The herald., 1894-03-10
Governor AIger and Senator
Sawyer iii the City.
They Are Enthusiastic Over Santa
Monica's Rarbor Project.
They Favor the Construction OF = Break.
wAtor-United Action Necessary.
some Political Talks with
the visitors.

the best thing man or the government
can do is to furnish the little that is
wanting to make it the perfect harbor 1t
should be-"
"Ths governor ia right" " said Senator
Philetus Sawyer of Michigan. "only l
should put natures work at 20 per cent
OF the required features for good har.
bor."
1.-THE only trouble" continued the
senator, "about getting government ap-
propriatione for the work at Santa Mon
ica has been the division on the point
that has existed among your repre-
sentatives, and the fact that the board
of engineers recommended San Pedro.
Now the engineers are very honorable,
high minded set OF men who seldom
make mistakes, but there is q great
power which keeps these men from
changing their mind about things, and
that is the fear of being called incpn-
sistent. A level headed man, however,
II he is shown to have been wrong is
generally ready to admit it. OF course the
fact that the first recommendation was
made for San Pedro goes q great way to-
wards preventing an overruling on sub
sequent recommendations of the first.
~ have been, in the house and SEN
ate. member Of the committee on COM
merce for 16 years, and have studied
this harbor question great deal. Sen.
ator Jones used to sing the praises of
Santa Monica with great power and per-
nistency, and l now see that he never
said too much in favor OF the place.
"I'll tell you another thing that i'm
oroasaA mn ~, ,nuA fauowohlxr ohonk Canfa
Monica, even before saw it" continued
the senator, land that is the fact that
Mr.. Huntington, who has at his com.
mand the best engineering talent in the
country, and who lie one of the most
aetute fnRnciers, decided to make the
tremendous investments he has at Santa
Monica, after beforehand spending so
much money ct San Pedro. He must
know what be 10 about in abandoning
what he has done at San Pedro.
"He is perfectly fair about the mat
ter. His offer before the committee the
other day that any other railway could
have the same facilities at Santa Moni-
CO as the Southern Pacific was business
like.
HE also offered to put s100, 900 in the
hands of the engineers to spend if the
government would appropriate the same
amount for preliminary work. There
are plenty of precedents for such action.
"But there is one thing sure-you
people must be united before you can
get anything for any harhor. The COM
mittee may be thoroughly satisfied that
one place is the best, when along comes
q number of petitions and protests say
ing come other place is the one the peo-
pie want improved, and that results in
the committee throwing the whole thing
out"
"Yes," said General Alger, lyon want
one harbor now, and want it badly.
After you get one you will find there
will be plenty OF money to build a Sec
ond, but by fighting you will find your
selves without any. Now found Santa
Monica has 20 per cent Of all the features
of harb0r given it by nature. The
senator raised me five per cent. and l
guess to keep it right I will have to
raise him back two or three. You have
here that long point making it practic-
ally landlocked, and you have here also
the finest wharf ever saw or heard OF.
To make an artificial harbor you need
frat a wharf for doing the commercial
business, and secondly breakwster to
protect it. At Santa Monica the first ia
provided in a splendid manner, and you
ought to have the second.
"Whsn / was lumDering, in early
times, l had foreman who was q first
rate man, but he would get ratified occa-
sionslly. One day when was at the
camp he was sent after something and
started to run up the path to where the
road forked. was in my cutter and
drove after him, calling him to stop,
just as at break-neck speed be reached
the fork.
".What road are you going to take,
John2' asked.
HE stopped, scratched his head, and
said, 'I'll be blamed if l know.
"That's about the way you people
here seem to be on the harbor matter,
and if you want one you win have to
make up your mind once for all and be
united on the subject.
81 have not the slightest interest in
the matter outeide of Very warm feel
ing have for Southern California, but
| cannot see @ single obstacle in the way
! of creating a perfect harbor at Santa
Monica, and zee any number of advan-
tages it has. To my mind 1t ie perfectly
practicable"
Senator Sawyer was asked about the
political situation, and said that be
thought the Republicans were sure to
make clean sweep Rt the nsxt elec'
tion. "As to candidates." he said, "at
present Mckinley is far in the lead
but whether ne will stay there or not.
time only will tell. Mr.. Harrison, / dc
not think has much of show, though
was, before, one Of his warmsst sup
porters, but Mckinley appears to over
| shadow every bodY,"
Governor Alger remarked on the com
paratively easy conditions that prevail
in California. why, in Michigan" he
said, I'VE have had to provide for
thousands of impoverished people.
People who, through no fault of theil
own, were without means or work, be
cause the mines where they were en-
ployed have been rendered Improbable
l suppose in Northern Michigan, therl
are now IL, 600 people without resources
All through the east the same terribl'
conditions prevail; and the worst of /
ia that / can see no relieL |
anyone knows a remedy for thi
state Of affairs wish they would tele
graph it to me. But California has II
this way much TO be thankful for.
think there is less want and povert.
here than in any state in the union
This is not time for partizan legisla
tion, but for earnest, conscientious effor
on the part OF ali the branches of tn
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