Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-15
/ PERMANENT EXHIBIT
Of the Resources of This
Section
BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
It will be Started as Soon as Prac
ticable-New Rooms to be
Secured-The Plan.

SecuroQ-Ine fldn.
The movement to organize a perma-
nent exhibit of the resources of Los An
zeles county and Southern California in
This city has at last taken definite shape,
and will be carried out in few days.
During the last year q number OF efforts
have been made in this direction, but
they have all failed. On one occasion a
number of private individuals went 30
far as to rent rooms in new building on
Main street, and to undertake to let out
the space for exhibit and advertising
purposes. It was failure owing to
the fact that only few people could be
induced to go into it. The Chamber OF
Commerce has had the matter under dis
cussion for some time, but satisfactory
opportunity for carrying it out has never
before appeared.
The present effort will be made under
the auspices Of this enterprising institu
ton and from the shape things have
taken, there is no longer any doubt thai
il will be attended with success. The
Chamber has for some time occupied
rooms at 1271a West First street. 1t
has been looking for an opportunity. tc
secure more commodious quarters and q
few days ago was offered good chance
to secure these and room for a
permanent exhibit at the same
time. The place which is under
discussion is on the ground f1ool
Of new building on one of the principal
streets near the center of the city, on
the line of the cable cars. The space is
2Ox1OO feet, giving ample room for the
assembly hall, Secretsry's rooms and
large room where the exhibits can be
placed. The location and the arrange
ment and light of the rooms leave
nothing to be desired.
The San Diego Chamber of Commerce
has rooms of this sort combined with a
permanent exhibit of the products o
that county. 1t has also feature
which it is proposed to intro
duce here-a ladies' annex, which
is an organization of the ladies of San
Diego for the purpose of assisting in the
work done by the Chamber. 1t is hinted
that in San Diego, certain lethargy on
the part of the male members of the
Chamber of Commerce has caused tn,
Ladies' Annex to take upon itself the
leadership in the work, aud that at tbs
present time nothing stands between the
organization and total oblivion but tht
energy of the so-called assistants"
1t has often been proposed that an or
ganization similar to the Ladies' Annex
should be started in this city, and it il
quite probable that when the Chamber
moves into these new quarters and has
it's permanent exhibit arrangements com
pleted, that number of the same ladies
who have made the Chrysanthemum
Fair and Flower Festivals such success,
can be induced to contribute their ener-
getic efforts to the good cause.
The plan under discussion involves
giving definite amount Of space to the
different sections of the county No ad-
yertising will be allowed, but the names
Of the various ranches from which the
at the District Fair. 1t is believed that
some of the other counties in the south
ern part of the State will be glad to avail
themselves of the opportunity given to
display their product, which will add
to the general attractiveness of the ex-
hibit. Citrus fruits can be exhibited
through eight months of the year
Apples, pears and fruits of that sort will
be displayed during the season. Nuts,
dried fruits and canned goods and pre-
serves in glass jars will be given space
for permanent exhibition, as will also
minerals and samples of wood A spe-
cial exhibit of wines and brandies will
be arranged, and the walls will be COW
cred with views of all parts of the south
ern country.
The Chamber will have use of the
basement of the building for the storage
of supplies and the exhibit at San Fran
cisco and that in the California on
Wheels will be recruited from the arti-
cles collected here. With the three dis
plays under one management in this
way all can be carried on more sstisfac-
torily.
When the exhibit is in shape the
rooms will be made the headquarters for
all visitors to the city. They will be en-
tertained and shown the exhibits and
supplied with printed matter relative to
the section. A place of this sort has
been great desideratum in this city,
and when it is once supplied in satisfac.
tory form it will be matter of wonder
to many people that Los Angeles existed
such time without it.
The Chamber of Commerce at the
present time contains POI members, who
pay dues of 81 month. There are sew.
eral thousand property owners and bust
ness men in the city who ought to be
members OF the institution. 1t is be-
lieved that with such worthy object in
view as the scheme above outlined the
membership can be rapidly brought uI
to 400 or 500, which will more than
cover all possible expenses. The new
Secretary, Harry W. Patton, and the
Committee on Membership, propose te