Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-31
ENGINEER WILL
CLOSE CAMPAIGN
CAPTAIN FRIES PROMISES
FINAL ADDRESS
LAST CONSOLIDATION RALLY AT
WILMINGTON ANNOUNCED
Workers Intent on Convincing Voters
by Every Honorable Means-Ar-
rangements Made for GET
ting Out Big Vote


held at san Pedro by the consolidation
forces Thursday night had scarcely
ceased before members of the cam
paign committee were perfecting final
plans for the Wilmington mass meet
ing and rally which will be held at
Bannings hall next Tuesday evening
and which will mark the close of the
Wilmington campaign before the cleo
tion in this city and Wilmington the
following day.
A great card for the meeting has
been secured by the appearance of
Captain Fries. who will explain what
can and will be done with the Sl,OOO00O
to be expended on the Wilmington
harbor out of the first bond money
voted for improvements to the harbor
under the plans of the consondatii!o,h
committee guaranteeing the eXpendit-
ure of $4,000, 600 for improvements in
ten years.
Captain Fries will illustrate his ad-
dress before the people of Wilmington
with maps and drawings showing the
work now under way, made possible
by the Wilmington bond issue, and the
proposed work which will bring the
deep water vessels to the Wilmington
docks and WharVes Probably by no
other man in the state could the plans
of improvement be more clearly and
ccncisely set forth than by Captain
Fries. whose three years of study and
work on the harbor has made him IA
Iniliar with every detail of the great
enterprise.
In addition to Captain Fries, other
speakers viii explain the advantages
of consolidation and answer the argu-
ments of the Observation-Disclosures that
are scheduled for the meeting of the
opposition in wilmington the previous
evening Immediately after the VIII
nington election every energy of the
committee will be devoted to the san
Pedro campaign, which will be carried
on vigorously in this city and san
Pedro until the election, August 70, A
meeting for the residents of Terminal
Island is scheduled for next Friday
evening. August 6, and Tuesday even
ing August 10. will witness the final
rallv of the consolidation forces in
monster mass meeting a san Pedro
that will close the campaign. But the
friends of the important measure VIII
not cease their activities until after
the very last vote has been counted.
Desire Big Vote
The campaign committee will leave
no stone unturned to get out the larg-
est possible vote in Los Angeles at the
Wilmington election next Wednesday
even though interest will chiefly center
in the vote cast in the little city at the
head of tideWater. A. Z. Flemhg'
chairman of the campaign committee,
viii be at the polls al Wilmington all
through the fight on election day ana
will be in constant touch by telephone
with headquarters in the chamber OF
commerce building in this city Inc
task of getting out the vote in Los An
reles will be looked after by Philip D.
Wilton and John P. steele, and at con-
solidation headquarters arrangements
have been made to receive the returns
carly. and also issue bulletins during
the dav showing the progress at the
polls both in this city and wilmington
The ballot is very simple, and IL WlH
rot take long for the judges Of election
to count them after the polls close.
No time will be lost in announcing the
final result from headquarters
More automobiles are needed by the
consolidation workers a the polls.
There has been quite a generous re
sDonse of owners of machines IN Los
Angeles for use Of their autos on both
davs of election but the committee
could use 100 more machines to splendid
advantage in getting out the vote early.
Voters also are urged to study the
list of consolidated precincts that they
NAV know where to vote, and save time
in casting their ballots.
Wilmington Not Sighted
Another canard of the anti-consoli-
dationists was exploded yesterdal at
headouarters when it was heard that
oDponents of progress in Wilmington
had been circulating reports TO the
effect that the local consolidation COM
nittee had issued and circulated map
of the outer harbor for the benefit of
san Pedro and ignoring Wilmington.
IT was readily shown to the Whining
ron people who called at headquarters
that the map in question was issued by
the San Pedro board of trade and was
purely a San Pedro enterprise gotten
ont by the people Of that city.
Chairman Fleming of the campaign
committee has received "a letter from
J. T. Flynn, consulting engineer of the
california River and Harbor league Of
Oakland, i'm which the writer warmly
in6orsee the consolidation plans He
says:
IT noticed by the papers today that
YOU had rousinG meeting at Whining
ton Saturday night, with every assur-
ance of the success of your great har-
Dor project. Opportunities of this sort
come to communities but once in life
time: if San Pedro turns this down ii
will have committed what might be
termed commercial suicide.
"KnOwing methods Of the railroad in
4erests, I feel they will use all Of their
power to jolly the people into indors-
ing their view Of the case, but I am
trusting and hoping that the manhood
of san Pedro will assert itself, and thus
allow Los Angeles to do for that city
what it can never do for itself.