Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
SAN DIEGO AFTER
AEROPLANE FLIGHT
Prize of $4,000 Will Be Offered
for Air Trip from Domin-
guez Field

Although the prize and program COM
mittee has not completed It's work. 1t
has progressed so far that it became
apparent yesterday that at least $4,000
would be offered in prizes for the best
showing made at the charity aviation
meet.
This does not include the prizes to
be offered by outside towns and organ
izations for special flights, but is sim
ply the money to be offered by the
committee as an incentive to, the avi-
ators to do their best.
Several cities will offer special prizes
for flights from aviation field to Them
and II is believed that when the
amounts of these prizes are announced
the total will be equal to any ever put
up in America.
A telegram was received from Col.
D. c. Collier of San Diego yesterday
announcing that he would arrive In
Los Angeles this morning to make ar
ranGements for Offering $4,000 for the
first aviator to fly from the field to
San Diego This is a distance of 12S
miles. 1t is believed that if Col. Col
lier is able to make the necessary ar
rangements, a number of aviators Will
enter the contest.
The commercial bodies of Long Beach
and Santa Barbara, and possibly OF
San Bernardlno, may offer similar
prizes.
q. L. Taylor, travelling passenger
agent of the Pacific Electric, announced
Yesterday that arrangements had been
made through his office by prominent
residents of Pasadena to charter two
special cars for each day of the meet
to haul private parties to the grounds
The general committee went to Do
minguez field yesterday in automobiles
to inspect the work being done there
and later announced the prices to be
charged for the meet.
ADMISSION FEE so CENTS
General admission will be so cents;
children under years free. There VIII
be no half rates for children above TINS
age. The grand stand will be divided
into sections of reserved and unre-
served seats, the former selling for 40
cents each and the latter for so cents
each. The boxes iJill sell at $40 for the
entire meet, or 81 a seat day.
The boxes will go ON sale Monday
morning at Bartletts music house In
Broadway, where reservations can be
made. During the meet tickets foI
boxes and reserved seats will be on
sale also at the Los Angeles Trust and
Savings bank at Sixth and Spring
streets and in the lobby Of the Pacific
Electric building.
Following the inspection. the con-
tractors announced that the grand
stand would be completed entirely by
Tuesday evening. In order to accom-
pllsh this, extra men have been put to
work. 200 now being employed, while -Vt
others are at work at other parts OF
the field. Twenty teams and two steam
rollers are at work on the roads APP
preaching the field.
A special gate is being constructed
for automobiles, and a large auto PARK
provided. 1t is SO situated that people
coming in automobiles can see all there
is to see without leaving their ma
chimes. Admission to this parking viii
be S1.50 for each machine, besides the
price of admission to the ground. An
other park is being provided for ma
chimes of those who desire to occupy
seats in the grand stand.
The Wright machines were not taken
to the grounds yesterday, but will be
shipped out today Four local ma
chimes have been sent out, and Rad
ley's Bleriot will be sent out tomorrow