The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1899, Page 3

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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1899. 3 R BA S B e o e SO SR S DS S SN S S S S o WO N S DD SO MDA DD NS U DA SO SN0 S5 8 e e e atCS SO S SR AR D P S G e e>-+@ OO+ * : K4 . . & . + @ . 4 o * . L4 + . ® @ * + @ * + 1 T Dl S é v ¢ & 4 & N ? + : : Y @ i + . . L 4 “ . @ + B & + b ® + . e > . 34 & + JonN P ERANCIS B HYNES \ F N, K.RULE J.GRIFFITH bl DRI S B HYNES W.D WOOLMWINE ERDINAND G 3 : 7 B ) beie be ie ) S f o . T in) Robert F. | their power to make the Free H,n)ml'} y 0; and at that time there was a | & 4 Edw v P. M. | Jubilee a success, the aff will bear a | depth of less than two feet at the en-| [ I Gaffe h. G. W. | distinctively cosmopolitan a ‘he cir- | trance at low tide. Dredging and jetty 4 | ¢ @ that these representatives | construction have since secu > ¢ nominated as ction of the harbor | of sixteen feet at mean low . . r of Comme more import the work has been uncommonly 1 day, and thr other public | ful. There was no objection to 3 Y ¢ ceived undert | inuance until _Congr authorized . ed On Friday, April the s appointment of a board of engineers to ) 4 at 11 o’clock to- | Commercial Cong 1l by locate a deep water harbor on this coast | © iro day—will is a_fea that h the outgrowt cen Point Dume and ( rano. + P A Aantin of 11 edro harbor and | This board was headed by Colonel Men- | I < from Wash- | i ito closer .commer- | dell of 8 Francisco, and _consisted | 9 1t electric hip the | wholly of able engineers of the United 3 1 a ite Hou ments of ates | States army corp: | HUnPHRE + ¢ caused dumping shipment to| *Quite a contention developed before e 3 h this nev To bring abo to tne location,” said Sen- yut after discussion they re- of the | that board as the first barge load of rock on the 0 3 § " his condition and | ator White, * lected site for the San Pedro breakwater. * . > > D> 40406660066 0006sbededbededeiedeseiel® : f the cannon's roar will be | 10 an interchange of the | ported unan m_u=ly in favor of San Pedro. . of every whistle on Chambers of Commerce and 1 of | Thereupon foillowed a somewnat extraor- i : > S : the piping of | Trade throughout Southern alifornia, | dinary proceedir The very able and ef- | wac too ambiguous to be enforced. He | propriated being about 2 per cent for ftertcati ' ew Mexico, Utah ar evada | ficlent chairman of the Senate Commerce | could not_obta urrence of the | each year. The proper amount was ap- 3 s of several requested to clegates, | Committee, who believed —his own judg- | Chief of gineers, General Wilsc propriated by th ¢ ! 7 it o'elock and | ment superior to that of the engl Fo the ferved: the subject “The success with frorts of : TR e made by | caused the report to be disregarded and | {0 0 ek anna b ioe: i Pedro was at- h e toriith t 5 ma n, who temporary | Suceeeded in ordering a ne rd, no Secret holding that the d cannot be measured by the or- EO) Gl S s wultitude 1 2 | withstanding t vigorous and able opp Secreta = & ey T ” ¢ > p 1 4 | s been arranged to feed Chairman of I Hanapoint N.5Relton. who was then | nothing in his eriticls He then ¢ v _embarrassments of such an ur 4 | 20000 persons. In an inclosure holding uring the t upon ¥ G Henatonait y S that he could not advertise for bids be- King7s ihel eharacieriotitiie opnost. 300 feet of table space, with sixteen pits the free harbor jubi ind_the O L OTS, 6r ot of that ses. | CAUSE N appropriation had been for | tion suggests strikingly the necessity o for roasting the meats, and with deliberations of the Commercial Cor Sen yehs o joo that purpose requent offers were made | continued vigilance. Anything like pub- Jl . i e pand v ere will be held sion authorized the appointment of five | {1l bt 3 e eoast to print/|lic;apathys as the eleetlc men TR TRl 2 notable gatherir United States engincers to make R 8 fréee ofioharge s| who m sinated by ulterior mo- ¢ upward of 1500 pounds of o e e he | vestigation. The new board wi L N rotbei it tve esult )¢ : 000 buns, 1250 pounds of sise funds | by Colonel (afterward general) ( B D D vt | “The 1 at 1ggestion, ¥ pounds of coffee will be dispensed Lonleds Inds | aha consisted of fve members. This | the Government could not accept d orathe last Cons jat iyl suggeatin, B this will b wdded 10,000 ¢ DI L iy investigatio eain de. | tions, ignoring the truth that all oVer the ar & n of er ¥ board full investigation, again de- | ti n d s bor whe xamin. . i ms, steamed in S e s Fodro United States the Postoffice Department | bor. and when that exam that will be free t ifecty upor most bitter ¢ accepts e e bu gs free of et i he e @ the inciosure until t LGt ”“‘"’W Serer 100/ ba in the Senat charge. Then several leading newspapers | BrovEmen s S 2€, | P . ected to el Sonenin T | year: se. When the issue expressed their willingness to print the | the construction of the er 1 on the o thiE DAttt hown. A | ed in the House no co tter and await Congresslonal action. | 3 "oy, chorage for mere vessels and i ROmhEriotichn he Eastern Star | reached. The real fight developed in the the Secretary also n_.lmu.i Me for our rships, which must be of vital + rnoon the li ind other bodies have booths in the ball, | Commerce Committee, of which Senator | time the subject was referred to importance, especially in view of the de- & | exe licatory ceremonles wiil | The festival was declared open by mem. | Lrye was chairm proper Treasury officer, who tuled t velopment of Oriental commerce. E 1 George C. Perkins £ e S e heies. Y ATball | —“Ouir delegation was well aware of the | ‘l“y"“ was umwfnm;g h‘kg Mh.\‘:mrnnm)\:\x'w‘x‘ | E ealily n ). AN o 1. White, Colonel S. O as en this eve 2. the Scottis o | situation, and being a member of the com- | The expenses of advertising were merely | PESFORCRE O e seieced fan Lo ooionel B, O, was glven chis evening, the Bebthith Kita | LLReUoR S0 e s o o liee pus combinca LT S s tor. and | GOVERNOR GAGE SNUBS 1 atiord y - ehls am A. Harris and others | The reception committee of the festl judgment. We went over the subject with lers ranged all the way from the Y oOs N 9 labors of those who battled for this d in the great fight for | consists of the matrons, patrons and past | all the and attention possible under | price fixed by the present contractor to JUBILEE COMMITTEE i ) free harbor are not forgotten, a toon s rights will speak and recount | patrons of Aca suthgate, Esperarza, the circum a pleasant | the full amount allowed. 2 | i mercial | bearing the words “Honor to Whom ts of the struggle. Lc es and Pasadena chapters of | :-ft:x}'{m(i‘[' e powerful s et b -'s;n'll e g o o o r-‘IU‘rg»'(lmn[: h:x(: S NF i et P onos > A irefiecting ithe eve towerlng red and | the Order of the Eastern Star. A con- | Sommittee ar the pow nterests that | put failed to proceed, and declared his in- | A SOUIMETH : Ie [Due i and x sl will e along both | tinuous chs of proxramme ‘has been T e L O s Glov e It Is Not the Habit of the N E he arbor and a e of | & ged for each cceeding day anc e SO | the Attorney Genera e 30verno & ! L harbor and a lne of | H e the festival, oo & day andjong that the oider Senators had taken | Grigge) for construction. He el Aoboiien - L ISty e e I sides with refecence to it, and. indeed. I | CERY persons that he had done so. when Executive to Acknowledge € Il give an op- | was informed by a member of the C: saverd BonECa S s e sweep into the P | DL o e as a matter of fact he had made no such trar Srom thehouts EX-SENATOR WHITE D e ol e A% yewen | submission. The session of Congr. £s was Courtesies. r | head of fireworks will be 3 Monica 1o sight years- | coming to an end, and we naturally be- 5 ; Ti T s » ol by a re- REVIEWS THE BATTLE o caltloria, (oX. | camarexc ¥ nervo eral of us| LOS ANGELES, April 2%.—Governor S I ! 4 b o e S e the | called upon th sident, and I believe | Gage will be in the city during this (jubi- re « Y ) - lution was reported to the | called upor S Ifice fine o n 3 : ts from . . Senate providing for the construction of a | ere expressed my opinion of the | joe) week. As the Governor's name does s the celchr How Huntington's Forces, Aided sep water harbor at Santa Monica, {hus | conduct of the Sccretary of War In_an | not appear among the list of distinguished s s it gain wha i A | i O fue Uited Stat | promptn Finally the President, after | Speakers who will address the people at by Secretary Alger, Were mendat of enginecrs. In this view I fou entirely unable to concur, and I | Routed. and filed a_minority report, whicl baving looked over the situation and | San Pedro to-morrow, his friends are crit- ermined that the harbor ought | icising the management of the harbor the will exceed any attem ever mad So city will havir was | to be loc 7 de o Al B cOME FEATURES OF ted at San Pedro, as ubilee celebration, claiming that he has Mas fr 1 flower fe a « flags, bunting and strea signed by Senators Berry, Caffery and | Secretary when he intended to been slighted and that he has not been a i } eremor THE HARBOR JUBILEE er Setipi-ces anrtol o e The people | PAasco.and myself, and would have been | advice of the Attorney General s corded 5 proper place on the programme. ? = Jlays, the red, white LOS A S Apri he people | signed by Senator Vest had he been pres- | directly by the execitive, was com- | The officials of the jubilee combat this 2 2 by the of Los Angeles concede that to the tact, insisting upon San Pedro. pelled to make the submission, and once | {nference and bluntly state t Governor sh X How the People of Southern Cali- ne being used Judemintnna. trelessiperasyerancs of ““The report went before the Senate in | inorc the matter was decided against him, | Gage recelved a Special invitation, in 1 nator Stephe vi- | as Gereral ( M. White | connection_with numerous other pr ggs promptly concurred | common with 300 other dignitaries of ‘the ¢ bunting and mot- e . from § o'clock until | United States : : i s - % . * Slisees e tho AR is largely due the fact that Jeople's | sions of the river and harbor bill, and | with Judse McKenna. After this th United Stz but that the Gov * has L ; fornia Will Celebrate Their s anmenrance B | harhasy Gim Pedro is under constiue, | then took place a most serious and point- [ wes nothing to do but let the contract. | not repiled to the invitation. They also lights i from the side- 2 o s arance A g Lol 1 Bl : 1 debate. I have no disposition to run | g s there has never been any |Say that a personal invitation, through n. To the accomplishment of this ob- Victory. :‘ that discussion, which was partici- | John T. Gaffey, one of the executive com- ver cted in the United States 1 of the promir e =nt et Intersection 3 e 9 : x x ject Senator White addressed himself with | pated in by Senators on both side bar by unnecessary difficulties, | mittee, was tendered to Mr. Gage, and eets n the busi 'tion of the city arches | e ) pate 3 Senators o sides, | embar Y unnecessary difficulties, | e 0 ° e e great | i e e BT g e Yighe'ts | that skill and generalship that have |and in which Senator Frye displayed most | Many of those who opposed the present | nothing is on file to show that he took the ~ Ul S i and fAiibes Uaehile. alonr the | gatneas him adaitic wirels, the results ark ability as an advocate—and | jon did so in the best=of faith, but | SHghtest notice of these courtesies. T URTbOD atiSEnTEEdo it ol e e e o | he is one of the ablest advocates | O %11 hever beleve, not would | condition may account for the fact that I by a iseworthy persistence of nts ¢ dings rows, of tiny globe i e it !‘”]”"; SweEs or met, Those who favored the adop- | it be justified in believing, that had not | the Governor brought no members of his f Los Angeles, Is being cele- en. \ i b s 3 cy. The position Into which the ene- | yjon of the San Pedro reports, includi 4| the powerful interests headed by M. staff to the jubilee. : ty and in San Pedro, the ’ “,] s ""'I‘f"l]\ will be \”“‘ BTt f the location essayed to | mysel nd Senator Perkins, utilized | Huntington been behind Santa Monica T e y electric displs s ever force him by ng the measure did | every argument at our command. Seeing | there would have been no serious oppo- : u in chand 4 west of the World's Fair olty. The | noc”geter_the or from the maniy | hat the condition was precarious and | sition after the making of the Mendell MEN WHO FOUGH v hat le of the Free Ha Jubil ng e given over to enjoyment, | 10 PRGN Ad determined to make | that there was no immediate hope of ob- | report. Individual Senators or Repre 2 i he leading cltizens of the nd merrymaking. | D ke ot fren Moo to MAXC | taining an appropriation for San Pedro, | tatives might have expres nt, but | FOR THE HARBOR - o 1 ve been invit event the d. will be the floral | In the ir 4 > arbor for | we expressed ourselves willing to trust | the proj would have gone through. . ¢ : the free harbor cel- which starts lr;\-xh .\11..m .'(uul Sev. uthern California ; s the matter to third board. o this | Mr. Huntington has had vast experienc \ TR tractors ha o brEin lowine | €nth streets at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, n interview to-day with The Call | proposition there was great opposition, | in Congress, has many friends there who, | o 7 : e mbraced in the following | 71 column will " be Jed by 'the famous Sentative Ior. White. dtanicn] sl Onelly ne & compromlse (vanipa: | o e et sttty na it e | Los Angelest Citizens Untiring: in 3 ricus Club of Pasadena, 200 strong, i 5 connecte vith t p o § josed that a board containing one naval | possible to find him in e , and they | i ¢ idents connected with the bz in | posed thaj wval | possible ) | s it full white uniferm, and followed by | the n¢ e 2 4 officer to 'be detailed by the of | implicitly follow him. hen, of cour and ha oy ¢ e roiow e | connteted 3 batile i o doialiad Dyl : olliog X T 7 Their Onslaught Upon the W epresentatives of England, France, | Consress anc roke in the White | iy Novy, ¢ - | there is another class, to be found eve rey ince, | AR getanaidl the Navy | there is another class, to be nd every ; } ne Germany lexico and Belgium in Houy that brolre, therpower of the oppO-i| qafic Surveyy totbe supe where, who seek the approval of wealth Common Foe, Gtyeiest \ by the al corps of sition, led by Secretary of War Russell A. | intendant of that three ex- | and power and hope for its smiles | 1 Seventh Regiment, National Guard of | Alger pericnced civil engineers ‘skilled in_riy 3 gt ¥ 3 | “During the battle which was waged | Three centuries ago Cabrillo, the great ,.(‘,r.;',;.h :(1',‘. floral -nln‘.‘v.;“4-;-:)1[»|.~‘mu‘ In commenting upon the early history xi;.m( \\.,n;-” 1{(.“1.,.' ":;l,;.(‘:ln:r.lny |:2v‘]n‘m Pre { at the [].mp ]ulhlhn‘ .'n»I]rmu{u;\\ l‘(rl 1lm navigator, who firét landed on the shores sdonpllien Sl S Y »f San Pedro h d the first efforts | dent. should co ute a board to exam- | Walker board the people of Los Angeles | Californis cho of vehfcles that will test the pa- | 0f San I P fmd the first efforts | {iMine harbors, and that the decision of | were in a. state. of - ferment, but the | of Southern California, aneh red in the nd skill of the judg The re- ks % Sena- | the majority of such board should be | masses and the overwhelming body of | harbor of San Pedro. Cabrilic salled & of the parade will comprise | tor White said that the obstacles preced- | final. 'This beard headed by | Dusincss men, who were unawed by the harbor and christened the quiet wat- Troop D, mounted, of the Seventh Regi- |ing the location of San Pedro harbor | 1t came to Los Angele | road domination, advocated San Pedro. | ers Bahia de los Humos—'‘the bay of mien al Guard of California; bicy- | have been t time e oughly examined into the | A number of good citizens, however, it rhe aim of the b appe; S| P ving to the clouds of vapor M e H. | cle contests fifty caballeros and the | insurmoun that in .:«r“ ays | subject and reported—with the exception | must be said—among whom I count many | ;,';’Skfiifiilr ?he bay, the result of ;I]n- ¢ C. | Chinese population with its fifty-foot | San Pedro v sed as an embarcadero | of one member, Mr. Morgan, against | of my personal friends—preferred the | & i p i tah rnia a dragon companied by the customary | for the shinment of hides, tallow and slection T had most earn other place. Now that the victory has |dians burning the marsh grasses. The enjoyment in band, sidelights and holiday attirc. The | other products of the cou t- | 1 favor of San Pedro. been achieved and the last opposing of- | name of San Pedro was given the harbor th of a new fire department ter in full force |ural adaptability to t “Tn view of these uniform decisi nas been rudely thrown aslde, there | by Viscaino, an explorer who followed with machines decorated. it is to be utilized was there would b | was thought tha no fur- t not to be further trouble. After a | Cabrillo. This was in honor of Saint Pe- ial and industri th| "As the foreign representatives in Los | the early mariner. Irst improve- | ther_difficulty, but it so happened that | continuing contract such as that involved | ter of Alexandria, who suffered martyr- -at Southwest of the f{erman | Angeles, Consuls and consular agents, | ments of importance attempted by the | the Secretary of War did not agree with | here has been let, appropriations follow | dom in the third century, whose day in Y atda iny 2 victory won by | § wine, Homer | have issued a joint circular urging the | Government were inaugurated in connec- | these several reports and determined to | as a matter of course—not in the river | the calendar is November 26, the date i Vil X subfects of the'varlous countrics repre- | tion with Wilminglon, or as it s now | {gnore them. He at first expressed him- | and harbor bill, but In the general ap- | when Viscaino entered the bay. That the | | sented by them to take every means in |l called, the inner harbor, nearly thirty | self as believing that the Walker report | propriation bill, the average amount ap-| From that date to the present San Pe- f its peop uthwestern Commercial Congress—T. B+ 9+ 000 eHINIOIOIDIOIDIDIDIII00500000000tOtOtOtDIOEItII00000000 000000t 0000000000000ttt 6.0 -60600+000000000000000000e00000e0006000@ ¢ & - THE HARBOR OF SAN PEDRO AS IT APPEARS TO-DAY. -9 —-O-0-¢

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