Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-07
TEACHERS CONVENTION.
Excursions on the Way From All Parts
of the East.

Preparations are already being made for
the return OF the teachers from this CITY
when the time shall arrive for their depart
ure. Some of the railroads are sending
out circulars announcing special train ex-
cursions. Among these are two via the
Mount Shasta route and the Northern Pa
cific, leaving this city on July Goth and on
August 1st. Stops will be made along the
way at Shasta and the Yellowstone
Total cash contributions and subscrip-
tons to date foot up over $17 coo.
Delegations from various p ins East are
now leaving daily for the westward trip. A
New England party, in Pullman sleepers,
left Springfield and Boston Yesterday.
Philadelphia and New York parties also
started yts erday. The Philadelphia party
will come West by way of the Pennsyl-
vania, Burlington, Denver and Rio Grande
and Central Pacific lines. They will reach
Chicago to day and leave there Sund ~.
Monday they will be in Denver, at Col
orado Springs On Tuesday, at Salt Lake CITY
on the 18TH and reach this CITY early on
the morning of the 18th The party ex-
poets to be away from Philadelphia about
ninety days. The manager OF the excur-
sion has promised that the individual ex-
penses Will not exceed 5000. Tomorrow a
special train with the st. Louis delegation
will start out. W. C. Goodlett, Principal
of the Lafayette School of ST. Louis, will
be in charge, and General Agent Aglar of
the Union Pacific will come West with the
party. They will be in Kansas City on the
Stb and Denver on the 9th. There will be
several side trips in Colorado. The 18th
and l4th will be passed at Salt Lake and
this city will be reached on Monday, the
10th inst. The rOund-trip rate for this ex-
cur:ion is Sl25, not including the expenses
in this CITY,
The Kansas delegation will start on Tues
day next. They will come by the Santa Fe
route and viii stop en- route at Las Vegas
Hot Springs, at La Junta, Coolidge. New
Mexico, Needles and Los Angeles At Las
Vegas a complimentary banquet to the
travelling teachers has been arranged by
the Santa Fe managers The party is due
in Los Angeles on the 18th, and in this CITY
on the 10Th inst. The New York party that
started yesterday will be week between
New York and Chicago, and then Salt Lake
and other Western points of interest will
be visited.
I've been all over the Old World-to
England. France, Switzerland, Italy-but I
tell you" remarked an enthusiastic college
professor from Kansas to-day, that the
trip down through your Santa Cruz Mount
aims, by the big trees, along the beach by
Capitola TO Monterey, through the cypress
forests at Pacific Grove and then back to
this city by the broad gauge is Just Southern
France, Switzerland and picturesque Eng
land all in one, and equal to any scenery to
be found abroad"
On Saturday of Convention week there
will be grand excursion on the BAY,
which all members of the association NAV
attend free of charge. The steamers New
ark, Encinal and probably one of the
China steamers will be chartered, and at
least 600 people will be accommodated.
A free lunch will be served aboard.
Chairman Babcock of the Accommoda-
ton Committee has difficult task, but he
hiss matters so systematized that heis conf
dent all visitors will be ente tained without
confusion. He has sent out thousands OF
cards to various points East in response to
inquiries, telling each person who said he
was coming just where TO go on arrival.
These cards even designate what line of
street cars the visitor is to take in order TO
reach his hotel.
All prominent publishing houses East
will have Representatives here The Con-
vention will be too good an opportunity to
be lost in which TO make known textbooks
and school publications. Over thirty firms
will represented in the exposition at the
| Pavilion. One publisher telegraphed yes.
terday from Chicago asking for accommo.
daiiens for himself and tive ladies' Within
| half hour quarters for him were reserved
at the Occidental