Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-22
DESIRE TO JOIN
THE GREATER CITY
PEOPLE OF WILMINGTON ARE
MUCH IN EARNEST
seventy-five Per Cent of Them Are
Said to Favor installation.
Committee to Inspect
Harbor

seventy-five per cent of the people
of Wilmington are in favor Of that
city joining Greater Los Angeles.
This is the satisfactory report made
to the consolidation commission yes
terday by a committee of representa-
tive citizens of the inner harbor city.
Confidence is expressed by members
Of the commission that even should
San Pedro decide against consolida-
ton. which is not considered proDaDle,
Los Angeles will secure harbor
through the annexation of Wilmington
and the improvement of the inner har-
Dor
Yesterday a committee consisting of
Messrs. Cary, Brace and Brennan
dame up from Wilmington to extend
an invitation to members of the con-
solidation commission and the chamber
of commerce committee on harbors to
inspect the harbor frontage of Will
mington and secure an idea as to it's
extent and the manner in which 1t
can be improved by dredging.
Invitation Is Accepted
President S. A. Butler of the CONSOLE
dation commission accepted the invi-
tation and next Friday President But
Ter and M. II. Flint of the commission
and w. d. Stephens, chairman of the
harbor committee of the chamber of
commerce, together with such other
members of the commission who can
make the trip, will go to Wilmington
and spend the greater portion Of the
day inspecting the harbor frontage.
1t is possible that the result of the
visit will be the filing of additional
protests against the request Of the
Southern Pacific and the Banning in
terests for permission to dredge chan
nels in the inner harbor in such a
manner as to shut Wilmington off from
the harbor frontage.
Many protests against the granting
by the war department of the request
of the Southern Pacific and the Ban
ming interests have been filed with
Capt A. A. Fries, the government en-
gineer, to be forwarded to Washing
ton but Capt. Fries, anticipating the
filing of additional protests, has de-
layed sending the papers to Washing
ton until December 20.
Wilmington People in Earnest
Mr.. Cary, while in Los Angeles yes
terday, said that the sentiment in
Wilmington in favor of consolidation
is rapidly increasing. He said that he
felt confident that not less than 70
per cent of the residents of Whining
ton now are on the side ot consolida-
ton with Los Angeles and that when
the election is held on the PROPOSITION
Mr.. Cary said that the people OF
Wilmington are very much alive to
the situation as regards consolidation,
as it will have an effect upon harbor
improvements, and they realize the
force of all the arguments presented
in advocacy of Wilmington becoming
a part of Los Angeles.
He said that the people OF Whining
ton never would consent to being abb
sorbed either by Long Beach. or San
Pedro, or join in the proposed console
datior1, of Long Beach and San Pedro.
Mr.. Cary said that he looked upon
such a move as the last. desperate
struggle of very few, opponents of
consolidation in Long Beach and San
Pedro, and that the proposition would
not for a moment be seriously consid-
cred by the general public at either
city,
The consolidation commission will
arrange for public meeting in Will
mihgton Immediately after New Years.
It is expected that the first few
months of the coming year will wit
ness important developments in the
work of creating, Greater Los An
geleS.