The herald., 1894-04-07
THEY WENT TO SAN PEDRO.
The Chamber of Commerce
Sees a HarbOr Site,
And Ride Over the Proposed Break
water Line.
The Terminal Road and Friends of San
Pedro Give = Practical DEM
onstration OF Their side
of the Case.

Yesterday afternoon a delegation from
the chamber of commerce, consisting oi
about 100 citizens. went to San Pedro to
take bird's-eye view of the harbor pre-.
paratory to casting their ballots today
on the relative merits and advantages of
San Pedro and Santa Monica for deep
sea harbor.
The party were the guests of the
Terminal railroad. and were ehapeEoned
by General Manager Burnett ami Su-
perintendent Wincup and Attorney
Gibbon. They left the depot at l o. clock
and after a fast ride debarked on the
wharf at East San Pedro and went on
board the tug Falcon. A trip was then
made out to Point Fermin, where the
tug was turned and run along tbs line OF
the proposed breakwAter. Copies of the
report OF the government engineers were
supplied to the party and the friends OF
the San Pedro hRrbor given full and
comprehensive explanations OF the econ
omies and advantages which would re-
suit by the endorsement OF that loca-
ton. The depth in fathoms at various
points were carefully pointed out and
the adherents of San Pedro waxed elo-
quent in depicting the manifold advant-
ages which would accrue to the city of
Los Angeles in the event of the battle of
the ballots resulting in favor of that To-
cation.
Turning at the end of that proposed
breakwAter the Falcon steamed shore
ward aud the proposed entrances to the
harbor cove located on the bosom of the
waters as far as possible with the aid OF
tho In roanhinu ho Gan pnARn
wharf the party again disembarked and
were conveyed in wagons and carriages
to Point Fermin whore they had com
prehensive view of both the river and
proposed outer deep sea harbor and
their relations to the surrounding topo-
graphy. Attorney Gibbon OF the Ter
minal road was ubiquitous and untiring
in his labors on behalf of San Pedro,
and made many converts during the
day. On returning to the East San Pc.
dro wharf the party visited the new
sardine canning establishment recently
inaugurated near the Terminal depot
and watched with interest the canning
OF these toothsome fish, the drying and
boiling in olive oil, etc., with a great
deal of curiosity.
Among the mem bers OF the chamber
of commerce who took the trip were the
following: NJ. E. Wood. G. F. Bean, A.
w. Francisco, Ludwig & Wagner, G. H.
Sessions, Webb & Fuller, j. NJ. Stewart.
E. V. Smith, John r. Porter, Z. w.
Sergeant, @. V. Baldwin, H. W. Stoll.
j. B. Blanchard, Wm. Noble, Grider &
Dow, Gen. Z Bouton, Matthews & Bos-
byshell, Councilman F. s. Munson,
rhe.-- O. -Rarnard. Benja min Walton
Col. A. H. Neidig, P. F. Wise, Gcwan,
Ebsrle & Co., D. r. 5resrley. F. B. AL
derson, w. @. B. Richardson, w. W.
Paul, Godfrey q nDl6ur1i o.
Brown, L. b. Cohn, Louis koeder'
George Gephard. J. f. Tasmir. y. Brock,
A. Vixnolo. N. Lindenfeld, }. Y. TABOR,
McKeever & Wallace, w. q. Patterson,
j. ID. Martin. @. w. Flint, George Z.
Bsright, D. K. CLAY, K. .. Cullen, Flxen
& Co., J. g. McOallum, w. Mullen, H.
ID. S. Matthews, E. G. Sharpe, \. bon
flio. Charles j. Nimmer, }. Y. Rays,
Orr & Bird, Ellis & Hitchcock, Shepard
& Son, @. D. OheesmAn, l.. J. Cnristo-
pher, NJ. F. O'Dea, H. L. MONTGOMERY
Judge Widney. f. III. Coulter, n. u.
Wade, Charles Forester. Geo: Nj NORM
OF. johnson, B. S. Hays, Il. W. Par.
eons, Hunter & Davidson, firtie hea
Estate company, ]. BAelz, A. Phillips
f'o,Iis schwartz G. Bauer, Chris Krem-
nel. G. GolImer, Thomas Pascoe, Il.
Bohrmsu, L. Eblnger, Wilson & Bulla
Rodriguez, MAroney & Howard, J.
Bloeser, Matson & Brnhn. W; R. Chad
bourne, W. s. Mills, George O'Brien, 9
G. johnson, Busch & Hannon, J. E
Koeberle, A. Hufmeysr. w. II. Weis
weuder, George 7. Hanley, Atlas Millinl
company, U. Knoch, n. G. Carter, l.. Y
McKeeby, and many others.