The San Francisco call., 1897-07-28
CAMPAIGN
BEGUN By
HOTEL MEN
San Francisco to Be Made
a Summer Convention
City.
WORK OF EDUCATION STARTED.
First Gun Fired at the Palace
Hotel Yesterday Aft
ernOOn.
CENTRAL COUNTIES ARE INTERESTED
A Bureau of Information to Be Es-
tablished in the City Of
New York.

"San Francisco, the summer convention
City OF the United States"
This is the slogan to be used in cam
paign OF education that is 10 be carried On
by the California Hotel Association. The
first gun in the great campaign was fired
yesterday at meeting held at the Palace
Hotel.
The primary object OF the projectors OF
the new movement is to secure for San
Francisco one or more of the political con-
ventior. of 1900, the National Encamp-
ment Of the Grand Army of the Repu bic
in 1899 and the Triennlal Conclave OF the
Knights Templar in 1900.
They have been encouraged to this &C
ton by the unqualified success which
marked the International Christian En-
deayor Convention from every point OF
view.
The ultimate object is 10 educate the
people of The East 10 an appreciation of
the attractions and advantages California
has as place for home building for the
industrious.
At the meeting of the California Hotel
Association yesterday there were present
the following mem oers: S. F. Thorne,
president of the association. representing
the Grand Hotel; r. H. Warfield, secre-
tary of the organization, representing the
California Hole, and the Hotel Rafael of
San Rafael; J. c. Kirk patrick of the Pal
ace, q. z. Smell of the Hotel Vend0me of
San Jose, X. Is. Souie of the Lack House,
Colonel J. T. Jackson of the Napa Soda
Springs, and q. w. Lynch, representing
the Palace, the Coronado and the Del
Monte.
The principal business transacted was
the adoption OF the following resolution:
Resolved, That this association put itself in
communication with the different boards of
trade OF the Counties OF Central California for
the purpose of devising ways snd means to
properly advertise that portion of the Stale in
the East, and to maintain a bureau OF infor-
nation i'll New York City.
In furtherance of the object of this
resolution G. w. Lynch was appointed a
committee of one 20 take the matter in
hand, and TO visit the Boards of Trade or
other representative bodies in the coun-
ties north of Tehachapi, with view
toward securing their cooperation.
As soon as a sufficient number of in
terror counties have been interested in
the work meeting of the representatives
of the various bodies will be called to con-
vene in this City and to discuss future
plans.
There is no intention to say or do any
thing that will even appear to detract
from the prestige OF the southern portion
of the State, but no effort will be spared
to bring to the attention of the visitors to
the State the merits of the central and
northern parts of the wealth. 1t
has been demonstrated in the past that
very few OF the people VINO come to San
Francisco visit any OF the section lying in
the vicinity, with the exception of few
points, such as San Jose, Santa Cruz,
Monterey and other towns that make up
part OF the regular tourist itinerary. 1t is
proposed to bring other sections OF North
ern and Central California into more
prominence by inducing visitors to MAKE
trips to San Rafael and the points of in
terest in Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Lake and
Mendocino counties, and also the counties
TO the east OF these,
1t is claimed that within q radius of fif-
teen miles from San Francisco all the
plants and fruits that are grown in South
ern California can be seen and in just as
great perfection as south of the Tehachap pi
Pass.
So far as the claims of San Francisco to
become the summer convention city of
the United States are concerned it Is
pointed out that we have amp pie transpor-
tation facilities and hotel accommo cd a.
tions, and that people receive better
treatment at the hands of hotel propre-
tors than at any other city in the country
during convention periods, as has been
repeatedly demonstrated and generally
ackn owledged by visiters.