The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
FLEET COMMITTEE
RETAINS SURPLUS
Will Have About $4,000 Left
Out OF the S7l,l45.60
Subscribed

After every item of expense has been
met the San Francisco fleet committee
will still have nearly $4,000 left to Its
credit in real money out of the S71,-
1860 subscribed by patriotic citizens
t.for entertaining the officers and men or
the battleships
This cheerful condition Of affairs be-
came known at a special meeting called
yesterday by Chairman James D..
Phelan for the purpose of. bringing to
close the active career of the COM
| mittee. The report of A. A. Watkins
OF the finance committee showing the
healthy surplus caused an agreeable
surprise, for 1t had been feared that
SO FAR from having balance on hand
the committee would be somewhat In
| debt. Excellent management, however,
on the part of the various men in
, charge of the features of the two
weeks celebration reduced expenses to
! the minimum.
TO AID NAVAL CLUBHOUSE
| At final meeting of the committee
at o'clock next Wednesday omclally
/ to wind UP its business. the $4,000 will
! be voted to fund for maintaining the
/ naval clubhouse conducted by the naval
| Y. M. e; A. in Beale street near Mar
ket until the middle of July. Although
/ the committees lease on the headquar-
! ters expires June 1, it is hoped that
it can be renewed at the present figure
until after the return and final depar-
| ture of the fleet July 6 to complete its
tour around the world. The clubhouse
| proved to be such a popular institu-
tendance during the fleets stay aver
aging more than 900 men-that 1t is
! believed no better use could be pro
vided for the fund than to maintain it
as planned.
Walter Macarthur, chairman of the
committee on entertainment, of enlisted
men, will have charge of all disburse-
ments in this connection.
| AS shown by the report of A. A.
Watkins. Si2.612 was the total amount
subscribed to the fleet fund. or this
sum S71,145.60 was collected, and of the
remainder several hundred dollars will
be paid. Other sums available in the
1900 balance on hand include $1,000
from Frank ]. Symmes of the reception
and parade committee, which he man
| aged to save from his appropriation
of $6,S00; $500 of the $4,000 approprIa-
ton for lighting and decorations: $3.50
! from $4,000 voted to the entertainment
committee; $1,000 from the executive
committee; $1,000 from the sightseeing
committee out of So 900 appropriated;
s24 of S1S.500 allowed the enlisted men,
and a possible $1,000 from grandstands.
The totals may bring the uneXpended
surplus to as high as $4,000 or $4,000.
SOUVENIRS FOR SHIPS
AS a quorum was not present no
| business save hearing the reading of
reports could be transacted. However.
| it was unofficially decided to have big
! framed photographs OF the entrance of
! the fleet into San Francisco and pre-
sented to each battleship upon the re-
turn of the warships from Puget
Sound.
Every one of the 5000 flags used in
the decoration of Van Ness avenue and
Market street will be put to good
purpose. Raphael WE'LL reported that
| these had been turned over to the city,
n
shields and Japanese lanterns. as its
permanent property They have been
| formally presented to the park commits
sioners at Golden Gate park and will
be available for use at future festivi-
ties. The lights and material used In
building the welcome sign on Tele-
graph hill have been turned over to
the contractors as part of the agree
| ment by which they were put up.
1t developed during the meeting that
| the builders of the grandstands erected
nue. for viewing the parade were heavy
/ losers and have asked to be reimbursed
! the 20 per cent of the total receipts
which were guaranteed to the, fleet
by the grandstand people. of which
| s1.600. according to the agreement
should go to the committee, and one
! grandstand man said that he had lost
more than $1,000. However, the COM
mittee will probably insist that the
agreement be carried out in full.
MAYOR GIVES DINNER
A dinner in honor of the members
/ of the executive committee given by
| Mayor Taylor at the Bohemian club
! Thursday night was a great success
The mayor congratulated the commit
| tee on the successful manner in which
/ all the entertainments HAD Oeen carried
out, and thanked them for their ef-
forts to make the arrival of the flee
a memorable occasion. He also con
graduated them on the splendid show
ing made financially. Replies were
made by every member present. DR.
Clarence Edwords of the California
Promotion committee was present as al
invited guest. Those who attended the
dinner were:
Mayor Taylor James D. Phelan
w. c. Ralston A. A. Watkins
Raphael WE'LL r. p. Hale
Walter Macarthur Frank ]. Symmes
C. II. Bentley Capt. Perkins. u. s. n
DIR. Clarence E. Ed Chauncey NJ. st. John
words |. 1. Brown
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