Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-15
TO GO EAST.
An Exhibit for the Chicago
Exposition.
IMPORTANT MEETING YESTERDAY
A Convention of Southern California
Delegates-AN New Exhibit
Car Proposed.

A year ago, shortly after the Chamber
question of sending an exhibit car of
Southern California products to the
East was agitated for some time, but the
undertaking was finally abandoned,
partly because necessary funds could not
be obtained and partly because the sur
rounding cities exhibited no particular
interest in the scheme. Instead of a
Southern California exhibit, the Los An.
geles Chamber contented itself with 60
ing into travelling exhibit representing
the entire State, under the management
of the State Board OF Trade. This was
the arrangement which has since be-
come quite famous under the title Of
California on Wheels"
A short time ago the San Diego Cham
ber of Commerce broughtup the question
aga in of special eastern exhibit for this
section of the State, and called for gen.
eral convention to take the matter in
hand. Several preliminary meetings
were held, and yesterday morning, at 10
o'clock, the convention came together, in
the hall of the Chamber of Commerce of
Los Angeles, on First street. Deiegs-
tions we're present as follows: San ia Ana
Board of Trade, M. j. Bundy, w. S.
Taylor; San Bernardino Board of Trade,
w. r. Fuller, L. M. Holt; Riverside
Board of Trade, D. w. Mcleod, E. w.
Holmes; Pasadena Board of trade, H. F.
Buchanan, A. F. M. Strong, T. w. Con-
way, G. G. Brown, H. J. Vail; Pomona
Board of Trade, A. A. Smith, R. s. Bas-
sett, J. D. H. Browne, Charles French,
S. n. Androus; San Diego Chamber of
Commerce, Douglass Gum, John Kaetle,
]. F. Brooks, W. W. Thomas, j. s.
Clarke, G. G. Brandt; Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, E. w. Jones, j.
| J. Jones, H. M. Russell, T. G. Nara
more, AL Workman, Judge John Haynes,
Col. G. G. Allen, Capt. W. II. Seamans,
Major w. H. Toler, G. M. Wells and L.
Lichtenberger.
II. Fuller, j. M. Gibson and ]. FL.
Book, of Los Angeles, who were present
in the hall, were asked to take seats as
delegates.
President Jones, of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, took the chair
and called the meeting to order. Mr..
Lichtenberger nominated Hon. Douglass
Gum, Mayor of San Diego, for Chairman
of the convention. He was chosen by
uiya uoce vote, and made short speech,
thanking the convention for the honor
which had been shown him, and review
Ii ing the work which had been done so
far. L. M. Holt, of San Bernardino,
was chosen Secretary.
Major E. W. Jones reported concern
ing his interview with S. B. Hynes, the
General Passenger and Ticket Agent of
the Santa Fe, and with Williamson
Dunn, of the same company; and stated
that free transportation would be pro-
vided for any products which were sent
to Chicago for exhibition at the Indus
trial Fair now in progress in that city.
AS to permanent travelling exhibit, no
definite statements could be made with
out conference with the new President of
the road.
On the question of the expense being
broached, Major Jones said that the re-
cent "California on Wheels" had cost
about 500 month, of which the State
Board of Trade had contributed one.half
and the Southern Pacific Company the
other half, together with the expense of
fitting up the car.
After some discussion over the ques-
tion of ways and means, Mr.. Kastle, OF
San Diego, moved that an Executive
| Committee, consisting Of two members
of each organization represented be ap-
pointed. Each delegation then selected
| it's own representatives on this commit
tee, as follows: San Diego-Colonel
Douglass Gum and John Kastle; Pomo-
na-R. S. Bassett and J. d. H. Browne ;
San Bernardino-Colonel W. r. Fuller
and L. M. Holt; Riverside-E. W.
Holmes and DIV. Mcleod Santa Ana
w. J. Bundy and w. s. Taylor; Los
Angeles County Pathological Society
| H. Fuller and d. Edison Smith; Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce-Majo jor
E. W. Jones and G. M. Wells; Pasa-
dena-C. G. Brown and Ell. ]. Vail.
| Mr.. Buchanan moved and it was car
ried, that the Executive Committee be
authorized to add to their number such
delegates as may be chosen from other
organizations not yet represented but en-
titled; to place in the convention. 1t
was also decided that the committee
should have power to fill all vacancies
occurring in their number.
Mr.. Fuller, of Los Angeles, said that
he had recently travelled among the peo-
pie of Ventura and Santa Barbara coun-
ties and had found them heartily in
sympathy with the movement. He was
surprised that no representatives of that
section were present. The Chairman
said that part of the duty OF
the Executive Committee should
be to correspond and interest bodies that
were not represented. The morning by
this time being pretty we'll expended,
the convention adjourned to meet again
at 80 p. m. During the recess the Ex-
ecutive Committee met and organized
with the Chairman and Secretary of the
convention as permanent officers.
When the convention met again in the
afternoon the Chairman, after calling to
order, explained that the Executive Com
mittee had been discussing various mat.
ters, and especially the question of the
apportionment of the expenses of the
Southern California exhibit among the
organizations represented in the conven-
tion. He called for opinions in this
matter.
g. M. Wells suggested that it was i'm
possible to figure on questions of expense
until it Was known what the railroad pro-