Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13
COME ON WITH MONEY;
FLEET TREASURY IN NEED

I'VE must be moving quickly now"
said Gen. Robert WankowsKi yesterday.
1.-THE fleet is now within talking dis
tance and the time will pass quickly
before 1t reaches Los Angeles. The
public must wake up and come forward
with subscriptions, too. What would
the public think If the fleet should
pass Los Angeles by? My, there would
be a howl. l would like to see COM
mittees going up and down Spring and
Broadway and Main streets collecting
the funds that are needed"
Chairman Woolwine received several
voluntry subscriptions yesterday, ono
from man from out of town. Many
persons have already contributed with
out solicitation and many others are
expected. Checks may be sent to
Chairman Woolwine at the National
Bank of California, Fourth and Spring
streets.
The increase in the reception COM
mittee's fund is not enough, however,
to remove fear that extraordinary ef-
forts must be made to fully finance
the committees plans. Both the city
attorney and city auditor are willing.
it is reported to members of the conf
mittee, to advise the purchase of flags
and decorations that the city may re-
tain as permanent investment. There
are many articles needed by the COM
mittee that could well be bought by
the city on the same theory. In this
way the committee may approximately
get the benefit of the full amount of
$4,000 which was appropriated but cut
to $500 because of the legal difficulties.
Flags and Lanterns
In this connection the committee on
decorations awarded the contracts for
flags and lanterns to the j. G. Bullock
company yesterday. The contract is
for 1000 Japanese ribbed lanterns. null
ti-colored and ten inches in diameter,
which will cost $3.50. The flags will in
clude 147 cotton bunting flags, 6x12 feet
with hand-sewed stars and four flags
of the same kind 20x40 feet. The
lanterns and flags are to be used in
decorating the streets. The flag con-
tract is for 1895, and both flags and
lanterns are to be delivered to the COM
mittee April /.
Beach towns, which are making
large preparations for the visit of the
warships, are alarmed lest the entire
fleet should be anchored permanently
in San Pedro harbor during their stay.
The beach towns have prepared to
spend considerable money in building
landings and the like and want to be
sure they will be useful If built. OF
course this will be determined later,
when such questions may be present
ed to Admiral Evans.
Others Want In
Several communities not included in
the list chosen by the committee on
neighboring cities have written to
Chairman Prescott asking to be added
to the list. This is an indication to
Gen. Prescott that there is great in
terest in the visit of the fleet in sur
rounding communities. This and other
subjects will be brought before meet
ing of the committee at Gen. Pres
colts uffice Monday afternoon.
The committee on entertainment OF
officers will meet Saturday afternoon
at o'clock at the Merchants and
Manufacturers association offices tc
further consider the invitations to the
fleet officers to the banquet. The num-
ber to be accommodated, 260, is the
most that the Alexandria banquet hal
will seat, and the guests from the bat
tleship' will be limited to sixty. just
how to properly fill that quota and not
omit any OF the ranking officers that
should be guests is difficult one fol
the COMMITTEES to solve.