The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Arrangements Getting
in Shape.
AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR
TO BE HELD FROM JUNE TO
. ~ DECEMBER, 1901.
The City Will Be Asked to Appropri'
ate One Million and the State
Two Hundred Thousand.
National Aid.

That there will be held in San Fran
cisco in the wear 1901 an international ex-
rosifion. great in scope and feature and
eclibsing anything of it's nature ever held
west of Chicago, seems now to be as
sured.
Two years ago The Call suggested the
feasibility of such an event. 1t based Its
Suggestion on the fact that the city OF
SAM Francisco, while being the metro
POLLS of the West, had for years neglected
. to~inake an efficient display OF its multi
farfous products or mention of the in
placements it has to offer in the way Of
cJiilsnerce and trade. Other sections OF
the country, which have pursued this
modern method of advertising their re-
Sources have reaped the golden grain lost
90 to~Galifornia. At the time of the war the
matter was laid aside, but has now been
awakened. and a live and energetic COM
Ifitfee will begin Immediately TO arrange
in detail the preliminary matters attend
ing the exposition.
. ..!Iifle first notch was made in the post
yesterday, when dates were fixed and
= Committees appointed TO select repre-
Sentative body of men in whose hands
:. the i management of the fair will be re-
poSed:;. Mayor Phelan was elected a
member Of the present organizing COM
. nittee and the Board of Supervisors Will
probably be constituted an advisory
board.
AT the meeting held yesterday after
noon at the office Of Relnstein x Eisner
there were present Charles Bundschq'
JOHN. H Grady, A. A. Watkins, w. h
II. Eriedlander, John Lackmann and r.
H,:noolan. J. b. ReinStein occupied the
cl1fir- Matters We're outlined and each
proposition discussed The event Will not
afuie be a project of the State of Cali
f3rfl1a, but will be International in char
tsa2ter, and it is the intention 70 include
n Of he IN o.
.:Qn .the Pacific Ocean. This Will Include
= China, Japan and other Oriental lands,
. tlie;. British Northwest possessions, the
: Central American States and those of
South. America. Each State in the Union
s.. WIFI be accorded a commissioner and will
: bring aid and assistance from all parts of
the:Cnited States. 1t will be held during
the year following the great Paris expo
sifiQn, and exhibits will be transported
directly from France 70 San Francisco.
'Ffe' fact that four other fairs and expo
sitions are billed for different cities within
The..cOming three years will not diScour-
age. THE promoters Of this one. as 1t will
be vastly tvarianCe to anything which
has ever been introduced on this coast. 1t
Well open in June and close in December.
California experiences its higher quality
'of%chmate during the intervening months.
while Eastern people are driven to seek
refuge from hot and cold weather.
=: Ii is very likely that the city of San
francisco: will be asked TO appropriate
SlsQe0,000 and the State of California $780,
800: w. II. Mills, who suggested these
am cunts said it was of stern Importance
that the first move should be on the part
of the city. as it will be the direct bene-
tiEiary and should contribute handsomely.
He expects no opposition from the people
Of the city on the question and proposed
that an effort be made Immediately to
secure the money, as it can be raised in
three. separate tax levieS in this and the
Two succeeding years, which means Will
work no hardship on the taxpayers. Con-
5gTeSs Will be also asked to make an ap-
preparation, and persons in attendance
who have conversed with national legis-
lat0rs say that there will be no difficulty
in obtaining what is asked for. 1t being
the first time that a Pacific State has
requested Federal assistance. The fact
that money viii be appropriated by the
Government will have the effect of ma
tionalizng the concern.
. The State Legislature will continue in
session but. six weeks more, and a bill
VIII have TO be put through before it adj
jourls. This the management expects to
. do as all committees will be in shape be-
fore the end of this week. Chairman
Rel stein asked time until tomorrow be-
fQrs.: he named the committee of three
whose office it will be to select board,
OnA.hundred or more, to direct operations
commissioner from each county named by
:the:43Qard of Supervisors in the county in
which he resides.
'iReFhaps the first definite move taken
%aS':a motion making it the duty of the
Committee of three to- call upon the
BOARD of Supervisors of this city and urge
that they solicit at the hands Of the Leg
1slature the necessary funds to be donated
by the city. Supervisor Lackmann. who
WAS present, said that he believed the
bQafd would look with favor on the sub
je0t:3nvOlved.
- II has been suggested that in the event
'ot-the Board of Supervisors acting upon
Mayor Phelan's proposition to extend the
panhandle of Golden Gate Park to Mar
ket>street this space be utilized as a site
for the exposition buildings.
After naming Saturday, September 9
1900, AS the day on which the cornerstone
OF the proposed administration building
should be laid the gentlemen adjourned
upill Saturday afternoon at o'clock