The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-05-15

and cities; the increase of land values
in Seattle on the water front within
a comparatively shot time going $175
a lot to about $1,000 a front foot. Re
garding the value OF lands in the
neighborhOod of the short front in
San Pedro. the port at Los Angeles,
letter from the Los Angeles Times is
cited, which states that AdOlph Busch
recently purchased land there at the
rate of $34 a square foot and that the
price OF realty at the harbor ranges
from $40 TO $35 a square foot, accord
ing TO location. In other words land
there ranges from S22. 500 to $7S,750
for one lot. This land was almost
worthless a few years ago. and Mr..
Harris says that he is confident that
Monterey will have a similar, if not
more striking experience.
The government of the United States
has appropriated the sum of $4,000
and the state of California 100000
more for a breakwater, and this, Mr.
Harris believes, will be sufficient. In
this connection he calls attention to
a report of the chief of engineers of
the United States government con-
tanned in House Report No. 1884, of
the Sixty-first congress, third session,
which says, there can be no ques-
ton, however but that a good harbor
Will lead to the rapid development of
the country; that il will be of advan-
tage to freight rates; that it will ov-
ercome the loss due occasionally to
the lack of care, the California coast is |
lacking in good harbors. Monterey |
already has a good harbor 1t is we'll |
protected from all the prevailing |
winds, deep, safe, has no rivers flow
ing into it, no shifting sands altering |
its bottom, no bar; in fact, is prac- !
tically without any of the obstacles to !
navigation that usually mar hdrbars
rv-satf ra1xr s,,a.. ,,..s,.,
bre akwater only is needed to over
come its one trouble, viz: the unGer-
tow, or ground swell"
Mr.. Harris cites also a letter from
Jno. l.. Ds Roberts of the Monterey
county board of supervisors written
in behalf of that body, relative to the
local possibilities Of the harbOr. among
which is mentioned the following ad-
vantages: Monterey is the nearest
harbOr for a part of California en- |
bracing 100000 a. arabic land; the |
local points in the area can be brought
forty to 16O miles nearer tide water
by connection with Monterey North |
of the Techachapi and San Luis OBJ |
lspO passes, 1t is the nearest port TO |
the great oil belt of central Califor-
MIA"
The final point he makes for the
harbOr which he thinks will be of i'm
pOrtance to the nation are that it is
the first really great port of entry in
to which any ocean vessel can sail af-
ter passing the canals, as the great |
liners such as ply the Atlantic cannot |
enter either San Diego of San Pedro,
or, indeed San Francisco, and being |
nearer the oil regions he figures that |
this is the point at which vessels will !
stop for oil for fuel The United
States government is preparing to
spend millions of sdollars on a great
submarine base and an aviation base
at Monterey, and has just purchased |
1920 acres of land near the city for
these purposes.
Besides the branches of service |
named it is planned to have cavalry |
and mobile artillery post at this spot.
engineers for the laying off of tho
DreakWater are already on the ground.
Another great port on the Pacific. in
his opinion, will be of interest to the
states, particularly
when the railroad lines run directly
from Twin Falls to the California
country, as they will soon do.