The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27

/ Club, to perfect the organization and take
such further steps as may be deemed neces-
sary.
Those present at the meeting yesterday
afternoon were: A. E. Castle, S. G.. Ne
Afee, Stewart Menzies. William NJ. Bun
ker and Secretary w. H Davis. Invita-
tons in the shape of circular letters have
been sent out to thousands of citizens and
publlc-splrited men generally. The invi-
tatlon closes with the following paragraph
We desire your presence at the general meet
ing on Wednesday, March q, and trust that
you will be there and be ready with your voice
the club, which no. true citizen of San Fran
cisco will fail to aid in every way in his power.
The following named gentlemen have
been selected to address the meeting:
Senator George c. Perkins, Claus
Spreckels, Mayor Sutro, L. r. Ellert,
Charles ]. King, Terry l.. Ford, j. H.
Marble and J. P. Mccarthy Mayor of San
RafaeD. There will be number of other
speakers and all will be limited to five
minutes.
The committee on promotion will present
its report to the meeting. All of the other
committees will also give an account of
their labors for the consideration and cp-
proval of the meeting.
The citizens excursion committee of the
,Half-Million Club, working jointly with
like committee of the Merchants Asso-
citation, has taken active and definite steps
toward grand excursion from this city
during the fiestas at Los Angeles, Santa
Rosa, Santa Barbara and other places. Will
liam M. Bunker is permanent chairman of
the excursion committee, and W. H. Davis
is secretary.
The following subcommittee have been
entrusted with the details of the grand ex-
cursion: Finance-H. P. Sonntag, /. w.
Hellman Jr., George A. Newhall, III. J.
! Crocker, Frank Dalton; transportation
D. M. Carman, G.. G. Terrill, George H.
Butler; publication-FrankA A. Vail, f. w.
Dohrmann, William Doxey.
The citizens executive committee will
meet Friday at P. NJ. in room %, second
floor of the Mills building The commit
tee on transportation will meet to-day at
3 P. NJ. in the same place.
The excursion committee has been mott
fed that the Los Angeles parade commit
tee has arranged the following programme:
Trades manufacturers and producers, secret
societies and pageant OF the Pacific, Tuesday,
April 10, at P. NJ; Wednesday night, April
IL, grand illuminated parade, forming at 7:30
and moving at 8 o'clock; children's parade.
Thursday, April Is, 10 A. NJ military, fremen
Chinese and California pageant, Friday, April
19, at p. M; floral parade, Saturday, April
20 at 2 P. NJ.
An ordinance has been passed by the
City Council of Los Angeles prohibiting
the wearing of masks and throwing of con-
fetti on the streets during the fiesta.
The directors of the rose carnival at
Santa Rosa have fixed upon Nav s, 9 and
10 as the dates for the entertainment in
that city.
The excursion committee has decided
not to send any float or other exhibit to
Los Angeles, as the purpose of the man.
ayers of the fiesta is to make local exhibits
only in the parade. In speaking of the
excursions yesterday Mr.. Dohrmann said:
We first thought of sending a float, but the
people did not seem to take Kindly to the idea
devote all its energies to making the excur-
sion grand success without any exhibit. The
excursion will go, first to Santa Barbara,
thence to Los Angeles, where the fiesta will no
attended in a body From Los Angeles we will
go up through the San Joaquin Valley and will
stop at Stockton and Sacramento. From the
latter place we will run up to Auburn, Placer
County, thence to Santa Rosa and from the
to San Jose. You see, it will be quite haunt
by the time the eXcursionists have covered
the whole route.
d. NJ. Carman, chairman of the trans
portation committee, stated that some
definite arrangements would probably be
made at the meeting of the committee this
afternoon.
1--WE are now corresponding with com
mittees in the towns we propose to visit
in order to properly prepare for handling
the excursion in satisfactory manner"
said Mr.. Carman yesterday. ''It is nv
opinion that it will be one of the pleasant
est and most successful excursions ever
started from this city. The mass-meeting
in the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow
will, think, give the movement lively
turn that will lead to success, pleasure and
public benefit"