Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-13
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
Work to Be Commenced Upon the Per-
manent Exhibit Building.

Work to Be Commenced Upon the Per-
manent Exhibit Building.
A meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Sacramento City and County I'm
ing, President DIR. G. L ISimmons in the
chair.
The Secretary read the following COM
munications:
SACRAMENTO, January u, 1888.
j. o. Coleman, Esq, Secretary improvement
Associdtton-DEAR SIR: The state Board OF
Trade have requested that this county have an
exhibit at San Jose at the time the National
Horticultural Association shall hold their meet
ing there. If it is the desire OF the Improve
ment Association that the county should be
represented, some competent person should be
employed to wait upon our citizens and solicit
what they may have las am sorry to say they
will not contribute unless they are personally
called upon. / made two collections, and have
not the time to make this one, but will super
intend it if the Association will authorize the
employment of some one. L. X. ALsIP.
ADVERTISING IN THE EAST.
SACRAMENTO, January y, 1887.
!. .. Coleman, Esq, Secretary Sacramento cay
ana County improvement ASs0ctdtlon-DEAR SIR :
owing to circumstances beyond my control l
have not been able to get the committee together
on the most feasible method of making known
the resources of Central and Northern California
to Eastern people"
Speaking for myself l would recommend the
employment ofgOod interested speakers to lee
ture IN the Eastern cities and towns, with sam
pies OF our products for exhibition and plenty OF
printed matter in the shape of books and pam
phlets for distribution, such as have already
been prepared by the different counties. con-
corning their resources, amount OF territory,
adaptability for various productions, etc The
expense of such lecture, If it could be so ar
ranged to be borne by the counties interested,
would be comparatively light and of incalcula-
BILE benefit TO all concerned. Whatever is done
in the matter we can rest assured Sacramento
indirectly Will reap the greatest benefit.
E. F. AIKEN.
Both communications were pleced o
file. After some discussion, the Secretary
was authorized to employ Thomas c. Pock
man to make a canvass for fruit for the
San Jose exhibit and to report as soon as
possible to a committee composed of Dr.
Simmons, P. f. Plat and +. X. Alsip
The committee is confident that the people
will see the benefit that will accrue from
such an exhibit, and will contribute liber-
ally of their citrus fruits, of which there
is such an abundance in this city and Vi
cinity.
PERMANENT EXHIBIT BUILDING
Messrs. Parker and Lindley of the Per-
manent Exhibit Committee made lengthy
and energetic, and any duty assigned to
them IS carried out with vigor and prompt
ness. They have faith in this section, and
as canyasserS they viii not take nay for an
answer. If they cannot convince moss
back " that he ought to stand in by talking
to him half an hour, they give him an hour
of chin music" and if that don't bring
him to a sense of realization of what he
owes this section, they return the next
morning and " sit down on him" for
whole day. This, they say, is their favorite
" tactics" and the stiffer" the subject, the
more severe the castigation. As canvassers
THEY ARE A SUCCESS,
And so they were voted by the entire as
semblage. To hear them talk about their
exploits among the merchants and bankers
on and streets, you would imagine that
a couple of Los Angeles boomers had es-
capped from the southern citrus belt. They
asked for reinforcements, saying they de-
sired an addition to their committee of at
least five active canvassers. They had al
ready received flat contribution of 500
and 1O7 subscribers at So per month. The
annual subscriptions they have obtained
all tirst-class men-makes the neat sum of
Sc, 42O. This they proposed to double, and
will do it, for they already have fifty more
ready to subscribe, and seventy-five sitting
on the fence who can be
PULLED FROM THEIR PERCH
By larger committee. They want plenty
of men and ammunition, and then make q
short and decisive campaign. They have
succeeded in getting up rivalry between
the banks, and if n. D. Rideout, who is
absent from the city, will stand in on the
for the California Bank, they
can safely count on another 81 200 for the
year.
The meeting authorized the Canvassing
Committee to increase the number of their
committee by five, to continue the cam
paign as it has been inaugurated, and carry
the war into Africa if necessary.
Secretary Coleman stated that he had
been informed by Mayor Gregory that the
railroad company had made out the neces-
ssry papers leasing the land near the depot
for the exhibit building, and that the com
mittee could now proceed without delay to
construct the same.
The Committee on East Park made a re-
port of their transactions with the Board
of Trustees, and the same was read and
placed on file.
Secretary Coleman called the attention
of the meeting to the fact that several |
members of the Executive Committee
failed to attend the meetings, and suggested
that the following rule of the Association
be put in force, viz: If any member
shall be absent from more than three con-
secutive meetings without satisfactory ex-
cuse, the Executive Committee shall de-
clare his seat vacant, and Immediately