The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-29

$ l= Ny = Iaa4-
After this speech. Mez-rs. Real and Strow-
bridge laid down the rail, Presidents Durant and
Stanford driving the spikez. they having received
the -ilEer hammer pre-entel by tie Pacific Union
E1PEes7 Company, through the hands Of Mr.
CJe- Gov Stanford, President of tie Central
Pacific Railroad, next spoke = follows
The Petite Railroad Companies accept with
pride sud satls2lctioa these golden and silver tokens
q your appreciation q the Importance Il our enter
Prise % the material interests Ct the sections which
you Represent IA this occasion, aDi % the material
interests Z CIR whole country, east, vest, north.
AMI south These gifts shall receive a fitting place
ID the -ll=r-ruct1re q cur road, an1 before laying
the tIe- AMI driving the spikes IN completion q the
Fl-lac RllSay a--9w ne - express the hope that
the great -urlE-ance v---l E-u ara p.rz-ci . -ft-cl
% cur uni--sEing NAY h il al respects fully re-
aLz-i This line Of rzL- connecting tie Atlantic
and PLcl6c coasts, AMI aEer4iag q commerce a new
transit. viii prove, we trust, the speedy tareruuuer
q increased facilities The Pacific Rlilroll VII, a.
son a. commerce. shall be-in fully % realize IT. al
vantage, demonstrate the necessity q such improve
Uerf- u rl..r.1iIE- s. q render Trlcucat-e the
tr-r-partG--0u e freight. - much les rates than
are possible under any system which has been thus
ar anywhere adopted. The day = not Tar distant
-L-u three tracks viii be found necessary 10 accom-
E.ll-s the commerce and trAye! which VIII -eez =
transit acres this ccltiUeur- Frli-hts VIII then
move only tEs way on each track ~ rates q speed
that vii answer the demands q cheapue~s, and IN
NH-" E@aH 49, 1917" "~ ~
inz o. the sp@el required aui the weight BE trans
porteL. In conclusion / vii aid, that We hope O. do
ultimately what J. now impossible On long Hne-,
ghich T. o. transport coars-, heavy and cheap pro
ducts fr all distances ~ living rates % the trade.
Nov, gentlemen, ~i;h POUR assistance. We vii pr
cecil o Jay the Last tie AID last rail and drive the
last spike
\ telegram Wa then cent O. President Grant.
announcing that the Pacific Railroad was finished,
and an an-yer returned from Chicago, signed BY
Yie-Pr=ident COlax and GOV. BrJ--. eJn-ratu-
la'fng tie Presidents Of the Central Pacific AMI
Union Pacific ComIauie- on the completion Of
their grand enterprise.
Tie ee.eJratiJn IN san Francisco and Sacra-
m@ntp tJJk Place GA the ,th - IL was supposed
that tire ceremony Of laying tie last rail would
take pace at PrJmOntOry Point on that day, and
u would have but for the fact that the Directors
ear Of the Union Pacific rad Wa stopped by the
workmen on tie r1ad. and President Durant i'm
uris1nei for fJrty-eisht hour-, his release being
contingent upon meeting the demand Of the
which wac o obtain their back pay.
\ remarkable feature Of the celebration on tie
10Th j. thus described By a San Francisco PAPER:
The grand idea conceived by Mr.. Hewes. Of an
nouncinZ the event BY firing guns by the electric
current in many Of the principal cities Of the CONT
uent. was carried out successfully, and IN addition
o. this the FIRE alarm bells were ruuy by the same
process. The wire Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company was 20 adjusted at PrOmoutOry Point that
each stroke q the sledge-hammer by which the last
-piEe Wa driven connected the electric current. .
The signal vas, Of course, given simultaneously
the wires extend. In the principal cities
Il the East-ChicagO. -. Louis, New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston, etc, wires were attached to the fire
alarm bells, and, in some instances, 20 loaded can
non. The same arrangement was made in this city
and Sacramento, and Stockton. The result was that
by a single blow Of a sleige-hammer near the base Of
the Rocky Mountains guns were fired and bells were
rung simultaneously all over the continent. This
vas never performed and never attempted be-
fore. In this city a ff,eeu-inch gun was fired at
Fort Point, and the large tell at the Fire Alarm
Office responded by . loud peal to every stroke Of the
For the account Of the celebration in Sacra-
InentO We refer our readers 70 the interesting let
ter E4m the Rev. Mr.. Damon in another column.