The herald., 1893-01-20
THAT IRRIGATION CONGRESS,
The Chamber of Commerce Pre-
pairing for Its Meeting.
Further Particulars About the At
fair Received from Salt Lake.
Matters In which the Chamber Is
Taking an Interest = Notes About
the Worlds Fair-Ihe
Local Exhibit.

The chamber of commerce is waiting
for the arrival of Mr.. S mythe before
taking any definite steps in regard to
the irrigation congress. Mr.. Willard
stated that it would require much cor
respondence and labor to get the affair
thoroughly worked up. The people will
have to be educated az to the full i'm
portance of the convention.
A letter was received yesterday in re-
gard to the matter from Mr.. Will Hall
Poore, associate editor of the Irrigation
Age. In the letter he refers to the pro-
posed meeting OF the irrigation people
of this state. The letter follows:
SALT LAKE Cry. Jan. Is, 1898.
c. D Willard, Secretary Chamber of Com
merce:
DEAR SIR: Your letter of January
10Th is at hand. We have not heard
that the people OF San Francisco or Gov
ernor Markham were contemplating
calling an irrigation convention. II
they do so l presume it will
be state affair, for the
national executive committee has the
power of calling the national convention.
wired you today that the committee
had met and decided to hold the con
ventlon at Los Angeles some time this
fall time to be determined upon on
consultation of your board at subse-
quent meeting OF the committee. Gov
ernor Thomas has been requested by the
committee to write you full particulars
There were only two votes at the
meeting against Los Angeles. We man
aged to pull it through very easily. We
will have the notice sent out from here
over Associated Press wires today, go
that the decision of the committee will
have general circulation. Trusting that
the coming congress will he an event of
great Importance and one that will re-
suit in great good to the entire west, we
remain very truly yours,
WILL HALL PooRE.
An invitation to visit the new Santa
Monica wharf has been received from ].
NJ. Crawley of the Southern Pacific
railroad. 1t states that like invitation
has been extended to the board of trade,
which has decided to go one week from
Saturday. As it is thought advisable to
have these excursions separately, the
chamber is asked to select some date a
week or go after the board of trade ex-
cursion for the trip.
A circular from the Joint committee
of number of California educational
institutions was also received. 1t is
proposed to have the legislature appro,
pirate money for q typographical map of
the state. The most important sections
of the country will be drafted first. The
scale is to be one inch to the mile. The
map will show the attitudes so COM
pletely that it will nearly do away with
the survey maps. The system has been
in vogue in Europe for q number of
years and has been adopted by some of
the eastern states.
The chamber is asked to use its inhu-
ence with the local members of the legis-
lsture to have the appropriation made
go that the work may be commenced at
once. The matter will be presented to
the board of directors at their first
meeting.
Major E. W. Jones, who was the first
president of the chamber of commerce,
is very much interested in this matter,
and called yesterday to see Mr.. Willard
in relation to it. He explained the ad-
vantages that similar maps had proved
to Colorado and surrounding states.
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
W. W. DilsS Vi DuarL6 mas 6eQG 90
crates of dried fruit for exhibit at the
worlds fair. 4o
The San Diego chamber of commerce
has sent some samples of salt from La
Puente salt works to be forwarded to
Chicago for the big exhibit.
The local wine men who have thus far
announced themselves as exhibitors are
the L. ]. Rose company (Limited), Ger
main Fruit company, Stineke & Bru-
mig, Parini & Slatri, Levy & Co., and H.
Boettcher of the San Pedro winery.
Space has already been allotted to
Bishop q Co., who will make an ex-
hibit of crystallized and glace fruits.
The Alpine Cement company will make
an exhibit of i's products both in
manufactured and crude state
j. A. Joplin of Tustin has contributed
two sacks of peanuts, and M. j. Bundy
OF Santa Ana has sent cauliflower
weighing 26 pounds.
Mr.. Wiggins has already received 20
different specimens OF soil of this coun-
try.