The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23
CITY NEWS.
Yesterdays Record of
Events in and About
Town.
COURTEsIEs TO TIE LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINEERS.
Local Notes aud General Mention.

The Locomotive Engineers aud their
ladies visited two of our prominent
manufacturing establishments yesterday.
The first one visited was the Richmond
Locomotive and Machine Works al the
head of Seventeenth street, just imme-
diately beyond the corporate limits OF the
city.
The entire attendance on the Inter
national Convention of Locomotive En-
rineers and all the visiting lsdies gather
ed at the Chesapeake Il Ohio Depot at
9:30 o'clock.
The Management Of the Richmond
Locomotive and Machine Works never
do ANYTHING by halves. train OF cars
was ready to convey the party one mile
distant to the Works, and they were
Pullman cars at that.
As this train of Pullman cars left at
10. and in ten minutes was at the works
where the large party were met by Presi-
dent William II. Trigg, Vice .Presl'
dent J. J. Montague, Mr.. Joseph
BRYAN, director; William Simpkin,
A. 5. NJ. E., superintendent and
Others The party were shown ali
through the works, the time taken
being couple Of hours. One gen
temsn conversing with the TIMES repre-
sentative said that he was surprised to
find In Richmond such complete estab
lishmeut. | thought he said they
were confined to the North, ! will tell
nv people Of what grand manufaclur-
ing city yours Is, along with telling
them the overwhelming courtesies we
have received at the hands OF the kieh'
mond people
WHAT THEY SAW.
The engineers " one immense mogul
locomotive Just completed and five others
in various stages Of completion; back
truck, saddle-tank locomotives Icing
built on order; frontt-ucb, saddle-tank
locomotives in process OF construction
four wheel. connected tank locomotives
building; nine other locomotives and
street railroad locomotives with road
truck and tank in rear.
Besides these there were four-wheel
connected street motors, fourwheel con
nected street.motors with saddle tank,
and The pole road locomotive.
! An old machinlst-one of the visitors
said while viewing the immense steel
castings. that within all his experience
in machine shops they beat all he had
ever seen.
The many street cars being built for
Western and Southern cities likewise at
tracted much attention from these practl-
cal men.
ACALL TO REFRESHMENTS.
After a visit throughout the works, the
entire party were invited up stairs in the
large room over the offices, where lunch,
consisting Of saddles of mutton, roast
veal, ham, tongue, chicken snd celery
salads. raw celery, claret, whisky clarel
and whisky punch, beer, lemonade and
ginger ale in abundance.
SPEECHES. ETc.
After lunch Chief Arthur made a warm
speech Of thanks for the reception tend
cred the guests of the Locomotive Works
Mr. Joseph Bryan responded in cor
dial speech He was followed by MIR. De
los Everett, grand chaplain, in a charac-
teristic address
Mrs. Foley Of San Francisco, Cal and
Mrs. Cassill Of Columbia, sang feeling
songs. and Mr.. Wyndham r. Meredith
closed with a few remarks which were
repeatedly fpolauded.
The party then returned 10 the city,
each gentleman aud lady stopping past
the Office and leaving their cards at the
request of President Trigg.
A VISIT TO ALLEN & GISrEBs.
At 230 O'Clock yesterday evening the
ladies' and visitors, under the escort OF a
committee visited the mammoth cigarette
establishment of Messrs Allen x Ginter.
he delegates to the convention did not
attend. they holding an afternoon session
at Belyidere Hall. The ladies' were ex-
ceedingly interested at the sight OF 800 peo-
ole preparing the weed. and | 900 young
ladies' with nimble fingers converting
it into cigarettes and packing them into
the dainty boxes preparatory 10 being
sent to all parts Of America, Europe aud
the world to meet the increasing demand
for the staple goods which each month re-
auires The ladies remained nearly an hour
and on leaving all were presented with
packages OF cigarettes and other s0uve-
Mrs Of visit to probably the most inter
esting establishment to them in the city
After viewing these two specimens Of
Rchmond's enterprises, the visitors de
parted, highly pleased with their days
experience.
THE THIRD GRAND ASSISTANT ENGINEER.
At ? o'clock in the afternoon the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
held their regular afternoon secret ses-
session. No business Of special public
importance was transacted beyond the
election Of Mr.. Il. n Clark Of Denver
Colorado as Third Grand Assistant En-
gineer.
| The Monitors.
In addition TO the Monitor Ajax which
was brought up 10 the basin just below
the city last Saturday, the Monitor
Wyandotie was brought up and anchored