The San Francisco call., 1904-06-04
PACIFIC STATES
TO COOPERATE
Thomas Richardson, Port
land Promoter, Wants Con-
yentiOns Held in the West
PLANS TO BE DISCUSSED
Commercial Men Will Hold
Meeting With a View to
the Interests of Cities

Thomas Richardson. manager Of the
Commercial Club of Portland. Or. and
actively engaged in promotion work in
that State, is in this city for the pur-
pose of attending a meeting OF the
representatives of Western cities to-
day. The meeting will be held at the
headquarters Of the California Promo
tion Committee and will be for the
purpose of taking steps for immediate
work at st. Louis to get conventions
that are being held there now for this
coast in 1905. Mr.. Richardson says:
There is no good reason why all the com
mercial ORGANIZATIONS In the cities from the
Rocky Mountains west should not unite In
the effort to secure for Pacific Coast cities for
1905 the convention held this year in ST. Louis.
pices of the California Promotion COMMITTEES
cannot be otherwise than beneficial.
Portland is especially interested. for next
year she expects and Is prepared to receive and
entertain an enormous travel which viii come
NAL Exposition-One OF the most beautiful and
exhaustive displays ever presented on Amer
lean soil The total cost or this exposition
Will exceed five millions Of dollars.
This exposition will be well worthy OF ths
entire Pacific Coast. and II is hoped by the
people OF Portland and Oregon that the people
Of San Francisco and California win look
upon 1t as home show. for 1t is just as vital
the exposition should be a success. That Il
will be creditable and a superb presentation Is
assured for the money Is already In hand to
carry out the complete undertaking cash
basis Portland and Oregon displayed mar
velous enterprise and splendid liberality in
putting up million dollars with less EFFORT
that similar population ever raised a like
sum before The truth OF the matter Is. Port
land financed this great enterprise in two
days and the entire citizenship OF the city and
State have determined that II shall be a
cess. and even the school boys and girls OF
Portland making II their duty and pleas
ure to advertise the event.
San Francisco, while already a great city.
has career before her which will be the mar
vel OF the world for on this site the time
Is not far distant when there will rise the
third city in the United States and Oregon Is
Just as much San Francisco territory Is the
State OF California. Our people would even
like 10 see San Francisco become greater than
New York. for realize that as san Fran
cisco and California grow Portland and Ore
gon will respond with equal strides. and the
chief city at the junction OF the Willamette
and Columbia will share in any prosperity that
comes to the Pacific Coast.
Our people feel assured that they going
TO receive every assistance from san Fran
cisco and California that they render. and
with that assurance foundation they will
give an exposition OF which not only the West
ern portion but the entire United States can
be proud. We know that every traveller who
comes to the Lewis and Clark Centennial
Exposition will also visit San Francisco, and
what hope TO accomplish in working in
harmony with the commercial communities OF
other Western cities is that all may be bene-
flied