The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-09
Southern Counties Anxious to
Meet the Excursion
lists.
REGISTRY BEGINS TO-DAY.
tainment Offers Pour
ing in.


"For everything; against nothing"-bids
fair to be prophetic so far as everything"
is concerned, for Judging from the action
of the club committees and the reports
brought from the south by D. NJ Car
men of the transportation committee there
| is nothing in sight that tends to prohibit
the Half-millon Club from introducing
the citizens of the State to each other and
at the same time showing to those who do
not know of the possibilities of California
just what the State may do with reason
able encouragement.
| Business was in the air yesterday at the
headquarters of the club, in room % of the
| Mills building, and the whole atmosphere
breathed of energy and progress. The
entertainment committee was called to
order by Chairman Bouvier and discussed
various plans of action in relation to the
offers that are pouring in from the south
ern towns, to give every possible aid to the
members of the excursion in the matter of
seeing and knowing the portions of the
! State through which they will pass. AS
result of the discussion Al Bunker was au-
| thoTiZed to take charge of all the COM
munications relating to entertainment and
decide upon their relative merits.
Henry j. Croker attended the committee
meeting and expressed his strong approval
| of the excursion and proved the strength
Of his convictions by remarking incident
| ally that there was a check for $500 waiting
| at his office for the finance committee. 1t
! is rumOred that the committee will send
member duly authorized to go and get the
| check.
After the completion of their committee
work the entertainment committee merged
| itself into the general citizens committee.
Communication after communication
was read and laid by for consideration. So
widespread seems the interest in the ex-
cursion among the southern towns that if
| given time enough there seems little doubt
that the itinerary would be extended
almost over the entire State.
After some discussion the citizens COM
mittee issued the following circular:
NEW UNITED, PROGRESSIVE CALIFORNIA.
An excursion to promote unity, harmony and
| progress, under the auspices of the Citizens
| Committee, composed OF representatives OF the
| Half-milIion Club and the Mercantile and
Manufacturers organizations OF San Francisco
and from each of the cities included in the
itinerary
To promote unity and harmony throughout
the State, as well to afford the people of Cen
| trail and Northern California an opportunity TO
! enjoy the festivities at Los Angeles and Santa
Barbara, and to give the people OF Southern
| California and those visiting from the East
| better idea of the upper part OF the State, San
| Francisco has decided, In conjunction with the
| interior cities, TO run select excursion to and
from Los Angeles.
EXCURSION RATES.
Southbound excursiOn-San Francisco TO Los
! Angeles, including trip TO Santa Barbara and
return to Los Angeles, and return by regular
| trains to San Francisco, 1874 so.
Optional, side trips-Los Angeles to Santa
Monica and return, 70 cents.
Los Angeles to Redlands and return, via
Northbound excursion-Los Angeles to San
Francisco end return to Los Angeles, via route
covered by itinerary, $24 so.
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
and route covered by itinerary to San Fran
cisco, including side trips named above $39
Holders OF Eastern tickets via San Francisco
| will pay $40 30 to accompany the excursion
| from Los Angeles to San Francisco via the
route covered by the itinerary.
| ITINERARY.
The southbound excursion will leave San
| Francisco at p NJ. Monday, April 10, and
reach Los Angeles A, NJ. Tuesday, April 16. q
For Santa Barbara Floral Festival:
LEAVE. ARRIVE
Los Angeles, 2 AMI Sta Barbara, A. NJ. 1s
| Sta Barbara, 2 A. NJ. 10 Los Angeles, A. M 10
Side trips-The following "side trips will be
| optional: Los Angeles TO Santa Monica and
| return, 70 cents; Los Angeles to Redlands and
return, via Riverside, SO.
| Those VINO return to San Francisco direct
may do so by any regular train.
Monday night. April %, the northbound ex-
cursion viii leave Los Angeles and run on the
| following schedule:
ARRIVE. LEAVE
| Bakersfield, A. NJ, % Bakersfield, 2 P. NJ, %
Porteryille, 3 P. NJ, % Porterville, 8P. NJ, %
| Tulare, L A. NJ, "a Tulare, 10 A. NJ, "a
Fresno, 11:30 A. NJ, q Fresno, 90 P. NJ, "a
| MERGED, 6 A. NJ, % MERGED, IL NJ, %
| Stockton, P. NJ, 25 stockton, IL NJ, 26
Sacramento, A. M, 26 Sacramento, i P. NJ, 26
Auburn, 80 P. NJ, 26 lPenryn, 8 P. NJ, %
From Auburn the party win be driven
| through the fruit section and orange groves of
Auburn, Newcastle and Penryn, making visit
| to q gold mine
ARRIVE. LEAVE
Napa, A. NJ, 81 INapa, l P. NJ, Of
Santa Rosa, P. H., 81 Santa Rosa, IL P. NJ, %
Los Gatos, 8 BOA. NJ, 30 San Jose, 1 P. NJ, 20
Drive to San JOSEF
| Monterey 3:15 P. NJ, % Monterey A. NJ 30
PaIo Alto, 8 A. NJ, 20 Menlo Park, IL AN. 80
Drive to Stanford University and Menlo Park J
Arriving at San Francisco, IL H. April 80.
Mr.. Corners, who had but just returned
from Los Angeles, gave most glowing ac-
counts of the energy and enterprise of that
towns citizens. The money they have
raised and their most evident desire to do
all in their power to show to the. excur-
sionists what their section can do were
most satisfactory to the committee. In
talking it over Mr.. Corners said:
Ny trip to Los Angeles has been productive
| of good in more ways than one. The cordial
| reception received placed at rest all questions
as to the feeling entertained regarding the pro-
posed excursion. General Meyburg, manager
| OF the fiesta, assured me that only the kindest
feelings existed and that our people will be
met with open arms. He took me to several of
the leading citizens and in the evening intro
! duced me to the advising board of La Fiesta.
found these gentlemen not only wide awake,
| progressive and enthusiastic, but genial and
| warm-hearted. had an opportunity during
the evening OF seeing what has made it pos
sible for Los Angeles TO produce the finest dis
play of its kind that America has ever see H.
| The business tact the system, the energy and
the public spirit evinced by the committee is q
| guarantee that even their great Undertaking
| viii be carried to successful completion.
To suggest that Los Angeles will Guido in her
celebration the older Eastern cities may sound
| enthusiastic, but unless the well-laid plans of
| the various committees that reported to the adj
| visory board, while was there, fall short of
| their promises, neither the Mardi Gras of New
Orleans nor the Yelled Prophet OF ST. Louis will
equal In extent and grandeur the display and
entertainments of La Fiesta, to be held next
| week.
We have arranged to add to the "optional
side trips of the excursion, one on Wednesday
| to the Catalina Islands and one to Pasadena
and up Mount Lowe, both at greatly reduced
| rates. Roncoyieris American band OF forty
| pieces will accompany the train cut OF San
francisco. In order to afford MERGED and
Fresno I'm opportunity to hear this celebrated
band the leaving time has been changed from