The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-20

WATER HARB0R
Utah viii Be Asked to Help Los
Angeles.
SAN PEDRO PORT TIE ISSUE
CONGRESS WILL BE REQUESTED
TO COMPLETE THE WORK.

San Pedro harbor viii be urged befor
the beard Of governors Of the CONNER
cial club tomorrow evening. At tha
time the commercial organization o
Salt Lake viii be asked TO join hand
with the Los Angeles chamber of com
merce and with similar bodies in Den
yer, Butte and other places interested
II push in congress a bill TO apprOpri
ate the money necessary to c0mplet
the harbor.
Salt Lake is vitality interested becaus
the harbOr will be the coast terminus
OF the new San Pedro, Los Angeles {
Salt Lake road, which is being bull
to form an outlet for the products o
Utah. Because OF the Importance t
the material interests of Utah tina
the harbor be completed, it is though
that citizens Of this state may rails
$1,000 to pay the expenses Of having tn
matter properly presented before con
gress. Los Angeles has already raised
$4,000 for this purpose.
A communication from the Los An
geles chamber of commerce viii be pre-
scented to the board. asking it to pas
a resolution already adopted BY tha
body. Other organizations in Utah
California, Colorado and Montana vii
be asked to pass the resolution, It Il
as follows:
Appeal to Congress.
Whereas, It appears that the shippins
business transacted through the D0rt o.
san Feoro has increased over 300 per cen
within the last six years. and has in
creased in the last year more than 50 De
cent ana that the increase in harbor re
CelpIs OF said port for the year 1902 Owe
the year 1901, was 100 per cent. and thu
increase IN the said receipts for the cur.
rent year. over the year 1892 win proba
Diy De at least 100 per cent: and
Whereas, The present harbor facilitie.
or the INNER harbOr at San Pedro. where
tne bulk OF said business is transacted
are entirely inadequate to accommodate
the present business of the harbor on ac
count OF the lack Of deep water aICng th'
"harI water frontage OF said harbOr: and
Whereas, It is apparent that the future
growth Of the territory whose business
IS transacted through said hsrbor. anC
me necessities Of its commerce viii Fl
the immediate future largely increase fhi
demands upon the facilities of said SaI
Pedro harbor TO accommodate its com
merce; and,
Whereas. The board Of engineers Of the
United States government has heretofore
recommended project by which a deptf
of twenty-five feet Of water at low tide
from the entrance thereof ct Dead Mans
island 10 Wilmington, thus affording az
available wharf frontage Of about sever
miles; and.
Whereas. The business interests OF
southern California at the present time
require, and in the future viii much more
largely demand deep water harbOr facili-
ties for the purpose of accommodating
commerce carried in deep draught ships
between this section and the Atlantic
ports Of the United States, the South
American coast and the orient; therefore
be il
Of Great Interest.
Resolved, That it is a matter Of nara
mount interest 20 southern California as
well as 10 all of the southwestern terri
tory OF the United States, that the gov
ornment shall proceed at once. and as
rapidly as possible, 10 improve the inner
harbOr as recommended by the board OF
engineers Of the United States 50 that
a depth Of twenty-five feet Of water at
low tide shall he obtained over the whole
area Of the said inner harbOr. from the
entrance thereof to Wilmington; and be
il further
Resolved, That We appeal to the sena-
tors representing the state Of California
IN the United states senate and to the
representatives of the state of California
in congress. to urgently insist upon the
appropriation by the government. at the
ia CSElLL ocSStou OF congress. or the teCai
sum estimated by the board Of engineers
of the United States as the cost of said
Improvement. and that the same be put
under the continuing contract system, So
that the improvement SO urgently de-
manded by the commerce Of southern Cal
ifOTnia, as well as of the southwestern
portion of the United States, may be COM
pleted at the earliest possible date.
Resolved further That the secretary is
hereby directed TO send a copy OF these
resolutions to the senators and represen-
tatives in congress from this state.
/ hereby certify that the above is q
true and correct copy of the resolutions
passed by the directors of the Los An
geles chamber Of commerce at the regu-
lar meeting, held Wednesday, Dec. Is,
1903.
in witness whereof I have hereuuto af-
fixed my hand and the seal Of the cor
poratiOn.
(Signed) HOMER TAUGHLTN.
NicC-President-
Attest:
iSignedl. FRANK VIRGINS,
Secretary.