Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-03
ATLANTIC CITY PLEASED BY
CALIFORNIA ENTERPRISE
Thousands Visit Display Of Products
Of Golden State on Board Walk
at Famous Watering
Place

pie received the display of California
products
He says the people were so anxious
to gain admittance to the exhibit be
fore 1t was opened that for fear"of hav-
ing the doors and windows broken in
which was threatened-he ordered the
place opened. The people do not place
any credence in the reports of the
earthquake scare here and they highly
commend the assistdnce the Los An
geles people rendered to stricken San
Francisco
The Los Angeles newspapers are also
a great attraction to the easterners. 4
Mr. Virgins interesting letter. in
part follows:
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Annex, Blenheim Arcade.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June a.
The opening of the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce exhibit on the
board walk at Atlantic City was not
as scheduled. In consequence of the
pressure of the public and especially
the spring visitors who were planning
to leave the middle of June, we were
compelled to open our doors three days
before fully Installed.
Curtain Off Windows
I'VE curtained our windows and at
tempted to work without showing the
progress we were making, but it was no
use. They would hire chairs and stand
up ir them and look over, thus getting
an Impression of what was going on,
upsil Sunday afternoon, the 18th, the
crowd came down on us en- masse, so
we threw the doors open They have
been open ever since from a. m. to
11:30 p. m. daily.
-Four thousand visitors passed through
the exhibit from to II p. m. the first
day. and until the past two days the
1T was most amusing to listen to the
excuses for admission before we opened.
Is Big Surprise
'The whole proposition is a surprise
and wonder to the average patrons of
Atlantic City. They cannot understand
how we maintain an exhibit of this
magnitude without some signs of an
immediate return. Half the time these
same people-if they have never been
in Los Angeles-leave with a deter
mination of going there sooner or later,
never dreaming that in going they fur
nish us with most substantial returns.
I'm conversation with couple of
millionaires yesterday both expressed
wonder at the enterprise, push and
fOrpthnIJp. ta5
but they could not see any returns for
the outlay. Commenting on it at every
turn at last they both voiced the in
tention of taking their families to Los
Angeles during the coming winter. We
then told them that was where we got
our money back. Off they went with
Say, you fellows are all right. You
know how to do it, You can have our
money when we get there
Wants to Know
"a quiet, gentlemanly individual will
come in, look around, call us off to one
side and ask if it wou,F he 'proper for
him to take his family Oh children to
Los Angeles You know it is great
way off and people are so different
from those in the east, etc. We always
assure such that it is safe and perfectly
proper
"The man who knows it all is a.
udlly NlSllOls 1dll tell you more ABOUT
our fruits and vegetables than we can
although he has never been there. Still
he helps draw the crowd, for he talks
the exhibit to everybody he meets.
Our location is most central for the
class of people we wish to visit US
While not in the crush section, it
catches the leisure class who have time
to look and talk.
"Kickers we have none Everybody is
pleased and interested.
Little Said of Earthquakes
'One pleasing feature, we hear very
little about earthquakes. Most every
one expresses sorrow and regrets for
the San Francisco catastrophe and pre-
diets rapid and substantial restora-
tion of that city. And no one speaks
of the reported shake at Los Angeles
and all who talk of us give us great
credit for action taken in sending re-
lief so quickly to San Francisco. Those
who contemplate visiting the coast are
more enthused after seeing our display
and seem as determined to carry out
their intention as though no tembIor
had happened.
1--WE cant say that we are captivated
with climatic conditions here. 1t has
rained about every other day since we
arrived. The weather Is cool and damp
and the sun is not doing it's best when
on duty.
THE proposed Board Walk floral pa
rade, booked for the 26th, has been
called off; not enough interest among
local patrons to guarantee a successful
turnout We We're preparing to give
them a few pointers in line of decora-
tons similar to those given i'm line ofl
installations. but are now throwing ourl
ideas to the wind.
Feet Trouble Them
"Our whole delegation has been
troubled with the board walk foot, a
most painful and undignifed COM
plant
I'VE see an occasional Los Angeles
citizen wandering along this wooden
highway. IT is amusing to see him
smile and doff his hat when he strikes
the chamber of commerce annex Wei
have Just had a call from the mayor
who says we are a credit to his city. |