The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-12
SAN FRANCISCO
AND SOUTH UNITED
Joined in Bonds of Union and
Goodfellowsllip Through
Excursionists
Moore Announces Coming
Chamber of Commerce Build
ing in This City
Especial Dispatch to The Call

RIVERSIDE, Dec. 11.-San Francisco
and the south were joined yesterday
in the bonds of union and good fellow
ship Tonight they celebrated the new
alliance with good cheer The occa-
sion was signalized by the announce
ment of a coming chamber of commerce
building for San Francisco.
Gathering at Glenwood inn, the rep
resentatives of San Francisco's cham
Der OF commerce broke bread with the
men OF Riverside, and to the ring Of
CHINA and the tinkIe of glasses. raised
chorus of harmony which will echo
through years to come
There is no installing the birth of
new sentiment. Out of this ex-
cursion has grown settled policy of
cooperation, which should mark the
future of the whole state of California
with common prosperity and united
domination of the Pacific coast
VERSE SHOWS SPIRIT
After a day of sight seeing the COM
mercial Representatives of San Fran
cisco sat down to a banquet prepared
by Frank Miller, master of the Mis-
sion inn" The spirit of the occasion
was expressed in this verse printed on
the menu cards:
Bring us men to match our mountains.
Bring US men to match our plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their trains"
That the men of San Francisco will
honestly try to meet these lofty re-
quirements there can be no doubt, judg-
ing from the sincere utterances that
followed the enjoyment of Host Miller's
dinner
In wholly unexpected way, and
a ~
the official announcement, which he
had not intended to make until plans
were completed. Charles c. Moore, pres
1dent or the chamber of commerce, con-
nded to the assembled businessmen
that San Francisco is to have cham
Der OF commerce building.
MOORE GIVES DETAILS
To the bare announcement, which
created no end of surprise and curios-
ity, Moore later and with some reluc-
lance added some interesting details.
Really said Moore, Il had not
intended to tell that little secret, but
In the circumstances / could not with
hold 1t. The chamber of commerce
plans to have in the center of the bust
ness section of San Francisco a simple
two story building on classic lines. A
committee now has four available sites
under consideration. and hope to have
the work Of construction started before
leave office.
The building will cost about $780,
600. One of our representative mem
bers has already offered to subscribe
$4,000 of this, and other similar offers |
have been made
I'VE plan to have chambers there for |
country members so that when they
come to our city they may be suitably |
housed for any business they wish to |
transact"
WINS VISITORS HEARTS
When Moore introduced to the diners |
Mayor s. c. Evans of Riverside that |
offlcial Immediately won the hearts of |
the visitors by remarking: You're |
about the happiest bunch Of earth
quake refugees that ever came here"
Joseph d. Grant of Murphy, Grant & |
Co. voiced the sentiment of the Wis
itors when he declared amid cheers: |
We want to pull for the whole coast |
This is one of the lessons we have |
learned on this trip"
Frank Brown pointed to the signifi- |
canoe Of the excursion, saying: This |
is the first time In so years that a |
delegation of San Francisco business |
men has visited their friends in the |
south"
When mine host Miller was called
upon he advanced to the spacious
the motto which had been inscribed |
there for the occasion: "All honor to |
the courage that quails not even at |
the wrath of nations. Honor to the |
men who have rebuilt a great city, de- |
stroyed. grander and more beautiful" |
SPEECHES SHOW SENTIMENT
Speeches breathing the same senti- |
ments were made by James X Lynch |
Ernest S. Simpson, Gustave Bremen. |
Edward II. Hamilton, Gavin McNab |
Judge Mckinley of Los Angeles and |
Lieutenant Governor Warren Porter.
Leaving Los Angeles at o'clock this
morning the chamber Of commerce ex-
cursion proceeded to San Bernardino. |
The visitors were met there by the |
officers and directors of the San Ber-
nardino chamber of commerce and |
taken for a car ride through the town. |
President f. F. Oster, Vice President A. |
L. Drew and Secretary w. L. Vestal of |
the San Bernardino chamber took the |
initiative in explaining to the visitors |
the many big enterprises which are be-
ing developed in the surrounding coun- |
try.
The short stay at San Bernardino /
ended with a reception at the beautiful |
new Elks hall, where light refresh |
ments were served.
AT REDLANDS
AT Redlands, the next stop, the visi- |
tors were greeted by a delegation of
businessmen who had arranged for |
bus rides through Smiley heights and
the other show places of the garden |
town. When the San Francisco men |
had exhausted their superlatives in
admiration of the natural and artificial
beauties Of the country they stepped
into the rooms of the board Of trade for |
a few minutes, and then went to River
side.
Autos waited at the station at River
side to take the visitors through the
orange groves. The ride led through |
Rubidoux heights, and was so we'll ar
ranged that in the course of two hours
the sightseers had gained considerable !