Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-02
SAN PEDRO
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SELFISH INTERESTS
MAKE OBJECTIONS
USE NEWMARK'S STATEMENT
AS CAPITAL
Friends of consolidation Make Rea-
sonable Demands of Los Angeles
That viii Be to Interest
of Greater City

SAN PEDRO, May Although the
few selfish interests here which will
oppose consolidation with Los Angeles
To the last are endeavoring to make
capital out of the plain statement
made by President Newmark of the
Los Angeles Jobbers' association at the
hearing of the committee from the
chamber of commerce of this city be-
fore the consolidation committee of Los
Angeles on Thursday evening, the ma
Jority of the voters here are more than
ever convinced that consolidation will
bring terminal rates with the assist
ance of the jobbers and no consolida-
ton will keep the jobbers ON the other
side of the question, and San Pedro I'M
aided will have great difficulty in get
ting what she will get after consolida-
ton is effected.
The opponents of consolidation in the
san Pedro chamber of commerce have
put themselves on record as being in
favor of the union of the two cities,
providing terminal rates are given first.
They apparently question the good
faith of the jobbers, the chamber of
commerce, the city council and all
other civic bodies of Los Angeles who
will put themselves on record in writ
ing before the consolidation election
is called as favoring a terminal point
here as soon as the two cities become
one. The chamber of commerce, APP
parently, expects, however, in taking
this attitude to make Los Angeles be-
lieVe that it will work for and vote
for consolidation if the terminal prob
lem is settled before consolidation.
While the meeting that is proposed
to be held next Tuesday between tho
jobbers and the local chamber of COM
merce will undoubtedly be interesting
and instructive, the obstructionists Gf
they are convinced will still, it is
believed, maintain their position of I'M
believers.
Reasonable Demands
While the opponents to consolidation
are holding out for the one concession
which is apparently impossible Of full
fllment, the friends of tn movement
ask for many things which are reason
able and just, and which undoubtedly
will be arranged before the election is
called They ask that the first i'm
provements be made in the outer har-
bor, in order to be ready for the deep
sea shipping in the shortest possible
time. They ask that a boulevard bs
constructed to connect the Los Angeles
business district with the public docks
on the outer harbor, where these deep
sea ships will dock. They ask as
surances of adequate police and fire
protection and the assurance of termi-
mai rates after consolidation.
1t is firmly believed by all the friends
of consolidation here that these rea-
sonable things will be granted because
they will all be for the interest of the
whole greater metropolis as well as of
vital interest to this community.
1t is also firmly believed by these
same friends of the movement that no
delay in getting the question before
the people should occur. They think
the time is ripe and the people anxious,
and with the assurances. of the joint
committee on consolidation of the two
cities which will be Endorsed by the
civic bodies of Los Angeles, the pre-
diction is made that the only dissenting
structionists, who by reason of selfish
interests or corporation influence re-
fuse to recognize the unreasonable
benefits which will come after the
greater city receives San Pedro into tho
fold.