Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

adjacent territory, be erected into q
consolidated city and county. There
are many reasons why this should be
done.
"a great harbor is being improved
at San Pedro by the government of
the United States. This harbor and
its water frontage should be under
enc control That control should not
be divided between several rival mu-
inequalities. The consolidated city and
county of Los Angeles would afford
such control, and the harbor made
available for the accommodation of
the rapidly growing commerce of this
section. Every harbor included within
the territory comprised within the lines
OF the proposed city and county of Los
Angeles would be benefited by such
control, and Los Angeles would thus
become a maritime city. OF course,
every possible provision should be made
TO the end that the harbor should re-
main free and open to commerce, and
subject to the lowest possible tolls and
burdens.
importance of Consolidation
1.-The Importance OF consolidation, as
affecting the Owens river project, is
obvious. 1t would give to the entire
territory included in the proposed city
and county the privilege of sharing
the benefits which will accrue from
the bringing of water from the owens
river here
consolidation will do away with the
necessity of supporting and maintain
ing both city and county officers. One
set of officers will discharge the func-
tions and perform the duties now per-
formed by two sets And taxpayers,
instead of being obliged to make pay
ments of city and state and county
taxes, would have then to make but
one. In brief, consolidation would re-
suit in economy and efficiency of adj
ministration. and give us a greater
Los Angeles
After reviewing the history of the
consolidation movement Mr.. Hunsacker
concluded:
'If you gentlemen are in favor of
consolidation, you will not fail to APP
Treciate the Importance of electing to
the legislature such men as are in
dependent of manipulation or control
by the interests which have opposed,
and thus far successfully, the move
ment for consolidation"
Probably the most important address
of the evening was that of Capt. Amos
A. Fries of the engineering corps, who
discussed "San Pedro Harbor'' The
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Fries said:
"The history of San Pedro harbor has
been written and rewritten and written
again, sometimes badly and sometimes
well, and 1t will be presumed tonight
that you are all familiar with it, and
don't want to hear 1t again. Cham
bers of commerce have their being not
to write history, but to make it; and
while the Los Angeles chamber of
commerce has made much good his
tory, no page of that history shines out
brighter than the one which chronicles
its work in behalf of San Pedro harbor,
when wealth and the greatest political
power in the west were arrayed
against it,
sit matters not that some individual
members stood for Santa Monica In
those strenuous days of 80. when the
fight was on, but the important fact is
that the chamber OF commerce as
body stood for. fought for and poured
out its money for San Pedro. To that
chamber indeed, in large measure be-
longs the credit for the very existence
of great harbor at San Pedro today.
1.-The word great is used advisedly,
for San Pedro Is great harbor. 1t
has two miles of wharves. with twenty
five feet of water at low tide, and this
will soon be increased by three-quar-
tiers of a mile of wharves with thirty
feet at low tide. Then, too, it has
those other essentials of every great
harbor-ample anchorage room, with
broad and safe entrance into 1t, and the
ability to expand all parts enormously.
Water Front Planned
''In the east and west basins of the
inner harbor $4,000 linear feet of addi-
tional water frontage is planned, be-
sides the so-called Long Beach har-
Dor, which is in reality simply the
easterly end of San Pedro harbor.
1.-THE present inner harbor south of
the turning basin can be deepened to
thirty feet for a half million dollars,
while the $4,000 feet of frontage north
of the turning basin can be given a
depth of twenty-five feet for about
two and one-half millions. Then to
deepen portions above the turning basin
to thirty feet and to carry the improve
ments into the so-called Long Beach
harbor, add a million dollars more,
making a total of four millions, and
what a magnificent inner harbor we
can have.
1--WE won't need all of this for say
thirty years, but IL we don't begin now
to plan for 1t and work for 1t we won't
have 1t when we do need it.
Anchorage Expansion
"But along with such expansion in
wharfage room we must expand our
anchorage area. Fortunately the con-
ditions for expanding the anchorage
area could hardly be better. When