Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-23
CALIFORNIA ON WHEELS.
A TRIAL TRIP OF THE NEW CARS
RESULTS SATISFACTORILY.
Joseph Mcdonald Reproaches Sacra-
mento County for Her Indifference
Regarding an Exhibit.

The three new California on Wheels"
cars are now finished, and were taken from
the railroad shops yesterday for trial run
to Davisville and back.
The trial trip was conducted by Master
Mechanic Small of the shops and Joseph
Mcdonald, who represented the State
Board of Trade during last years trip of
California on Wheels" and will do so
again this year. F. A. Fox, the inventor,
a couple of newspaper representatives and
several other gentlemen were also aboard
as guests. The trip down to Davisville
was not marred by asingle hitch or a break,
and the cars ran remarkably smooth for
new and unloaded ones. The cars are all
fitted with vestibules, after the fashion of
the new Pullmans, so that passage is made
from one car to another without danger of
being blown off the platform. They are
the first yestibules ever built at the railroad
shops in this city and give perfect satisfac-
ton. The cars are also provided with the
Fox automatic coupler, and after Davis
Vile was reached the inventor gave an
exhibition of the working of his device.
By simply raising little lever and signal
ing the engineer to go ahead, the cars were
separated in a twinkling. Then the en-
CINE was backed and the cars were locked
together automatically, no assistance what
ever being required. These couplings are
now being attached to all of the cars of the
Southern Pacific Company, and are giving
great satisfaction.
On the return trip to this city the cars
were speeded at the rate of nearly sixty
miles an hour, without jar. Everything
worked to the satisfaction of Messrs. Nc
Donald and Small The cars will be taken
to Oakland this afternoon to be fitted with
shelves and to receive the exhibits. The
start will be made for the East on or about
the 18th of November.
Mr.. Mcdonald stated to RECORD UNION
representative during The trip that he an
ticpated greater results from the coming
trip than the last one, on account of the
improved size and quality of the exhibits
which are to be sent East. Zone thing,
though, l feel very much disappointed
over" said he, and that is that Sacra-
mento has not as yet shown any DISPOSE
ton to send an exhibit along. 1t is too
bad. I hope your producers will, however,
arouse themselves before it is too late.
They only have few days, though, and if
immediate action is not taken they will be
left People in the East will be greatly dis
appointed, for they have all heard great
deal about Sacramento county, and inva-
riably ask to be shown her exhibit. Last
year you did send along an ex-
hibit, but you didn't have conf
dence in the scheme, and therefore
the exhibit was not what it should have
been. Almost every city we stopped in,
during our last trip, hundreds of people
asked about your county and asked to see
its exhibit l must confess that many
were disappointed with it. You have no
idea how these people form an opinion of
a county simply from the exhibit it makes.
I have no doubt but many who had pre-
viously entertained exalted opinions Of
Sacramento had their minds completely
changed by the displays made by other
counties. Really, your producers should
do something in this direction, and that
quickly, too