Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-19
AID FOR SAN PEDRO HAR8oR'
ns City Asked to Raise Money and
srd representative to Washing
ton to Lobby for 1t
WHAT THE ADVANTAGES ARE.
rs,t the Work Has Cost aud Enor'
moqs Loss Abandonment of Pro-
jet Would Entail.

~, q, the first actions OF the new
,,.,d Of governors OF the Commercial
'~A will be to consider communlca'
,on received from the Los Angeles
s.,,hsr Of commerce relative to the
o.. psaro inner harbor proposition
mi. matter will be taken UP at the
ueo,lne If the new board this eve-
,Irs and after the installation oil the
.,Jous officers this will be the FIRST
business Of importance.
OTHER CITIES ASKED.
IN addition to the commercial bodies
=, Utah the Denver chamber OF COM
,.,,,e has also been asked to fall into
u,s with a set Of resolutions and fin
CAGES to send delegation 10 Washing
IAN D c., and maintain It there. COM
VIZ bodies from Butte. Mont, TO
nv MEXICAN line also are being urged
"a make appropriate resolutions ana
render aid. ..
Al present the Los Angeles chamber
n, commerce is engaged In raising the
sum OF 1900 for the purpose OF paying
ne expenses Of delegates representing
,outhern Californian commercial inter-
,sts whom the chamber proposes TO
srd 10 Washington city, and maintain
,hsre during this session OF Congress,
IA urse the making by Congress OF an
,nnroprlatIon for the completion OF
work on the inner harbor, These dele
rates are to take up a special labor
Vim the river and harbor committee or
,he house, and the commerce committee
81 The senate.
WANT MONEY HELP ALSO.
is Intlmated that II Los Angeles
esn raise 10000 for this purpose Salt
Lske and Utah cities, which are 30 In
tersted In The proposed shortest line
IA tIdewatef. should at least subscribe
half that sum, The promoters OF the
Organized aggressive campaign for Sc
curing IN a lump sum, under the con-
tnuIng contract system, the amount
estimated BY the government engineers
as necessary for making the inner har-
tor at San Pedro an adequate port for
The accommodation OF all kinds OF ocean
commerce, including vessels large
enough 10 carry Transpacinc freights,
express themselves confident that Utah
will render material aid. as the state at
large Is Interested materially In the new
road which viii afford an outlet for her
~ ot Ina nd ~
featured articles for export. Also the
projected construction OF the lsthmian
canal viii be a factor In building up
the commerce Of the harbor which will
Accommodate much traffic and COM
merce from eastern cities to be passed
through a Pacific port and transferred
inland BY rail as far east as Utah along
an Imaginary line drawn from the Mex
lean border on the south to Butte,
Mont, on the north.
TO HASTEN COMPLETION.
The object for concerted action In the
direction Of interesting the various
committees at Washington both direct
" and through the senators and repre-
enlaliYes from the states tributary to
We ssh Pedro Los Angeles & Salt
Lake railway ~ 10 secure the comple-
uon OF the work which has been going
On Tor half dozen years under an an
ngal Appropriation voted atWashington.
mere Is reason TO believe that a period
o. economy especially on the part Of
inc river and harbor and the COM
merce committees, Is about TO be in.
augufaled, and that among those
winch Will suffer will be some OF the
hafDor works. both in operation and
PROJECTED Oh the Pacific coast,
WOULD MEAN GREAT LOSS.
The situation at San Pedro is such
lna1 unless the work 10 carried out 10
completion the s3,QOO.OOO already put
il'o the work viii be of Just as much
use as II the specie for that amount
Iau been carried out in vessel and
dumped into the sea.
THE GREAT BREAKwATER.
me huge rock breakwater at the
9nnuahce to the outer harbor at San
reuro is nearing completion. The
amount originally appropriated for
.nis ana the inner harbor work was
,,hwv'VW. The appropriation necessary
70 deepen the inner harbor through
ss1Isuglhg was 100000 according TO the
,sport furnished Congress by Lieut., :
~ ~ beryaurd, This amount covered
% iee' OF water at low tide. The San
aeuro railroad promoters and the peo-
pe OF Los Angeles, however, want n
.nouern harbor-one which viii allow
wy largest liners that pillow the sea TO
~ Alongside the wharves and dis
,natse ana load oargoes. in order to
MAKE this possible II Will be necessary
i Is,. nave depth at low water Of not
'e% than q feet,
ORIGINAL ESTIMATE.
~. ine estimated cost OF the inner har-
wv dredging operations which was
nhaue N 1900 and Included the cost OF
W. G1tteoBe necessary for the work, was
'OOVVVo Upon this report Congress- an.
on Tp,ialed 100000 The balance OF this
available Is now only
' 'Ss wv which Is not enough TO complete
NV WIN,
WHY LOS ANGELES rs ALERT.
+, u Is this fear that through mis-
h " AZ, economy the appropriation year
,ro, uoled out viii be cut OF that has
,aU'ea the Los Angeles chamber OF
r gj,,,'nerce TO aggressive action. The
,ujns ,he Angels accordingly is Is
,ai, .nls can TO arms on the part OF
ba, ia h,s ana other cities and regions
b" WIN be materially benefited by
.ma completion Of the harbor works
' MY. me operation Of short line
i1H, ouBh to Southern California and the
'uc~ater OF the mighty Pacific.
LOS ANGELES RESOLUTION.
Ahe resolutions which were passed by