Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-28

facility with which haven Tor sea-
going ships is provided. 1t can con-
tain-dO they wish to- come-all the
fleets of the world, and there will be
no pushing nor rushing for fair
anchorage.
Absolutely the nearest smooth water
haven to the nearly completed Pana-
ma canal, where must come the levia-
thans of the deep, San Diego's harbor
must also become a haven for them.
And San Diego knows what she has
in the matter of harbor facilities She
fully appreciates her opportunities
She realizes her strength, and is
.strong in that strength. San Diego
knows!
Today, ranking as the third in i'm
rortance on the Pacific coast, San
Diego harbor may, tomorrow attain
higher position in harbor relations.
That sentinel promontory, Point
Iona, stands as shield against the
storms which might blow from the
north, but which don't blow in San
Diego's harbOr, for stormy winds are
unknown in the ''Harbor of the Sun =
Naval officers, who have inspected
all the harbOrs on this, and every
other coast, have decided that there
is none to equal that of San Diego;
they state that it is most accessible
free from rock and reef
With her s6,000,O0O great improve
ments are to be made. Wharfs and
sea wall are to be constructed, and
it is estimated, that in the near future
San DiegO's harbOr will have some
eleven miles of docks
1t is expected that upwards of 1900
acres of tide lands will be reclaimed
through this reclamation plan, which
il is estimated will be of greater value
to the city than the cost of its bonded
indebtedness for harbOr improve
ments.
The material value of San Diego's
magnificent harbOr has been for many
years 1mpeded through lack OF
thorough transportation, but this is
shortly to be remedied with the in
ception of the San Diego & Arizona
railroad, completion and operation OF
which is promised in 1913
With total area of 22 souare
miles, San Diego bay is one of the
finest landlOcked harbOrs in the world
1t is the third In Importance on the
Pacific coast and ranks among the
best ten natural harbors of the globe
The depth of the anchorage area OF
San Diego harbor varies from 20 tc
SO feet at extreme low tide. From
the entrance of the harbor for a dis
tance of eight miles inland, there is
a minimum depth of sc feet at low
tide. 1t is 16 miles from the entrance
, OF the harbOr TO the extreme end OF
the bay, the lower portion varying
| from 20 to % feet I'm depth at low
| tide. The tide has rise and fall OF
about six feet at this point.
Aside from being landlocked. Poin,
| Iona, a prOmOntory 400 feet above
sea level, famous as the site of the
| world institute of the Universal
| Brotherhood and Theosophical So
ciety, juts out into the ocean jus
north and far beyond the harbor en-
trance, thus protecting not only the
entrance but the entire harbor itsel
| from any storms which might sweel
down from the north, while the United
States government mas built an indie
structible jetty paralleling the en-
trance to the bay on the south, thu:
DETECTING the current from the trop
les and maintaining a uniform deptl
OF the entrance channel so importan
to shipping.
The development of the harbor from
a commercial point of view has Jus
begun. At the last session of tn
California legislature, the state cede,
to the city of San Diego all it's righ