The herald., 1896-12-13
LONG BEACH,
Interest In the Harbor Matter-Social
Notes-Personal,

LONG BEACH, Dec 12.-Interest in
the harbor matter Is intensified by the
number Of prominent and distinguished
gentlemen, officials, engineers and cap
italists, who are passing through here
almost daily on special trains of the Ter
minal to examine the proposed site at
San Pedro. From the long wharf at this
place most excellent view of the space
to be enclosed by wall of rock-the pro-
posed outer harbor-can be had, and it
passes comprehension how any sane
person outside of Huntington and his
hired men could think of advocating any
place in preference, especially, the wild
waste of open ocean at Santa Monica,
yclept Port Los Angeles, that is monopo-
lized by the Southern Pacific of Ken
lucky. Long Beach, which is infinitely
better situated and protected than Santa
Monica, and whose claims as a harbor
site in comparison are as superior as are
those of the latter place to Niger
slough, resigned all pretensions and
cheerfully acquiesced in the decision of
the United States engineers selecting
San Pedro, as did also our sister seaport,
Redondo. There will be a mass of evil
dence why San Pedro should be selected
placed at the disposal of the commits
sioners, but the best evidence in the
world outside of a technical examina-
tion from an engineering standpoint is
a view of both places with good field
glass from the lighthouse at Point Fir
min.
The pupils of the high school, in order
to raise the wherewithal properly to
furnish and equip their laboratory, gave
an entertainment at the Tabernacle
ized, the attendance being but moder-
ately fair, and the proceeds from which
Friday night, which was we'll patron-
will, it is not likely, reach very far in
procuring the needed accessories in their
laboratory studies. The young men
and women students of the high school
should be encouraged more in their eff
forts to attain knowledge, scientific or
otherwise, and the apathy of our people
in not turning out more generally in
this particular instance, is inexplicable,
and can only be excused or accounted
for on account of multiplicity of more
pressing duties.
The program was good, the music
being especially fine, while the shadow
pantomime was the concentration of the
absurdly grotesque and was exceed
ingly funny. 1t was as follows:
PROGRAM.
Overture orchestra.
Address, Prof. H. L. Lunt.
Holiday March, Mandolin Club.
Reading. Curfew Will Not Ring To-
night, Miss Martha Sylvia.
Guitar Solo, DIR. A. T. Covert.
Tableau, Scene in Laboratory, High
School Pupils.
Des Moines Schottische. Mandolin
Club.
Hail, Smiling Morn, Double Quartet,
Misses Hodge Bailey. Maud Dameli. So
prano; Charlotte Gardner, Birdie Bailey,
alto; Messrs. Allen Walker, Ray Grips,
tenor; Ernest Shaul, Clarence Carney,
bass.
Selection, Orchestra.
Shadow Pantomime, Students.
Music, Orchestra.
Active rehearsals for the cantata of
Queen Esther. which will be produced
at the tabernacle early in January, un-
der the direction of Professor G. S. Cor
nell, are now going on.
The social which was to have been
held at the Congregational church last
Monday night but was postponed will
be held at the church tomorrow, Mon
day, evening.
The store room of the Marshall house
has been divided into two handsomely
fitted-up apartments. and will be occu-
pied respectively by C. j. Walker, real
| estate agent, and Clarence Craw barber.
James Twombley, whose barber shop,
| The Oak, was burned out few weeks
ago. will reopen in the confectionery
store lately occupied by Harry Will
| lramS. who has moved his esta bliShment
| to the Henderson house.
Miss Josie Van Alstine of this place re-
ceived news the fore part of the week
! from Sparta, Wisconsin, Of the death Of
| her youngest brother.
Clyde Gibson of Los Angeles, formerly
of this place, has been appointed prin-
| cipal in the Alamitos school,
| Will Craig, barber, formerly with
! Twombley, in The Oak, has had built
neat little shop joining the Iowa Villa
hotel. corner of First and Pine streets,
and will be strictly in 1t the coming sea-
| son.
The new cottage belonging to j. Ed
win, corner of Magnolia avenue and
'Hhird street, is about ready for occu-
| pancy.
c. J. Walker, the real estate agent. ia
having handsome little cottage built
on Pacific avenue, between Third and
| Fourth streets