Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-10
CALIFORNIA on WHEELS"
Description of the Exhibition Whic
Starts This Week.

Starts This Week.
The exhibition which is being gotten up
by the State Board of Trade and the
Southern Pacific Company is nearly COM
pleted, and will start within the next few
days. 1t will remain in Sacramento sew
eral hours and all will have an opportunity
of seeing it. The San Francisco Bulletin
gives the following description of the train
and its work:
1t is a novel excursion party that is to start
| from Ga kland pier next week on a prolonged
| Eastern tour. California is to go visiting and
| make New Year calls, returning to States be-
| yond the Sierras some of the many visits their
| residents have lately been making u.s. The
| State IN miniature-so far as 1t can be repre-
sented by its products, by photographs and lit
| erature-wil be here shown to all who will
come and see. Two long cars that formerly
were in service on the Shasta route as dining
| aud kitchen coaches have been put in shape for
| the accommodation OF this itinerqnt exhibition
| and its accompanying managers. They came
! from the Oakland yards of the Southern Pacific
| q few days ago. reSplendent in new psint and
Yarnlsh, brilliant III signs of Ied and gold. and
| are now slde-tracked at Oakland pier. Here
| the interiors are being arranged finishing
| touches are being made to the fixtures, and rap
| idly as possible examples of the States wonder
ful fertility are being slowed away
! The cars have been fitted up according to
| the combined designs OF Colonel Goodman and
! MessTs Johnstone and Ludlow of the SoIl herli
Pacific and the Board of Trade officials. The
| old dining car has been made into an exhibition
| hall Rows of shelves of polished redwood run
| along the sides from the floor up high above
! the windows. Guarding them and the displays
iron railing has been fitted, leaving p passage
! way through the cars about four feet wide
| Overhead photographs viii form a ceiling oil
I attractive interest. Views from the 70 emile
Shasta and various portions of the State will be
/ here arranged. Some of the larger views are
! framed in native woods. Around the Yosemite
/ domeS and Shasts's S low covered peak are
| frames Of Sierra cedar and Mendocino redwood
| forming a combination appreciated by artists
picture and frame being of equal interest There
IS yet ouch disorder in the exhibition car, but q
| few days of activity will assign the products tC
| their places. Triumphs of horticulture from all
parts OF the State are here gathered as if uniting
IN reneth to surprise and convince the visitor:
who Will inspect them. Oranges from Ontario
and OToville jo.tle each oth9r and Lassen ap
pies aud Santa Barb IRA olives rest in neighbory
| companionship. 1t is the design of the eXhib
tion TO represent all California, entirely regard.
less OF sections. Everything is plainly marked
! showing name of producer and locality, hut be.
yond this no classification is desired 4 feature
IS the preserved fruit Pears, peaches
| plums, graz es oranges, preserved whole, and
| shown in high glass jars, look tempting enough
| to WOO away any horticulturst of a less favored
| Cline. Great stalks of wheat from San Joaquin
with heads large enough Tor clubs. their golden
| color contrasting prettily with the surround
| ings, are used as decorations. A growing green
| corn stalk, that John George, of kedding trans
| planted from the field to its present box on De.
| cember 3d. viii attract attention if the Eastern
| iiosts do not destroy it. 1t is over eight feet
| high and ears have already formed 1t will
| illustrate well the December weather of Cali
| tornia's extreme north The wine product will
be shown on two stands in the center of the
car. Wire screens protect the bottles from too
| appreciatve visitors
Blue print designs of the largest engines
| ever built in California, representing the manu-.
| facJuring interests are shown They are the
| "El Gobe:nador'' of the Tehachepi grade and
| NO 2lS'' of the Visalia division. 'El Goberna-
dor, often described, is sixty-five feet long and
weighs seyentyseven tons. Marble from InyC
! and minerals FROM famous mines, native woods
| blankets OF native wool, canned goods. choice
| ralslns III boxes with glass covers. dried fruits
| similarly packed, are also here displayed. A
! Baker heater with steam pipes will endeavor &c
DEFY all climatic efforts of frgid localities tC
spoil the exhibit. If the car goes as far east as
! New York, which is not unlikely these heaters
| will have to be removed and steam heating
| from the engine substituted, as next year the
! New York State law prohibiting fires in cars
| viii go into effect.
The kitchen and living car is Joined to the
| other by Vestlbuled platforms This car viii be
| warmed by a Baker heater and also by large
| range. Here are quarters for the travellers wkC
! Will go on this mission of enlightenment There
| are snug beTthS Tor a dozen people. and g quiet
room tor the ladies' of the party. Water is to be
| stored in large platform tanks, beside corner
| tank in the kitchen. Under each car are capaci
| Gus bins for stores. The party so tar as if has
| and 4. G. Tibbitts. of the Southern Pacific Pas
| seDger Department; Ms Johnstone and heI
| mother, Mrs. Mclean; Joseph Mcdonald, As
| slstant secretary OF the State Bosrd of Trade
| and Edgar Price, young newspaper man, who
will act as advance agent for the travelling
| show. Mr.. Johnstone is an artist, an expert
| with the stereOpticon, and both he and Mr.. lib
| bits are photographers. They will carry oveI
five hundred lantern slides of California scenes
for exhibitions. and both anticipate securing in
| return some interesting views along the route o
| thelr travels. Starting some day next week the
cars will fist be sent to Omaha; thence they viii
| go on the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee anC
st. Paul Company up through Iowa, Minnesota
| and Wisconsin. Few cities beside st. Paul will
be visited, but at the towns of fair size stops O
| at least day will be made. The advance agen
| Will inform the res dents of the coming eXhibi
| ton. Free transport alton has been secured fo
the cars on the st. Paul lines, on the Vanderbilt
| lines to Boston. and on various Eastern roads
| Arrangements have been made to renew The
| display from time to time and the calculation
| is that the exhibition may be away at less
three months, and possibly a year Literature
pertaining TO California is much desired for dis
| trlbution. Maps of California and general in
| formation about the State VIII be distributed
| broadcast. 1t has been arranged to secure the
names of us many visitors to the cars as possible
tor future reference Ill the State Board of Trade
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