Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

in length. Mr.. Kinney's letter pro-
ceeds as follows:
"Venice is fourteen miles from
Fourth and Hill streets, Los Angeles.
1t is the nearest beach point to the
city, and the connection with the
city from the deep sea wharves could
| be made without delay. The deep sea
harbor at San Pedro at the point
where ships may touch, is twenty
eight miles from Los Angeles.
1.-THE line from Venice is direct, and
separate grade exists from that port
to Ivy, where the Los Angeles-P Pacific
crosses the Southern Pacific. At San
Pedro there are numerous curves in
the right of way to the wharf, and the
crowded water front adds to the de-
lay in traffic and causes loss of power
efficiency. The wharf at Port Los An
geles has the disadvantage of distance
from Los Angeles and of the cost of
maintenance. The heavy grade and
the curve at Santa Monica reduces the
power of engines to a hauling capacity
of ten cars to a train. At Redondo, it
is contended, the submarine canyon
prevents the construction of wharves
long enough to give safe sea room. Re-
dondo is twenty-four miles from Los
Angeles. At both points tugs must be
employed to tow ships out in stormy
To Use Concrete Piles
"The Venice harbor plan is rein
forced cement piles, similar to those
now in successful use in the ocean at
Venice, and a breakwater giving forty
feet of depth inside and amply pro-
tected sea room. This insures perma-
nence for all harbor works and ap-
proaches.
'As to cost, the Venice harbor, COM
plete on the first plan, with break
water, is estimated by the Atlantic,
Gulf and Pacific Construction company
to cost $7S5,000. Additional slips for
increasing the deep water frontage are
100 feet wide, with 200 feet of water
between, all with thirty-three feet or
more depth of water at low tide. These
would cost extra $4,000 complete.
Lieutenant Miners mole proposed at
San Pedro is estimated to cost from
s2oOO,OOO to $3,OOOOOO.
AT Venice the harbor can always
be enlarged, continuing the same
safety and exclusive control. bv ex-
tending the breakwaters. No other
location permits this.
Venice harbor would be safely and
conveniently accessible for all ships in
all weather 1t would provide ample
sea room, or more than 2500 feet, be-
tween breakwaters. AT San Pedro the
harbor is open to the southeast and
can only be entered from that point
of the compass. It's entire sea room
and approach, and the ends of the
proposed moles, are open to the south
east storms-the only dangerous storms
on the Southern California coast.
Sometimes, as in 1884, these storms
are continuous for six weeks Consid-
erable portions of the San Pedro deep
sea harbor cannot be used safely dur
ing Snph storms nor nan Iaroa cbip,
then enter or leave that port with
safety At Venice the southeast storms
come off the land. The coast at
Venice fronts west. Both the south
east rain winds and the clearing north
winds are off the land at Venice.
Venice harbor would require no
pilots, have no bar and be an ideal
place to connect ship with train. 1t
is no exaggeration to say" says Abbot
Kinney in conclusion, that the Venice
harbor would be the best harbor in
the world"
Kinney Still Owns Venice
Frank Peltret, confidential secretary
Of Abbot Kinney, said yesterday:
You may say positively and with
out qualification that Venice has not
been sold The property still is owned
by the Kinney company, and the
wharf extension is in the interest OF
the Kinney company and no other con-
Germ. The wharf is to be built for
commerce. OF course, 1t Is true that
there is no commerce there now, and
no railroad right at the beach, except
the Los Angeles-Pacific but other
railroads are not far away.
1--WE do not anticipate serious OBJ
lection to the granting OF the permis-
sion the company has asked of fthe
secretary Of war. Why should any one
object? Surely not the citizens Of