Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-11
LOS ANGELES HARBOR
INTERESTS

II James J. Hill and George Gould
representing great systems Of railways
and interested in steamship lines, have
any intention Of entering Los Angeles
this is their golden opportunity.
Mr.. Hill, IL is understood, Ia behind
a request for railway franchise be-
tween Los Angeles and San Pedro, in
order to establish a connecting link
with the harbor, and thereby open a
steamship line from San Pedro TO the
orient and along the west coast Of
Mexico. II this Is true, Mr.. Hill may
come right out into the open and find
all the support and encourag cement he
wants. Los Angeles at this juncture
needs some such parsonage as Mr.. Hill
to seize the chance presented to make
Of this city the greatest port on the
Pacific coast.
Senator Clark has repeatedly said
during the past year that he had a
steamship line in contemplation, ana
several members Of the Salt Lake rail-
road board have visited both Port Los
Angeles and San Diego. apparently in
the interest Of some such enterprise.
But there have been no givings out Of
information and the business public
is not assured that the senator still
contemplates a steamship line. If he
does he can have plenty Of assistance
and cooperation.
George Gould has publicly stated that
at some early future date he will ask
right of way for the entrance of the
Missouri Pacific system into Los An
geles, with the avowed purpose Of con-
Meeting with the steamship lines out Of
San Pedro. Now is his chance.
The people of Los Angeles were
never so we'll disposed toward new en-
terprises of large character, as
they are at this present moment, when
everything points to a tremendous
growth of this city. We need steamship
lines and we need more railroad facili-
ties. We must have better freight
rates, and in order to get them 1t may
be necessary to have competing lines
scale.
There is some talk of local financiers
investing in a steamship line along the
Mexican coast, an enterprise that will
probably be materialized at the proper
time. wholesalers and all lines of
jobbers are interested in these move
ments of commerce and all public SEN
timent is in their favor. All that is
required now is prompt and organized
action. Money is reported to be plen-
tiful for such purposes, and it seems
that every reason exists to urge such
railway magnates as Hill, Clark, Gould
and Hartman to push their contem-
plated enterprises into Los Angeles and
its harbors.
This city is growing by leaps and
bounds. 1t has just begun to develop
It's great wholesale trade and to spread
it's commerce across the seas. The
population of Los Angeles now ex-
ceeds 23S, ,000 and growing at the rate
Of 80, 900 a year. Manufacturing indus
tries are daily springing UP and capital
is seeking investment here in all sorts
of legitimate enterprises. Los Angeles
is now the largest city on the Pacific
coast, and will remain so if the we'll
known energy and enterprise of the
city's merchants are exerted in the
larger field of foreign trade and inter-
state business.
All these facts should suggest them
selves to the railway nagnates who
contemplate doing large things in this
vicinity. They may be assured they
will have a hearty welcome from Los
Angeles.