The San Francisco call., 1904-03-11
PLAN A VISIT
TO SOUTHLAND
Excursion Is Arranged for
Business Men by Califor-
MIA Promotion Committee
WORK IN LAST MONTH
Executive officer Submits a
Report Showing Much Has
Been Done by the Body
WORK IN LAST MONTH

The regular monthly meeting of the
California Promotion Committee was
held yesterday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
at the headquarters of the committee.
| The following members of the commit
tee were present: A. Sbarboro, chair
man, representing the Manufacturers
| and Producers Association; George w.
/ McNear, treasurer, representing the
| Merchants Exchange; Rufus p. Jen-
nings, executive officer, representing
| the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce; A. A. Watkins, representing the
San Francisco Board of Trade, and
Fred ]. Roster, representing the Mer-
chants Association. An important an
| third excursion of the committee. This
excursion will begin on the afternoon
of Wednesday, April 6, with short
stop the following morning at San
Pedro to visit the harbor and other
! improvements there. From San Pedro
the party will visit San Diego, and re-
turning will take in all of the principal
cities on the way to San Francisco, in
cluding Coronado, Santa Ana, River
side, Redlands, Pasadena, Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Paso
Robles, Salinas, Watsonville, Santa
Cruz, Hollister, San Jose, Los Gatos,
Santa Clara, Palo Alto, Redwood City
and San Mateo, arriving in San Fran
cisco the afternoon of the following
Sunday.
The entire trip will occasion an alb
sence of but two days and half from
business. A special train has been en-
gagged. The excursion will be made up
of prominent San Francisco business
men and leading citizens of the inte-
rior.
The committee has already had two
excursions, one through the Sacra-
mento Valley and one through the San
Joaquin. These excursions have con-
tributed greatly to the work of the
committee, and at all points stopped at
the usual California hospitality has
been enjoyed, and many cities are MAX
ing preparations to entertain the Vis-
itors in an elaborate manner.
The report of the executive officer for
February was submitted, giving IN
brief some of the activities of the State.
The report was in part as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 90 1904,
The California Promotion Communications
tlemen: Although colonists' rates do not take
effect until March l there is a noticeable COM
ing of colonists and settlers who are purchas-
ing homes in California. There has also been
q marked increase in the number of large in
vestors The development of irrigation projects
enables the newcomer TO tracts
reasonable terms. One of the most notable
and recent instances of actual success is the
development of the Turlock and the Modesto
irrigation districts, which obtain their water
from the big La Grange dam. These districts
were carried out along the provisions of the
Wright law to absolute and final success,
bringing geo 600 acres of land under the pos
sibility Of cultivation This. together with the
breaking UP OF big ranches makes two most
important factors in the settling up of the in
terror.
1t is gratifying to note that the committee
is Yin receipt of large numbers Of letters from
people who have come TO the State and ex-
press themselves thoroughly satisfied with
their surroundings. These people prove the
are the of bringing their friends here
also
The correspondence of the committee shows
a decided increase in February over previous
months: 1860 letters were received and 4312
sent out; 81 S4S pieces of literature were dis
tributed. In the eighteen months that the
committee has been in active operation Al ,479
letters have been received, S9. .2o5 letters have
been sent out and 672, 1s7 pieces of literature