The herald., 1897-07-01
MANY NEW MEMBERS
ELECTED TO THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE YESTERDAY
Other Important Business Trans.
acted at the Board Meeting-San
Pedro Harbor Question

| The board of directors of the cham
noon. There were present the follow
| ing: Messrs. Bluett, Croft, Hoker,
| Klokke Mathuss, Newberry, Slauson,
Story, Waters, Willard. Vice Presi-
dent Slauson occupied the chair.
| A communication was read from W. E.
Hughes asking the chamber to call the
attention of hotel and restaurant keep
ers in the city to the fact that it would
be a good advertisement for the indus
tries of Southern California if they
would place upon their tables during
the visit of the Christian En6eavor dele
gates native products, especially olives,
fruits and nuts, The secretary was in
| structed to write note to each of the
proprietors of the hotels and restaurants
calling their attention to the request
Director Willard read the following
| communication, which was unanimously
approved, and the secretary instructed
to. furnish copies to the press generally
The Los Angeles chamber of commerce
makes the following statement in rela-
ton to the San Pedro harbor question for
the informa ton of all concerned, and
especially to correct erroneous informa
tion that has been circulated in the east
by interested persons:
San Pedro is and has been for over
century the established port of Los An
geles, a rapidly, growing city of 10000 in
habitants, located on the shortest route
and by the easiest grades between the
two oceans.
The creation of a government deep
water harbor of refuge and for commerce
at San Pedro has been strongly endorsed
by two state legislatures, by Republican
and Democratic state and county con-
ventions, by three Trans-M Mississippi
congresses, by all the commercial bodies
of the counties of Los Angeles, San Ber-
nardino and Orange; by the commercial
bodies of Prescott Phoenix and Flag
staff, Arizona; by the commercial bodies
of Salt Lake City, by three seperate
boards of expert government engineers,
specially appointed by congress to in.
vestigate the question, and finally, after
vindictive and persistent opposition
from interested parties, has been for
mally authorized by congress, which ap-
propriated $2,900OO0 for the improve
ment.
Citizens of Los Angeles and Southern
California are practically unanimous in
favor of this much needed Improvement.
The opposition to the Improvement of
San Pedro comes almost exclusively
from the Southern Pacific company,
which has private site twenty. miles to
the north, where it desires the govern
ment to construct a breakwater, when 1t
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Francisco.
This improvement, like that of CAL
weston harbor, is not a local but a ma
tional affair, important to the entire
Pacific coast, and to the nation at large.
Citizens of Southern California ask
only that the secretary of war shall
comply with the law of congress by in
viting bids for the construction of the
harbor. Irrespective of political afflli-
ations, they feel increased indignation
at his unnecessary and uncalled-for and
unwarranted delay in doing SO.
After the transaction of routine bust
ness the board adjourned.
The following were elected to mem
bership West Coast Fertilizer works.
fertilizer manufacturers; Melsted &
Maxwell Melsteds cafe; W. Paris
agent Pacific Coast Steamship compa-
ny; HI. M. Kellogg, hotel proprietor,
John H. Gish city tax collector; Oliver
c. Bryant. building; Nathan w. Blan-
chard, citrus fruit grower and shipper;
L. B. Walk, architect; Peck & Chase Co.,
undertakers; The Chase Nursery COM
pany, nursery. Riverside; George H
Peck. banker; WilliamGuenther, liquors
|and restaurant; Althouse Fruit compa-
my; C. G. Ross, salesman, Gabel the tai
lor; Selmar Magnus, railroad ticket bro
ker; ]. C. hewitt, advertising; Waldeck-
German Wine company, wines and
liquors; Nettie Howell, shoe business !.
F. N. Reiche, jeweler; Joe Arnold. wines