Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-29
JAPANESE BUY
SAN PEDRO LOTS
RUM0RED THAT STEAMSHIP
LINE SEEKS LAND
May Be Erected on Prop
cry Adjoining Outer Harbor.
Good Government League
Hires Detectives
Special to The Herald.


SAN PEDRO, March 2S-Several
days ago John Inose, a Japanese, came
to San Pedro and spent some time look
ing the town over. He finally went to
George H. Peck, local manager of the
Pacific Improvement company which
has large tract on the market along
side the water front to the south of
town, and told him that he wanted to
buy a large number of the lots OH the
east side of Pacific avenue facing that
street. Mr.. Peck was willing to sell to
the little Jap, who seemed much above
the average in intelligence and in the
ways of America, and showed him the
land sought for, but when he said he
would take the whole tract at the price
asked, $1,000 per lot, Mr. Peck hesitated
and later said he did not care to sell
all to one party. The Jap was disap-
pointed. but asked how many he could
purchase and a deal was finally made
whereby the purchaser secured four
teen of the valuable lots. He did not
state what his purpose was in securing
the land. but it has at last come out
that it is for a Japanese steamship
company which desires to erect ware
houses and places where goods shipped
here can be kept in bond if necessary.
AS the land is adjoining the outer har-
Dor where Mr.. Huntington is building
large mole and where the Miner fill is
to be made and many wharves built it
is thought that it means considerable
for the growth of this city. Inose is a
man of large experience in this coun-
try. having put through many large
leals.
The architects plans were received
today by George Peck, the banker here,
for large building to be built on Fifth
and Beacon streets, one of the bSSt
business locations in town, upon which
now stands an old frame shack partly
burned. The building will be of pressed
brick with a cream colored terra Gotta
front. II will be seventy-tive feet long
on Beacon street and 100 on Fifth and
will have four stores on the former and
two on the latter street. This property
has been for sale at $400 per front foot
with no improvements on it, but it will
probably now be taken off of the
market.
1t has been thought for some time
that there had been fraudulent regis
tration for voting made in the city, and
to look into the matter detectives were
engaged by the Good Government
league The first case which came to
light is that of one Joseph McFadden,
who was arrested yesterday on
charge of drunkenness and today re-
ceived a fine of twenty days in Jail. At
the trial this morning he swore that
his residence was in Los Angeles, yet
he registered as living here only a few
days ago. Another peculiar circum-
stance Is that on the list of registra-
tiOns a large number of names appear
twice No reason is assigned for this
by the clerks who took the registra-
tons. Another curious thing concern
ing it is that where the names appear
twice in almost every case there is a
difference in the first name or initial,
yet it is the same man. The Good
Government league will make a careful
inquiry into the matter and more ar
rests may be made later.
Fred Woodcock, the mate of the
barkentine Retriever died in Los An
geles yesterday and the body was
brought to this place today and buried
in Harbor View cemetery.
At the meeting of the city council
held last evening there was a large
crowd present expecting to see the
question of closing the saloons on Sun
day brought up. In this they were dis
appointed, as the board met in secret
caucus just before they were called to
order and settled the matter for the
time being