Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16
MEYER WILL VISIT
HARB0R DEFENSES
Secretary of Navy Expected To-
day to Make Inspection
at San Pedro
TRIP TO AVALON is PLANNED
Cabinet officer Declares Pacific
Coast Coal Should Be
Used on Warships
TRIP TO AVALON is PLANNED

TO determine for himself the naval
needs of the Pacific coast is the roa-
son for the visit to this section of
George Won L. Meyer, secretary Of the
United States navy, who will arrive in
Los Angeles tomorrow. He is on a
tour of inspection of all the naval sta
tions in the country, and in the last
few days has inspected the nations
equipment in that line from Puget
sound to San Francisco. When he ar
rives here tomorrow he will be shown
San Pedro and its requirements for
development and fortification by MEM
bers of the Los Angeles chamber Of
commerce.
]. c. Drake, president OF the Los An
geles Trust and Savings bank and an
old friend of Secretary Meyer, will
head delegation of members of the
chamber of commerce which will meet
Mr. Meyer when he arrives at the Ar
cade station at S:15 tomorrow MORN
ing.
Mr.. Drake was lieutenant in the
navy before he engaged in CONNER
cial pursuits. While in the navy he
served with Commander Philip An
drews, who is now aid to Secretary
Meyer.
SAN PEDRO INSPECTION TOUR
Secretary Meyer will have his head
quarters at the Hotel Alexandria.
There will be luncheon in his honor
at the California club tomorrow, at
tended by the following citizens:
Secretary Meyer Commander An
drews. Mayor Alexander, General
Chaffee, Joseph Scott, Bishop Conaty,
Lieut.. Stayton, Lieut.. Commander
Richardson, captain OF the Perry; Cap
tain Stokey, u. S. army; Stoddard Jess,
Captain Banning r. H Miller, F. j.
Marshall. James Slauson, M. j. Con-
nell, william D. Stephens, j. S. Tor
rance. NJ. H. Flint, J. C. Drake.
Secretary Meyer will be accompanied
on his trip to the harbor by directors
of the chamber of commerce, members
Of the harbor commission, Captain
Stokey, acting United States engineer
here; General Chaffee and others.
The party will board a special Pa
cific Electric car at 2 o'clock and go
direct to San Pedro. There 1t viii be
met by representatives of the San
Pedro chamber of commerce. Boarding
a launch, the party will inspect the
inner harbor, the east and west basins
and the outer harbor. Then the sec
retary and his aid will go aboard the
torpedo boat PERRY" and &c to Ava
lon, where the night will be passed.
Tuesday Secretary Meyer will fish in
Catalina waters. Wednesday he will
visit Long Beach and thence will go to
the Bolsa Chico Gun club, where he
will hunt ducks. Wednesday evening
he will return to San Pedro and board
the Perry" again. He will go to San
Diego on the Perry" returning to
San Pedro the next day.
COMMERCE. CHAMBER RECEPTION
Thursday night a formal reception
and banquet In honor of Secretary
Meyer will be given in the Hotel Alex
andria under the auspices Of the cham
ber of commerce.
Dispatches from the north quote the
secretary as saying that he is making
the present tour in order to obtain an
ocular demonstration of what is really
the need of the Pacific coast in the
way OF harbor protection and better
ment. He is comforting with his SUBJ
ordinates in all places.
While in the Puget sound section
Secretary Meyer examined the site OF
the new torpedo station, and while in
San Francisco he inspected the navy
yard at Mare island He favors the
use of Pacific coast coal on American
battleships If fuel of that nature suit
able for naval uses can be found in
this section.
ALASKA COAL FOR wARsHIPs
ut costs the government large sum
annually to ship coal to these sta
tions," he said. / have ordered that
experiments be made with Washington
coal and we shall soon try out the