Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-23
NEW CHURCH ASSURED
FOR ALAMIT0S MISSION
ST. ANDREWS PARISH HAS $4,000
TO BEGIN EDlFIcE
Lono Beach Board of Trade Favors
Free Harbor Proposition and Has
Announced That It Will Cooperate
With Los Angeles Organizations
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Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Nov. 22.-With $4,000
in the treasury, st. Andrews by the
Sea Episcopal mission in Alamitos is
rapidly shaping things toward the con-
struction of new building. The
plans for this new church were formu-
lated by Rev. Charles r. Murphy, rec
tor of st. Luke's parish, who estab-
lished a mission in Alamitos, which
grew rapidly. After a year the Rev.
Alfred M. Smith, a young divinity
graduate from Philadelphia, came from
the east to take up the work in Ala
nitos as minister in charge of the
mission.
Inc funds for the building were Sc
cured through the efforts of Rev. Mr..
Murphy and his curate, Rev. Mr..
Smith, with the assistance of their
parishioners, both in Long Beach and
Alamitos. A thousand dollars of the
money was brought from Philadel-
phia. from the parish in which Rev.
A. M. Smith was engaged prior to COM
ing west.
The people of Alamitos have organ
lied themselves into society with the
Rev. A. M. Smith as president and
E. H. Blount as secretary. Work on
the church building will be commenced
as soon as the plans and specifications
can be secured from the office Of the
architect.
Announcement was made today
through the columns of the Long
Beach Press that j. P. Baumgartner
Of Pasadena has purchased the interest
of A. G. Malone in that daily. Re-
Gently G. L. Day of the Crown City
purchased an interest in the paper
and now the old management has been
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On the old directorate of the Press
there are several Long Beach men of
prominence, however. Both Messrs.
Baumgartner and Day are newspaper
men of wide experience. Allen H.
Wright, formerly of the San Diegan-
Sun, has taken the city desk on the
Press.
Favors Free Harbor
At it's regular meeting last night the
Long Beach board of trade indorsed
the action taken recently by the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce. The
secretary of the local board was in
structed to send to the Los Angeles
organization Il statement of the work
done here in order that the two boards
may work in harmony. 1t is gener-
ally conceded in this city that the only
solution of the harbor difficulty is a
free harbor Every energy of the To-
cal BOARD has been directed toward
preventing the interpretations from
closing the harbor, and the recent ac-
tion by the Los Angeles chamber Of
commerce indorsing the free harbor
has met with great commendation here.
There is a movement on foot in the
territory just north of Long Beach
tending toward annexation. Prominent
residents from that district were in the
Long Beach city engineers office this
morning discussing the lines, which
will probably be announced within a
few days. Roughly the territory is
that along American avenue north of
Anaheim street, and extending nearly
to the Willows.
Benefits for Band
A committee has been appointed to
take charge of the monthly benefits for
the Donatelli band. This idea of a
monthly benefit in order to meet the
payments to the band was evolved
by Mayor Emo The committee as an
nounced by President Hatch of the
board of trade is as follows: The Rev.
Charles T. Murphy, the Rev. Sidney
c. Kendall, Mesdames Webster Wot-
kyns, Jean G. Drake and A. NJ. Dunn,
and Messrs. W. H. Newman, r. n.
Lynn and A. M. Dunn.