The San Francisco call., 1897-04-24
ENOEAvORERS
HARD At WORK
Plans Are Now Being Per-
fected to Welcome the
Fasteners.
Sacramento and Fresno Form
Reception Headquarters
for Trains.
Reports of Committees at the Las.
M M,eting-Names of Organ "a.
tions Changed

The reception committee which will
have charge of the work of welcoming TO
California the throngs of Christian En-
deavorers who will come here next July
met last Tuesday evening at the head
quarters of the committee of '97 in the Y.
NJ. G. A. building. A. S. Johnson, chair
man of the committee, presided, and all
the sub committees were well represented,
there being fourteen mem bers present.
The reports of the sub-com mittees dis
closed much of interest in regard 10 the
plans for work next July. Robert Gle
land, chairman of the subcommittee on
railroads, reported tnat that comm mittee
had already met and formulated general
plans for its work. 1t was decided to be-
gin work at Fresno in the south and Sac
ramento in the north.
The size of the committee will depend
upon the mum Der of trains bringing DELE
gates, and this will be determined later by
consulting the itineraries of the various
Stale delegations. Oae member of the
committee will be assigned to each
through train. The committee expects to
assist the entertainment and registrat tion
committees by distributing on the trains
cards for the assignment OF entertain
ments and registration cards. SO as to pre-
vent confusion and accumulation of work
at the registration booths.
The sections of the reception com mittee,
which will be made up of residents of
Sacramento and Fresno, will be selected
from those who expect to attend the con-
ventiou in San Francisco. As each tram
draws into the station in these two places
the local rece ption committee will be on
duty, ana If time permits will give each
Endeavorer in the train a hearty hand
shall ana warm California welcome.
Then each train will be boarded by a
member of the railroad com mittee and
several mem bers of the local reception
committee, who will come through TO the
City. The train will be in charge OF the
member of the railroad com mmittee, and
the name of the person in charge, the
names of the State delegations occupyin
the train and the mum ber on board will
be telegra phed TO the committee in San
Francisco, so that exact preparations can
be made to receive and care for the Wis
itors. =
The arrangements for the north, with
headquarters at Sacramento. will be in
charge of the chairman of the railroad
com mittee, Mr.. CIeland, assisted by Vice
Chairmen Clark and jenkins. In the
south the plans will be carried out under
the supervision of Lester B. Smith, as
sisted by Fabius Finch.
The committee on stations will be on
duty in two divisions, covering the Va
lencia- street station on the coast division
of the Southern Pacific Railroad and The
station at the foot of Market street. The
mem bers on duty at these two stations
will be divided into three shifts-morn-
ing, afternoon and evening shifts. At the
loot of Market street these will consist OF
twenty-five each and at Valencia street of
ten each.
Upon the arrival of delegates they will
be conducted in parties of about ten to
the Pavilion for registration and will then
be taken to their stopping places. Mem
bers of this committee will be expected TO
provide themselves with joyful counte-
nance, warm handshake and q large
fund of information as to the points of in
terest IN and about the City, the streetcar
lines, transfer privileges, etc.
The other subcommittee are unable to
report definite plans, because arrange
ments of other committees being incom-
plete they could not get the Information
necessary TO enable them 10 make the
plans.
The central executive com mittee of the
reception committee is in future to be
known as the reception committee staff,
the sub-committees will be called sections
and the rank and file of the committee
aids.