Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-04
GIVES HARBOR
DATA TO EAST
BOOSTING ARGUMENTS SENT
TO INoUIRERS
MANUFACTURER
ARE INTERESTED
In Reply to Questions Secretary Flem-
ing of Harbor Board Forwards In
formation Concerning Greater
Los Angeles

A. p. Fleming, secretary of the Los
Angeles harbor commission. has been
compelled to add to his other duties
those of an information bureau on mar
Dor progress for eastern inquirers. lie
is receiving letters from eastern manu-
facturers who want to learn about the
harbor at San Pedro and what Its de-
velopment is likely to be.
To all these numerous inquirers Mr.
Fleming returns a broadside of boost
ing" arguments for Los Angeles and
the harbor, calling attention to the fact
that the harbor IS one of number OF
great undertakings making for the up
building of Los Angeles county. A
large number of these letters come in
consequence of letters and articles sent
by Secretary Fleming to trade papers
and magazines on the future of Los
Angeles and the nearby towns as man
ufacturing centers.
Manufacturers of motor trucks have
been particularly anxious to obtain
further information, realizing from
Mr.. Fleming's articles that the harbor
will open a great demand for CONNER
cial vehicles of this class. They have
incidentally furnished the harbor COM
mission with considerable data regard
ing the capacity of motor trucks.
information Asked
"A
is one answered yesterday. 1t came
from the General Vehicle company of
New York, which asks: 1--WE would like
to know the distance to be Travelled,
nature of the roads and grades, weight
of loads to be carried and whether the
vehicle will operate loaded in both
directions or loaded in only one direc-
tion."
In response Secretary Fleming sent
the following argument for Los An
geles and the harbor:
LOS Angeles Is located inland from
San Pedro harbor about twenty-one
miles. The country lying between Los
Angeles and the harbor is compare
lively level. There is now under con-
struction, or will be soon, macadam-
lied road connecting Los Angeles with
the harbor, which road will have very
slight If any grade. And I think In
considering the traffice between Los
Angeles and the harbor you can elm
mate the question of grades. and in
the city of Los Angeles itself in dis
tributing freight you would have to en-
counter scarcely any grades in connec-
ton with the wholesale districts. or
course out in the city in the residen-
ton portion, we have to encounter
some pretty steep hills.
Reviews Undertakings
LOS Angeles is now engaged in con-
structing one of the greatest water
systems in the world, bringing water
from the mountains PA miles away,
and we will have sufficient fall to de-
velop 10000 horsepower to be utilized
by the municipality, besides bringing
to this city ample water supply for
immediate and all times.
LOS Angeles county is engaged In
constructing a permanent system of
highways throughout this county, con-
Meeting all of the cities and towns
throughout this connecting line to San
Pedro harbor with tidewater. For this
we have appropriated $3.500000.
"Now Los Angeles proposes to con-
solidate into one municipality the city
of Los Angeles and the two harbor
cities on San Pedro harbor-Wilming-
ton and San Pedro-and by the aid of
this large municipality, with a bonding
capacity of $10,000,000, which can be |
used for harbor purposes and the
building of permanent roads connecting
the harbor with the present large city,
we propose to develop San Pedro har-
natural advantages.
Line of Steamers
1--WE expect soon to see line of gov
eminent steamers connecting with the
government railroad on the Atlantic.
thus giving us an inlet and an outlet
to all ports on the Atlantic in the
United States and in Europe, and by
means of a sufficient line of trucks
owned and operated by private parties
by manufacturers and by wholesale
dealers, we expect to regulate trans
continental freight rates. In fact, you
will see that our aim is to create at
tidewater the ideal commercial condi-
ton, namely, the assembling into one
harmonious whole the steamship. the
railroad, the warehouse and the fac
tory.
81 wrote to the different periodicals
representing commercial vehicles for
the purpose of attracting the manufac-
turers and dealers to this very attrac-
tive and feasible project. We have now
within the state of California between
10000 and 21,000 automobiles regis
tered and about 40 per cent of them
are owned in and about Los Angeles, !
so you will have some idea of the
favorable conditions here for the auto
mobile truck"