Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
DECLARES PORT
OF LOS ANGELES
BEST IN WORLD
THERE is NONE TO EQUAL
HARB0R, SAYS EXPERT
ENTERPRISE WILL COMPEL RAIL-
ROADS TO LOWER RATES
jefferson Club Adopts Resolution Urg-
Ing Speedy improvement of
Waters Owned by City
at San Pedro

Il have passed much of my time on
the ocean and never have seen a bet
ter harbor than that of Los Angeles
When the docks are completed none
will equal it as a land-locked harbor
for safety and accessibility
These were the emphatic expressions
of Capt Lewis Hansen at the weekly
luncheon of the Jefferson club at the
Hollenbeck hotel, on the subject, Tine
Los Angeles Harbor Problem"
Captain Hansen. who is man OF
much experience on sea and land, re-
garding harbor problems, gave Interest,"
ing statistics bearing on local condt-
tions, and reverted to foreign ports in
contrast.
1--WE have the men. money, and the
world at our command" said Captain
Hansen. "and they are ours to use to
the best possible advantage. All honor
to stephen NJ. White for his strenuous
and able work and achievements ac-
complished in this harbor problem. II
he were alive he would say We'll done!
The greatest harbor in the world Will
be ours to attract the vast foreign
martS of trade.
"When the Panama canal is compiled
ed Los Angeles harbor will receive the
greatest impetus of any in the world.
The time of sailing from Liverpool to
the Los Angeles harbor should be ac-
complished in thirteen and one-half
days, with freightage cost of not more
than 90 cents a ton. Railroad freight
age between here and New York and
Boston would be greatly reduced.
Will Make Best Harbor In World
''The harbor of Los Angeles, with its
natural advantages, with artificial aid
will make the best harbor in the world
for ease of approach and sefety by day
-. a VIC 7
over those of San Francisco in its high
sea protection. owners and captains
of ships and cargoes costing millions
of money take this into consideration,
and while there Is great danger of
northern shipwrecks, the high seas al
ways cause the delay they desire TO
avoid.
1--WE are great boosters, and we must
not allow the corporations to interfere
with cur harbor prosperity We have
the greatest halfway port in the world,
and we should make the best of the
conditions at our command. Our South
land is the brightest spot in America.
The land and water excel the places OF
the Nile. 1t is impossible to foresee
what will be achieved In Los Angeles
in fifty years.
.T think the bond issue Is of much
Importance The spending of $2,OOO,OOO
on the harbor, the pledge given before
annexation, will be of vast Importance
10 the harbor and the whole city
II could talk of the prospects ana
beauties of the City Of the Angels un-
til the setting Of the sun. 1t is as high
as the blue sky and as deep as the sea-
Resolutions Adopted
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted
Resolved, That it is the sense or
the board of directors and mem
bers of the Jefferson club of Los
Angeles that the $1,000 feet of water
front owned by the city of Los An
geles on the government harbor
lines of the harbor of San Pedro,
together with the contiguous sub
merged and tide lands owned by
the city available for deep-sea and
other commerce, should be, as soon
as practicable, improved by the
city by the construction of docks,
warehouses and necessary high
ways and railroads connecting with
the business district of the city.
That in making such improve
ments not less than $2,000 900 of the
proposed bond issue of $S,0O0,O0O
should be devoted: First, in con-
structing municipal docks and
warehouses and immediate ap-
proaches thereto on the 156-acre