The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
BERKElEY'S WHARF
FORMALLY OPENED
Mayor Francis Ferrier Drives
Golden Spike Into New
200 Foot Pier
Officials and Citizens Deliver
Addresses at Dedication Cere-
monies of New Landing

BERKELEY, Aug. THAT the de-
terests lay in her water front was the
keynote OF the speeches made this aft
ernoon on the occasion of the celebra-
tion at the opening of the new munich
pal 100000 wharf. A large number
Of citizens of Berkeley gathered for the
dedication of the 2,700 foot pier, which
will be the center OF BerkeleyS ship
ping trade.
West and East Berkeley joined hands
in the dedication ceremonies at the
entrance to the wharf and gave Mayor
Francis Ferrier a mighty cheer when
he drove the last spike--a golden one
in the pier. Music by the Berkeley
band was a feature of the afternoon
and the martial strains did much TO
arouse the citizenship to great enthu-
siasm on the occasion of the wharf
opening.
NEED A UNIFIED CITY
The need OF a unified Berkeley was
dwelt upon by the speakers with spe-
cial emphasis on account Of the seces-
sion agitation. Each man who occu-
pied the platform made a plea for a
united city freed from dissension.
In short, well worded speech Town
Engineer w. f. Mcclure. in behalf of
his department. turned over the wharf
to the city. He said that the mag
nifieent pier was destined to become
center of commercial life, but that
the best part of the wharf was out of
sight
SHOWS MUNICIPAL PROGRESS
In his speech of acceptance Mayor
Ferrier said that the completion of the
wharf was another link in the chain
~ rl1n1nf0fn11 Il Sa{1
The wharf on which we stand is the
first material contribution toward the
development Of the water front and we
can well say that we have made a good
beginning. The wharf is now ready
for business. Tt belongs to the people
and it is for them to assist in every
way TO make this pier success"
@. B. Ocheltree, president of the
chamber of commerce, declared that
the future OF the city lay in its water
front:
The future of Berkeley Is closely
related with the development of it's
water front. The bay of San Francisco
has been the means of securing easy
railroad facilities and this wharf will
put the citizenship of Berkeley in the
same relationship to the railroads as the
citizenship of our sister cities. Local
traffic will be picked up at our doors
and the water front will be the center
of Berkeley's commercial activity"
NEED HETCH HETCHY WATER
That the wharf should improve the
city and make IL a greater Berkeley
was the opinion of Victor Robertson,
president of the conference committees
Of the improvement clubs, who declared
that the way was now clear for the
requirement OF the Hetch Hetchy water
supply for Berkeley and other cities of
the bay. He said:
We need better lights; we need an
incfnerator and we need a good water
supply The active citizens of San
Francisco have secured probably the
finest water supply in the world, and it
is for Berkeley to join with them in
acquiring the Sierra supply for their
own use.
The Hetch Hetchy supply is most
magnificent and our city can do no bet
ter than TO keep ourselves ready and
willing to unite with San Francisco in
this project 1t will maintain us and
our posterity with It's capacity of
50,0o0,000 gallons day. Now is the
time to act for the future"
Captain W. H Marston and Harry A.
Sully gave humorous talks on the
wharf. the former referring to reminis-
censes of the early days in the city and
the latter telling of the work to secure
the money for the wharf.
| The new wharf is 2,7o0 feet in length
and will accommodate river vessels of
16 feet draft. The funds for its
/ building were raised a year ago at q
J bond election, when 500, 0oe was voted
i by the citizens of this city.