The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
WILL FAVOR THIS CITY
Endeavorers Convinced That
$4,000 Delegates Could Be
Housed.
Big Convention of 'o7 in a Fair WAY
to Spend Five Days and Some
Money Here.

| This City is in fair way to secure the
| Christian Endeavor convention for 1897
The officers high in authority in the great
organization have come to have look at
San Francisco to see if it is suited to the
entertainment of thousands of delegates
and they have gone away with smiles on
their faces that augur well for San Fran
cisco's success when it comes to vote at
this years convention, to be held at Wash
ington in July.
This convention is bigger thing and
means more to San Francisco in a financial
way probably than the Republican con-
vention would have meant. At the Wash
ington convention 10000 regular delegates
are expected. There were 49, 900 delegates
at the conventional 1895, held in Boston.
1t is stated that fully $4,000 or 10000 dele
gates may be expected to attend the con-
vention here.
What that implies may be figured out
by the merchants to whom appeals
will be made ID help raise the $40, 600 neces-
sary for the expenses. The convention
will be in session from Wednesday night
until Monday night. Each of the $4,000
delegates will pay his own expenses for
meals, carfare and sundrles during those
five days. a fair estimate peing $40 spent
by, each individual or $500 900 by the whole
delegation without taking into considera-
ton what the Fasteners may be expected
to spend Tor souvenirs of their visit.
This is the way the proposition was dis
cussed at rOusing meeting of Endeavorers
held in the Y. M. c. A. building last night.
There were 1000 young people in attend
ance, and 1T was the first of a series of
meetings they will hold to raise convention
I'm dc not l.
tr1buted as many 1-cent pieces as he or she
was years old, and big sackful was the re-
suit.
Rolla V. Watt telegraphed to Los
Angeles yesterday asking how much La
Fiesta cost the city, his purpose being to
make comparisons for the expected con-
vention. The reply came that the citizens
Fiesta OF 1895, and $24, 500 for the fere now
IN progress. He thinks that as business
proposition alone San Francisco ought to
clear very much more on a convention of
1900 people than Los Angeles from the
visitors to La Fiesta.
j. s. Webster addressed the meeting last
night. He said that the visit of William
SnaW, the treasurer OF the Worlds Society
OF Christian Endeavor, that now numbers
several million members, started for San
Jose during the day completely satisfied
that San Francisco is the place for the
neAt convention. PRESIDENT Clark and
Secretary Bear, who were here looking
about before him, also went away with the
same opinion.
All the societies concerned have agreed
TO stand good for $4,000 of the $780, 900 re-
quired.
One feature that would have been Sc
rlous drawback to California's chance was
the transportation rate, but even that
promises to be obviated, as the railroad
companies have intimated that when the
time comes for the consideration of the
matter they will give a satisfactory rate.
1t would require the Mechanics Pavilion
ana TWO immense tents to accomm odate
the meetings, three OF 5000 each being held
three times q day.