Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
SHIP BUILDING
CONCERN ASSURED
LONG BEACH RAISES $4,000
IN FEW HOURS
Completes Bonus Of 100000, Amid
Scenes Of Wild Enthusiasm.
Woman's Thousand Starts
Ball Rolling

Amid scenes Of the widest enthusiasm
ever witnessed in Long Beach the last
of the 100000 fund necessary to guar
antec the location of the Craig Ship
building Company's plant was raised
yesterday afternoon at a mass meeting
held i'm the auditorium. 1t had been
declared a public holiday and the meet
ing marked the close of q days hard
work "rustling' subscriptions.
The main floor and the gallery Of the
immense hall were crowded At least
5000 people were in the audience. The
services of Rev. ]. w. Speers as chair
man and the lively, patriotic music
furnished by the Royal Italian band
had much to do with promoting the en-
thusiasm.
When the meeting opened at 3,20
o'clock $4,000 had been pledged, loaV-
ing $4,000 to be raised. Nearly all the
largest corporations had subscribed
literally before and ii was feared that
the last $4,000 would be raised with
more difficulty than all the other
thousands.
When the sum total had reached
about S92. 600 Chairman Speers an
nounced a woman had subscribed $1,000
with the provision that it should be
the last thousand. This subscription.
it was announced later, was made by
Mrs. Adelaide Tichenor, former presi-
dent of the Ebell club. The news that
q woman had subscribed $1,000 stirred
the crowd anew.
The raising of the last $4,000, exclusive
of Mrs Tichenors subscription, was
sensational. Acting upon a suggestion
by w. s. Brainard and j. G.. Lybarger,
Rev. Mr.. Speers asked that every man
who would give 500, either as new
subscription or as an addition to one
already made, step to the front of the
hall and stand in front of the PLATFORM
In a moment a dozen men had taken
their stand there. The number was
later swelled to about forty, including
two women. About ten of these were
taken from their seats by main force
and hauled to the front by the others.
while the crowd yelled itself hoarse
and the band played a rOusing tune.
The exact amount raised was not an
nounced but it exceeded 100000 by a
margin which is expected to overcome
any possible loss that may be entailed
by non-paymcnt of subscriptions.
Shout for Joy
The crowd surged from the building
and out upon the pier shouting for joy.
About S1OO was incidentally dropped
in hat at the door as a token of ap-
probation of the bands services.
President Dana Burks of the Los
Angeles Dock and Terminal company
notified Attorney Huntzberger the
Craigs' representative, last night of
the successful elimination of the cam
paign. Huntzberger has been Los
Angeles several months. while the
Craigs have been considering various
locations along the Pacific coast.
The Craig Shipbuilding company is a
Toledo. o.. concern, which has built six
teen of the vessels now plying along
the Pacific coast. Having contracts for
many more vessels the company de-
sired a coast location. After consider
ing Seattle, San Francisco and San
Diego, John f. Craig, president of the
company stated that Long Beach Of
fered the greatest inducements He
then made the proposition to establish
the plant here if he was given a thirty
two-acre site along the new inner har-
Dor.
This site. valued at 100000, the Dock
and Terminal company offered to sell
for 100000 if the amount were raised
by popular subscription. Committees
We're selected and work began at once
to raise the amount.
The Dock and Terminal company will
spend several hundred thousands of
dollars improving and filling in the land
the Craig plant will occupy. This work
will require perhaps three months.
About forty days will be required then
for the ground to settle. The construc-
tion of the machine shops will then
begin at once.
President Craig has agreed to spend
100000 here within twelve months. Sew
eral hundred men will be employed in
the shipyards.
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