Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-11
WILL CAMP PAIGN
. FOR WATERWAYS
MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION IS
ACTIVELY AT WORK
IMPORTANT MEETING HELD BY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Permanent Headquarters TO Be Estab-
llshed and Endorsement of Pro.
posed Charter Amendments
Urged on Legislators

1t has been decided that systematic
campaign of education for the people
of Los Angeles county as to the i'm
portance of the development of the
waterways for purposes of commerce
shall be launched at once by the Mu-
nicipal Waterways association.
! This was decided on yesterday by
the board of directors of the associa-
ton at its regular meeting held in the
offices of the president.
Joseph H. Call, 316 Tajo building. The
meeting was the most eventful and inn
| portant since the organization was
launched as a boosting society" by
Mayor Harper two months ago.
The commerce boosting movement
has become so popular that the MEM
bership of the Waterways association
has grown by leaps and bounds during
the past few weeks.
1.-The tremendous interest taken by
far-sighted and public spirited citizens
in the waterways development and
! consolidation that will permit Los An
geles to reach down to it's own docks
has warranted our extending the work
and giving the citizens full information
of the vital Importance of the work."
declared President Call.
The first step in the enlarged water
ways campaign will be the establish
ment at once of permanent headquar-
terS for the association, where infor-
nation will be collated for the pub
lie and meetings held. Rooms will be
opened in the Tajo building for this
purpose within the next few days.
The movement being entirely nom
political and solely for the expansion
and development of the commercial
greatness of Los Angeles county, citi-
zens of all classes are invited to join
in 1t. Beginning today the headquar-
ters of the association will be opened to
the public at rooms 316 and 81 Tajo
| building.
| Next Monday friends of the water
| ways movement will assemble in the
city council chamber in force to urge
upon the city legislators favorable ac-
| tion on the proposed charter amend
ments submitted by the Municipal Wa
! terways association. 1t is asked that
this charter amendment be submitted
to the voters in order to prepare the
basic law of this city for the expan-
| sive movement by annexation and con-
| solidation, which is now hampered by
| legal barriers.
| Capt. Amos A. Fries, the United
States engineer in charge of the San
Pedro harbor work, addressed the di-
rectors and urged the vital importance
of bringing the harbor under the con-
troll of Los Angeles and within the city
limits. and also of the building of pub
lie docks and wharves.
1.-THE work of Los Angeles in its re-
| lations to San Pedro during the next
few years will decide the commercial
| destiny of this section forever" de-
| clared Capt Fries. 1.-THE vital impor-
tance of Los Angeles embracing and
developing San Pedro harbor on a bic
scale cannot be overestimated.
San Francisco Active
"San Francisco is planning to spend
| $43, COO 900 on further development of its
harbor as the result of a comprehen-
sive plan recommended by famous en-
| gineers after worldwide study. OF this
vast sum $10,00O,000 will be expended
within the next five years. The report
of the engineers making these recon-
mendations is most interesting, and
should be known to every loyal Los
| Angeleno.
| "One fact emphasized is that sue
| cessful harbors, in order to maintain
| their growth, must provide facilities in
| advance of the necessities. If traffic
becomes congested and ships and car
| goes must wait, they go elsewhere ana
| progress is hindered.
"The Panama canal will be completed
about 1913, according to the estimate
of Col Goethas, and Los Angeles and
the harbor cities will have to get to-
gether and hustle during the next six
or seven years to be ready. the IN
terests of the seaport communities and
Los Angeles are Identical and the har-
bors never will be properly developed
and the vast opportunities seized unless
this great community gets back of II
and takes public control, thus guaran'
teeing the expenditure of millions"
Mr.. Call reported to the board ol
directors the fiattering progress of the
Municipal Waterways association as al
organization and strongly urged the
elaborate campaign of education adopt
ed. He showed the great commercial
nrogress that has been made In Ger
many through the development of har'
bors and canals, and the establishment
of public docks
A, P. Fleming, secretary of the har'
Dor commission. urging the Importance
of the educational work, announced
that he would be compelled to relin'
oIIish the secretaryship of the asso
citation because of the stress of hi:
regular official duties. The board Of
directors. being unable to prevail upor
Mr.. Fleming to continue other than al
a director Pitt P. Hand was elected
: to be permanent secretary and Mr
, Fleming's resignation was accepted
with regret
!. finance committee of the association
= will hold a meeting of his committed
: in his office next Wednesday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock, when detailed
plans of the larger waterways cam
, paign will be decided upon.
Z Those present at the meeting yester
dav were Mayor A. c. Harper, JOSEPH
j H. Call. James A. Anderson, Charles
]. Rohde, Oscar E. Farish, Capt. Amos
G A. Fries, Gov. ]. J. Gosper, Milton K
: Young, Lewis Hansen of San Pedrt
and F. S. Cary of Erhard OPP OF WI
e mington.