Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-10
PUBLIC INTERESTS.
Matters Discussed at the
Chamber of Commerce.
Meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors Yesterday.
Action on the Exhibit at the Worlds
Fair.
The Meeting of the Ladies' Annex of the
Chamber-In Favor of Home Pro-
ducts-Permanent Exhibit.

The board of directors of the chamber
of commerce met yesterday afternoon,
having adjourned from last Thursday
There was an unusually large attend
ance. Hervey Lindley occupied the
chair.
J. B. Lankershim, of the committee
on lands and irrigation, announced that
he had sent communication to the
boards of supervisors of the counties OF
Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernar-
dino, asking for appropriations for the
experiment station at Pomona, but had
received no encouragement that action
would be taken.
The committee on statistics, which has
the printing of the pamphlet on hand,
reported that two of the cuts had been
refused, and that sc, 900 copies were now
being printed. If H. s. Crocker & Co.
would make over these cuts immedi-
ately, it would still be possible to get
them in the last form of the pamphlet.
A communication from j. T. Steward
urging that the city take action to secure
ownership OF the water supply was re-
ferred to special committee consisting
of Messrs. Hutton, Breed and Hughes.
Major f. w. Jones filed two letters
from Representative Nandever on the
subject of the appropriations for the
public building and for San Pedro har-
Dor. They will be read before the
meeting OF the chamber tomorrow.
DR.. Widney moved, and the motion
was carried, that the committee on mo-
tive power be instructed to make re-
port on the amount of coal consumed
snn marketed in Los Angeles and
vicinity,
A communication from DIR. Bryant,
who is now in the east, with regard to
the permanent exhibit at Chicago, was
referred to the Chicago exhibit finance
committee.
General Mathews moved that the
board of supervisors of the county be re-
quested to meet with the board of direct
ors of the chamber next Thursday after
noon to appoint general committee OF
citizens to take charge of the worlds
fair exhibit for Los Angeles county. The
motion was carried.
On motion of Captain Barrett it was
decided that committee of five should
be appointed by Major Jones, the presi-
dent of the chamber, and Hervey Lind
ley. the chairman of the board, to at
tend the San Jose railroad convention
on June 25th.
finance committee should look into the
Of hn nl,o III
audit the financial reports of the secre-
tary and treasurer.
motion was passed that it was the
sense of the board that the citrus fair
fund should be used for the founding of
Pomona.
The board then adjourned.
Ladies' Annex.
The regular meeting of the ladies'
annex of the chamber took place yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. DR.. Wilder oc-
cupied the chair and Mrs. DIR. Mcdonnell
served as secretary. The following
ladies were elected to membership:
Mrs. r. Hoffman, Mrs. Mary Weeks,
Mrs. j. Danes, Mrs. Sanderson, Mrs. G..
B. Barney, Mrs. H. f. Hasse, Miss Elsie
Hasse, Miss Mollie Millsap, Mrs G.. H.
Brown, Miss Minnie Marshall, Miss
Bessie Marshall, Mrs. d. w. Mcintosh,
Mrs. A. M. Shields, Mrs Henry Collins,
Mrs. DIR. Lille Latta, Mrs. John Korbell.
Mrs. Modisett gave reading, which
was listened to with much interest. The
committee on home products reported
through its chairman, Miss Fish, to the
effect that calls had been made on a
number of local manufacturers and they
had been asked to place an exhibit in
the chamber. The following had agreed
to do so: Arthur Woods, brackets
Simmens, Stevens & Co., flavoring ex-
tracts; VIM. H. Hogie, flags, awnings
ETC.. A. w. Swanfeldt, wagon covers
the Phoenix Iron Company, galvanized
iron; Mrs. L. n. Voorhees,, gloves; Mr.
Edwards, orange wood panels.
The Permanent Exhibit.
The following donations were made tC
the permanent exhibit yesterday: Mrs
Hobbs, picked nasturtiums; j. Jarchow
of San Gabriel, oranges Louis Loeder
of Downey, beets; Captain Ellis, OF
Meadowside ranch, currants F. O. Cass
pears; Rob Lee, of Antelope valley
sheaf OF wheat; $. A. Lewis, lemons
Mrs. Sturdevant, apricots; Mrs. Dwight
Fargo, pine cones and wood moss.
A large number of flowers were donated
yesterday by the following ladies: Mrs
Hutchison, Mrs. Teale, Miss Fish, Mrs
McCreery, Mrs. John Bryson, Sr-, Mrs
Quackenbush, Mrs. John Horner, Mrs
DR.. Mitchell, Mrs. Gilchrist, Mrs. DR.
Murphy, Mrs. Harter, Mrs c. Il. Hutch
ison, Miss Katz, Mrs. H. w. Patton
Mrs. Hickey, Mrs. Katherine Speer, Mrs
j. M. Frew.
Each lady OF the annex was presented
with box OF parlor matches from the
West Coast Match Company, Nationa
City, Cal.
important Democratic County Committee
Meeting Today.
The Democratic central county com
mittee will meet today in Iroquois hal
for the purpose of apportioning dele.
gates to the county convention. The