Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-28
SAN DIEGO BOOMING,
 SAYS BIsBff VISITOR
SpreckleS Gets Concession For Wharf In Connection With
 Railroad Enterprise,

San Diego was never in a more prosperous condition than now" said E. c. Reynolds, assistant business
 manager of the San Diego Sun, who is in Bisbee for the purpose of visit ing his brother, F. R. ReyonIds, of the Review business office. Contin- uing about San Diego MT. Rayaolds said:
 John D.. Spreckles was never more active in his great enterprises than at the present time. He recent ly secured a concession from the city for building new docks for operation in connection with his San Diego & Arizona railroad projected to Yuma. Considerable work has already been done on this line and the right of
 day has been secured and cleared for a number of miles.
 Mir. Spreckles also has a conces- sion from the Mexican government for railroad From San Diego to En-
 senada, a distance of eighty miles
 and he is now in the City of Mexico on business relating to that enter prise"
 MT. Reynolds was enthusiastic about San Diego, but it was when he touched on the coming of the great 1 fleet to that city that he beamed wlri. fpride for his home town. The fleet of battleships is due to arrive in the harbor of San Diego on April IA and l will remain there for -Four days, and, ! according to Mir. Reynolds every l thing is in readiness for the program
 of welcome which has been planned
 without regard to expense. Particu- larizing as to what was in store for
 Admiral Evans and his men at San
 Diego, Mir Reynolds continued:
 'Tn accordance with suggestions
 made by the admiral, the land parau< will be held or the 18th. Five tAous-
 and men and sixteen bands of music 1 will be landed from the ships. The ! land contingent will be of about twice l that size, with about the same num- | Der of bands. The soldiers station ed at Fort Rosecrans will march, and ! all the state militia from our region will also be included. OF civilians there will be turnouts by all the fra ternal orders and various civic socie- ties. and about 4,5O0 pupils of the city ] schools and the state normal scAool. The parade will start in the early forenoon, and the sailors will have dlbcT tue llldACh 10 NOhSs
 Each evening while the fleet is
 with us there will be brilliant illumi-
 nations of the city. the harbor, the fleet and the merchant ships. A quarter of a million incandescent
 electrics will constitute one item of this blaze Of glory. There will be
 nearly as many Chinese lanterns, much colored fire, and the thirty-two
 searchlights on the sixteen battle ships.
 Every craft on the bay will be strung with lanterns. On the second
 night will be a display of fireworks
 from great barge centrally anchor ed, and around this will pass in pre-
 scribed order the parade of yachts
 and launches, all aglow with colored
 lights. In the pyrotechnics are two
 pieces specially designed for this oc- casion. One is a portrait in fire of Admiral Evans, 625 square feet in area. The other is a motto "Wel-
 come to the Fleet" in words Of fire
 twelve feet tall and extending z09
 feet across the water. There will also
 be many other features that are new
 although not specially designed for this occasion"