The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-29
SOUTHERN FIESTA
TO Be VISITED.
The HALF-MILLION CLUB PRE-
PAIRING AN INTERESTING
ITINERARY.
LOW COST OF THE JOURNEY.
PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE STATE TO
Be VISITED BY THE
TOURISTS.

The Half-million Club has made ar
engagements for the success of the Santa
Barbara and Los Angeles tiestas to the ex-
tent of preparing an itinerary to take in
Bakersfield, Tulare, Fresno, MERGED, Stock
ton, Sacramento, Auburn, Newcastle, Pen
ryn, Napa, Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
This trip will cost somewhere in the
neighborhood of 500 for each way, and
those who wish to remain together and &C.
cupy the Pullmans will have to pay more.
Even this will be but a trifing expense, as
all the places named can be viewed at little
cost. BY the time each excursionist lands
in San Francisco he will find that the en-
tire cost mas been less than 500. When he
lands at the foot of Market street he will
have better idea of the State at slight
cost than he ever conceived.
Ii the itinerary as arranged by that COM
mlttee is followed, trip by the way
will show the beauties of Santa Bar
bara Valley, the San Joaquin Valley, the
Sacramento section, the famous Sonoma
region, with its grapes and fruits, and the
excursionlsts cannot help but come back
with the idea that California should be the
first State in the Union. This will not
cost those participating over 500, includ-
ing all expenses, and yet they will have
seen the principal places of the State.
To-day the executive committee of the
fiesta, as represented IN Northern Cali
fornia, will meet in room %, Mills build
ing, to decide what cities shall be included
in the itinerary. The programme, as pre-
viously stated, will not be changed, but it
is more than likely that other cities will
be added by the committee. AS the
various towns are placed upon the list, so
will the advantages be given the tourist"
From Los. Angeles a trip Zone way) has
/ hppn arranUpH a tho cIiuht IF coo
This will take in such towns as the COM
mittee decide are worthy of visitation.
None of the towns named in the itinerary
as outlined will be omitted, yet others may
be added If the transportation committee
so decides.
In order to carry out such project it is
necessary to have funds. The Merchants
Association has through its finance COM
mittee raised about 5000, which will be
used to advance the movement. The
money raised by the committee will be
held as guarantee for the special trains
to be run both ways, and also to see that
San Francisco and the northern part of
the State is represented at the fiesta,
Communications have been received
from several points, but among the most
striking was one from Redding, which read
as follows:
REDDINe, Cal, March 25, 1895.
Hugh Craig, San Francisco, CGl.-DEAR SIR:
We notice with considerable interest the
proposition of the intended excursion to be
given by the different organizations of your
city, and that 1t seems at this time TO be the
intention to head it in the direction of the
northern cities of the State; also that Red
Bluff has been given out as the most northern
point, to which we would enter most friendly
protest.
With due respect to the promoters of this
great advertising scheme we would ask that
you give us some light in the matter or cause
it to be furnished US from the proper source
that we may take some action to induce
them not to stop at Red Bluff, but to run to
Redding and see the most prosperous city
and county in the north and display of
products that will compare favorably with
the best. Respectfully yours.
FRED F. DUSTIN,
Secretary Shasta County Board of Trade
The excursion will leave San Francisco
Wednesday, April II, on ''fyer," which
has been secured from the Southern Pacific
by the efforts of the committee. This train
is to land in Santa Barbara at 9 o'clock the
next morning, and return from there the
same evening as far as Los Angeles, where
a stop-over will be made. This will per-
NIT persons holding round-trip tickets
to take in the fiesta at Los Angeles on the
.'big day" and hold their tickets until Sun
day night. Those who desire to make a
tour of the State, or in other words take
advantage of the itinerary, will leave Los
Angeles Sunday night, and stop at the
places selected by the committee on trans
portation.
1t may be decided to limit the number
of excursionists to 125, as that is all the
special train can carry; but from the state
ments of members of the transportation
committee it is more than likely that an
additional train may be arranged for to-