Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-05
GREAT THRONG
OBSERVES DAY
AT SAN PEDRO
LOS ANGELES AND HARB0R
CITY UNITED
SYMBOLIC MARRIAGE JOINS Me-
TRoPoLIs TO SEAPORT
Thousands Journey to Beach, Where
AII-Day Amusements Are Pro-
vIded for Happy Null
titude


With tens of thousands of people
from all over Southern California joy
ously parading the streets and wharves
of San Pedro or watching the many en-
| tertainment features provided by the
Fourth of July committee of Los An
| geles and San Pedro, the first Harbor
| day Yves celebrated at the seaport city
yesterday.
Never, with the possible exception of
the first day of the arrival of the At
lantic fleet In the harbor, has there
been such a mass of humanity in San
Pedro as took part in the celebration
| yesterday.
Those who were chiefly instrumental
in its success consider this the best
possible sign that when next Fourth
| OF July comes Los Angeles and San
Pedro will celebrate Harbor day as
united city, for Harbor day is to be
perpetuated, tied by the bonds Of a
| common government as Well as py
common commercial interests and with
| the boundaries of the greater city
stretching from the mountains to the
sea, north and west and south.
| While a feeling of antagonism to this
| conclusion has been manifested in the
past In some quarters of San Pedro
there was no indication of this spirit
shown yesterday, although every
/
gave every opportunity for the express
sion of dissenting opinions. Every allu-
sion to the union of the two cities
brought forth cheering and applause.
The day at San Pedro began with the
arrival of a special car bearing the
Los Angeles members of the Harbor
day committee, Senator Frank P. Flint,
the orator of the day, and Justice II.
! A. Pierce, who, in the absence OF I.
e. Gibbon, acted as president of the
/ day, Those on the car were: Mr.. and
i Mrs. Owen McAleer, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
i C. Desmond, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Mesmer and Louis F. Mesmer. Sena-
tor Frank P. Flint. Mr.. and Mrs, r. W.
Dromgold, Bishop Robert Mcintyre,
Mr.. and Mrs. John s. McGroarty,
Judge Charles Monroe, Supervisor r. ].
Il Wilson, Miss Gertrude Hutton and
Joseph Mcmillan, general manager OF
the Pacific Electric.
: Headed by the Y. M. G. A. band Of
Los Angeles the party was escorted
from the car to the grand stand IN
I the park, which was triumph or dec
: orative art in the national colors.
Al Welcome Big Audience
Here Justice Pierce, as president of
the day, delivered short address, IN
which he completely won the hearts Of
an immense audience and brought out
round after round of applause by his
references to the union of San Pedro
and Los Angeles.
Rev. D. s. McGlashan delivered a
prayer, Mrs. Gertrude Hutton sang the
"Star Spangled Banner" with band
i accompaniment, Bishop Mcintyre read
the Declaration of Independence, John
S. McGroarty read an original poem
entitled 1.-THE Pathways of the Seas.
which was excellent; r. w. Dromgold
introduced resolutions for the union OF
Los Angeles and San Pedro, which
were heartily adopted, and then Sen
ator Flint was introduced as the ora
tor Of the day.
In his Grafton, which many of his
most intimate friends declared was the
best speech Senator Flint has delivered
in Southern California, he left out mucn
of the spread-eagle oratory usual IN
Fourth of July speeches and made MS
address on the real object of the oc-
casion, the celebration of the near COM
pletion of the magnificent harbor at
San Pedro.
Predicts Great Wealth
He dwelt briefly on the manner in
which the United States had forged
ahead to the foremost place in the list
of nations in the matter OF exports,
and to a high position as world
power. Then he came down to Califor-
MIA In general and Southern California
particular.
For these two united cities, combined
with other adjacent cities, he predicted
the first place on the Pacific coast with
the completion of the Panama canal,
an export trade to Hawaii, the Philip
pines and the orient that would SUR
pass that carried on by any or the
eastern ports, and declared he soon ex-
pected to see in San Pedro harbor
merchant marine flying the American
flag. manned by American sailors, paid
American wages. This he declared
would be the result of the passage of
ship subsidy bill, which he CONN.,
IDENTIFY expects to see go through con-
| gress at its next session.
He dwelt long and emphattcally on
the fact that Southern California was
not making the most OF her oppor-
tunities for manufactures, but was
/ shipping the raw material east to be
reshipped to the Pacific coast IN the
r form of finished products. In the nm
ished products of minerals, grains,
, fruits and live stock, he declared, there
; exists untold wealth for Southern Cali
ifornia, and with the awakening OF
these interests. he said the united city
on the shores of the great san Fedro
harbor would come into its own as the
, mistress OF the Pacific trade.
Sec Yachts Depart
But to accomplish these great ends
he cautioned the people to forever keep
the harbor free and open to the vessels
, of the world, and to see grasping COR
pcrations did not take the whole.
At the conclusion of Senator Flint's
J address the entire party went to the
South Coast Yacht club. where It
, watched the start of the ocean yacht
4 race and trained glasses on the trim
Z white sails until they melted into the
horizon.
After the last trace of the yachts had
: been lost to the keenest eyes sumptu-
J Gus luncheon was served in the yacht
club. at which all the participants IN
the days program were present
After luncheon automobiles took the
party back to the grand stand In the
park, where all the sentiments Of the
union of Los Angeles Nand San Pedro
were crystallized In the symbolic mar
riage OF Mr.. Los Angeles and Miss San