Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-08
What Shall We Do Nth San Pedro H0rbor?

adequately improve should go forward successful
termination
the threshold of this campaign The Herald that a
word of advice will be considered mpertnen for there
nothing affecting city which has been quite close the
controlling The Herald responsible for its poll
cies the adequate development of San Pedro harbor.
By adequate development not only the Improvement
the harbor by securing the necessary depth and sufficient
accommodate the and future of what should be-
the lining that habor with adequate warves but we also mean
securing the people of sufficient frontage upon the harbor
make truth what is designed be harbor for the ben
eft of all the people and for the benefit Of railroad
working plan the development of this harbo many
problems going confront the having charge the
of the campaign we'll the harbor commission of the
city of Los Angeles which will eventually have immediate control
of the harbor.
problems will be difficult by
selfish They only be properly
by approaching them broadmnded unselsh way
and they be treated in this constellation first and the
harbor, secondly, to be successful
There has been indication of jealousy between certain in
San Pedro and interests in Wilmington There
should be nothing OF this kind.
proper development of San Pedro arbor will require the de-
veopment and OF all the facilities which be afforded by the
harbo and all portions of the inner habor fronting San
Pedro just will require the development of all portions
harbor which front upon city of Wilmington
While The Herald believes that the plans finally adopted
should contemplate the Improvement the earliest possible date of
certain portions of the San Pedro outer habo there the
depth necessary of
easily yet also believes that the work of developing
the habor should be proceeded with rapidly possible
tons
securing either by tunnel which, if
that method be decided should be constructed public
and operated by the public surface road which will in
costly necessary obtain the
proper traffic grades which to approach the front the deep
harbor.
approach whether made by tunnel surface highway
grade and of such permit the economic
operation of autoehicles we'll
lines of railway
nasmuch as this development necessarily considerable
be
and it should be got under way possible
complement this work the development of wharf ia
ctes upon necessary Whether this
accomplished by extending wharves from the land by
making plans for development the form slips extending out
breawater BOTH The Herald will undertake
These questions that be answered by competent
perts they should be answered possible and when
answered steps should be Immediately taken to give effect the
answer.
The confess feeling in favor of system of slips
fronting beakwaer account first of the depth which could
easily points the breakwater and
ondy with which vessels making short calls and not
loading unloading complete could and leave such
slips
plans heretofore made for the development of the in
ner harbor should the earliest possible conclusion
These plans will contemplate the dredging of the
of the harbor outlined by Capt Fries After this
city undertake these basins with adequate
wharves and slips.
1t must be borne in mind however, that plans
magnitude be made day. and both the friends OF San
Pedro Wilmington should by insisting upon the immediate
adoption plans which, Immediately adopted must necessarily
adopted without proper and consideration opadize the
great future of this harbor
The making plans should be proceeded with
They should be completed they can be completed proper
y completed the proceedings necessary carry them
into effect should be naugurated.
The carrying of the habor plans to successful issue will of
course adoption the city of Los Angeles estimate
provision for bond issue
the work that be done by the city
The thing be done is provide possible for the
habor of vessels of the deepest draft
harbor and the Improvement of the harbor
so as to provide for its early practicable.
By the time the Panama canal shall be completed the whole
development should be far under that the
will be practically occupied the basins of the inner
dgd and all wharves constructed ready
commoda the great and growing that will come to this
other thing will also be and that the obtaining
the consolidation election of the same terminal
all portions OF the city of Los Angeles fronting San
harbor enjoyed by the portion of the city
Without these the habor will not be anything like
full as will be with them Having
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