PECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON PACIFIC COAST NAVAL BASES SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS THIRD SESSION RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NAVAL BASE Printed for use of the Special Joint Committee WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1920 CONTENTS. HEARINGS, Tuesday, November 16, 1920, at city hall, San Francisco, Calif. Wednesday, November 17, 1920, at city hall, Oakland, Calif... Thursday, November 18, 1920, at Mare Island Navy Yard... Friday, November 19, 1920, at city hall, San Francisco, Calif. Joseph H. King, former president of Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Joseph E. Caine, managing director Oakland Chamber of Commerce, re- L. H. Newbert, statement of.. George E. Wilhelm, chief engineer, People's Water Co., discussion as to Richard J. Welch, supervisor city of San Francisco, spokesman for Hunters James Rolph, jr., mayor of San Francisco, remarks of.. Page 67, 200 83 85,89 72 M. M. O'Shaughnessy, chief engineer of San Francisco, remarks of. 4, 209 6, 27 21 17 12, 35, 204 John I. Nolan, Representative in Congress, remarks of.. John S. Dunnigan, clerk of board of supervisors, San Francisco, remarks of. 11, 13. P. R. Thompson, president Civic League of Improvement Clubs and Asso- Transportation, freight rates, etc., statement as to, filed. John A. O'Connell, secretary San Francisco Labor Council, remarks. Daniel A. Ryan, attorney, board of State harbor commissioners, remarks of. Civic League of Improvement Clubs and Associations report of, giving 28 30, 35 204 33 36, 201 37 39 57 Mare Island and Carquinez Straits site-Continued. Communications submitted by, from-Continued. Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, Air Service, United States Army... Capt. Dudley W. Knox, United States Navy. Capt. Edw. L. Beach, commandant, Mare Island Navy Yard, statements Estimates of cost, tables of, and comparisons between Alameda, Hun- ters Point, and Carquinez Straits (or Mare Island).. Extent of deep anchorage available at Carquinez Straits. Commander H. M. Gleason, ex-constructor, Mare Island Navy Yard, Howard C. Holmes, consulting engineer, statement of, and discussion... Comparisons of foundations for dry docks available at Alameda, Hun- Francis Betts Smith, consulting engineer, statement of, and discussion.. James Roney, mayor of city of Vallejo, Calif., statement of.. Capt. T. M. Potts, United States Navy, retired, statement of. Warren H. McBryde, speaking for chambers of commerce of Contra Costa County and city of Martinez, statement of. Brief submitted, setting forth various advantages of Martinez site. Richmond, or San Pablo, site. H. W. Wernse, secretary, Richmond Industrial Commission, remarks, of.. J. E. McCurdy, president, San Mateo Chamber of Commerce, remarks of.. Resolution of board of supervisors, San Mateo County.. Resolution of board of trustees, city of San Mateo.. J. J. Dwyer, representative of the San Mateo site... A. M. Lasher, civil engineer, report of. . Arthur M. Free, Representative-elect, eighth district of California, remarks 190 190 195, 198 The location of the naval base, a general discussion by Admiral Hugh Rodman, 183 |