Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-02
HUNTINGTON GETS
SANTA CATALINA
WILL BUILD GREAT WHARF AT
SAN PEDRO
PLANS NEW TROLLEY SYSTEM
San Pedro People Wildly Excited over
Proposition to Lease Water
Frontage to New Ter
mlnaI Company

present time to restrain the groun
which will be filled in and later to re
place It with a stone bulkhead. whei
the government establishes the harbo
lines. This bulkhead will extend tn
entire distance for which franchises
are asked.
To not only build and maintair
wharves but to erect and maintain
warehouses and build terminal facili
ties to properly accommodate the
handling of business.
Is Considered FavorabIy
The proposition accompanying the re-
quest for the lease was favorably con-
sidered by the trustees, but acceptance
was postponed until tomorrow night
when final action will be taken. 1t is
deemed a certainty here that the
proposition will be accepted and the
lease will be granted.
At the meeting tonight, after having
heard the proposition of Mr. Pillsbury,
several prominent citizens, among them
being Col. John T. Gaffey, Frank Burns,
N. ]. McDermott, DIR. Weldon, Judge
James v. Goodrich and James Dodson.
spoke in favor of immediate action be-
fore adjournment, but Trustee Peck
moved that the proposition be laid over
for one week, which carried and was
afterward reconsidered and final action
was agreed upon for tomorrow night.
Taken in connection with the an
nouncement of Mr.. Huntington's pur-
pose to build wharves and terminals at
st. Pedro, the purchase of the Dodson
ranch is considered as very significant
in relation to his plans of connecting
San Pedro with Redondo by trolley
This property adjoins San Pedro on the
west and approaches almost to the
outer harbor. Surveying parties have
been in the field for several days and
have driven stakes for what is believed
to be the route of the trolley line.
Purchase of Catalina
Equally as significant is the ar
nouncement that Mr.. Huntington has
purchased Santa Catalina island and is
now the owner of that property. This
would indichte purposes of further i'm
provement iof the harbor and relations
with the island. The developments of
the day bespeak great import for San
Pedro and the entire southern coast.
The completion of the trolley line be-
tween San Pedro and Redondo is be-
lieved to be a plan of Mr.. Huntington
to divert to San Pedro the commercial
business heretofore given to Redondo
and Santa Monica. This he will be
enabled to do through his connection
with the Southern Pacific railway, the
traffic agreement being that the Pacific
Electric railway shall carry the local
freight from the port of San Pedro, and
the Southern Pacific and Salt Lake
roads will handle the transcontinentaI
freight from Oriental points.
1t is evident from the size of the
wharves which Mr.. Huntington intends |
building that it is to be for the use OF |
the Oriental transpacifc trade, con-
veyed in deep sea ships, rather than
for the lumber and coastwise trade
The Southern Pacific has expended half
a million dollars at San Pedro within
the last four months in filling in new
ground, bulkheading it's wharves andl
ground along the inner channel.
1t is now about to commence the
erection of large passenger and
freight depot on the wharves imme-
diately in front Of the business portion
of the city. 1t is evidently the inten-
tion to make this the center of the
Catalina trade and the coastwise mer-
chandising business. The freight yards.
switching facilities, warehouses andl
docks are being steadily improved and
enlarged along the whole line of the
channel.