Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

+ WILLIAM D. STEPHENS, PRESl
/. WHO MADE FOUR SPEECHES
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she offers you all outdoors. Here is al
most endless frontage for wharves and
docks and warehouses, and the natural
basis for the finest inland harbor on
earth.
"If Liverpool can handle her enormous
tonnage with an inland harbor only, why
shouldn't Los Angeles?
"One of the largest manufactures of
the east is ready to establish itself here
the moment the harbor is assured. A San
francisco concern is beseeching us to
open up so 1t can plant 100000 in our
midst and shake the tree in quarterly
dividends
"The Harbor Is Free"
Here labor is free; capital is free
and In spite of the alertness and agrees
siveness of private interests, the harbor
is free! The geographical and CONNER
cial equation demands and compels
great harbor for Los Angeles.
I'VE have no reproach for any other
city or section; but down here we are be-
levers in the sacred institution OF matri-
mony. When a man and a woman marry
they become one, and, according to the
old English lawyers, the man is that one.
Well, we are bit coy, of course, but we
are not going to say no If Los Angeles
seeks to wed Wilmington. We think the
bans should be published, the marriage
arranged and the two cities made one,
and Los Angeles that one Then Los An
geles will have reached the sea, and Its
big waves will chant the wedding march
with the Owens river come water ana
power: with the development of the inner
harbor come water and commerce, ana
with water and power and commerce.
come enduring greatness, municipal
might and untold wealth.
TRANSFORMATION ie the magician that
first uncurtained this continent to the
eyes of the world; transportation discov-
cred and developed its mines, built its
mills, harnessed its waterfalls, dug Its
" aterways. kindled it's furnaces and gar
d4nized its deserts.
Transportation has peopled its forest
wilds, built its crowded Cities estab-
lished its schols and churches-indeed,
without irreverence or exaggeration, we
NAV say that heaven itself is dependent
on transportation
View Big Breakwater
The party paid much attention to the
hreakwater at San Pedro after reading
With interest on the train copies of Cap
tain Fries article on the subject In the
October Out West magazine, copies OF
which have been gent by the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce to every Onlteo
States consul in the world and to al. con-
gressmen.
CAPTAIN Fries has often addressed as
semblies on the harbor subject. earning
a high place thereby In the esteem OF
Southern Californians.
AS those familiar with the subject know
congress passed bilP approprlatlns
80 eoo ono for breakwater 'for commerce
and of refuge at San Pedro, or Santa
Monica, eleven years ago. and authorized
an engineer board composed of one naval
officer, one officer of the coast and geo.
detic survey and three riparian civil en-
gineers. The boards decision was TO oe
final.
As had been done thrice previously, the
1895 board, known as the Walker board
decided upon San Pedro for the break
water.
The breakwater is built up to low water
with rubble stone dropped from der
ricks or pried off cars. These weigh from
100 pounds to Is or 20 tons, two-thirds av-
eraging over 1000 pounds each. The width
of the substructure at low water was
placed at 98 feet, but this has been In
creased to nearly 48 feet.
The superstructure begins at low water
and ends IA feet above, the two walls
being laid in courses with rectangular
blocks of granite.
OF Huge Stone Blocks
On the ocean side there are four courses
Of huge stone blocks, each 3A feet thick,
no stone Weighing less than 10000 pounds.
The harbor side is built up of seven
courses. each 2 feet thick, with no stone
weighing less than 5000 pounds, while the
interior is filled solidly with all sizes OF
stones.
The width between the outer edges of
ic faat and at the
top 20 feet.
The breakwater was to be made con-
tinuous, $500 feet long, or as much longer
as the funds would permit, but beginning
1900 feet from shore. 1t was to have two
straight arms connected py curve.
Work was begun in 1899 under con-
tract but in less than one year the
United States declared the contract for
feited on account of slow progress, and a
new contract was arranged in June. 1900.
Work was begun that August and mas
proceeded since.
1t was found that by the terms of the
contract there was enough cash to build
the structure 5000 feet long, and 1t has
been so ordered. This length is now about
S5 per cent completed. the stone in place
July 81 last amounting to 2234,4S2 tons OF
2240 pounds each. All stone above low
water, and about 741s per cent of that
below is granite from quarries near Riv-
erside, about seventy miles from the
breakwater. This granite weighs from 16O
to 17O pounds per cubic foot The remain
ing stone is a sandstone from Chatsworth
Park quarry sixty miles north Of San
Pedro.
When finished the brealwater will shell
ter from storm waves an area of $50 acres,
having 30 to So feet OF water at low tide
and over 200 acres more having 20 to 30
feet at low tide.