Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
WILL Be
SHOWN HARBOR
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO
PLAN Entertainment
TO HOLD FORMAL CELEBRATION
OF CONSOLIDATION
Directors Will Meet Wednesday to
Consider Program for Visit of
President in October-Pres-
ident Booth Returns

The directors of the chamber of
commerce will meet tomorrow after
noon to take up a number of important
matters which have been hanging fire
in the absence of President Willis H.
Booth. Among these will be the ar
rangements for the entertainment of
President Taft while in Los Angeles
October II and II, and the considera-
ton of plans for a formal celebration
of the results of the harbor election.
The directors of the chamber will be-
gin work in earnest following the sum-
mer lull, and board meetings will be
held weekly and perhaps oftener
While President Taft is scheduled to
reach Los Angeles early on the morn
ing of october IL, the public entertain
ment will not begin until afternoon.
The president will pass the forenoon
with his sister, Mrs. w. A. Edwards, at
the home of DR.. and Mrs. Edwards on
West Adams street. The rest of the
day and all the following day will be
given to entertainment by Los An
geles.
Taft Interested in Harbor
Included in this entertainment will
undoubtedly be a visit to the harbor.
President Taft said to Mr.. Booth while
the latter was in the east this month:
THE harbor lines at your seaport were
established while ! was secretary of
war; l approved them and do not in
tend to let them go unprotected"
A feeling appears to exist among
members of the Los Angeles consolida-
tion committee and with the officers
of the civic bodies that as soon as the
proper development of the harbor is
planned, following settlement of con-
solidation details, the work of the con-
solidation committee will have been
accomplished and that it should not be
formally perpetuated thereafter. The
matter will be put up to the executives
of the civic bodies by the report of the
consolidation committee, which will be
submitted as soon as the committee
feels that consolidation is fully set
tied.
To Be Taken Up in Future
AS president of the chamber of COM
merce it will be Mr. Booths duty to
call the executives of the civic bodies
together to receive the report of the
consolidation committee, and to act on
discharging or retaining the committee
as may be recommended.
81 do not know yet what will be done,
as l have not had time to talk about
1t since returning home" said Mr..
Booth yesterday. 1.-THE committee has
certainly accomplished a great work,
DuL Wlln lIlS dCGOIllpllSllIllClll VI COll-
solidation it is a question whether the
members will want to continue. That
is something that will be taken up,
imagine, in the near future.
PERSONALLY, I should not like to
venture definite opinion at this time.
Such a committee is exactly right for
a purpose like that for which the con-
soiidation committee was called, but
for permanent work it is apt to be
somewhat unwieldy.
Dream Comes True
although 1 fully expected it, I can
hardly realize that am back in Los
Angeles with consolidation already an
actual fact When you have been
dreaming about something for num-
Der of years. to wake up suddenly and
find your dream a reality means that
you must take time to appreciate what
has happened.