The morning call., 1893-07-09
WORKERS BEING ENROLLED.
The Mayor Announces the Finance
Committee of Fifty-A Letter
to the Members.

all seem to want to be represented.
p. ii. Lannan Of Salt Lake, National
Commissioner from Utah to the Worlds
Fair and the editor of the Salt Lake
Tribune, is here and said yesterday that all
OF Utah's great exhibit at the Columbian
Exposition would come to California. and
even the building might be brought here
II there was room enough for it. Mr..
Lannan also said that great interest was
being taken both by foreign and American
exhibitors at the Worlds Fair in the pros
pective midwinter exposition. and once
ready for exhibitors the trouble would not
be to find men with valuable and interest
ing shows who would come. but to find
room for all who will want to come.
Yesterday Mayor Ebert announced the
names of members of the finance COM
mittee of fifty as follows: Irving Nj. Scott,
Vanderlynn Stow. Adam Grant, A, Powell,
j. j. McKinnon. AL Gerberding. James l..
Flood. Colonel d. NJ. Burns, Byron Jack
son. j. P. LeCount, General w. Ii. l..
Barnes. A. 6. Booth, Albert Gallatin,
General K. P. Hammond, A. W. Foster,
A. E. Buchanan, William G. Stafford. John
Parrot Jr.. P. Beamish. Edgar j. Bowen.
Thomas d. Mckay, F. 5. Chadburne. Al
Lilienfeld, James V. Coleman. j. =. Valen-
tine. P. B. Cornwall. j. II. Culver,
}. S. Swan. c. S. Benedict. j. d. Stet-
son. B. F. Durham, W. II. Mills. Daniel E.
Strauss. Thomas r. Hayes. Louis Sloss
Jr, Fred w. Dreypolcher, Frank P. Os-
borne. Carter Tevis. Brush Harden burg.
Frank S. johnson. Captain William l..
Merry, Colonel Charles l.. Taylor Cap
tain Edwin Goodall. NJ: Fl. Hecht. ": B:
Hooper, John Young. Harry Lask. Emil
Never Fl GOdchauz, JULIUS r1 Ia hp.
P. Hurlburt. J. J. Mahony. Peter Crich-
ton. Mark Sheldon. NJ. Green blatt, Wen
deli Easton. E. r. Swain. Frank Sumner.
Alfred Bouver, DR.. I. j. LIE Tourneux,
John d. Slebe. Charles c. Stone. Henry
b. Martin, w. A. Halstead, Herman
Shainwald, E. w. S. Van Slyke. John
McCord, William McMann. Henry j.
A. c. Freese, c. NJ. Yates. Fred Eaton,
Cornelius Martin, NJ. Blaskower. j. J.
O'Brien. r. F. Bunker. The. Bacigalupi,
John Hammersmith, F. A. Haber, Fl. b.
Russ. Judge Pennie. Martin Bulger. Ru-
dolph Herold. e. A. Laton. Colonel Will
liam Mcdonald, c. L. Ravens. c. A. Au-
meisier, }. T. Terry. E. NJ. Herrlck.
Myself. NJ NJ. 'Shaughnessy, ]. Strauss
burger. Jeremiah Mahoney, Jabez S. Swan,
Ed Holland, G. G. Burnett, w F. Whittier,
William Greer Harrison. j. II. Gilmore. 1.
Raphael.
The Mayor also addressed the following
letter 10 each of the gentlemen appointed:
MAYORS OFFICE. CITY AND COUNTY
OF SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
SAN FRANCISCO. july 8, 1881
Dear Sir: You have been selected to act upon
the preliminary finance committee to collect
subscriptions In this city for the California In
O
omen here GU January 1 next. particularly
request you 10 accept this duty, and 10 display
this committee that you have at all times dis
played In your private business. Your ass0-
ciates Oh the committee are gentlemen of
standing IN the community. made prominent by
their own exeTtiOns in the lines OF commercial
and manufaci uring Industries they respectively
represent, and have been very carefully Sc
lected.
The voluntary subscriptions already promised
in support OF the fair make your task easier
than 10 otherwise would have been. and have
every reason TO believe that you will be met on
all sides by that open-handed generosity which
has always characterized the residents OF this
city. The success OF the fair can no longer be
a matter OF doubt, but the measure of its sue.
cess Will depend to great extent upon the re-
suit Of your efforts While the voluntary SUBJ
scriDtOns have been large, yet but little actual
cash has been paid In, and before contracting
for the grading or the erection or buildings the
executive committee in charge OF The arrange
NNs
work.
The time is short. Put your private interests
behind you for a few days, assume this public
DUTY ana assist In what am convinced VIII be
the commencement Of new era OF prosperity
in the State OF California and throughout the
whole Pacific Coast.
The committee to which you are now as
signed Will meet in paror A Of the Palace
Hotel on Monday evening, 10th inst. next. at
o'clock. You Will organize at once by he cleo
ton of a chairman and secretary and divide
m n her n
charge OF the subscriptions from the different
branches OF Industries with which you are par
ticularly Identified.
l have the honor to be your obedient servant,
l.. X. ELLERT.
Mayor Of the city and county of San Francisco.
The finance committee will meet to-
morrow night at 1880 o'clock in parlOr A,
Palace Hotel, for the purpose OF orRaniza-
ton and perfecting plan of work.
The executive committee met In adj
journed session In its rooms In the Mills
building at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Treasurer Lillenthal being the only men,
Der absent The president was In the
chair. The first business transacted was
the reading of communications. A num-
Der OF letters containing checks in the way
of subscriptions were received.
A communication suggesting names OF
ladies to form the executive committee of
the ladies' auxiliary was received, but
action on the matter of selection was post
poned until next week.
The following appointments we're made:
Charles F. johnson, to be official stenog-
rapher of the executive committee. with
Mrs. de ZalvO AZ his assistant; John Hoesch
and John O'COnnor. TO be clerks, and
Milton BerolZhime, to be messenger of the
same body.
The title of the president of the exposi-
ton was changed from president and gen.
eral manager to president and director
general. thus leaving tho position of general
manager vacant to be filled by an expert
in exposition management who may pos
sibly be Herr Cornely.
A verbal message from the Park Com
missiOners was received saying that they
would meet with the committee at the park
lodge at II o'clock this morning.
Owing to the absence of Director Liien-
thai 1t was decided to postpone the seec.
ton of the four directors at large until
Tuesday next
The secretary was ordered to secure
special designs for the stationery to be
Used by the directors and officers in trans
acting the business Of the exposition
A letter was received from Rupert
Schmid, the sculptor. Offering his services
free of charge in designing the art work
and decorations of the proposed buildings.
Tho committees thanks were returned
Gil a l. L. -