Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-23
The l.. A. Chamber of Com
mefce Reception.
The New Quarters Formally
Opened Last Night.
Several Thousand of the Most Prom.
inent Citizens Attend.
A Brief Description of the Permanent Ex-
hibition-A Good Start in the
s Laudable Enterprise.

place last evening. If the success of al
affair of this sort can be measured by
the size of sthe crowd that it attracts
and the character of the people compos
ing it, as well as by their manifest in
terest and appreciation, then the recep
ton at the opening last evening was ar
unusual success.
The new quarters of the Chamber o.
Commerce are located, as every one
knows by this time, in the Mott Market
building, on Main street, between First
and Second. They consist of one large
hall, formerly known as Mott hail." in
which the permanent exhibit of South.
ern California products is located
smaller hall for the regu-
lar meetings of the chamber, Sec
retary's room, and several, other
small rooms to be put to such uses as
the directors may find for them. One
ef these latter rooms will probably be
used for the office OF the Ladies' Annex.
The chamber moved into their new
quarters about ten days ago, and num-
Der OF people have been industriouslv at
work ever since getting the rooms into
shape Tor the reception of the public. A
satisfactory permanent exhibit Of course
cannot be collected in the brief space of
a week or two; it is the work of
several months at least. 1t happened
however, that the citrus fair came TO an
end just at the time that the room was
ready TO receive the material for the ex-
hplt, and number of the displays
which had occupied places in the "a.
ti]ion we're obtained for the Chamber of
Commerce.
re display shown to the public last
evening was, in every way, creditable
exhibit, and received general commen-
dation, yet the authorities of the cham
Der regard it as little more than the
nucleus of the exhibit which they hope
ultimately to establish in their hall.
One reason why the display last night
bore such an attractive appearance was
that it and the whole hall had been
beautifully decorated with flowers and
evergreen. This was the work of a
number of ladies of the annex, assisted
by a few members of the chamber
These ladies' came at 8 O'Clock in the
morning, and worked faithfully and
hard until after O'Clock. Among the
ladies' who thus devoted their time and
energy to the cause were Mrs. DR..
Wilder, Miss Jones, Mrs. Hervey Lind
ley, Mrs. Hickey, Mrs. w. J.
Brown, Mrs.. C.,~A.- MeDonnellr MRS.
Mary j, Crawford, Mrs II. w. Patton,
Mrs. Wiggins and MRS. Kirkbride.
Captain A. w. Barrett was on hand and
hard at work, and J. M. Taylor gave the
ladies about 5000 wild poppies, which
he had gathered for use in the decor
ations. Long streamers of evergreens
were hung across the hall from gallery
to gallery. Countless large punches of
palm leaves decorated the walls, and
quantities of flowers were scattered
among the fruits and vegetables in the
display. The work had been tastefulIy
done, and excited the enthusiastic com
nendation of all who observed it last
evening. The Ladies' Annex was unani-
mously voted very valuable acqui-
sition for the chamber.
On entering the hall one first sees on
the left-hand eide a large rack, which
holds a register, where visitors are eX-
pected to record their names. Nearly
400 names were placed on this book last
night, and it is noticeable fact
that a considerable number of these
were visitors from the East. Next to
this is the exhibit of Henry Bohrmar
handsome mantel and CRATE. Whittier
follows with a very creditable/ /disnlav
abovewhich hangs large picture Of the
reform school. There are, vegetables.
cereals and fruit exhibited bv William
Strawbridge, General. Stone, Williams &
Naylor, and the Whittier Canning Com
pany.
On the next, table the Hoyle Bros, of
this city, Eave neat little display of
crystalaixed fruit. Riverside has some
citrus fruit, of which O. T. johnson, G..
w, Garcelon and j. S. Castleman con-
tributed a large part.
The Pomona display is one Of the best
in the whole exhibit, and does great
credit to that enterprising section. Over
it hangs a large banner The display
consists of wine, pickles, fruit, nuts, rails
ins, dried fruits and a number of hand
some views are scattered through the
exhibit. ~
In the corner of the hall San Jacinto
is represented by table covered with
corn, beans, oranges, raisins, wheat,
oats, ETC., contributed by w. B. Web
ster, j. S. chambers, M. Thornton and
J. j. Inwall The California Packing
Company have a small exhibit of a few
cans of fruit near the stage. On the
stage there is a handsome display OF
potted plants, placed there by the Ger
main Fruit Company. Several tables at
the stage end of the hall were decorated
with large lunches of pampas .plumes
and bouquets of flowers, and the famous
painting of the Empress Eugene and
the ladies of her court hangs on the
wall in the vicinity.
Coming to the north side of the hall
the first exhibit is a small one from San
Diego, in which are olive oil by Frank
Kimball oranges, E. P. Fowler; alfalfa
seed, w. Newport, and apples, +. M.
Bailey. The Elsinore exhibit, which
comes next, contains oranges by James
j. West, banana tree by George ID.
Whitcomb, oranges by John W.. Cook
and by John Bender. The Orange
County Board of Trade has good ex-
hibit under way located on the next ta-
BILE. ,Theo. Pinthar, White & Hawley,
G. w. Ford, X. Klever, A. Aug. Smith
and w. L. Baker contribute to this.
On the next table John F. Branch of
Artesia, VIM. Coppman of Rivera, and
T. J. Kerns OF Downey, display lemons
and oranges. The Cahuenga people
have good display OF fruits and vege-
tables, to which III. Stoll, Henry Clau-
sen, Jacob Miller, T. b., Rapp, and Nc
Arthur 4 Durfy contribute.
AL. Workman of Boyle Heights, and
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