Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-14
DENIES WILMINGTON
WILL STEAL HARBOR
Declares San Pedro Citizens Are AS
sured Los Angeles viii Annex
Portion as Soon as City
Is Divided

SAN PEDRO, Dec. 13.--The atten-
ton of the citizens consolidation COM
mittee has been called to an article
in Los Angeles paper this morning
in which it was urged that San Pedro,
Wilmington and Long Beach CONSOLE
date for the good of the harbor inter-
ests. The article also stated rumor
was current here that when the d.
vision of this city was effected VIII
mington would step in and annex all
the water front in the excluded section.
One of the leaders of the movement
to divide the city in order that San
Pedro may consolidate with Los An
geles said today: THAT rumor about
Wilmington stealing our water front
from the minute we are excluded from
San Pedro is only another scare ar
gument put out by the railroad oppo-
sition. We are getting used to all those
kind of lodges. Our people are as
sured, however, that Los Angeles viii
be ready to receive us the minute we
can get loose from San Pedro, and
no opportunity will be given Whining
ton to beat her to it.
ION the other hand the majority of
the people of Wilmington favor con-
solidation with Los Angeles just as
soon as it is practicable. They are
in a little different position over there
| than we are, but they will not do any
thing at this time to block the efforts
of Los Angeles to get to deep water.
"As far as a union of the three har-
Dor cities is concerned, that is Saw
ages pet scheme, but it won't work.
He tried that down here once before,
but could accomplish nothing. There
are too many natural differences be-
tween the cities and the people have
no faith in Savage.
onnositio11 iz uniting forward
number of arguments striving to
turn the public mind from the real
issue, but our people here are aroused
and we know the salvation of our city
and harbor can only be accomplished
by joining forces with Los Angeles"
Tomorrow the hearing will be re-
sumed in the appellate court in Los
Angeles I'm the alternative writ of man
date which was secured to compel the
city trustees here to call the election
for division of the city. Last Monday,
after the demurrer of the trustees was
overruled Judge j. w. Mckinley, who
is assisting City Attorney Henry Stieg-
litz in excusing the trustees from per-
forming their duty, raised the ques-
rion as to just where the eastern boun-
dairy Of San Pedro is fixed. The old
boundary is down the middle of the
channel and Long Beach has de facto
East San Pedro or West Long Beach,
which was supposed to have been an
nexed to San Pedro. Probably the court
will determine tomorrow whether it is
necessary to include East San Pedro
in the election call or not and this
point settled the trustees can go ahead
and call the election at their regular
meeting Tuesday afternoon.
In the meantime the citizens CONSOLE
| &c
of educating the people and is distrib-
uting the December bulletins of tho
Municipal Waterways association of
Los Angeles county, which booklets
contain sixteen pages of printed mat
ter on harbor topics of interest all over
the county, but of especial concern 10
the citizens of San Pedro. One thou
sand of these books are stamped Com
pliments of Citizens Consolidation
Committee, San Pedro CAL" and I'M
doubtedly will be read by all of the
citizens of San Pedro.