The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-06
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FOR FLEET
GOLDEN GATE CITIES ARE RAILS
ING A GREAT ENTERTAINMENT
FUND.

ING A GREAT ENTERTAINMENT
FUND.
SAN FRANCISCO. January 29.--The
finance committee of the feet recep-
ton committee met yesterday after
noon in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms and decided to issue a call for
subscriptions to aggregate S250000 in
order to have a sufficient fund for the
entertainment of the visitors from the
interior and the 10000 men and officers
aboard the battleship squadrons.
James d .Phelan. who presided at
the meeting, outlined the plan through
which it is expected that the finance
/ committe will be able to gather this
amount.
/ Members of each particular vocation
in the city are to be called upon to go
among their trade or professional
| brethren and take subscriptions. In
this manner it is expected that each
person in the city will have an oppor-
!
feels able to the great welcome which
( is to be extended to the feet when Il
arrives.
4. A. Watkins, chairman Of the
finance committee, has active charge
of this work, and the other members
who are assisting him are W. c. Raj
ston, P. NJ Lilienthal, George A. New
hall and Joseph S. Tobkin.
A committee representong the Fill
more-Streest Improvement Club was
present at the meeting yesterday to
urge upon the general committee the
Importance of giving Fillmore street
it's share of the decorations and cele-
| bration.
! A. D. Brown, the spokesman, stated
that the Fillmore-Street improvement
Club already had appointed a commit
tee to collect funds, which they would
| turn into the general fund, provided
that the fleet committee would prom
! Use that Fillmore street should be
| taken care Of IT was decided to ap-
point various merchants of that street
| to take subscriptions and cut that dis
trict out of the general canvass Of
other collectors.
Andrew Gallagher was named as
the man to take charge Of securing
subscriptions from the labor unions
j. L. Rosenthal suggested that as
there are $4,000 school children in the
city, it might be proper to ask them
| to subscribe in amounts not exceeding
/ 25 cents. In this way, he thinks, it
thousand dollars. He also suggested
that boxes be placed in public places
where the general public might have
an opportunity to contribute.
1t was suggested that for the pur-
poses of this celebration it would be
great advantage in carrying out the
programme of the many events al
ready planned if Mayor Taylor would
ask the mayors of the Alameda county
cities to cooperate with this commit
tee, both in raising funds and in eX-
| pending them. This, the Mayor stated
| he would do
Prior to the meeting of the finance
committee Walter Macarthur called his
| committee on entertainment of enlist
ed men togetherl There were present
at this meeting G. Austin, J. Buckley,
D. Parkins, ]. Smallbone, all gunners
or gunner's mates from Yerba Buena
Island, upon whom Macarthur called
for suggestions regarding the kind of
celebration and welcome which the
sailors would be most likely to APP
preciate
With one accord they all declared
that dance pleased the blueiacket
more than anything else. Macarthur
and the other members of the commit,
tee, Raphael Well, aAllen Pollok and
John Sweeney, decided a series OF
dances should be given.
The following committee has beer
appointed by Chairman Phelan to de.
eide the poster contest: c. S. Aitken
editor of Sunset; Albert Pissis, arch
itect; William Reith, artist; Earl Cum
mings, sculptor.