Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-01
Finance Committee on the
Chicago Exhibit.
Some Important Meetings to Be
Held this Week.
The Work of Improving the Perma-
nent-Exhibit Going Ahead.
Recent Visitors to the Exhibit Hall-Com-
munications Sent Out by the Secre-
tary-Meeting of the Ladies.

cago will be promptly begun by a special
finance committee, which was appointed
yesterday. 1t consists of the following
gentlemen: D. Freeman, E. F. Spence,
H. c. Wilmer, Geo. H. Bonebrake,
Chas. Silent, E. w. Jones, J. NJ. G..
Marble, l.. N. Breed, Jno. E. Platter.
The secretary of the chamber yester-
day addressed communication to each
one of the members of this committee to
the following effect:
AT meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce and citizens of Southern Califor-
MIA, held on Saturday, March 29th, it
was decided to keep an exhibit of South
ern California products in Chicago for
two years. The executive committee de-
cided that it would cost 81 800 per
month to maintain the exhibit, of which
5000 is to be raised in Los Angeles
county. You have been selected as one
of committee to solicit guarantees from
our citizens of such sums per month for
two years as they may feel disposed to
give. The committee is called to meet
at the Chamber of Commerce on
Wednesday afternoon, April I'd, at 2 80
o'clock. Please be present, as it is i'm
portant that the committee get into the
field at once"
Important Meetings.
Several important meetings are to
take place at the Chamber of Commerce
during the coming week. Besides the
meeting of the finance committee men,
toned above, there will be a gathering
this afternoon at three O'Clock of the
citizens who are interested in the build
ing of boulevards to the north and west
of the city. This meeting is called by
the committee on parks. On Thursday
afternoon at O'Clock the ways and
means and the visitors committee of
the chamber will meet with the COM
niittee of Pioneers to provide for the en-
tertainment of the Pioneers who are to
arrive on the 18th of April
The Permanent Exhibit.
The secretary yesterday received an
answer from ]. H. Wade, the general
manager of the Southern California rail-
road to the request that articles sent to
the permanent exhibit be carried free of
charge. Mr.. Wade announces that the
request will be granted and that such
articles must be consigned to E. Cham
bers, the agent at First-street station
and marked For account of Chamber
of Commerce exhibit
The following has been sent to the
superintendent of the different street
car lines in the city by Secretary Patton ::
1.-THE Chamber of Commerce of this
city has established permanent exhibit
OF Southern California products. 1t is
our desire to have every stranger who
comes to Los Angeles visit this exhibit
We would respectfully ask that you
allow us to put placards in your cars and
cOnveyances bearing the following mat
ter: You are invited to visit the free
exhibit of Southern California products
at the Chamber of Commerce, on Main
street, between First and Second
Streets We believe that such an
nouncements in public places would re-
suit in calling the attention of people to
our exhibit and bring many visitors. Ii
you can consistently do this, will you
kindly indicate it as soon as con-
yenient? ?"
The only addition made to the exhibit
yesterday was handsome pair of
mounted horns by John A. Gilchrest.
They are hung on the west wall, near
the stage.
The display was decorated with
flowers yesterday by Miss Crawford,
Mrs. j. M. Anderson, Mrs. E. J. Brad
ford, Mrs. D. E. Russell, Mrs. H. W.
Cowles.
The following persons from outside
cities registered at the exhibit hall since
the last report given in this paper:
G. Hulver, Chicago; Charles Moore,
Troy, N. Y; Ben Bennett, Cahuenga
Mrs. j. S. Bennett, Vernondale; John
w. Bacon and wife. Danbury, Conn. ;; j.
w. Jackson and wife, Redwood Ind.
Mr.. Ellen Eddie and daughter, Denver
Miss Beulah Kendall, Ontario; j. M.
Armour, Pomona; William B. Geary, La
manda Park; DR.. A. f. Elliott, Min
neapolis; w. H. Lyon and wife, New
Haven; M. Rosenbaum, Pasadena; A.
Ziegler, Pomona; George ID. Emerson
Hancock, Mich. j. I. Ferguson, S. M.
Mansfield, Memphis, Tenn. Thomas J.
Carson, Boston; w. j. Costello, Ottawa,
Canada; Frank r. Boyer, Tropico; Ed
ward E. Barnes, Boston; Harry Walker,
r. I. Young, Minneapolis; James
Graham, New Haven; J. f. Isbell, w.
T. Bone, Rivera; F. H. Barclay, Sun
land; Herman Widosky, New York; G.
j. Richardson, Chicago; Jas. H. Muir,
New Britain, Conn. Jas. Phelan, Lynn,
Mass. G. Buzzard, Wyoming; NJ. Way
and Denver; w. III. Fayman, New York
George A. Pearson, Monrovia; L. C. Nc
Kelley, Ventura; G. Barnes, Saratoga
Captain Galligan, San Diego; George
ID. Hodge, Little Rock; J. w. Cole, Ran
chita; w. E. Dorracott, Tropico; w. L.
Vail, Pasadena NJ S. Smith, Michigan
r. M. Powers, ]. M. Merrill, ]. L. Buck,
A. G. Mouser, San Diego; F. NJ Whit
ney, Massachusetts,; P. T. Ward, Pea
body, Kan. D. p. Hale, San Diego
Frank A. Kimball, National City; Henry
Timken, George N. Nolan, Jerry Toles
William N. King, J. H. Barbour, F. E.
Johnston, San Diego Charles A. Foster
Mich; w. w. Totty, Iowa; d. M. Cole
Ranchito; William n. Gillies, Bangor
Me-. Mrs. c. F. Haines, Whittier; E. s.
Richards, Butte, Mont. j. F. West
Compton; E. P. Rowell, Santa Monica
J. F. Sammons, Jackson, Mich. Prof
T.. Beauregard, Rialto; Edward Powers
and family, Delavan, Wis; J. f. Nc.
Nair, Batavia, ILL., Ben M. Page, Pasa.
dena; Mrs. p. B. Mann, Minneapolis
]. A. Phillips, f. B. Ebberson, Danville
Ill. (; Minnie Truscot, Illinois; A. J
Urlin, Montana; Sherman Higgins, Po
mona; M. A. Doolittle, San Francisco
A. j. and L. C. Davidson, Michigan; DIR
J. f. Bacon and family, Waukesha
Wis; Mrs. F. K. Sweeney, Quebec
Mrs M and Caddie Collins Hiawatha