The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
THE LEAVEN Is WORKING.
THE HALF-MILLION CLUB MAKES
A MOVE THAT WILL INVITE
ATTENTION.
TRAIN TO BE Run FROM SAN FRAN
CISCO TO THE SOUTHERN
FIESTA.

The adjourned meeting of the commit
tees from the Half-million Club and Mer-
chants Association was held at the Mer-
chants Club-rooms at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning to discuss the desirability of run
ming an excursion train from San Francisco
to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles to attend
the Floral Festival and Fiesta and to or
ganiZe return excursion from Los An
geles, which shall include many of the
most important places in Northern Cali
fornia.
The committee was met by representa-
tives from the Board of Trade, Chamber of
Commerce Produce Exchange, State Board
of Trade, Builders Exchange and kindred
institutions, and by d. Nj. Carman from
Sonoma County.
w. NJ. Bunker, chairman of the com
mittee, presided and it was decided to
undertake the project. The following
committee was appointed and empowered
to carry it out: W. NJ. Bunker, chairman;
George Newhall, Chamber of Commerce;
J. ?. LIE Count, Board of Trade; J.. C.
Kirkpatrick, Hotel Association; f. A
tag, Half-million Club; G. c. Terrill,
Building Association; L. G. McAfee, State
Board of Trade; George H. Butler, Board
of Underwriters; 1. w. Hellman Jr.,
Bankers Association; J. B. Crockett, Gas
Association; Hugh Craig, Half-million
Spreckels, new Jockey Club; B. B. Flint,
Olympic Club; Horace B. Platt, Bohemian
Club; II. T. Scott, Pacific Union Club; G.
Carpy, Viticultural Association.
The committee was instructed to send
circular letters to the Board of Trade and
other organizations of the various towns
on the route requesting them to cooperate
a tied effort to sand a +o+i
of leading California men to Los Angeles
and Santa Barbara and to cooperate in
bringing a large number of Eastern people
now visiting Southern California through
the northern part of the State, that they
may see the entire State under favorable
circumstances.
This effort it is expected will produce
concerted action and an harmonious feeling
in the entire State and also cause the
towns and cities about the bay to get up
series of attractions which shall add to the
similar movements already made in Los
Angeles, Santa Barbara and Santa Rosa.
Thus large number of people will be
drawn from the East to California during
the winter months.
The enthusiasm displayed at yesterdays
meeting and the expressions of interest on
the part of many leading business men are a
guarantee that not only will this project be
successfully carried out, but that others of
still greater importance will follow.
1t is worthy of note that the proposition
originated in Santa Rosa, and thus for the
time the city and the country join hands
in an effort for their mutual advancement.
A circular letter has been prepared and
will be sent out to the several towns along
the route giving notice of the purpose Of
the excursion and asking hearty co-opera-
ton. The following itinerary has been an-
nounced:
Leave San Francisco April II, at z P. M; ar
rive at Santa Barbara April IS, at IL A. NJ.
Leave Santa Barbara April 10, at 4 A. NJ; arrive
Los Angeles April 10, at A. NJ Leave Los An
geles April p, at 9 P. M; stops to be made
at Bakersfield, Tulare, Porterville, Fresno,
MERGED, Stockton, Sacramento, Auburn, Napa'
Santa Roso, San Jose, Monterey, San Francisco.
Rates-San Francisco to Los Angeles via Santa
Barbara and return, 1923 so; Los Angeles, via
itinerary GAO niles, $22 tourists from the
East holding tickets by way of San Francisco,
$12.
The itinerary is subject to modification
on the receipt of definite statements from
the cities and towns of the interior as to
fbair into