Arizona republican., 1913-03-13
UNDERTAKING q EMBAhMING.
IMPROVING THE PORTS OF THE
 WORLD

Anticipating the opening of the American Panama canal. more than $1 ,O00, 000, ,00O is being spent for i'm provernents at various ports of the world so as to better handle deep-s sea commerce. This movement is univer- sal-thc United States, Canada, south America, Europe and elsewhere. For this purpose Los Angeles has pledg- ed itself to spend $10,000,000 if a cap able administration may be secured. San Francisco is operating a port development plan under ;t bond of S9,000,00o. London, the worlds great est port, proposes to spend on inn provements in the Thames s70.0OO. 900. one new dock costing $10.000.00
 seattle has planned a port eXpendi- ture which will require an outlay of $eO.00O, ,000
 Montreal has spent s17.000.ooo and is planning great extensions.
 Toronto will spend SIS, S,00000 in
 harbor and water front Improvements.
 The government of Chile has au
 thorized q s20.00G,O0 loan for port
 Improvements at Valparaiso and san
 Antonio. Valparaiso alone is to spend
 s12, 900 900 to $13000000 This means
 Improvements of the most modern
 and efficent character With the inn
 prOveinent of Pacific ports go pro-
 posed important extensions in Pacific Coast transpacific ship services. Halifax is discussing the outlay of at least $30,G0O. 900 for port improve ments.
 Peru as pro American country, has the port improvement spirit, but not yet the wealth or trade for eX- tensive expenditures such as are be- l ing planned by Argentina, Brazil and Chile. In five Brazilian ports the i great sum of $125, 5,000,o00 may be de- ! voted to port development. In the
 next five years 5,000,000 will be 1 spent on docks at Buenos Ayres. 1 Hamburg, which is finishing the i worlds greatest steamship ImperatOr ! is preparing ample accomOdatiOns for ! the new type of passenger vessels. The city of Havre, France, is mak l ing port improvements which will cost 0,0000 The port of Boulogne France is similarly spending $G0O0, ,000 l The port of Calais, France, is also under development.
 Yokohama. Japan, is preparing for 1 the American Panama canal with eX-
 provements are under way at the var
 ious American and other ports on the i Gulf of Mexico.
 The latest project of the Commits | sioner of docks of the city of New l York provides for port expenditures
 amounting to nearly sS5.000,OOO In 1913 Philadelphia will probably 1 spend about s3,250,00O
 Boston is starting on great port : improvements requiring an outlay of 1 $9,0OO,OO0, for which the appropriation has already been made.
 i CharlestoWn, $. C., will erect muni- 1 cipal docks and warehouses. 1 New Orleans plans d cotton ware l house calling for the possible expen- ! diture of $6,000,00
 Congress has allotted to Port Arthur i Tex, $2 ,000, ,000 for port improvements. 1 Port Improvements at Mobile are | also fully commensurate with the 1 functions of that gateway.
 l Better ports mean bigger and better ! ships. In 1912 the total gross ship ! tonnage built in the United States i was 292,40S. Shipyards in the mari 1 time countries have been working l nearer full capacity the past twelve 1 months than has been the case for ! several years. Los Angeles must re- i organize it's harbor administration promptly Or it's harbor possibilities
 will be eaten up by San Francisco
 and other ports. The failure of our
 municipal harbor enterprise up to this
 time considering all the eloquence