Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1886-10-21
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
TACOMA, w. T., Oct. 10th, 1886

willow, the ash and swamp maple
throughout the bottom lands aud val
leys, remind me of the Fall days spent
along the banks of the crooked Cohan-
sey, and upon the marshes of the Del
aware. While throughout the east,
among the mountain and seaside re-
sorts, with their scores of grand hotels,
the people have enjoyed a good season,
we, too, have had the gayest of Sum-
mers that Tacoma has ever seen.
This city alone, as Summer resort,
is by far the most popular on Puget
Sound, on account of its most magnifi-
cent hotel north of San Francisco and
west of st. Paul and Minneapolis, and
it's popularity as health resort on
the northwest coast has become too
well-known to require repetition. A
San Francisco orchestra has been play
ing at the house since early Summer,
and the monday concerts and semi
weekly hops have been source of
great pleasure to the members of our
social circles, and to the guests of the
hotel
The city has been full of tourists
from the South and East who have
come over the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, the Northern Pacific railroad and
Pacific Coast Steamship routes. The
Alaska excursions have been very pop
ular, and many have gone to Sitka
and other points in that Territory,
most of the excursionists stopping in
this city either before their trip north
or upon their return.
The national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic at San
Francisco brought thousands of peo-
pie to the Pacific coast, hundreds of
whom went east via Puget Sound and
Tacoma, and many of them stopping
for weeks and days, and others only
passing through the city. Tacoma has
been honored by the arrival of some
highly-respected and distinguished
gentlemen, with their wives and
daughters, among them being Gen.
VIM. T. Sherman and daughter; Miss
Lizzie Sherman, who spent a week
in this city; General John A. Logan;
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, of
Washington D. c.; Ex-Governor Geo.
Hoadley, of Ohio; Governor Alger, of
Michigan, and Gen. James A. Beaver,
of Pennsylvania, all of whom addressed
large audiences in this city.
During the Logan stay of the party
the season in this city was at its height,
and they We're greatly pleased with
their visit. Through the kindness of
Mr.. Clarence P. Dresser, the CORE
spondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean,
and others, was permitted to accom-
pany the Logan party in their special
train over the Northern Pacific Rail
road to Seattle. At that city we were
met by the Governor of the Territory
and other prominent officials, and
escorted by the band and members of
the g. A. r. to the Occidental Hotel,
where the party dined as the guests of
Governor Squire, who had invited
many of his Seattle friends to be
present upon this OCCASION During
the evening camp fire was held,
when Generals Logan and Sherman
and others addressed those who had
assembled to hear the words of the
nations distinguished generals.
General Logan made characteristic
speech, in which he strongly favored
the admission of Washington Territory
into the union of States, and thought
the time not far distant when We
would be permitted to exercise the
right of suffrage.
General Sherman remarked in his
usual off-hand manner that "This is
no place for speech making. You call
it camp fire, but, bless your souls,
you have no fire, no wood, no brush.
Here he was interrupted by a sum-
mons to the refreshment tables, which,
by the way, contained the main sub
stantials of camp life-the pork and
beans on tin plate, with a tin cup
filled with coffee, which the general
accepted, and, turning to his daughter,
said: Here, Lizzie, take this and put
it under my chair, so l can tell the
boys l have had my rations."
Governor Alger is particularly fond
of General Logan, who was the guest
of the Governor during his western
journey of six weeks, and yet he was
delighted to get off good joke at the
Generals expense whenever an oppor
tunity was presented.
The party took a steamer from Seat
tel to a point near the British Column
bia line, where Governor Alger owns
large timber interests. Upon this trip
l was also invited, but business duties
at home needed my attention, and l
was obliged to return to this city. AS
a matter of fact, the opinions of these
distinguished people are that Wash
i,,ry tor frraat anonI1nt