Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-28
"WHY Y0U-ALL HURRY S0?"
THEY SAY
Only Three-Fourths of Los Angeles
Exhibit Is in Place, but Ii Isn't
the Fault of the Genial
Secretary

Frank Virgins, in charge of the Los
Angeles county exhibit at the James
town exhibit, has written to A. B. Cass,
and judging from his enthusiastic re-
port the display from this part of the
country is duly impressing all who
see It,
All kinds OF delay was encountered
by Mr.. Virgins in getting the display
to it's destination. In addition to TAX
ing forty-five days from Los Angeles
to Norfolk, seven days more were con-
sumed in transporting the Los Angeles
features to the exposition grounds,
distance of eight miles. Then material
was not at hand with which to con-
struct the booths and frames in which
| the exhibit Is installed, and the exposi-
ton in general is poorly managed.
Not until the middle of June will the
entire Los Angeles display be in it's
place within the buildings of the expo
sition. Only 75 per cent of the exhibit
has been unloaded from the cars, and
the managers at jamestown move with
such deliberate slowness that not all
of Mr.. Virgins we'll known persuasive
powers and eioquence can prevail upon
them to hurry. The letter is as fol-
lows:
NORFOLK, Va, May 1s, 1907.
Mr.. A. B. Cass, chairman exposition
committee.
Dear Mr.. CASA report from me is
away overdue, but it's not the fault of
the writer nor Wilson that you have
not received one ere this. / fully ex-
pected to have wired you two weeks
ago that the Los Angeles county eX-
hibit was fully installed, and its pro-
ductiveness and attractive features
were being duly impressed upon the
passing visitors, but for more reasons
than 1 can take time to give, and for
want of words to express, did not do
it, and cannot now make the announce
ment. 1t is, however, rs per cent in
stalled, and attracts more attention at
this stage than any other exhibit in the
States building. Our patience holding
out, and the merchants of whom we are
compelled to purchase supplies making
good threadbare promises, we hope to
be ready for business within week.
We were seven days getting our car
from Norfolk to the exposition grounds,
a distance of eight miles, after a trip
of forty-fve days from Los Angeles.
We have had the same delay in getting
material to work with. The first load
of lumber purchased across the bay
was four days on the way, a distance
of three miles. We were two days
getting it from the wharf to the ex-
hibition space, distance of one mile.
1t is the same story from one pound
Of nails to ten lights of glass, and no
body seems to care or worry. They
look at you in dumb amazement, when
you begin to fuss and fume about de-
lay, etc, and say, why are you-all +;
In a hurry" ooh, no, I'VE all' were not ]
In a hurry, we were never in that con- /
dition). How a merchant succeeds down
here carrying on business as he does s
Is a conundrum to me. To illustrate
one of my experiences with big con- {
Germ, 1 with four others was being !
waited upon by three clerks and the
proprietor, when in came another Gus t
toner in the same condition as the ]
balance of us, "in hurry" and asked /
20 be waited upon, when the proprietor i
.hrew up his hands in holy horror and t
yelled at his negro porter, For de {
Lawd sake Jack, shut de do an lock
t, an don't let any mo- in. We can't {
stand no rush like this. You gentle i
nen will have to go slower, an don't
oe so rushin'" What do you think of /
hat for an up-to-date business man. S
Well, we are not being so 'rushin'," I
'or we find it does no good. We are s
to take the situation as we
ind it, and work out our salvation, If i
here is any. I
The exposition proper is far behind c
n every way except the exposition g
buildings They are all complete T
which is not generally the case), with f
he exception of the water and light; i
hey are being put in now. The {
grounds in consequence of rainy t
Weather ale in bad shape, but warm /
weather and the gardener will soon L
make them as the original plans in /
licate. I
Only Half in Place /
The exhibits are 50 per cent in place
,r on space; the other so are in cars or l
being unloaded AS the fair advances