The herald., 1897-02-13

ton is now to make it an annual affair
The competition created has tendency
to bring new districts into the field, that
heretofore were unknown to the general
public This exhibit is arranged for
February 23d and 26th this year
In preparing for this new feature we
are again brought to the realization of
the crowded. condition of our present
quarters and pray for some one of our
patriotic citizens to build us new
chamber of commerce, that will not only
be monument to himself but to the city
and county and one where the manufac-
| tured products of our mills and factories
can be displayed as we'll as our soil pro-
! ducts.
] COMMITTEE ON HOTELS.
Mr.. O. II. Johnson as chairman of the
| committee on hotels, then presented the
| following report, which was received
with applause and duly filed, as follows:
During the years 1896 and 1896 several
I vigorous efforts were made to secure
funds to construct a tourist hotel but
without success Many of the best men
| in the city put their best energies into
the work but the time does not appear
to be at hand for this desired improve
ment to take shape. During this period,
however, large number of smaller ho-
| tells have been constructed and good ac-
commodatiOns are now ready for great
numbers of visitors. The completion of
| the Van Nuys hotel marks an important
epoch in the history of the city. Los
Angeles now has hotel that is equal in
style and furnishings and comfort of the
very best to be found anywhere in the
United States. 1t is in every way
credit to the city. We regret that the
hard times prevailing in the eastern
states have seriously checked travel to
the coast this season and that the hotel
business t,, standard
| other years. Fortunately the varied re-
sources of this section make it no longer
dependent upon its eastern visitors for
| its prosperity.
| The choice of the city of Los Angeles
| by the Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit as
sociation for their annual convention
| brought to this city last spring several
| hundred visitors who are in position
| to do this section great deal of good
They were shown every courtesy during
their stay and seemed to enjoy the visit
greatly. Hotel men are constantly ap-
pealed to by travellers for advice as to
the places they should visit and good
words from these gentlemen will be of
great service to this section.
The chairman then called on the COM
| mittee of ways and means for a report,
! but the chairman, Mr.. j. r. Newberry,
stated that the subjects had been so
| comprehensively covered in the reports
think that it was necessary to present
special report.
ON MANUFACTURES.
| The report of the committee on manu-
| factures was next called for, and the
| following report, signed by Mr.. X Cohn,
as chairman, was read by Secretary Will
lard, he stating that Mr.. Cohn had re-
quested him to perform this duty
The manufacturers interests of this
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steady progression. The fear which pre-
vailed for time that our cheap fuel
might be shut off by the failure of the
| oil wells seems to be removed and the
| present average price of crude petroleum
may be relied upon as the basis of man
| ufacturing calculations for some time
| to come.
| There was recently held in this city.
under the enterprisirg management of
the Merchants association, display of
nome products, where q large number
of local manufacturers showed our peo-
| pie what is being done to put this section
| on its feet and make it independent of
the east. 1t was a highly creditable dis
play and showed a greater diversity of
manufacturing interests than was an
tfcipated even by its projectors
The chamber has received during the
year a number of communications from
eastern concerns that propose to come to
this section, and a good deal of Informal
ton has been gathered relative to vari-
Gus industries ard forwarded in re-
sponse to inquiry. Requests for bonuses
for manufacturing plants still continue
but this method of encoura ging develop
ment does not meet with favor from our
citizens, and the chamber has uniformly
declined to undertake the raising of sub
sidies for that purpose
The most important manufacturing
enterprise in the course of the year has
been the constructions of the new sugar
factory on the Alamitos ranch, which
will start into operation on the next
crop. There is opportunity in Southern
California for dozen such factories.
and we believe that they are destined
to come in the near future
The report of the committee on laws
and legislation was then called for but
Judge M. l.. Croft stated that the sub
ject matter had been SO thoroughly COW
cred by the reports of the officers that
the committee did\not think detailed
report was nsosssafy, and there being