The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07

A duced a telegram signed by
Chief Engineer Hood OF the
~ Union Pacific, declaring the san
pedro barbor impractical bic De
cause there was poor holding ground
for ships ...- e,z,.+lu-
IA result of this opposition. senator
FELTON, compromised on an appropIia-
tiO1 of $4,000 for the expenses or d
board of five army engineers whose
duty il shall be TO make a cafeIul 60
critical examination Tor pLopoSGI
deeD water harbOr at san Feuro %
santa Monica hays. and TO report
,l-tic[ i The more eligible location for
s71c5 \ harbor in depth width ana ca
= .eftv To accommodate the idi 6091
<-ean-gOing vessels. and the coIllIIlsL-
DIAL and naval necessities of the couli-
try. together with an esllHlaIe OF -
cost OF. the same This board was
s71nnOsed TO reach a final agreement
Of the entire dispute
The board was appointed In JulE,
1892 -bv the secretary Of war IT wa
made nm of Colonel william p Cfals-
hill Lieutenant Colonel Henry NJ hoo-
ar+ author of Roberts Rules or VI
5sT.-, Lieutenant Colonel Peter T.
Hams. Major G. w. Raymond ana M
ior Thomas H Handbury- From Ine
name of its chairman IL was cdlleu 'l17
/ "CraiEhiU board ,
The board held its first session in the
Los Angeles chamber of commerce jill
4 September 1892. the meetings. L5V-llS
uubIic and both sides being hedrd- -
5 careful examination OF both ndIDoi9
! and of RedondO was made. and the en-
= tire subject gone into thoroughly. ne
/ rerort was filed Oct p 1892 In It the
/ board goes into discussion OF 1l7
/ tonic at length In the course of re-
/ marks on the Importance of the maroon
! these statements are made
Harbor Officially Endorsed.
1.-TWO through lines. the Southern
/ Pacific and the Santa Fe systems cross
/ the continent from Los Angeles a.
] much lower elevations than the. norIn-
/ ern lines. and also connect the Paclnc
/ with the Gulf Of Mexico, and their op-
. Grafton IS never 0bstrIc7ed ny snow oL
& ice If safe accessible and con-
! veniant harb0r for deep draft vessels
. existed on the southern coast, these
{ would appear tn most faVora bic uneS
/ for the transportation Of As1dtlC ana
/ Australian commerce. Should the NC
{ araguan canal be completed the I'M
j portance of the proposed harbOr VIII
[ become still greater At the present
( time the most convenient course Tor
I sailing vessels coming around the horn
Is to go out into the mld-Paclhc ana
strike the trade winds TO make me
/ mort of San Francisco. With the COM
pletiou of the canal, commerce viii ne
principally transported by steam yes
sells of moderate draft which Will move
north along the coast and seek me
from which their freight can reach us
market. y deep water harbor on the
southern coast would thus receive Ine
Asiatic and Australian frelghts lor
shipment over the most IaNofaoie
I tranScOntinenta1 lines. accommodate d
( large part Of the commerce passing
! through the Nicaragua canal winch
/ nov. goes around the Horn, and finally
/ furnish a port Of shipment ana supply
I not only for the productive territory IN
l=s-+ --4fT-
! greater plateau reached by the souIh~
/ ern railways beyond the mountain
ra nges. Considering. therefore, the
Il probable needs OF commerce IN the near
, future, the board is Of the OPINION 1hsse
the proposed deep water harDor is OF
/ high national Importance and we'll
worthy of consideration by the general
government
! The board decided in favor Of San
Pedro as the best located and best
protected of the haTbOrs under cOnsid-
Grafton. and as the one requiring the
least expense to improve II, 1t was
recommended that a curved break
water $500 feet long be constructed
! southwark and eastward from Point
Fernin. thus protecting all vessels en-
tering the bay
, The estimate of cost was as follows:
: Substructural ], 43i,6l2 cubic
s6yb t5Js;5 t,rlietureE17S.550 cubic yards.
at S2.-...- .-.---- ------- ---.----.-.- 32s-e60
Contingencies, 10 per cent --->------ S16546
Total ...... .....- ...... Ss-SS5 "a
When the contract was finally let.
: some years later. il was for S1.305.19S.
Ostensibly this report was to be a
final settlement" of the controversy.
but IT wasn't Los Angeles sent Cen
eTaI Forman and Mr.. GibbOn back to
Washington in 1888 10 resume work for
!. the $Z50. 600 appropriation. Senator Eel
! ton introduced a bill setting aside this
n am aunt. but Senator Frye and Senator
/ J. P. Jones of Nevada. whose real home
is Santa Monica and who owned land
: along the water front, kept the bin
9 front getting out Of the senate commit
- tee on commerce
Huntington Grows Frank
: Early in 1894 the Southern Pacific
r wharf at Santa Monica was completed
= The merchants of Los Angeles greeted
9 its opening with pleasure, as IL gave