Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
ARE READY
PAPERS TO BE FILED TODAY
Plans Now Complete and Efforts to
Secure Exhibits Have Begun
Other Cities to Be
Interested

position Ship company, as drawn by
the attorney for the American Finance
and Promotion company, were sub
mitted to a meeting of the board OF
directors of the company yesterday
and were signed by the newly elected
officers preparatory to being filed to-
day.
The Exposition Ship company is an
outgrowth of the American FINANCE
and Promotion company, directors IN
one being directors in the other, al
though each company is separate and
distinct in so far as the business is
concerned.
At the board meeting yesterday Maj
w. w. Burke was elected presi-
dent; Judge Henry c. Downing of San
Pedro, vice president; Ben G. ,McLen-
don secretary, and Winfield Hoga-
boom assistant to the president. Per-
manent offices have been established
in suite 50S Bradbury building
In addition to these officers the Hugh
B. Rice company of Los Angeles was
selected to be general passenger agents
and George F. Detrick of the Hugh B.
Rice company was chosen as traffic
manager. The capital stock is 100000
all subscribed and paid in, and no
stock is now for sale.
The itinerary, as recently published
fetal itinerary and includes forty
one days trip, during which the ship
will make stops at all the principal
Pacific coast cities between San Pedro
and Panama, remaining four days in
the latter place.
Mexican Interests Aroused
Letters were read to the board of
directors yesterday from several finan-
cial institutions and large importing
and exporting firms in different cities
in Mexico, commencing the project and
rendering assistance in building UP
trade relations between Mexico and
Los Angeles.
Banking interests in Mexico desire
TO establish connections in Los Angeles
and thereby materially aid in opening
business relations. Several firms of
contractors, among them P. M. Van
Zandt, who built the Manzanillo jet
ties, and is now extending a new line
for the Mexican Central railway; r.
NJ. Stadden, chief engineer for con-
tractors for Manzanillo coast works;
Edgar K. Smoot, one of the firm Of
f1,. cd
struction works at Manzanillo, and
others have signified cordial reception
of the proposed plans for the exposition
ship and assurances are given that the
governors of the several Mexican
states will meet the ship at it's stops
in their jurisdiction and merchants will
greet the visitors and inspect the ex-
hibits.
May Visit Peru
Through the efforts of e. j. Louis.
consul for Peru for Southern California,
and the Peruvian minister at Washing
ton, who have become interested in the
exposition ship project, it is possible
that the itinerary may be heightened to
include Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and
Chill.
Mr.. Louis is especially desirous that
the ship visit Peru, and has brought
the proposition to the notice of the
Peruvian minister at Washington. Mr..
Louis says that the people of Peru have
long been anxious for trade relations
with Pacific coast cities, and will well
come any effort to establish these re-
lations. He is of the opinion that
should a steamship line be established
to ply in the trade between Los An
gees and Peru that government would
aid with valuable concessions and as
sist in building up a business that
would insure the profit of the enter
prise in making the extension.
This proposition will be submitted
to the board of directors at the next
meeting and decided at that time.
Seek Eastern Exhibits
Exhibits are being sought from local
manufacturers and jobbers in all lines
represented in this city. Southern Cal
norma Will ne represented IN all lines,
but in lines not represented here ex-
hibts are to be solicited from Salt
Lake, Denver st. Louis, Chicago and
New York firms, who will establish
western offices to supply the trade from
this city.
Messrs. Detrick and Hogaboom will
leave next week on an extended tour
of the east, stopping in all the cities
named to solicit the cooperation of the
firms representing lines not carried in
Southern California.
This is expected to result in bring
ing mSy new firms to Los Angeles.
Should the exposition ship enterprise
be successful in establishing trade rela-
tions with the southern republics the
firms in the east will establish ware
houses in Los Angeles to supply the
hew trade.
AS published in The Herald recently,
the Spokane, one Of the largest and