Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
SHIPS OF
WORLD MAY
STOP HERE
ANGELEN0S VIEW FINEST HAR'
BORIS IN EMBRYO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SENDS
BIG PILGRIMAGE
Thousand Boosters Visit Wilmington
San Pedro and Long Beach to
Note Results of Millions
of Expenditures

The big beach cities "harbored" tho
Los Angeles chamber of commerce yes
terday.
Nearly one thousand members of the
largest organization of the kind in tn
world. with their wives and daughters
and friends daughters. took days 2f-
grimage to Wilmington, San Pedro and
Long Beach and gained real insight into
the greatness of the harbor improvements
going on and the wonderful possibilities
that lie ahead with the Panama canal as
cne of the stimulating factors.
Those residents at the ocean ports VINO
did not know that Los Angeles had
planned to send down 1000 boosters soon
heard of It when Arend's band led the
rilgrims at the different stopping places.
At each point, too, committees were on
hand with badges and the typical Soutn-
ern California welcome.
blaze Of oratory marked the progress
of the long trainload of visitors, for
speeches were made at every stop, Pres
ident w. d. Stephens Of the Merchants
exchange leading with four addresses to
his credit, and all bright, cordial and to
the point.
Nine Southern Pacific coaches pulled out
of the Arcade depot early in the day bear
ing the boosters, making the first stop al
Wilmington.
There addresses were made by City
Clerk D. r. Wood and Frank Tyrrell
The speakers at San Pedro, the scene OF
operations which involve millions of ex-
penditures, were Capt. Amos A. Fries, the
government engineer in charge; President
Stephens Chairman George H. Stewart OF
the chambers harbors committee, and
Franks Burns, former president OF the
chamber of commerce of San Pedro, who
welcomed the visitors.
NIsIf Shinvard
The talks at Long Beach were furnish ed
by President L. r. Perce of the chamber
of commerce there; Rev. e. Thornton,
Rev. j. H. Sibley, and Joseph Scott, presi-
dent of the Los Angeles board of educa
tion, who responded on behalf of Mayor
A. C. Harper, who Is suffering from bad
cold.
The last Of the speeches were delivered
at the Craig shipyard's site in the inner
harbor beyond Long Beach. G. H. Wind
ham, President John Craig of the ship
firm, Secretary Miller Of the Long Beach
chamber of commerce and President
Stephens making addresses.
On behalf of the city of Wilmington,
Attorney Tyrrell was invited to deliver
the address of welcome. He said:
wilmington has nothing better than a
hearty western welcome for it's distin-
guished visitors.
''It Is no little thing for busy men OF
affairs like you to leave shop and stor5
and office to make pilgrimage anywhere
your coming to inspect our harbor facili-
ties is especially significant; it indicates
a growing realization of the imperative
needs and immense possibilities. CONNER
cial and industrial, of the City of the
Angels.
Trade at Gates
''The west coast of Mexico, gentlemen
has a commerce of S13,00O00o a year. Oi
this San Francisco. Seattle and Tacoma
get s., 600, 900, Germany and France getting
the rest.
Los Angeles, up to date, isn't in the
also ram class. This trade lies right al
the city's gates. 1t is positively distress
ing to glance over the blue waters and see
these northern cities and foreign nations
bearing away this rich spoil"
The speaker declared that Southern
California can save from s10,0O00OO to
900 year on freight to New York
i. she is provided with harbor facilities;
that when the Panama canal is opened
hundreds of millions of dollars of trade
will flow to and fro, and the coast cities
will become distributing points for an
ever increasing territory.
wilmington offers you the glad hand,
MIR. Tyrrell continued, land points to her
level and inviting lands for factory sites;