Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-10
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY AT THE
DIRECTORS MEETING.
Harbor Statistics to Be Printed = A
Beauty and Type Writer'S Contest
at the Fair-An Incorrect
Climatic Map.

The board of directors Of the chamber
of commerce met yesterday afternoon,
there being present Directors Wells, For
man, McGarvin, Jevne, Graft and Fran
cisco.
Director Wells occupied the chair, and
@. D. Willard acted as secretary.
After the transaction OF routine bust
ness, Judge Graf rendered report in
behalf Of the committee which arranged
for the meeting with the harbor COM
mission. At the conclusion of his re-
port he recommended that the proceed
ings OF the meeting be printed at the ex-
pense of the chamber, together with
such additional material as might tend
to, show the general prosperity of the
country and itB need for the deep-wRter
harbor. The report was adopted. and
the recommendations ordered carried
out.
It was decided that the matter of the
additional ststistics to 60 into this
pamphlet be referred to the committee
on statistics, together with the secre-
tary, with the request that they act inn
mediately.
It was moved and carried that the
committee on the district fair be in
structed to advertise q prize of $40 for
the best suggestion as to the best scheme
for entertainment at the coming fair.
A communication from Thomas Tay-
lor, with regard to the coal and iron
measures OF Utah, was read and ordered
filed, with the thanks Of the board to
the writer.
The secretary stated that DR.. j. p.
Widney wished to call the attention of
the board to the fact that the Pacific
Steamship company gave round trip
rates from both San Diego and Santa
Barbara, but allowed no round trip from
Los Angeles, San Pedro or Redondo.
He was instructed to write to the COM
pany and ask for an explanation of the
matter.
The president called attention to the
climatic map of the state, published by
the state board of trade, in which the
state was districted in colors according
to the mean annual temperature, the
result of which was to place the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin valleys in the
same climatic division with all the coast
regions of Southern California, which
would give people at distance very er,
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ditions of this section. On motion Of
Director Forman, the president was
requested to write to the state board oi
trade and ask whether some change
could not be effected in this map to cor
rect this mistake.
NOTES.
The applications for space for the hor
ticultural display at Hazards pavilion
are being filled to the satisfaction Of the
management. The Pomona board o
trade makes application for a space O
100 square feet. The Long Beach asso
citation makes an application for 12t
square feet, and the Downey board o
trade makes application for 130 square
feet.
A representative of Pasadena applies
for 12O square feet. The California Inl
company, of Santa Paula, applies for 10(
square feet, and 225 square feet has beer
applied for in the art department.
The new feature of the entertainment
programme will be type-writers' con
test, which, with the beauty show
makes two features entirely new to this
part of the country.
The board of directors yesterday after
noon instructed the secretary to offer q
prize of $40 for the best suggestion fol
evening entertainments to be given al
the horticultural fair.