Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-01
BOLD WATER FRONT
DEAL IS BOOMERANG
FOR HARBOR PIRATES


will carry by a larger vote than we
had hoped for" said e. d. Seward.
IF they wanted to influence sentiment
for consolidation the trustees could
not have done a better thing than to
hand out that Shaw lease. The people
regard it as an infamous proposition,
and they will vote accordingly"
Fishermen Indignant
"There are a great many indignant
people, but the maddest of all are the
fishermen" said Andrew Peterson. 1T
hits them hard, and they are not go
ing to stand for it."
In strong contrast to the action of
the San Pedro trustees is the report
of the Los Angeles committee pledging
the providing of municipal fisher
mems wharf if consolidation carries.
A statement regarded of great i'm
portance in the consolidation move
ment was made by President Walton
of the San Pedro trustees, who stated
definitely last night that the trustees
would do nothing to interfere with the
holding of the consolidation election
in San Pedro August IL.
IF it were legal and necessary to do
so to help in holding the election to
call special meeting of the trustees
tonight and pass the resolution, that
would be DONE" he said. II can guar
antee that there would be three MEM
bers of the board on hand and that
the resolution would be passed. l asked
the city attorney specifically if 1t
would be all right to take the regular
order and have the resolution presented
at the next meeting, and he said it
would. 1t will therefore be brought up
and passed next Tuesday night.
II cannot say what action the trus-
tees viii take on Mr.. Mason's refusal to
sign tie lease. We have not yet been
notified as to that"
Offers $4,000 a Year
AS a comparison of actual value of
the lease with that set on it by the
trustees it developed at San Pedro yes
terday that Hugh B. Evans. a manu-
factu,ers' agent living at 1896 West
Thirtieth street, Los Angeles had Of
fereo to pay $1,000 a year for the lease
and to give a bond of $4,000 that it's
conditions would be complied with. Mr..
Evans is the purchaser recently of more
than $4,000 worth of San Pedro realty,
II might have given $1,000 year my
self if l had had chance" said James
Swinford of San Pedro, who was one
of the bidders who offered considerably
more than $50 year at the meeting of
the trustees. II was ready to bid $500
and put down the first years rental in
advance IL walton ndu given me d
chance, for l know that it would be
quite profitable at that figure,
IF this Mr.. DEMO comes around and
makes bluffs as though he wants to
fight somebody as he did yesterday
when Mr.. Fleming interposed for the
people on this grab l think | shall ac-
commodate him, although 1 am an old
man. | don't like to see such things in
a meeting of the city's servants"
f. E. Shaw, for whom the lease was
sought by Attorney DEMO, asserts that
he was not acting for any corporation
except his own realty company, which
he says is made up of Long Beach and
Wilmington men. Citizens of San
Pedro, however, freely express the be-
lief that members of their political
gang are likely to be found con-
nected with the company desiring the
lease. Little credence is now given to
the opinion that railroad influences are
back of Mr.. Shaw