The San Francisco call., 1904-04-13
TRADE BOARDS
PROJECTS GROW
Seeks to Have Military Camp
of Instruction Placed in
Proximity to Metropolis
EXPOSITION EXCURSION
Committee Is Appointed for
Purpose of Securing Local
Station for Panama Canal

Several important AidllcAS "OAS
brought before the California State
Board of Trade yesterday at monthly
meeting. W. II. Mills said that every
thing possible ought to be done to have
the Government select a site for the
proposed instruction camp for the
United States army near San Fran
cisco.
Situated in this vicinity, Mr.. Mills re-
marked. the institution would better
distribute its benefits throughout Cali
fornia than il located anywhere else. 1t
ought 10 be in some county near the
bay.
The camp will have from 5000 to 1000
in it for instruction a great deal of the
time. There would be demands for
supplies, forage and other things that
could be- most conveniently furnished
from this center. He moved the ap-
pointment Of a committee to act. This
motion was seconded by Colonel John
2. Irish and was unanimously adopted.
Colonel Irish said that when he was
recently in Washington he found that
the different California parties inter
ested in securing the camp for their
respective localities were wrangling.
He appeared before the Military Com
mittee Of the House as a representa-
tive of the California State Board of
Trade. Captain Hull of the committee
said that the Californians that had ap-
peared had made enough damaging al
legations concerning the climate in To-
calities other than their own to destroy
the climatic reputation Of the whole
State of California. Another commits
sion will be appointed to consider the
selection Of a camp Of instruction. If
the camp is near San Francisco it will
insure the continuance Of the transport
service between San Francisco and the
Philippine Islands.
CANAL SUBSTATION.
Colonel Irish called attention to the
Importance Of having a substation for
the Panama canal at San Francisco.
Through such a substation, he said, a
large amount Of business would come
to San Francisco. If the cement and
lumber men Of California were alive,
for instance, there would be an expend-
iture of $50, ,0O0, 600 to s70.0O0,00O for Cali
fornia materials to be used in the con-
struction of the canal This was based
upon the supposition that the United
States customs tariff viii protect the
canal strip.
Manager A. r. Briggs said that If a
proper effort were made il would be
possible TO have the canal commission
substation here and that the canal
commission would pass q part Of the
year here on account Of the climate at
the isthmus during certain seasons. A
substation at San Francisco for the ca
nal would prove of great Importance.
w. H. Mills said that it would be well
TO have the cooperation Of all the
commercial bodies Of San Francisco.
Upon motion by Colonel Irish it was
voted that the committee to be ap-
pointed on canal should be instructed
TO seek cooperation on the part Of or
ganizations in San Francisco. On sug-
gestion by Mr. Briggs il was decided
that President y. P. Chapman of the
State Board Of Trade should be ex-
officio chairman of the committee on
instruction camp and also on the canal
substation matter. These two commit
tees, as made up, include the following
named:
On instruction camp-N. p. Chip
man, w. H. Mills, H. d. Loveland,
John P. Irish, Edwin Stearns, George
c. Perkins.
On canal substation-N. P. Chip
man, ex-offlcio; John p. Irish, William
Haas, Arthur r. Briggs, S. F. Booth,
T. c. Friedlander.
Each commercial organization will
h "a tive the
substation committe.
Colonel Irish suggested that the
Board of Trade ought to have bound
copies of all the annual reports of the
organization at Washington for ref
erence, with the Department of Com
merce and with the Department of
Agriculture. To instance the need OF
this he said he had found that the
board at Washington having under
consideration the selection of Cali
fornia site for the national experimental
farm was laboring under the belief
that the necessary climate could only
be obtained in Southern California.
He had reports of the California State
Board Of Trade and these had shown
the Washington board that the Sac
ramento Valley was the place for the
farm. This incident illustrated the use
that could be made of the statements
contained in the annual reports of the
State Board of Trade if they were al
ways available at Washington.
EXHIBIT FOR SWITZERLAND.
Manager Briggs reported that A.
Borel, Consular representative of
Switzerland. had requested the Board