The San Francisco call., 1904-06-02
.Recept ptiion.@ to the
Congressional
Delegate
Distinguished Men
Make Notable
Speeches.
-sDeaiu pispsieh to The Gail.


j: VALLEJO, June IA desire TO show
the: members sof the California delega'
d. tipn. that. their Efforts on behalf OF
Mare Island Navy: Yard ere appreciat-
j. ed brought the citizens Of Vallejo out
. en- nlasse. tonight. Senator George c.
Perkins ana congressman Victor Met
. calf and Theodore. Bell. who during the
=. last session Of Congress worked long
F.. and hard to have the merits Of Mare
Island. recognized and finally succeeded
IN securing an. appropriation for the
= building OF a collier on the Pacific
Coast. need not fear that they have
been working for a thankless constit-
. uency; 50 far as Vallejo is concerned
= The reception rendered. them to-day
..- by. the. citizens :of Vallejo and the
- Chamber of Commerce. was warm
= enough and su bsrantiaI enough to con-
since them thar every word they ut
tered before Senate and: House'on Mare
Islands behalf echoed; across the con-
tinent and found pernanent lodgment
ia Vallejo; whose p. residents .. depend
-largeIy. upon Mare. island. and who
. therefore are. il. a position to fully ap-
preciate the long. hard struggle of Cal
ifornia's presentatives.- -:
... COLLIER is. THE PRIZE.
The collier: IS. 70 be- built on this. coast
FOR a certainty. Whether at Bremerton
or Mare. Island is to be decided. All
NalleJe homes Mare Island will capture
the prize. It surely VIII unless the
ieartE. promises made tonight around
q banquet board. where workman and
Congressmans Senator and merchant,
naval officer and. citizen discussed be-
tween courses The needs and, merits of
Mare Island count for nAught-
+. z his much is Certain: Mare. Island is
capable Of. building. a collier. Admiral
: AlcCallai than whom. there is none. bet
ter. 1nf6rJneds says so - Congressmen
. Bel and 4te.rcaIf say. So and The work
-laen-. Of. Mare. island. say. so. Senator
, -FeS}EiTls. is positive. that. Mare Island
;. can turn out The. best vessel that floats.
: 50 in Vallejo. the slogan is, I'VE want
.to. build a :colliers or lacking. a. coal
. c.alrrier.. a ship that viii. be a credit to
the coast: We can build anything that
floats" ~.
.fhe~ reception TO the. California rep
.ies61tatiyes marked an epoch in the
history Of Vallejo For years. in fact
n.
the product of Mare. .Island skill glised
gracellll ~ down the. ways. il has been
p the hope of :A.allejeites that. at SOME
time the. principal coast. naval station
;.AEoElld be given a chancG to build a
vessel of steel, such "a: vessel as has
been titrned: out. by private concerns
and Eastern navy. yards The plant
p. is here. the. skill; is here Give US a
chance, = has long. been the cry from
. Mare. Island. Even though il. be only
q 'collrer. Mare. Island wants it.
CHEEiSS FROM WORKMEN.
It. was not until .. m that the pep
j.. pie. .;of Vallejo had a chance to. show
their appreciation Of the efforts of
Bell, Aletcalf and Perkins. At that
hour 1900 VlorkTnenf employed en- Mare
island; !: assembled. at the foot Of Vir-
ginia street and: awaited the arrival Of
the DISTINGUISHED guests. The latter
were prompt for just. as the ships in
the: .haTbor struck eight bells, they ar
rived. - -.
3, Headed. by. a Gordon Of police. under
command of Chief Of Police William
T:-Stanford.- the parade started, Grand
Marshal. John. BreWnlie- and a. dozen
: aids followed the bluecoats and then
came the famed Mare Island Station
Band. Following the band were the
guests of honor and behind them the
pride of Vallejo. a float a miniature
collier. built by Mare Island workmen.
After the collier came the workmen, a