Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-27
COUNCIL To RUSH
WORK ON HARBOR.
SCrimmage of Scripture When
Wilmington Committee Pre-
SentS Its Demands
CITY FERRY TO BE PROVIDED
Port Commission States Plans
Which Should be Put
in Effect
CITY FERRY TO BE PROVIDED

A scrimmage of scripture quotations
ensued yesterday between Councilman
Andrews and d. r. Woods, represent
ing the Wilmington chamber or COM
merce, in which Woods came Off VIC
torious as he hurled the last quota
tion at Andrews.
With c. II. Eubank, president Of the
First National bank of Wilmington,
and e. Opp, Woods appeared before
the council to urge that body to take
immediate action in redeeming some Oh
the promises made to Wilmington pc
fore consolidation. He wanted the
council to take 100000 from the gem
eral tax levy to improve the winning
ton harbor frontage and replace the
money when the bonds are sold ana ne
wanted q municipal ferry.
Woods pointed out that though VIII
mington has been a part of the city
for about a year little has been done.
He said business conditions had not
improved and that ready money was
waiting to be invested in business
buildings as soon as the seven-toot nll
proposed by the city engineer for q
portion of Wilmington's business
streets has been made.
sCRIAIAIAGE STARTS
Councilman Andrews quoted two
passages from scripture. =.
"Possess thou thy soul in patience. y
Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick"
He told the Wilmington representa-
+ives that the council would surely
carry out all the promises made to
Wilmington, but that it required time
to do it. ,,,a
1--WE are willing to possess our souls
in patience" answered Mr.. Woods,
but there is one quotation from
scripture that we do not wish applled
to our case and that is:
"The same yesterday, to day anu
forever"
Wilmington will probably get what
its representatives asked of the council
Yesterday, and as far as the municipal
ferry between Wilmington and Ter-
minal island is concerned will prob
ablv have it as soon as it can be ar
ranged. The matter of the Terry was
referred to the harbor committee Oh
the council with the finance commit
tee. The harbor committee will look
for landing places and see If a Terry
hoat can be secured at once and the
finance committee is expected to f1nd
the $1,000 or $500 that it is estimated
the one tWenty-five-p e-passenger poat
will cost. This one boat is to be the
nucleus for the ferry.
COMMISSION REPORT
The Wilmington protestants were
supported in their demand by report
of the harbor commission calling at
tention to the promises that had been
made and that the council had adopt
ed these promises as a fixed policy TO
be carried out for the benefit OF the
Los Angeles harbor. Some or the
things urged by the harbor commls-
sion were:
ers have now pending before the
state railroad commission petl-
tion demanding fair and equitable
switching rates throughout the
city, and it is so apparent that this
demand is just that we nave no
doubt that soon all parts of our
city, so far as freight Distribution
is concerned, will be treated alike.
There is now pending before your
honorable body the question OF
wharfage rates, dockage regulatlon
and license to bo charged for con-
ducting the same, and should the
recommendations of this board be
adopted a very great saving TO the
commercial interests, and there
fore to the consumer, will be made.
These are things that have been
accomplished and are within the
possibilities of immediate accom-
' puSIlluSllt.
HARBOR CONTROL
other recommendations as to
pilotage and harbor control are
pending before your honorable
body which should be brought into
effect as soon as possible.
The streets in Wilmington should
have immediate care, as they are
in a deplorable condition.
The approach ro San Pedro and
to the outer harbor should be COM
menced and pushed without delay
to completion.
The highway commission should
be urged to immediate action in
completing the highway connecting
the main city with its harbor for
the purpose of transportation ia
cilities.
We. therefore, recommend that
you give these pledges and prom
ises set forth herein careful con-
sideration and those items that are
not provided for in the bond issue
should. so far as possible, be taken
care of by y6ur body in the coming
budget, and thus we will be en-
abled to keep faith with the people
who trusted Los Angeles and gave
it the means whereby it is possible
to secure its complete commercial
supremacy and make possible here
one of the great maritime cities Of