Merchants' Association review . dena Chamber of Commerce,told how to bring tourists to the State. thought to have an attractive townwas ore of the best wajs. General W. S Green,jjresident of the Sacramento A^alley Develop-ment Association, told how they had knocktdout the knockers in the valley. Edward P. An-tron, chief of the I^iformation Bureau of theCalifornia Promotion Committee, explained theinteresting system of the Committee by whichall letters are followed up and how tlie files arekept. Other speakers in the meeting were of Santa Barbara, Mr. Brainard of A
Merchants' Association review . dena Chamber of Commerce,told how to bring tourists to the State. thought to have an attractive townwas ore of the best wajs. General W. S Green,jjresident of the Sacramento A^alley Develop-ment Association, told how they had knocktdout the knockers in the valley. Edward P. An-tron, chief of the I^iformation Bureau of theCalifornia Promotion Committee, explained theinteresting system of the Committee by whichall letters are followed up and how tlie files arekept. Other speakers in the meeting were of Santa Barbara, Mr. Brainard of Alameda, Mr. Moody of Los Angelesand Mr. Miot of A^isalia. Altogether it was a great meeting, and willdo much to unify tlie many forces already atwork for the upbuilding of California. MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION REVIEW, AUGUST, 1904. SECOND ISLE OF SAFETY HAS YIELDED A SURPLUS. Contributions of Citizens for the Station at Ellis and Stockton Streets Exceed the Cost, and the Balance is Turned Over in Trust to the Merchants SAFETY STATION AT ELLIS STREET—SHOWING ORNAMENTAL ELECTROLIERS. The safety station at Market, Fourth andEllis streets, the second to be constructed inSan Francisco, is completed and in daily use bythousands of people, and the business men whohad the undertaking in charge have turned inlo the Merchants Association a surplus of$ The money has been received as a trust andwill be put to some good public use in the nearfuture, prol)ably in the neighborhood in whichit was subscribed. Funds for the Ellis street Isle of Safety,which was modeled after the one the MerchantsAssociation constructed at Kearny street butwhich is ten feet longer, were raised by privatesubscription among the merchants and businessmen of the vicinity. Two electroliers were need-ed, which added to the cost, and the money forthese was donated by the Association and theUnited Eailroads. Finding itself with a sur-plus after construction the committee transmit-ted it with the follo
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