Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-17


and . Jolly Crowd.
EDrroR HERALD:-The writer among
a jolly party from this city took the
north bound train Friday afternoon for
Lang's station to participate in the festiv-
tiles incident to. the opening Of Sulphur
Springs Hotel, at Lane's Station. which
is beautifully situated in the Soledad
Canon forty-three miles north Of this
city. on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
in this county. Some twelve or fifteen
persons from this city were joined by
five or six couple at San Fernando and
as many more from Newhall. on
our way up. The weather was delight
full. and the scenery all the way up pic.
turssque and grand. The harvest scenes
of the steam threshing outfits and the
long streams Of six, ten and twelve
mule teams, hauling grain TO the various
warehouses ON the route and the great
piles Of baled hay in the fields, await
ing transportation, as well as the monster
loads Of honey, fruit, melons and veg.
etable products, combined with the
transparent rivulets OF water crossing
the valley and the bright green. foliage
of the fruit orchards conspired 10 make
ono proud OF his country and thankful
our sslines have been cast In pleasant
places" The lively, iovial and unre-
strained good humor Of the lads and
lsssies among the party ~ we sped up
the great Soledad Canon, and the surety
Of having . good time at the dedica-
tion OF Mr.. Langs' new hotel, made the
ride grand treat that was truly ex-
hileratins after being cooped mp within
brick walls for months, without a good
breathing spell. On our arrival ct Langs'
everything was hustle and activity In the
wy Of preparation for the occasion, while
the construction trains were flying up
and down the canon with the changing Of
engine bells, screaming Of locomotive
whistles and heavy thud of the pile
drivers, echoiug through the hills and
oafions like the rattle and banging
around the Oakland depot in : busy
day. Being o headquarters for con-
,truction trains and the railroad corps Of
engineers and place for receiving train
orders, 1t concentrates volume Of busi-
ness that is truly refreshing. By o
o'clock goodly crowd had assembled
and the American Orchestra. consisting
Of five pieces, took their position 10 the
hall, when the merry dancers filed ia and
for the first time in the history of the
Soledad the fantastic toe ruled supreme,
The music was elegant, the supper su-
perb and the whole affair Of the most en-.
joyablo character. Among the visitors
we met were Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Bar
clay, Misses Mary and Charlotte Lopez,
Miss Maggie Collins, Miss Kitty King
and John Wilson, of San Fernando;
Mrs. c. D. Reynolds, Miss Carrie Linin-
ger. Miss Ida Meyers. Mrs. Lyons.
Miss Melissa Hanscome, Mrs. G. d.
Reynolds, Miss Mccormick, Banning
Gates, H. P. Proudfit, Mr.. Carlson and
Mr.. Haust. Of Newhsll; Mr.. H. O.
White, A. w. Potts, C. s. Winters, H.
~. Deyo, .. A. Foxley, John G. Logan,
A. A. Medina. Ben 7. Leary, Jss Tag
CERT, r. 4. Psulsen, Samuel Seely and
|P. L. Washburn, of Los Angeles.
Among the residents Of that vicinity
were noticed Mr.. and Mrs. Lang, Miss
Mamie G. Lang, WIN. Millen, suSerin-
tendent Of the bridge building in the
canon; Theo. Whitehead, the superin-
tsndent Of the concrete work for the
iron bridges; Fred Yapp, assistant
superintendent Of bridge work; Hugh
GiIlis, train dispatcher; and many
others. who. by their genial and demo-
cratic hospitality, did everything in
their power to make it pleasant for their
visitors
| W. II. Jones, q professional caterer,
at 7l2 San Fernando street, went up and
got up one Of the finest suppers ever set
in Los Angeles county. All the delica-
cies Of the season, ss well ~ the spark
ling juice Of the grape, Rraced the ele-
gantiy trimmed tables. which were
freighted with good things. At the
supper, wine, wit and humor flowed
without effort. Messrs. Whitehead, Potts,
Millen, Lang and Others toyed
with toasts and responses which
were hugely enjoyed by all. The occs'
sion was one Of unalloyed enjoyment NJ
TO the time Of boarding tho train "home
ward bound" at l1.30 yesterday fore
noon, when young Gum fell on thu
north bound train and had his left hand
so seriously crushed in the coupling
which msde 1t the only unpleasant fes
ture Of tie happy occasion. The whole
party were enthusiastic over their treat.
ment by Mr.. Lang and his family, and
the people Of that place who tried &C
hard to entertain and please their guests
and visitors. We will reserve descrip'
ton of the vast improvements being
made by the railroad company in thu
caion for some other time, which ars
matters Of cdhgrstnlation for Sousheru
Californiaps, and evidence that ths
Southern Pacific Railroad Company ar,
fixing to stay.