(*Amended transcript) – “DEVELOPMENT OF SAN DIEGO BAY WILL RELOCATE INDUSTRIES – On the Ballot in the San Diego Municipal Election is an item of special interest. Under the banner title of ‘Annexation of Paradise Hills to the City of San Diego’ other items of long-term value to San Diego’s fishing industry budget changes included calling for the Amendment of the CITY CHARTER to allow an ANNUAL TAX LEVY of 10¢ per $100 of assessed valuation to be used for HARBOR DEVELOPMENT. The Chamber of Commerce and other civic bodies are very actively campaigning for the adoption of this item. — Probably the first project of development to be undertaken in case this measure is approved by the voters will be the:
(1) Extension of the present Broadway pier, the installation of overhead passenger ramps, and other facilities.
(2) Of great importance to the FISHING and BOATING interests is the filling and bulkheading of the areas at the foot of 28th STREET and the construction of two mole-type piers at this site. It is planned to remove the present FISH CANNERIES and BOAT BUILDING plants to this area as soon as possible. Relocating the canneries on this 9-acre pier will enable the deep-sea fishing boats to come alongside and unload without many of the current difficulties at current sites. The bulkhead area between the two piers will be approximately 3,600’ x 1,000’, will should allow the establishment there of nine boat-building concerns, each having a frontage on deep water of approx. 400’.
(3) Another mole-type pier is planned for the foot of 5th Ave., downtown; as well as the paving of Belt, Harbor, and Atlantic Streets, and the making of a *HUB* at the foot of Market St. (formerly H Street) suitable for ferry landings, etc. as well as another mole-type pier at the foot of Grape Street.
(4) Dredging of the channel at La Playa and Roseville on the bayside of Point Loma is also planned.
HARBOR COMMITTEE ACTIVE – The campaign for the passage of this measure is being handled by the Harbor Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, whose membership includes the managers of the various fish canneries, fishermen’s associations, fresh fish companies and boat building concerns in San Diego.” ~~~ *Note: This new tax was expected to produce about $250,000 annually (equivalent to $4,105,666 today – ed.) specifically for harbor development purposes.
(*Source: The California Fisheries magazine – March 12, 1929 – Pg. 21)