Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-22

Letters were received by Secretary
Willard, of the chamber of commerce,
from Congressman Bowers and Captain
Knight, of the engineers Office. The
first stated the report of engineers on
the selection of deep-water harbor on
the coast of Southern California had not
been printed, and the second stated that
copies of the report would be forwarded
as soon as printed.
II WORLDS FAIR NOTES. 4a
The Los Angeles county worlds fair
committee met in the chamber OF COM
merce rooms at 10 80 a. m. Yesterday.
Charles Forester occupied the chair.
Frank Wiggins acted as secretary. The
members present were G. M. Wells, E.
J. Vawter, Ed. Dunham. G. A. Coffman,
F. j. Teale, Charles Forester.
The reports of standing committees
were called for, and the committee on
citrus fruit trees and boxes for the same
reported they had fifty-fve orange and
lemon trees donated ranging from to
years and from five to eight feet high.
They also reported the offers from
twelve nurserymen to furnish olives,
loquats, magnolias, guavas, pepper,
camphor, pine, eucalyptus and other
shade trees, palms, shrubs, rose trees,
etc. They also reported favoring the
use of the San Diego box for transplant
ing trees.
The committee on raisins, canned
goods, etc., reported the intention of
three of our leading fruit preserving es-
tablishments of making appropriate ex-
hibits at the fair. The committee on
display jars, etc., reported that they
were in communication with manufac-
turer, and as soon as some uniform
design was adopted would proceed with
ordering the jars.
A communication was read from the
board OF supervisors stating that the
members constituting the old commit
tee were re-appointed to serve the en-
suing year, with the addition Of Mr..
Fred ]. Teale. The officers of the old
committee were continued without
chang, and the chair then announced
that he would re-arrange the standing
committees and give notice of such
re-arrangement to the members of the
committee in the forenoon.
| The bylaws adopted by the old COM
mittee will remain as formulated by the
committee when it was organized in
November.
A committee was appointed to prepare
bulletin notifying the public that this
committee was ready to receive PROPOSE
tions from parties desiring to make ex-
hibits at the worlds fair, and that such
propositions would have to be forwarded
Immediately to the committee in order
that space necessary for Southern Cali
fornia exhibits could be secured within
short time, as heads of the different
departments had been writing to know
how much space would be required. G.
M. Wells, Chas. Forester and Frank
Virgins were appointed members of
this committee.
Chairman Forester reported that
Walter Moore, commissioner of the
state board of forestry, would furnish
all the varieties of shade trees that the
committee would need if application
was made early in the spring.
In the afternoon Chairman Forester
announced the following standing COM
mittees for the ensuing year.
Auditing and fnance--C. M. Wells,
chairman; Chas. Forester, Z. f. G.
KlokBe.
Worlds fair literature-L. E. Mosher,
chairman 4. j. Vawter. T. p. Lukens.
Citrus fruit and fruit trees generally,
with boxes for same-F. Virgins, chair
man G. A. Coffman, Chas. Forester.
Raisins, dried, canned and preserved
fruits and packages for same-E. J.
vawter, chairman; f. J. Teale, G. M.
Wells.
Cereals, bee culture, wine and vegeta-
bles and other products not included in
the other committees-E F. G. Klokke,
chairman Ed. Dunham, F. Virgins.
Oil, mineral and manufactures-Phil-
lip Stein, chairman; E. &c. Klokke, F.
j. Teale.
Irrigation-F. ]. Teale. chairman; Ed
Dunham, G. A. Coffman.
Display-Ed. Dunham, chairman; f.
Virgins, L. E. Mosher.
Transportation-C. M. Wells, chair
man, Phillip Stein, E. j. Vawter.