Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . een proposed to take the beautifulharbor of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, as a exposure at Santa Barbara is much less, forstorms never occur from April to November. At St. Peter Port the area enclosed is 73acres. At Santa Barbara a mole extending 700feet out from Castle Rock point, thence a break-water about 2,500 feet long parallel with theshore line extending nearly to the wharf, wouldenclose 100 acres. Such an improvement would afford stillwater bathing at the present bath house, with igood surf beach west of Castle Rock. Therewould be a
Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . een proposed to take the beautifulharbor of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, as a exposure at Santa Barbara is much less, forstorms never occur from April to November. At St. Peter Port the area enclosed is 73acres. At Santa Barbara a mole extending 700feet out from Castle Rock point, thence a break-water about 2,500 feet long parallel with theshore line extending nearly to the wharf, wouldenclose 100 acres. Such an improvement would afford stillwater bathing at the present bath house, with igood surf beach west of Castle Rock. Therewould be a fine fair-w^eather walk along the topof the breakwater, with 24 feet of water formooring ground inside, perfectly safe in allweathers. 162 AND MONTECITO The construction could be undertaken on aprogressive plan, the mole to be built first andthe breakwater later, on the unit basis, each unitto consist of one or more re-enforced concretecaissons, built on the shore, launched like a ship,floated to position, filled with rock, and Harbor, St. Peter Port, Guernsey. Such harbor works are now in existence atmany ports all over the world. There are somefine examples built during the past two years onthe Great Lakes. A unique opportunity is here presented forsome public-spirited man to carry this projectto a successful conclusion, and to build himself tmonument for all time. City Government When Santa Barbara was a Spanish puebloits affairs were administered by an Ayuntamicntoconsisting of an Akakie and two Rcgiciores, cor-responding to a Mayor and Council. By an act of the Legislature of the State ofCalifornia, it became a City on April 9, 1850,and Luis T. Burton was the first President of the SANTA BARBARA Board of Trustees then elected. In 1851, Joa-quin Carrillo became the first Mayor. In 1874, a new charter went into effect, andat the first election thereafter Mortimer Cookwas elected as Mayor. After 1876 the Mayorsterm was extended to two years. Another new chart
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