Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

'utah's interest In The ,...
uot arises also from tho fo.tpeaed har.
eAist coal measures of an. ynal there
lted extent within her bo..15ost unlin.
opportunities for eNport-srCts With
a,'.l.e' arise on tho o. lor u.
oI the salt Lake and Onpletlon
Iallroad and the establisb. ANGLE,
ueep-Water harbor I'm conr.l..'isnt Of a
l--lne coal trade that will t,i9h with
De something enormous " 'oNow viii
IN conclusion Mr.. Whli,o,,-
uiah wants an opportuni,,. sal1.
ulDute throughout the ,r,ri5 10 DIS.
eral wealth that nature Nv Nv me min.
her WIN. She can only do thi. alppllei
a port such as Il 81 hoped bts through
sl0A VIII establish. We ia yommls.
20 De placed no the mercy NJ ,t 10y want
ern Pacific or Of any other cos, s south.
we 40. however want a bo.t oIatlon
VIII AFFORD the people OF our s. that
opportunity to enter into free oa an
united commercial relations ala IN.
tIanspaclhc countries we s.o,H NE
convinced that san Pedro as llIly
VIII meet all these requlrers,.' .aFbor
ing" '''''u Us moth.
THE FIGHT WON
The report OF the Wnlker h.,
l'yee March lst' 1897 aud was In r, was
OF san Pedro as the locate, ta'or
deep water harbor FOR c o,S,,on Tor a
Of refuge In Southern Con, ana
When the work came 10 tbo olornia
Los Angeles that the board bol5 'opie q
ed IN favor OF the Free UorSo.-y pou'
glad tldings were Announced 81. We
blowing Of steam whistles lhe
promptu celebration was manu- M
When the report OF the S W. 10
board was made public II WINS ,hSlHef
that as soon as speclacatlo,. esut
drawn up and advertised and n ,o .ge
able bid received, the work wo,,iS "
gin. yet il was not until April iseo
period OF over two years that tbs a.
load OF rocks was dumped lnto ~.
breakwater. This delay was we
stoned by Secretary Alger who 80 Sa.
first one pretext and another rs Snes
to advertise for bids until Ia ~ 49,
finally compelled by President Mcr,ss
ley TO proceed with the work. N'"'
A GREAT CELEBRATION
When the last doubt as to the oo,r,,
beginning OF the work on San psSs
had died away, II was decided ~ NJ
celebration OF a suitable charae,..
TO commemorate the conflict ana ~
starting OF the great enterprise IT,,
jubilee was held April 26th ana oiT
1899. The first days celebration waso,
san Pedro with speeches ana a bsrbs
cue and on the second dav n gor.s.
parade and other ceremonies too,
place In Los Angeles. The nrst losS ~
rock for the breakwater was dur,,.s
from one OF the barges into the ooso.
by President Mckinley touching an
electric button in his library In ,bs
White House. ''e
The contract for this great un5e-.
taking by the government calls for
breakwater about $500 feet long The
depth at mean low water along tte
site OF the work varies from "a 10 10
feet. This Will call for 2.2sO. OO) lopg
tons OF stone. The amount OF stone
would MI $1,000 cars $3.50 trains. Ala
point twelve feet below low water the
wall will be 30 feet wide and on Ion
the wall will be 20 feet in width.
In addition 10 Senator White. vain.
able and effective work I'm bringing
this contest 20 a successful end was
done by Senator Perkins, and by tha
representatives. In Congress from
Southern California during this time
In the long list Of names Of he
prominent men OF Los Angeles and
Southern California who ala such val.
liant work in the great Free Harboro
contest It would be difficult TO dis.
tlngulsh the value Of the services OF
one from another They one and an
deserve the everlasting gratitude o.
the people OF the southern California
California and OF the Southwest
Special mention should be made. how.
ever, OF the work done by Mr. T. Z
Gibbon In this contest and also that
II Mr.. G. D. Willard, secretary Of the
Los Angeles chamber OF commerce
Mr.. Gibbons direct interest IN Ne
contest grew out Of his position as
attorney and vice president OF me
Terminal railway Aside from this
however, his natural tastes and ten
iencies would have lined him up on The
side OF the fight To
his indomitable perseverance and ener.
", keen foresight and quick grasping
II opportunities the great victory was
Tue more than 10 the work or in.
luence OF any other person. Next 70
Mr. Gibbon the most earnest and inde.
atgable worker was undoubtedly G
,. Willard, secretary Of the chamber o.
commerce. Mr.. Willard has prepared
md published a brochure giving
most complete and interesting account
II the Free Harbor" contest. Il is
rom Mr.. Wizards publication that
most OF the information upon which
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