Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-23

| BfeclSeiy Ut ) O'CLOCK Oh lueSuay
morning IL special train of the S. 2. r.
r. Co. drew up to the Alameda street
depot and stood waiting the arrival of
THE TOURISTS,
Who were to occupy the coaches. The
morning was as fine and golden as
ever broke upon the City of the An
gels. Soon after eight, parties of joy
ful friends might have been seen MAX
ing their way to the depot where they
were joined by others who We're to ac-
company them upon the pleasures of
the day. Soon word was given by
Conductor Mcdonald that all was
ready
FOR TIE START.
After the usual hustle of getting
seated, the train moved off with its
load of sight seers. Crossing the Los
Angeles river, the train was soon
bounding away over the valley toward
| San Gabriel, nearing which the land
| scape is most charming. In one di-
rection could be seen the famous or
chards of the Messrs. Rowens, Wilson
and Rose, With now and then the top of
the neatly painted houses peeping out
from the emerald foliage laden with
its golden fruits of the orange and the
lemon. AS we neared the old Mission
the engineer slackened the speed of
| the iron horse, and as we slowly
passed by the quaint old church which
| the good Fathers erected q hundred
years ago, every eye was turned to-
wards the edifice and much astonish-
ment expressed that only with the aid
of their Indian proselytes so substan-
tial a building should have been erec-
ted. And then we coursed along
through the beautiful valley, dotted
here and there with farm houses, and
flocks and herds, and conversation al
most ceased as each sat and gazed up
on the quiet beauty of the scene
until we arrived at Puente Station.
Here we stopped few minutes to
await the coming of the train from
San Bernardino, and many of them
left the train to walk about and view
the ranch, the property of Mr.. Work
man, of the firm of Temple & Work
man, and as some one told to them
the tale of the closing of the bank and
the revelations that had already been
| made, sympathetic men called down
curses on the heads of those who had
robbed the old man of this goodly her.
itage in the evening of his days, and
hoped that retribution might speedily
follow. Leaving the broad acres Of
this almost princely rancho, we still
sped on and toward
sPADRA,
which some of the party recognized as
Uncle Billy Rubottom's of long ago,
when stage coaches We're the only
means of public travel. Thence on
through the beautiful and fertile San
Jose valley to the town of
POMONA
With its delightful villas. This place
is most beautifully situated abogt five
miles East of Spadra, and is in the
center of what will some day be a
most prosperous agricultural country.
Leaving Pomona we approach Cuca-
mongo, place noted for its sanitary
qualities. Thence to Cotton, the de-
pot of the San Bernardino and River.
side settlements. In another moment
we were putting away, making the as
cent of the San Gorgonio Pass, arriv-
ing at Whitewater at 1890. All were
soon summoned to
A MOST sUMPTUoUs LUNCH
Which had been provided for the
guests by the Messrs. Swales G. Cuyas,
of the Pico House, the ladies occupy
ing the passenger coach as a dining
room, and were not long in arranging
things in order and good cheer was
the motto for all. The excursionists
having taken survey of the work be-
ing done by the railroad party at the
front, and time for the
H0MEWARD TRIP
Being announced, they were soon seat
ed and the train started on it's return.
Ascending the grade to the summit
the attention of the party was called
to the San Jacinto wagon road being
built up and into the mountain. This
many valuable ledges of gold and sill
yer bearing quartz, some OF which have
been prospected and found to contain
the precious metals in great abun-
dance. We made the time from White
water to Cotton
FoRTY-FOUR MILES
in one hour and thirty five minutes,
thence on to Pomona where the con-
ductor announced we had twenty-four
minutes to look around, as we had to
await the train bound for San Bernar-
dino. The time was occupied by TAX
ing survey of the town site, and as
soon as the coming train arrived, we
again started on our journey and
shortly after O'Clock again arrived at
the depot III Los Angeles a tired, but
we think the best satisfied party that
ever made an excursion of two hum
dred and ten miles in one day, in which
they have seen every variety OF scen-
cry that would have met their gaze
had they kept on through Arizona and
New Mexico. The company were pro-
fuse in their commentator of Col.
Jones and Mr.. Spooner, who were ac-
tive in getting up the affair, and we
venture to say that no party was ever
SO quickly organized as the idea was
first broached at 10 o'clock Monday
morning. We give below a list of the
excursionists:
Henry B Alvord, San Jose; H SUIT
phin, Scranton, Pa; Colonel Owen
Jones and wife, Pa; ] Aubry Jones,
Pa; Miss S G Barclay, Pittsburg, Pa;
Il Ewing Miller, Ohio; J w Sender,
Ohio; H r Gregg, Ohio; Mrs NJ r