The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-05-13
AT WORK.
CONTRABANDISTS SAID TO
TERMINAL ISLAND.
Cinnamon Said to Have Boon Landed
From Foreign Vessels and Brought
to This City by Wagon.
Local Notes.

TERMINAL ISLAND, Way lZ.-l u0fo IL
strong reason for the belief that con-
siderable amount OF smuggling has been
and is going on at this port of entry. A
rumor reached your correspondent
few DAYS ago that 16 Cinnamon from
Mexico were taken from aboard pass
ing vessel and surreptitiously landed on
the island mere, and crossing the rail-
road treste at the mouth of the river,
embarked for Les Angeles in a wagon
that was on the Long Beach side waiting
for them. 1t seems vessels lie outside
from foreign ports, at anchor without
any custom house officer aboard only in
daylight. giving all night to the contra
bandsts to get in their revenue beating
fine work.
Rumors OF smuggling opium and
Cinnamon from British Columbia on
the north and Mexico on the south have
been in the sir for several months past
and as there are so many
email sailing craft here that are
out day aud night, ostensibly
fishing, tho trick of transferring dutiable
articles from passing vessels at night to
them ia q comparatively easy and safe
matter. There should be q couple of
small, swift steam launches, manned by
revenue officers, patroling the waters of
onr bay and extending their beats to the
islands of Cemente and Catalina on the
south, Newport on the east and Redondo
on the west, and our word Tor 1t, II the
work was done quietly and faithfully, it
would result in bringing down big game.
The ball which is to be given by the
Palos Verdes parlor OF the Native Sons
on the 10Th, promises to be the biggest
affair ever gotten up in this part OF the
county. The parlor is the baby of the
association, but it has received the dis
tinguished honor of having Capt. Dave
Weldt, one of its members, appointed 10
the honorable position of district-at-
large representative. The affair will
also be a reception to it's returned dele
gate, Captain Weldt, whose yeoman SER
vice for the young fedgeling at the state
convention of the N. 5. G. W. up north
is thus fittingly recognized.
The fish, whose numbers were 80
decimated by the late epidemic, have
about caught up again, and the fisher
men are making hauls that sometimes
their boats will not hold, often having to
turn q large part or them loose again.
An instance of this was the haul in
the early part Of the week, a couple
OF the cannery fisherman bagging ten
tons at one haul of the finest kind OF
mackerel.
W. F. White, manager OF the pas
senger and traffic business of the
whole of the immense Santa Fe sys-
tenn and party, accompanied by Gem
ersl Passenger Agent VIM. Wincup, of
the Terminal. in private car OF the
Colorado Midland, visited the future
great harbor city and terminus OF
several transcontinental railroad lines
early yesterday (Ssturday) morning.
Private advices from Washington in
conjunction with the railroad deals in
Colorado and Nevada, all looking to
this future harbor as their terminus,
leads us to look for very important
Developments whereby not only the
county, but the whole of Southern
California will be benefited.
Mrs. T. III. Gilbert and daughter,
Hilda, spent the greater part of the
week visiting in Los Angeles.
The Misses Crawford, Grace and
Donna, who have been sojourning here
for several weeks, returned to their
home in Los Angeles Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Hardy and sister,
of Los Angeles, visited the island Fri
day.
w. w. Larrawsy visited the city, re-
naming over night Friday.
Gus Lambrscht and Will F. Small, of
Denver, put in several days fishing and
sailing during the week.
A great demand for tent space has
sprung up, and the island will look like
a miniature white city before long.
NJ. MoGouoh Who rosidaa raor Abo