Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
GREAT BUSINESS AND PLEAS
URE RESORT PROJECT
IMMENSE INLAND WATER CITY
Elaborate Plans for Shipping, Faoto-
rIes and Canals From San Pedro
to Long Beach-of Vast com-
mercIaI Importance


the large acreage lying along the coast
and below the Southern Pacific railroad
tracks west Of Long Beach and Seaside
Park and extending to the Salt Lake
tracks as space for the greatest COM
mercial and pleasure enterprise yet at
tempted in Southern California, a pro-
ject of gigantic importance, far-reach-
ing in its effects on the commercial side
of Los Angeles and San Pedro harbor
and Of especial benefit to Long Beach,
now a fiourishing coast city of 1900 in
habitants.
The Dana Burks Syndicate
The Dana-Burks syndicate, an organ
ization that represents available capi-
tai to the amount of $15,OOOOOO or $780,
100000, headed by Dana Burks of
Ocean Park, Henry P. Barbour and
others, on Saturday purchased the
holdings Of George e. Hart on the
ocean front Of Long Beach, thus COM
pleting the chain of large amount of
acreage and ocean frontage acquired
by the Burks' syndicate during the past
three weeks. The main purchase COW
ers 700 acres of tide flats west of Long
Beach, between the tracks Of the Salt
Like railway, the Southern Pacific rail-
way, the present city of Long Beach
and the San Gabriel river, the east line
of the purchase of the ocean front be-
ing 1000 feet west of the Long Beach
pier.
Extensive Dredging Plans
The property secured from Mr.. Hart.
extending from Golden avenue to the
San Gabriel river, makes the ocean
frontage Of the tract. The main tract
is penetrated by sloughs running into
the inner harbor of San Pedro. These
sloughs carry six to fourteen feet of
water and vary in width from seventy
five to 300 feet. 1t is planned to dredge
a deep water channel showing twenty
feet of water at low tide, through to
San Pedro bay, from the San Pedro
inner harbor to Long Beach. The chan
mel is planned to be $50 to 800 feet in
width. Another channel running north
and south is planned for the main water
frontage Of Long Beach. 1t is well
known that frontage at San Pedro har-
Dor is scarce commodity. The plan
means the development of four to six
miles of water frontage.
While the plans are yet in embryo
pending with an engineer of national
repute on the Atlantic coast a man of
much experience in harbor work and
recently connected with the Panama
pathy with the United States engineer
ing department in laying out model
commercial city. The tract will be laid
out in a careful and scientific manner,
certain sections being reserved for lum
Der yards, manufacturing sites and
warehouse sites. Every jobber in Los
Angeles can have a warehouse directly
on the water front. This arrangement
will be very important in view of the
completion of the Panama canal and
the consequent moving of a large
amount of freight by water from At
lantic coast seaports.
The syndicate is said to be a strong
one. While the names Of the parties
are not given it is known to be made
up of residents of New York, Salt Laks
City, Venice, Ocean Park and Long
Beach. 1t is also known that several
important railroad interests are to taka
an active part in the enterprise, and
that there is ample capital behind the
project. >,
1t is understood that the first work
will be the dredging out of a few bars
in the various sloughs to permit the
passage through from San Pedro to
Long Beach proper, all small boats,
launches and light sailing crafts. This
is to be followed as soon as proper sur
veys can be made by greater deepen
ing of the sloughs for commercial use
The Hart purchase furnishes the ma
terial for subsidiary profit
Model "Coney Island"
While it will be impossible to erect
structures for this season, the archi-
tects and engineers are at work pre-
pairing designs for a model Coney
Island. Not the Coney Island of old,
with its roughness and revelry, but a
model Coney Island with its Dream
land and Luna park. A purchase from
the Seaside Water company of 1000 feet
frontage adjoining the property and
running back 600 feet will be devoted
exclusively to amusement purposes.
Announcement win be made of all
plans in the near future. A large lake
will be dredged 1900 to 14OO feet in
length and from 300 to 400 feet in width
and cemented for boating and still
water bathing. This lake will be con-
nected with the main system Of chan
nels running through to San Pedro
harbor.
The promoters say that while II Is
not proposed to establish a Venice in
the modern acceptation Of the term,
these channels, connecting as they do
with the San Pedro inner and outer