The morning call., 1893-06-16
WILL TRY HARD.
The Winter Fair Boomers
Getting to Work.
ELLERT APPOINTS A MEETING
A Large Committee of Citizens viii
Talk Over the Project on Next
Tuesday Evening.

Mayor Eilert and the committee from the
State Board of Trade again met, accordin g
to agreement, at the new City Hall yester-
day to talk over and devise some plan to
set the proposed midwinter fair going.
Ex-Mayor Gregory of Sacramento and
Messrs. Clayton of Santa Clara, Sharpe of
Fresno and Andrews and McAfee of San
Francisco were on hand and went over the
ground thoroughly with Mayor Ellert.
1t was finally agreed that Mayor Ellert
should appoint from twenty-five to fifty
citizens, who should form the nucleus of a
general committee on arrangements. The
committee should meet and appoint other
representative citizens to be added to their
number. Then subcommittee for every
county in the State should be named, to set
to work as soon as possible to raise money
and excite interest in the fair throughout
the State.
At the request of the committee from
the State Board of Trade, Mayor Ebert
appointed the following to constitute the
nucleus OF the general committees:
George c. Perkins, Albert GallatiD, Ir-
win c. Stump. S. NJ. Shortrdge, J. OB.
Gum, A. Andrews, Henry j. Crocker. H..
r. Hunt. Max Pepper. j. J. OBrien, c. E..
Grunsky, Thomas j. l.. Smiley, L. z. Ham
mona Dr., NJ. Johnson, John Stack. James
C. Nolan. r. F. Wieland, J. H. Dickinson.
monr, John |. Sabin, B. NJ. Lel0ng, g, w.
McNear, Levi Strauss. George B. Warren.
Charles A Laton, T. A. Haber, W. j. Cal
lingham, John F. English. Robert F.
Bunker, Joseph G. Eastland, Thomas
Price. j. z. jackson, J. II. Gilmore, j. H.
Wise, F. g. de Long, Henry B. Russ. K. b.
Soule. Wendell Easton, j. p. LIE Count, l..
{. McAtee, w. G. Rllston. R. Beverly Cole,
P. Beamish. Joseph Poheim, William Nc
Mann, Alexander Badlam. j. H. Davis,
David Bush, I. Bacigalupi, NJ. Blackower.
VIII Fisher.
The following communication write n
by the Mayor was sent 10 each of the above
named:
Dear Sir: The California State Board of
Trade, an Institution representing the leading
counties OF Ine State and organized 10 promote
the material interests of the entire common
wealth, impressed with the importance and
value of commercial exhibit from the World S
FAIR at Chicago and an industrial display of
our own resources to be held in san Francisco
during the winter of 1S93-94, have requested
me by a unanimous resolution, passed at its
regular monthly meeting held on Tuesday las
June 13, TO call mass-meetng of citizens to
consider ways and means of carrying ont this
matter. / desire 10 appoint a committee of
representative citizens To take charge of he
affair and request you TO be one Of the number.
AS prompt action Is necessary, kindly in.
form me of your acceptance (by note or tele-
Dhone) at your earliest convenience, and meet
the other members OF the committee for organl-
Zation at my Office at the new City Hall, on
Tuesday evening, June 20, at o'clock.
Everything is assured now" said
Mayor Sharpe of Fresno, when speaking
of the proposed winter fair in San Fran
cisco.
He is one of The enthusiastic local sup
porters of the fair project.
I'VE have received every possible en-
q n 49, . ha oi@
and country" lie said. This project was
first talked Of at a meeting of the State
Board of Trade held August IS, 1890. The
proposition Of bringing the best part of the
Worlds Fair to San Francisco for win
ter exhibition was fully discussed, but the
matter dropped out of sight for time
But now that we have again taken it up
we are going to see it through. Why. we
have really no expense beyond putting up
four walls and roof and grading site.
1--WE telegranhed to-day to Chicago ior
plans and Specifications for a building al
ready designed TO suit our purpose. 1t
will be here probably in time for the
meeting on Tuesday night, and then we
will lay them before the committee with an
estimat te of cost and how much money will
be received.
"A prominent man of Berkeley pledged
US this morning that he would raise $4,000
in his town. A. 3. Butler of Fresno prom
iseG S3000 and we have many promises Of
$500 ana smaller amounts. We have made
a superficial canvass among business
houses and find nine out of every ten
anxious to have the fair. 1t would bring
people into San Francisco and visitors
would have money 10 spend. Many OF
them cannot afford to 60 to Chicago, but
they could come to San Francisco on cheap
fares and see the best of what is now In
the Columbian Exposition.
There will be another meeting to-day OF
the State Board of Trade COMMITTEES on
the winter fair. Further pledges will be
reported aud then rest will be taken
until next Tuesday evening.
The Retail Grocers' Protective Union,
at regular meeting on Wednesda last.
adopted resolutions approving the project
and pledging hearty support