The San Francisco call., 1897-02-25
FOUR WILL VOTE
FOR SAN PEDRO.
Deep Harbor Commission
Has Arrived at an
Agreement.
Morgan the Only Member Who
FavorS Santa Monica's
Selection.
Senator White Notifies His Friends,
Who Are Quietly Making
Investments.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Feb. 24.-Private
letters and kilograms have been received
here by some OF the most confidential
friends of Senator White, from his private
secretary, which indicate beyond the
shadow of a doubt that the Board OF
Harbor Commissioners has agreed almost
unanimously in favor of San Pedro as the
site for the deep-sea harbor for Southern
California. The findings of the board
have not yet been formulated into re-
port, but according to the information re-
ferred TO the members of this comm ission,
by vote OF four 10 one, have selected San
Pedro. This decision settles every issue
respecting deep-sea harbor on the South
ern Coast, and secures the Congressional
appropriation of $3,000000, already pro-
vided for by an act last May. Nothing is
now in the way of the expenditure of this
sum of money for the purpose Indicated.
1t is said that Commissioner Morgan
only, out of the five members, favored
Santa Monica
A prominent member of the Los
Angeles county bar said to a CALL cor
respondent to-day that he had seen a
telegram from Senator White himself,
sent yesterday, which left no doubt in his
mind that the report would locate the
harbor at San Pedro. A prominent
official of the Los Angeles Terminal
Railway Company, which has been in the
thick of the fight from the start, said
to-day:
"I am not at liberty TO give you par
ticulars nor the source of my informa-
ton, but 1 tell you that L am absolutely
certain that San Pedro has been agreed
upon for the deep harbor."
Other sources of information were care
fully investigated By CALL correspond
ent to-day, and every bit of intelligence on
the subject confirms the foregoing state
ment.
DR.. Hill of San Pedro, leading physi-
clan and Democratic worker of that sea-
port town, has been in this city for two
days arranging the details of real estate
syndicate to bond or purchase large tracts
of land in his town. In conversation
the gentleman said:
"Our town is alive with activity in every
direction. We are IN the midst OF the
greatest boom ever known in the history
of the place. Real estate is changing
bands in such rapid succession as to be
fairly bewildering. L purchased a small
tract two weeks ego, for which 1 paio
$500. have been offered $4,000 for It and
refused the offer. You may judge by
these things as to what we expect in the
way of decision by the Board of Harbor
Commissioners"
No man in Southern California, per.
haps, is more close to Senator White than
JOHN T. Gaffey, Collector OF Port at San
Pedro. II any man in California has
Whites confidence in the fullest sense, it
Is Gaffey. He is at the head of syndi-
cate which has bonded large tracts N and
around the town. In addition to this
Gaffey's company has procured fran
chise to operate an electric street railway
IN the town and a city water system
These things have their significance, and
in this instance they indicate that the
astute Senator and his closest friends are
not averse to turning a penny to good
account, for it is believed that White him.
self is directly and financially interested
in all the operations wherein Collector
Gaffey is now so prominent.