Jevne. grocer;
Simon Maier. butcher; w. G. Furrey
Co., hardware; @. F. A. Last, wine
merchant; Jacoby Brothers. merchants;
Simpson-Montgomery Fruit company,
wholesale fruit and produce; L. N.
Breed, president Southern California
National bank; Geo. II. Bonebrake,
president Los Angeles National bank !;
j. W. Robinson, dry goods; Lazarus &
Meier, stationers; John E. Platter, bank
president; Hellman, Waldeck & Co.,
stationers; e. Laventhsl & Sons, whole
sale liquors and cigars; Phil. Hirschfeld
q Co., stationers; Samuel Meyer, crock
cry and glassware Harrison & Dickson,
merchants; M. Levy & Co., wholesale
liquor merchants; Germain Fruit COM
pany, by E. German, president, whole
sale commission T. Vache & Co., whole
sale wine and liquor merchants; L. A..
Farming and Milling company, flour
and feed mill; w. Fl. Perry Lumber and
Mill company, lumber and planning mill !;
NJ. Cohn 4 company, wholesale cloth
ing; Pacific Crockery and Tnware COM
pany, wholesale crockery and tinware !;
Hass, Baruch & Co., wholesale grocers !;
Union Hardware and Metal company,
Wholesale hardware and tinware !;
Hayden & Lewis Co., wholesale
saddlery: Pioneer Roll Paper com.
pany, wholesale paper; Long,
Whitney & Co., wholesale prod.
uce; Blake, Mofiitt & Towne, wholesale
paper; Kingsbaker Bros, wholesale
cigars; S. W. Luitwieler, Wholesale i'm
plements; Stanley & Henry, wholesale
produce; M. A. Newmark & Co., whole
sale grocers; Whittier, Fuller & Co.,
wholesale paiats and oils W. W. Monta-
que & Co., wholesale stoves and metals !;
Bishop & Co., wholesale eonfectioners !;
Los Angeles Furniture company, furni.
ture, carpets, etc.; John NJ. Crawley !;
@. W. Hicks, seed merchant; Meyberg
Bros, wholesale crockery; Howell &
Craig, wholesale grocers; Mathews
Bros, wholesale commission; Harper
& Reynolds company, hardware and
metals; ]. M. Elliott, president First
National bank; Stern Bros, dry goods,
j. @. Vickery, estate N. A. l.. Starm,
Administrator, butchers; Sunset Wine