Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-04-24
The Coming Exposition.

Rooms on THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE OF |
PACIFIC COAST MINERAL EXPOSITION,
2l2 SUFFER- ST., SAN Francisco. J
10 The Honorable Board Of Supervisors
Of Los Angeles, State Of California;.
GREETING; We, the undersigned, II
Committee of Citizens of the City and
County of San Francisco, called by
Henry G. Hanks, State Mineralogist, to
consult upon the vital Importance of
making grand free exposition. or dis.
play, OF the mineral and material re-
sources of the Pacific Coast, which shall
be credit and benefit to our great State
and to the Pacific Coast, to be held at
San Francisco during the coming sum-
mer, when our metropolis will be filed
with distinguished and influential Wis.
itors from abroad, have deemed it lust
and wise to address the respective
Boards of Supervisors of the several
counties, and through them, the citizens,
that no portion of the State may fail of
the honor and benefit of an equal and
full representation in this important and
attractive display. We therefore re-
spectfully call your attention to the
reasons and considerations which have
influenced the Committee, viz:
WHEREAS, The provisions made for
the support of the State Mining Bureau
by the Act which brought it into ex-
istence. even adding the recent Legsla-
tive appropriation, are entirely made
quate for the purpose, and are insult.
cient for the conduct of the institution
in any way commensurate with its
splendid advancement and fine acquisi.
tons of new material and valuable spec
linens; and
WHEREAS, The coming summer will
afford one OF the great opportunities of an
age for noticeable and important free
disply OF our mineral and material inter
eat; and,
WHEREAS, We have been impressed
with the importance of so arranging the
specimens, that those of each county
may be displayed together; an arrange.
ment which cannot now be made for
lack of cases,
THEREFORE,, We most respectfully
lay before your honorable body the re-
suit of our deliberations, viz;
First. 1t is proposed that the citi-
zens of the city and county of San Fran
cisco land liberal minded citizens of the
State who may so desired raise all the
funds required to project and carry out
a Free Pacific Coast Mineral Exposition,
and make the display one of unqualified
attraction and interest to all who may
visit the city
Second. That the respective coun.
tics, and the citizens thereof, be earnest.
ly solicited to contribute the SUN of one
hundred dollars for each county-by APP
preparation, or by private subscription
which may be sent to Lloyd Tevis,
Esq, treasurer of the Citizens Exposi.
ton Committee, to go into what will be
styled 1.-The County Case Fund of the
State Mining Bureau and Museum" to
provide neat and uniform cases which
will bear the names of the respective
counties so contributing.
1t is also most earnestly requested
that immediate measures be taken by
the respective Boards to solicit speci.
mems which may be sent by express,
free, directed to the State Mining
Bureau, with names of donors, which
will appear on printed display cards in
tue iNSpCSNiNt NOuheJ ShScos MANY
relics, fossils, etc., will no doubt be sent
which cannot go in cases, and for these
county space will be assigned by the
Committee.
Believing that the main thoughts
aimed at and brought out in this eircu.
lar will afford an ample incentive to
earnest and practical effort, and that
opportunity will be furnished for one of
the most important displays the State
has ever made, we submit this circular,
hoping that what it asks for and aims
at will meet with your appreciation and
receive your hearty cooperation. We
remain, gentlemen,
Yours very respectfully,
Melville Atwood, $. Heydenfeldt, Jr.,
L. l.. Bullock, c. A. Hooper,
w. NJ. Bunker, Geo. T. Marye, Jr.,
VIM. T. Coleman, W. II. Mills,
James V. Coleman, Almarin B. Panl,
C. O'(,onnor M Scott