The San Francisco call., 1906-11-23
PLAN FOR HARbOR' 5
NEEDS ADOPTED
Sum That Oakland Asks of
Congress Is Less Than
Estimates of Government
ASK PROMPT ACTION

OAKLAND. Nov. 22.-Another i'm
portant step was taken today in the
vigorous movement TO prevail on Con-
gress to provide for the rapidly In
creasing needs OF Oakland Harbor. At
conference between the harbor COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
and water front property-owners, pub
lie and transportation officials and
others interested in the upbuilding Of
the city. the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, The recent calamity in
San Francisco has caused a number of
manufacturers. warehouse and lumber
companies. whose plants were de-
stroyed, to locate permanently their
Harbor, making il necessary that the
channel in this harbor be widened and
deepened in places In order 10 accom-
modate, even for the present, the new
shipping that is brought into this port
in addition to that already here; there
fore, be il
Resolved. That our Senators and
Representatives in Congress be re-
quested to urge upon Congress the
pressing need OF immediate action to
the end that the following plan be
carried out without unnecessary delay.
and that each of our Senators and Rep
resentatives be furnished with plans
and estimates of the cost"
The plan referred to calls for a
channel 500 feet wide and twenty five
feet deep extending from San Francis
co Bay to Fallon street at the western
edge of the tidal basin. Extending en-
tirely around the tidal basin the
scheme contemplates channel 900 feet
In width and seventeen feet deep. to
which the interests located on it's
shores can secure access by dredging
at private expense The cost OF the
Improvements are estimated at s524,-
$50.
AMOUNT NOT TOO LARGE
It was urged that the estimates of
the Government engineers. based upon
the specifications of what is known as
Plan 8. call for the expenditure of
sssS,203. of which $4,000 have al
ready been spent, leaving an unex-
pended balance of s537,z03. This
amount is s12,453 more than called for
in the plan recommended by the resolu-
ton.
Tomorrow the harbor committee will
recommend the resolution 10 the ex-
ecutfye committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce, where final action will be
taken in the way Of forwarding copies
to the various Representatives and
Senators. They will undoubtedly recon-
mend the plan of the river and harbor
committee of Congress at the coming
session.
Among those in attendance at the
meeting today were United States Sen
ator George c. Perkins. Representative
Joseph r. Knowland. Mayor Frank K
Mott, Bernard P. Miller, vice president
Of the Realty Syndicate; John Mitchell,
chairman of the Board of Supervisors
of Alameda County: F. A Leach, man
arer OF the Oakland Gas, Light and
Heat Company; H. F. Fortmann. presi-
dent of the Alaska Packers Associa-
ton; General Oscar f. Long, president
of the Pacific Steel and Wire Company;
James L. de Fremery, chairman OF the
Oakland Harbor Improvement Associa-
tion, and W. ]. Casey, president of the
Union Gas Engine Company. The rail-
roads were represented by W. T. Her
rin W. S. Palmer. E. E. Calvin and
Charles S. Fee of the Southern Pacific.
while Virgil Bogue, vice president of
the Western Pacific system was the
representative of the Gould road.
COMPANIES ADvANTAGED
During the discussion James l. de
Fremery called attention to the fact
that there were $4,000 feet of shore line
above the bridges and but 1000 feet
of shore line below to a point at the
foot of Chestnut street The latter is
largely owned by the railroads, while
above the bridges the shore line is
Palmer, general superintendent of the
Southern Pacific lines, showed by the
character of the bottom of the channel
that IL the tidal basin is sufficiently
deepened the ebb of the tide would be
| sufficient to scour all sediment from the
hardpan at the bottom of the channel
Mayor Mott indicated the willingness
of the city and private owners to CO.
| operate with the Governments work
| In dredging approaches to wharves and
docks by which the shipping might be
! expedited in it's movements and the ne
cessity of transferring freight to scows
done away with.
| Senator Perkins assured the assembly
| that unless a complete plan were form
/ ed Congress would take no action un-
| til its own surveys could be made for
| improvements and in that case at least
two years would pass before anything
would be done. Representative Know
land stated that already the Govern
ment had expended 100000 on Oak
land Harbor and its Importance was so
| well recognized that favorable action
depended entirely upon the form in
which the appeal was put. He will
leave for Washington on Monday, while
Senator Perkins will leave a day later.
FIGHTS FOR HER CHILD
OAKLAND. Nov. 2z-Alleging that