Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-16
WILL STILL INSIST
FLEET BE Modified
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAKES EVERY EFFORT

Night illumination Spoiled If
Plans Are Carried Out
as Intended
Every effort will be made by the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce (and 1t
is believed by the officers of that or
ganfzation that their hopes will not be
frustrated in this respect) to have the
original plan concerning the mobtliza-
tion of the big fleet in San Pedro bay
carried out, despite the change pro-
posed later.
'You see, originally they planned to
| have the fleet arrive at San Pedro bay
Saturday night" said Secretary Wig
gins of the chamber of commerce yes
| terday. "Then the great illumination
would be carried out and the fleet
would not go to place. as 1t Is termed,
| or divide up into smaller squadrons of
| four battleships each, until Sunday
morning.
1.-THE second plan, which we hope to
have abandoned in favor Of the earlier
| one, is to have the fleet go to place as
soon as they arrive Saturday night,
which would spoil all the plans for the
great decorations.
EVERY influence will be brought to
| bear upon this point and we hope that
our efforts to have the entire fleet at
San Pedro bay over Sunday as well as
Saturday night Will be crowned with
success for the sake of the thousands
and thousands of people coming to view
that spectacle"
Fleet Visitors Arriving
Visitors from Go1dfeld, Tonopah and
Rhyolite began coming into Los Angeles
over the Tidewater & Tonopah road
yesterday, arriving on trains which had
additional cars to accommodate the
unusual number of passengers The
Las Vegas & Tonopah expects to have
heavy passenger traffic during heet
week.
The Santa Fe carried over hundred
people on it's last special from Los
Angeles to San Diego yesterday, while
the night train Monday had three Sec
tions of ten cars each, and the three
regular trains yesterday had ten to
twelve cars each. Tuesdays special
bad eight cars, while yesterdays spe-
cial had seven cars, and In ADDITION To
these were the regular trains.
According to a telegram received by
Motley H. Flint, chairman of the com
mittee on entertainment of enlisted
men of the fleet from Tom Q. Thorn
ton, a member of the Los Angeles COM
mittee arranging final details In the
reception of the men upon their arrival
to be granted to the sailors of the fleet.
IN order to afford sailors the oppor-
tunity of finding friends In Los An
geles the more readily several state
societies will make their headquarters
at Chutes park during fleet week and
establish information bureaus there tor
the bluejackets' special benefit.
Many States Plan Welcome
The Georgia, Pennsylvania and New
York societies have already secured
quarters there from the management of
the park, who are quite wiling 10
offer space on the grounds for that
purpose. :,
Request has been made that all who
send packages of magazines to the Los
Angeles Y. M. c. A. or to the Broad
way department store, as Is being done
in response to request sent Arthur
Let's. president of the Y. M. c. A, by
Chaplain Stephenson of the U. s. S.
Virginia, place their names on the out
side of the wrappers.
Many magazines are already being
received at both places for this purpose,
and the hope is that 10000 publications
will be received for distribution among
the sailors, so that they may have read
ing matter en- voyage to the Far East
from the United States.
Chaplain Stephenson asked for but
1000 in his original request, but those
managing this work in Los Angeles
argued that since 1t cost the readers OF
these magazines nothing to bring them
to the Broadway or the Y. M. Z: a.,
they should make 1t $4,000, and SO nave
plenty of reading material for all the
men.
Mail intended for the batteships OF
the Atlantic fleet now at San Diego,
CAL, should be dispatched to San Diego
for delivery up to and including Los
Angeles and San Diego train II, April
IL, after which mail for the fleet Will be
sent to Los Angeles postoffice for deliv-
cry. Vessels Of the fleet are as follows:
United States ships Alabama, Connectl-
cut, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kear-
sarge, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Minnesota, Missouri. New Jersey, Ohio,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia.
Further instructions will be given
later regarding change in dispatch of
mail for these warships after their de-
parture from the vicinity of Los An
geles.
Mail addressed to the warships above
named should be dispatched in accord
ance with instructions from this office,
regardless as to the name of the post
office to which the matter may be ad-
dressed. Care should be taken, how
vessels of the Atlantic fleet, as named
above, with ships of the Pacific squad
ron. which are now at various northern
ports.
Holiday for Carriers
On the recommendation Of Postmas-
ter Flint the first assistant postmaster
general has approved half holiday for
all letter carriers in Los Angeles on
Anril 21. The usual holiday schedule
of one general full delivery of carriers
over their entire routes and collections
of mail for the most important dis
patches of mail will be made.
Merchants and patrons of the post
office are respectfully requested to fully
inform themselves that no deNVeries py
carriers will be made on the afternoon
of next Tuesday.
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