Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-03
THEY ARE COMING.
Hundreds of Fasteners on
Their Way Here.
Points from Major Truman's
Report.
The Results of the Chicago Perma-
nent Exhibit.
Every Indication of Large Immigra-
tion-What Visitors Say
the California
Products.

Major Truman, in his report Tor De-
cember to Captain Osborne, secretary of
the executive committee of the Chicago
permanent exhibit, says, among other
things:
While was not at first so exuberant
as Mr.. Marvel and q great number of
those Southern Californians who have
subscribed literally to keep up this ex-
hibit, have witnessed during the past
three months the immense good it has
done. The declarations on the register
is one proof, and the fact that have
taken more than one hundred people to
the Santa Fe ticket Office since the 1st
of December is another.
The good results are at last direct.
Extra tourist and Pullman cars are put
on every train, and there have been as
manv as 1874 California-bound passen-
gers in two sections in one night. A
Mr.. and Mrs. Beers of Stratford, Conn
even during the last week of November,
had to stay over here three days before
they could get section through to
Southern California. All the roads are
going with trains packed daily, and /
can already see that there will be more
people winter in Southern California
than ever before. Mr.. McNally, who
leaves here on the 9th of January, said
to me on the Sth OF December, that he
had to engage drawing room and four
sections that long ahead.
But what has taken place in Novem-
Der and December is nothing to what
will take place in January. A Chicago
gentleman named Sanderson told me
yesterday that he knew more than a
hundred people who would leave there
for Southern California after the holi-
days. Only let me tell you another
thing. A majority are going to stay.
The agent at the Santa Fe told me on
Saturday that he was selling less round
trip tickets comparatively than ever
before. Large numbers OF people read
up carefully, and sometimes come in
every day for a week or two, and at
last come to me and say. well I'm
going to try it," or, "i'm persuaded, +"
or, I'll all | see IN here comes from
there and the climate is as good as you
say, that's the country for me-" and the
like. | think you will be amazed at
the numbers OF people that will arrive
there from now on until April, and a
majority are prepared to stay, and a
majority of that majority have all the
way from a few thousand dollars up. I
never color or exaggerate-you know
there is no need of it, now a-days-but
advise people according to their means
and health and muscle. l am positive
that there will be more people there
home-seekers and tourists-such as you
want, than during the ''boom'' year.
Since the Farmers Alliance meeting
at Indianapolis have had good many
requests for reading matter from people
who saw our exhibit there-take
us all around who were in that,
think we did our work we'll.
Virgins sent most OF the fresh
things, but Mr.. Freeman instructed me
to see to it that all the counties were
strongly represented, and / made all
four OF them show up well.
The work from May last up to the
middle of December was glorious and
we now see its result. From the mid.
die of last May up to the present hour
have never taken an hour off, and from
June until the last of October we aver
aged thousand day inside the hall
and at least 5000 day who stopped q
minute or two on the outside to see the
big corn, mammoth vegetables, etc.
The weather and shortness of days are
against me now, but, all the same. we
are doing good work and giving out a
good deal Of reading matter.
All in all, this means OF advertising
Southern California was happy thought
of Mr.. Marvel, and such men as Free
man, Ainsworth, Hellman, Spence,
Widney, Denker, Silent, Slauson and
many others in Los Angeles county, and
Bundy and Taylor, of Orange; Jarvis
and Cunningham and others of San Ber.
nardino, and lots of people of San Diego
county who have always been noted for
their liberality, are entitled to great
praise for the way in which they have
worked, and | must not forget that
nearly all the newspaper men Of South
ern California have sent me lots. oI
papers free, and have contributed in
other ways to the success Of the exhibit.
And that reminds me that the press
here has been mighty good, some OF the
papers having had splendid articles in
their huge Sunday editions great many
times articles that, had they
had to be paid for. would have cost