Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-17
noTrs Of 4 TRlP-No. !.

~ sskionA''-IAe EsfnA JaAstiea II The
nua1heun lAsils aaA " AssAissa, Topeka
I - oaata 70 1dfvsys-A Bupsrb Read
~ Seeing Ovs qreaad a tn Rata Of
IoGlv 1lilss aa Hesr-saiisnt Aotss Of
hevsl-zhs On 1eys.
- editor Of the HERALD 40.
otD1G1 q aeeurteotls invitation to be
- & ~ e0slAl party which. went
6ut g Denlng ON the sceasion Of
1kAt railway junction which in .
llE1o1ly mstaphorical sense, repre-
Gcn1o ssthe meeting Of the waters"
q lfuosois sone. Railways are, In
01o1h, ~ watsr ways Of the mod
World. They just - fully su.
1eons1s rlvsEs = they do turnpikes
- sordurey reads. The junction
= - 8. p. and A. T. 4 8. F. rail-
aD = really the blending Of tive
eonnnerolal streams.
OCB Party.
CIR position - to railways has
tooo : uniqae one. We have new
= oAeaeht lt necessary to strike q
- unooegls attitude towards the
toflWay corporations. While We
oonebaD to having = genuine SYM
yothy with the masses, We have
tAoeght that the Ksarney agita.
!. tloo and IT. side-shows were pitch
- = An extreme and illogical key
vh1eh not enly did net guarantee.
ut which did not render probable
e4ooees-that thing which, once
slag4s1, succeeds BY its own voli-
tlen. Consequently, We did moi
e1poct 70 encounter disagreeable
rooDlo in, the railway gentlemen
whe went out to meet, At Deming
- equivaleut dignitaries Of the
Atehlssn, Topeka and Santa Fl
halfway. Never having met thes'
gsntlsmsn before, and being i'm
hood With the old and approved
naxlm ''mil admirari," We shall
sl0ply state that, socially. they
{ Aeo . winning set. Mr.. A. n
zewns, the General Superintend.
~ of the Central aud Southern
kAelne 1allways. 10 gentleman
u medium height and
olse, with . tense aud In.
1olleotoal face and nervoui
teanpefament. We may add that
- q : perfect "lightnipg striksr''
- Ill arguments IS to railways
noa the corporation standpoint.
He vouM get away with = mere
lemegogie opponent before the
olook would have = chance to strike
tWlee, - perfectly has he at conn
nnand all the resources bern Of rail-
ny etatlstlcs and the peculiar
t4tloelnatlon born Of . masterly
stady Of production, transporta-
tlsn and their correlatives, freights
ae1 fares. How he would fare
With On opponent not = dema-
.Segus, who had had . full oppor-
tanlty to study up the question,
weul1 depend upon the inherent
merits q the case Itself. As rail-
WAy special pleader he is whale.
Hayingl been Mr.. Towne's guest
~ nearly four days, We are pre-
pared 70 say, that few men on the
AmericAn continent are more en-.
tsrtaining or courtly hosts, and his
mental equipment 10 quite elab-
esafo. M. Goodman, the General
Tlekst Agent Of the Central and
eoutheru Pacific railways, 10 gen.
tlsmAn whose personal acquaint.
49, any Intelligent mau would
prise. He 10 winning In many ways.
NJ. etubbs, whose formulations Of
freight and fare schedules have ct
tlnes breught many curses upon
hls head in this ssction, IL = hand.
eo0s and able young fellow upon
every linsamsnt of whose counts-
nanse Tie American ''go" 10 writ
teu tn spseislly legibls characters.
oso would feel like backing him
etshes II Z pedestrian match or in
The struggle for the nrst prize in .
aniveeslty. We cannot close these
nasey aotss Of the Railway persen-
~ e. our party without . cursory
eSfofones to Mr.. Wheeler, the
4toeral Baggage Master Of the
(Iootsaj end Southern Pacific Rail-
vnDs. He h thorough In his special-
q. II II An old gentleman and We
"a a(Iord 10 prAise him heartily.
o. Dotatieg afst on this coast - .
sinlster Of the gospel. he evsntu-
- = 3 mJAsr and subsequently,
= dHiiwNy mSh. No railway on
~ &loke eontalns . more perfect
o1oe; and when We add that
~ q his efforts sLall w Be
1n1o1 ~ thA ,advsnt Of thirty
n1l xaishts Templas in
5Sa1 1SfniA In 1855, We have s>id
Sa9h 70 oommsnd Mr.. Whsels,
~ 1hat high place In the regard o.
mnelsfIea which he has slrsady
& + M ~ II eur Individual opinion
~ pasty was rounded out b.
! Ss11 ~ q. Truman. whom al