The San Francisco call., 1909-10-26
Only $4,000 Collected and
100000 People Attended
Big Celebration
GREAT SUMS EXPENDED
BY VISITING THRONGS
Suggestion Made TO Combine
POrtOla Carnival With Adj
mission Day Fete
VERGILIA BOGUE GUEST
ON DUTCH WARSHIP

~ My a dime. 10 cents, was the
cost of the Portola festival per
- person who witnessed and took
part in the celebration Of last week,
according to the rough estimate made
yesterday by members OF the Portola
committee The members of the ex-
ecutive committee were busy perform
ing the last social duties of the affair,
/ receiving the congratulations of their
friends and favorably considering the
plan of perpetuating the festival by
making it an annual event
In the midst Of their other duties
some Of the committeeman figured
out the amount spent in masking the
people OF San Francisco and its en-
virons happy and frolicsome Tor five
days
The Portola committee collected
about S120,0OO Il IS estimated that
about 100000 people saw various
parts OF the show. There were nearly
100000 in the city last Thursday and
others came in for the other special
affairs, the presentation ceremony OF
Tuesday. the carnival Of Saturday and
the automobile races at Oakland Sat
urday morning. 1t is fairly computed
that 100000 people We're entertained
in one way or another by the festival.
which means that the subscribers to
the festival fund We're called upon TO
give not more than 10 cents apiece for
the entertainment of the people of san
Francisco and the visitors. a concourse
which put millions in circulation.
Great Good Done City
No one knows how much money the
visitors left and the amount of reactive
good which the festival did the city can
not be commuted by the most certified
of certified accountants who ever haunt-
ed a certificate.
I The carnival lasted five days and in
five days more practically every vestige
of the festal decorations will be in stor-
age for another year. Robert A. RoOs.
chairmap of the committee on lights
and decOra tions. said yesterday that the
contracts with the decorators called
for the removal of the flags lights and
other official decorations within FIVE
days. The committee desires merchants
to remove their decorations as soon as
possible.
The executive committee viii hold a
meeting tomorrow evening when the
affairs of the festival VIII be consid-
cred and the exact standing OF the COM
mittee will be knows. Louis Sloss.
treasurer of the committee. said yester-
I day that he could not tell how the dn-
ances stood. but that report would be
prepared as soon as possible, Chairman
Phil t. Clay of the executive committee
said that he believed that the funds
would prove to be about adequate to
meet the expenses Of tire festival
May Combine Celebrations
There is some talk OF the Portola fes-
tivaI OF next year being combined in
some way with the celebration of Ad-
mission day. The proposition is not yet
considered as entirely feasible 1t is
believed that the Portola festival should
be continued to be held in October as a
proper celebration of the discovery of
San Francisco bay. 1t would of course.
be out of the question to consider the
shifting Of the Admission day celebra-
ton from the legal holiday OF Septem-
Der g. So it is possible that next year
will see two celebrations in San Fran
cisco. The Portola festival will prob
ably take the form Of an aviation week.
although as yet nothing definite is un-
der consideration and the members of
the committee do not care to intrude
themselves into the foreground again
unless there is a decided call upon them
from the people to take up the work
next year.