Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-09
FLOATING EXHIBIT
TO VISIT SOUTH
THE STEAMER SPOKANE WILL
MAKE TRIP
CARRY CARGO OF PRODUCTS
Preliminary Arrangements for Novel
Method of Advertising Southern
California Are Completed.
Itinerary Arranged
CARRY CARGO OF PRODUCTS

Officers of the American Finance
and Promotion company, which is or
ganized to send a floating exposition"
to Mexico, South and Central American
ports, to open trade relations between
those countries and Los Angeles, re-
turned yesterday from San Francisco,
where they closed lease for the ship
Spokane, belonging to the Pacific Coast
Steamship company.
The lease marks the end of prelimin-
aries for the journey to the tropics and
gives an air of definiteness to the plans
of the company which has not pre-
vailed heretofore.
By the terms Of the lease the local
company will be given possession of the
ship January 1, when alterations will
he made to prepare it for installing
exhibits of Los Angeles manufacturers
and merchants.
Alterations will be completed and all
exhibits, which will be gathered to
San Pedro in the meantime, will be
installed by January 10. The exhibits
will consist of manufactured products
of Southern California, including all
kinds of machinery, food stuffs, mate
rials and everything built or manu-
featured in this portion of the state
that the people of the tropics may
want.
Sails January 10
The ship will sail from San Pedro az
) o'clock in the afternoon Of January
10. Accommodations for 21S passengers
have been provided, and will include
exhibitors, their agents and represen-
tatives, newspaper representatives and
a limited number of guests of the
company.
The itinerary as completed is an
nounced ias follows:
Arrive Enseneda, Lower California,
January IL at z a. m. leave Enseneda
at p. M; arrive Mazatlan, Mexico
January 15, at 10 a. M; leave Mazat-
Ian January 16 at 10 p. M; arrive Man
zanillo, Mexico, January 1S, at p. M;
leave Manzanillo, January 20 at p.
m.; arrive Acapulco, Mexico, January
22; leave Acapulco January % at p.
m arrive Selma Cruz, Mexico, Janu-
ary "a leave Selma Cruz January "a
at IL m.; arrive Chaperico, Guate-
mala, January 26; leave Chaperico
January 26 at IL m. arrive San
Jose de Guatemala January q,
leave San Jose de Guatemala jan
uary 2S at 10 a. M; arrive La Union,
Honduras January 29;. leave La Union,
Honduras, January 20 at 10 p. M; ar
rive Corinto, Nicaragua, January 80;
leave Corinto January 30 at 6 p. m.;
arrive Salamas Bay, Greytown, Mica
ragua, January 81; leave Salamas Bay
February 1 at p. M; arrive Puenta
ARENAS, Costa Rica, February 2; leave
Puenta Arexnas February at IL M;
arrive Panama February 5, remaining
four days; leave for San Pedro Thurs
day, February 8; arrive at San Pedro
February 90 Distance 3277 miles San
Pedro to Panama. Time of Journey
forty-one days.
Steamship Is Adequate
The company, in leasing the Spokane
secured the largest steamship owned
by the Pacific Coast Steamship COM
pany and it is said to be the finest
ccean-going vessel on the coast. 1t is
amply adequate for all exhibits, hav-
ing four decks, and is handsomely
equipped. 1t has been used by the
owners in the Alaskan excursion trade
end it's appointments are first class
in every particular.
Two decks will be altered for ex-
hibits and the display will be elab-
crate. Captain Paulson of the Spokane,
who has made frequent trips over the
proposed route, will be in charge Of the
boat during the journey.
Messrs. Winfield Hogaboom of San
Pedro, Major William w. Burke, vice
president, and Ben McLendon, secre-
tary of the local company, closed the
lease and made an inspection Of the
Spokane Thursday at San Francisco.
The Hugh B.. Rice company of Los
Angeles conducted negotiations for the
lease and will become general pas
senger and freight agents for the
'.ioating exhibition" G. F. Detrick,
secretary and manager of the Rice
company, accompanied the exposition
ship" company officers to San Fran
cisco and arranged details of the
lease.
Officers of Company
The American Finance and Promo
tion company was organized a few
weeks ago with the election of Will
liam e. Ransom, a capitalist With
offices in the Hellman building as
president; Major William w. Burke
builder of government jetty works for
United States and Mexico and extern
sive landholder in Mexico, as vice
president; Ben McLendon Of Los An
geles as secretary, and j. V. Theis of
Los Angeles as treasurer.
The Hugh B. Rice company of Los
Angeles has been selected to have
charge of the passenger and freight
affairs of the company and Winfield
Hogaboom of San Pedro will have