Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
LONG BEACH EXPECTS
A CHINESE WAR JUNK
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THOSE WHO
WANT TO SEE CRAFT
Larger Depot to Replace Burned
Southern Pacific Station-Women
viii Be Prominent at Launching
In June-Better Streets
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, May H.-Col. William
Nelson, president of the Nelson Napier
Navigation company, said today that he
was well acquainted with Mr.. Milne,
who is bringing the Chinese war junk
Whang-Ho to Long Beach, and that his
company had already made arrange
ments with the Pacific Electric COM
pany regarding the handling of those
who come to this city to inspect the
strange vessel.
The plans which had been prepared
for the new Southern Pacific passenger
depot at Second street and Pacific ave-
nue. were destroyed in the San Francisco
fire. The local agent of the road was
notified that the new plans which
would be made would provide for a
building considerably larger than at
first decided upon.
During September the Long Beach
Elks will entertain their brethren Of
the Southern California lodges for sew
eral days. The following general en-
tertainment committee has been appoint
Z, ed: DIR. T. c. Donnell, chairman; j. II
Munholland, j. w. Young, jr., s. v
Bacon, w. B. Julian, G. A. Newcomb,
Ed S. Brown, w. Wardley, Arthur
Helps, ]. j. Hennessey and e. L. Ken
nedy.
| At a meeting of the directors of the
Cosmopolitan club plans were discussed
for the formal opening of the club
quarters on Pine avenue. The club Will
keep open house to the public upon that
date, which will probably be about June
| /. A we'll known steward and stewardess
have been engaged. Twenty-nine new
members were elected
| Col. Fay Butler has accepted the POSI-
tion of general manager of the Majestic
skating rink now under course of con-
struction. Mr. Butler is an eastern
| theatrical manager, and in 1885 he built
the first maple floor roller skating rink
on the Pacific coast. He has spent
the winters In Los Angeles for several
years.
Mrs. William Nelson, wife of the pres
ident of the Nelson-Napier Navigation
company, will christen the company's
new steamer which will be launched at
West Long Beach, June 6. The women
of Long Beach will present a full COM
plement of flags and pennants to the
new boat.
The newly elected city trustees are
glad that the term of holidays Is ap-
parently nearing an end. S. l.. Lent,
chairman of the public works commit
tee, said that the first matter to be con-
sidered would be the question of better
streets. There are also a number of
important contracts to be let as soon
as possible.
The G. A. r., Women's Relief corps
and Ladies' Auxiliary of the G. A. r.,
held memorial services in honor of the
members of these orders who died
during the year just past. The usual
ritualistic services were observed, after
which the members of the orders
marched around vacant chairs, draped
in black and dropped upon them bou-
quets of fragrant flowers sacred to the
memory of the departed. Six members
of the G.. A. r. here died during the
| year.
A conference was held this morning
between the directors of the BiXby
Hotel company, those of the Strand I'M
provement company and the members
of the public works committee of the
council, for the purpose of reaching an
agreement concerning the acceptance
of the proposed map of the Strand COM
pany's holdings upon the beach. The
directors of the two companies virtually
agreed to construct a sixty-foot street
lust east of the Bixby hotel, instead of
a forty-foot thoroughfare as had been
planned formerly AS a result of the
meeting it is expected that the board
of public works will present their re-
port on the matter to the trustees in the
near future.
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