Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-19
FEAR PROJECT IS
RAILROADS. PLOT
PROPERTY OWNER OBJECTS
TO HARB0R PLAN
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS DIS
CUss WORK
Time for Public Hearing Will Be Ans
nounced Later-May Dredge
the Entire Basin
Center

To determine upon the tentative
plans to be the basis for the discussion
at the public hearing upon alteration
of San Pedro harbor, to be held be-
tween June 10 and rs, the board or
United States engineers met at the
office of Capt. Amos A. Fries yesterday.
The exact time for the public hear
ing of this matter before the Doard VIII
be announced later.
Chairman of the Board Col. John
Biddle has come from San Francisco
to be in attendance upon the meeting,
while the other members are all Los
Angeles men-Capt. A. A. Fries, VINO
has charge of all coast work south or
San Luis Obispo, and Lieut.. Z. L.
Leeds, his assistant.
Col. Biddle represents the war de-
partment in harbor work all along the
Pacific coast and at Hawaii as We'll
A. S. Koyer owns lots lying along
the north edge of the basin west or
the Interurban property. The rest of
the lots bordering on that basin are
owned by j. c. Whitman. The gov
eminent reservation is west of this
basin, as is the property of the South
ern Pacific on the bluff.
Would Benefit Railroad
The Southern Pacific interests would
be benefited by any fill made down
to the waters edge. Randolph Miner
ton Of the center of the basin west
of the Interurban property, which is
to the west of the jetty along the inner
harbor entrance. These Interurban in
terests are identified with Hunting
tons interests.
Koyer is opposed to- the tentative
nlan favored by the other parties con-
cerned as, according to his explana-
ton made after the meeting, the chan
mel plan, favored by the others. would
give the Southern Pacific a control over
the basin through the railroads in
fluence over the Interurban and Miner
interests.
The plan as favored by the others
follows:
A 500-foot channel between the
property of the government and Of the
| Southern Pacific on the west and the
| fill to be made by the Miner interests
in the center of the basin. In addition
to this another channel is planned ten
| tatively. This second channel is to be
400 feet wide and run between the
| Miner concession and the Huntington
| interests on the east.
Koyer proposes dredging the entire
basin center making land on each side
with q number of slips around the
| basin.
Considers Plans
Capt. Fries considers the two pro-
| jects in the light of their feasibility
and expense and considers the dredg
ing of the entire basin more expensive
| than the making of the two channels.
The expense of the latter would be
borne by the private interests benefited
thereby, while the former would be
made at government expense, he says.
A difference of several years in the
time of opening the project for traffic
is made thereby, he declares.
Outside of the inner harbor plans
Col Biddle suggested the curved ex-
tension be on the west channel rather
than on the east, to give frontage to
the Koyer and Whitman lots. The lat
ter agreed to this, but the Huntington
interests are given few days in which
to file in writing their position in this
matter.