The herald., 1896-07-30
Completion of Arrangements for
Tonight's Meeting
LARGE GATHERING EXPECTED
Speaking and Orchestral Sele ctions Part
Of the Program
The Leading Commercial Bodies, Committees,
City and County Officers and Prominent
Workers viii Be Present

cltizenS' meeting at the Los Angeles the
ater this evening, in the interest of a
tourists hotel, and it is confidently ex-
pected by the committee having the
matter in charge that a large attend
ance will be present.
The outline of the business of the
meeting has already been published in
The Herald. 1t is proposed, among other
things, to appoint committees repre-
sentlng every trade and profession, and
to so subdivide the work as to facilitate
raising the balance required with ease
and dispatch The general committee
has already prepared schedule of the
various lines of activity which are
closely identified with the project, and
has placed the work of the canvass in
competent hands. The real estate,
banking, transportation, mercantile
and manufacturing interests of the city
nave been quick to appreciate the inn
portance of the movement and to re-
spond in its aid with liberal subscrp
tions. 1t is hoped that sufficient pledges
VIII be secured this evening to place the
enterprise beyond O reasonable doubt.
Assurances already received indicate a
strong probability that this end will be
accomplished. To every citizen Of Los
Angeles who has the true interests of
the city sincerely at heart the meeting
tonight is one of overshadoWing i'm
portance. 1t means the determination
of the fate of one of the largest and most
worthy enterprises in which its citizens
have been engaged for some time. Al
ready the project has been pushed far
beyond the experimental stage; about
one-half of the required bonus having
been already secured. The effort thus
far made has awakened widespread
comment, not only throughout the
state but through the east as well. Ihe
country is looking to Los Angeles to
arouse itself from the apathy which has
permitted the shameful lack of hotel IA
cilities here which all deplore.
The effort thus put forth has chal-
lenged the attention of hundreds or
thousands of wealthy tourists from eV-
cry state, who know well the imperative
need of the city and who are watching
to learn IL Los Angeles shall be tound
ready to supply its greatest need with
the same dauntless spirit of enterprise
which has made the city the metropolis
of Southern California and the pride of
the Pacific states, or if she shall be found
Indifferent to her own interests and
disappointment to her friends. With
this condition before the city no half
way measures will meet the case. Live
profession and avocation should come
to the front and center without being
asked, and help this needed enterprise.
A moiety of the spirit and liberality
which produces La Fiesta annually. Or
which produced the Atlanta or Midwin-
ter exhibitions would suffice to complete
the enterprise in thirty days.
But aside from conditions of munici-
pal pride and reputation, great though
they are, is another thing to be thought
of. The erection of first class tourist
hotel In this city. such as Will attract and
hold the wealthy tourist from any part
of the world, means the expenditure in
shopping, public amusement. transport
tation, real estate and manufacturing of
hundreds of thousands of dollars in this
city every year. 1t means an immense
advance in real estate values 1t means
an impetus in building, the expenditure
of third of a million dollars for labor
and raw material within the next three
months. 1t means that place shall he
provided for the annual celebration of
La Fiesta which shall be fittingly ap-
pointed for so great and beautiful an
event.
One very important consideration Is
the social side of the proposition. Such
hotel in this city would doubtless be
come at once the'home of more than 100
rich families, around which the social
life of the city would rotate. With the
ample accessories which such place
would offer for entertainment and pleas
ure. the social life of the whole city
would be immensely reinvigorated and
advanced. The votaries of society in
the city could not more emphatically
serve their own pleasure than by fur
thering the erection of the proposed ho-
tel by every possible means Subscrip-
tions for small amounts could be gather
ed for the asking, which would. in the
aggregate amount to thousands Of dol
lars. Almost anyone would be willing
to pay $25 divided into four equal paw
ments, not closer than thirty days to-
gether, for the benefit of the propOsition.
BY so doing $25. 900 could be raised speed-
ily. and every subscriber would feel that
ne had been thrice generous in so doing:
once to a worthy cause and twice to
himself
The meeting will he called to order
promptly at the appointed hour this
evening. Fine orchestral music. the best
speakers of the city. and the best busi-
ness acumen in Southern California will
make up the program. The boxes will
ne reserved. with three rows of seats
IN the dress circle, for the ladies accom-
Panylng committee members and for the
famiies of city and county officials.
heacs or commercial organizations and
prominent invited guests. Everyone who
mas the true interests of the city at heart
is invited though the committee NAV
NOT nave been so fortunate as to have
had an opportunity for personal note
of invitation.
ACCUSED OF ROBBERY