Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-17
Already Arranging Excursions


san Diego and other Southern Cali
fornia cities already are arranging their
own excursions and will send enthusias-
tic crowds TO see the aviation contests
without waiting for the committee to
suggest special transportation arrange
neEts Action on this line already has
been taken by san Diego through the
ton that Is being paid to the Los
initiative Of Col. Collier. The atten-
Angeles Aviation week, the first in
America" is more remarkable than
even the Aviation week committee had
dreamed
The Aviation week executive commit
tee will meet this afternoon to dispose
of a large amount of detail which has
accumulated in connection with the
events in the last two or three days.
From now on the committee will be
compelled to hold sessions almost daily,
and must therefore depend more on the
public spirit to complete the fund by
voluntary subscriptions sent to the
Merchants and Manufacturers offices
at 228 Wilcox building
In less than a months time the COM
mittee will be compelled TO arrange all
details regarding Il site and see that it
has all the preparation peculiar to an
aviation meet, provide for proper
policing, housing and guarding of the
machines and take up a great number
of other matters concerning the
grounds.
All the thousand and more details
which the committee must handle at
an extremely busy season Of the year
are crowded into a few weeks instead
of the months that usually go with a
great exhibitors business side. On
top of it all the committee has the
financial responsibility which IS the
greater since the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association has guaranteed
that every subscription viii be regarded
i'm the nature Of a loan to be repaid
pro rata from the net receipts.
Public Co-operauon Needed
The committee feels justified, therefore,
In relying on the public spirit of Los Ange-
les property owners and business men to
WELD cooperation in completing the fund
of Sl00 900 by the voluntary subscriptions
to finance what is proving one OF the great
est boosts for Los Angeles and California
climate the world over has ever heard of.
Every dollar sent without solicitation TO
the committee of Secretary +. j. Zeehande-
laar is worth in reality two dollars at this
time, since 1t relieves the aViat0n week
committee of that much bhrden in com
pleting the fund and enables the members
to give their time more freely to the neces-
sary arrangements for the meet.
While the committee and President
| Twning of the Aero Club of Califor-
mia had at no time any doubt regard
and balloOnist expected through any
hitch in the validity of the sanction
granted some time ago by the local
Aero club. no time was lost in setting
all doubts at rest yesterday when a
rumor came that the sanction was
questioned. President Twning at
once sent several kilograms to the
Aero club of America, and the avia
ton week committee burned the
wires" on the matter. Some forty or
fifty messages were filed on the sub
ject. The aid Of the three morning
newspapers was readily secured in OBJ
tanning the influence Of their eastern
connections.
A characteristic Los Angeles energy
undoubtedly resulted in setting any
eastern doubts at rest regarding the
standing of the January aviation meet
and evoked the semi-ofiicial statement
from the Aero Club Of America that
the sanction would be approved as