Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-30
CITY WILL SUE TO
GAIN WAREHOUSE
SITES ON HARBOR
Location Chosen for Municipal
Docks, and Route Mapped
for Port Highway
COUNCIL WILL ACT TODAY
Hewitt to Start Condemnation
Proceedings to Secure the
Property Required
COUNCIL WILL ACT TODAY

First authentic information of the
route of the harbor highway and the
location of the municipal warehouses,
was given out by L. r. Hewitt, spe-
cial counsel of the harbor bureau, yes
terday. Hewitt will present resolu-
tions and ordinances to the city coun-
Gil today, authorizing him to take the
necessary steps for condemnation. He
says the suits will be filed Wednes-
day.
One resolution will authorize Hewitt
to institute suit to condemn eighteen
lots on Timm's point, fronting on San
Pedro street and running back to Sig
nal street. These lots take half of
block p2 and all of block SO, except
property is just back Of what has come
to be known as the Huntington con-
cession, on which the city will build
its wharves. On this property the city
will build its warehouses The ware
house Rroperty has a frontage of 750
feet ory San Pedro street.
A second resolution will authorize
suit to condemn the strip OF land be-
tween San Pedro street and the right
of way of the Los Angeles Interurban,
to widen San Pedro street, directly in
front of the warehouse property. This
strip of land is about 800 feet long
and is 40 feet wide at the north end,
narrowing to 10 feet at the south. In
this particular case suit must be
brought against 25 defendants.
But 66 defendants appear in the
suit for the harbor highway, which
also will be authorized by resolution.
Many guesses have been made at the
probable route Of this highway, but
none has exactly hit 1t. The route was
traced yesterday by Hewitt.
The highway will be 1870 feet wide
~t.,r nC& 80 ha 3FRfA
section of Beacon street and what is
known as the "old county road" From
that point of beginning 1t extends to
a point between Beacon and Orizaba
streets, then directly south, connect
ing with Orizaba at Santa Cruz, taking
In Orizaba from Santa Cruz to Third
and a strip of land 20 feet wide Off
the west side of Orizaba- 1t takes
Off the east part of block Sc between
Third and Fourth, then extends south
from Fourth to Wall. The highway
passes east of Front street, the east
line of Front being the west line OF
the highway. From Wall street south
to Thirteenth, the west line of the
highway is the east line of the Plaza.
All of blocks 80 and 81, the half of
block 90 not used for the warehouses,
and lots /, and of block 90, will
bo condemned to carry the highway
down to Crescent avenue and the wa
ter front.
OUTLINES HIGHWAY ROUTE
An old right of way of the Southern
Pacific, 200 feet wide, partially inter-
~feres with carrying the road down to
Crescent avenue, but suit has already
been instituted to recover the land
covered by this franchise and Hewitt
believes the city will gain title to it.
The money to pay for the condemna-
tion suits will be taken from the
bond money of the harbor.
The highway will connect with the
old county road and on the determine
tion of the streets and houlevards
committee that looked over the ground
last week will depend the connecting
link with Los Angeles. This will most
likely be Main street. for this route
appears to strike the committee most
favorably of the three considered.