Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-06
EXCURSION NEWS.
Arrival of a Phillips Party
From the East.
THE PROSPECTS OF TRAVEL
An Interview With Mr.. Walters
the Excursion Manager,
of Chicago.

Messrs. A. +. Phillips d Go. arrived II
town yesterday over the Santa Fe, il
charge Of Conductor J. P. Crosby. The
tourists report pleasant trip, and came
through on schedule time. The follow
ing is list Of their names, points of en-
barkation and places of destination:
For Los Angeles-G Kuehuel, Den
yer, Col; Mrs Clapp, South Dearfield
Mass; W H Mitchill, Woodstock. VT
Mrs Westcott, Miss Westcott, Provi.
dence, r L; DR. @ R Stephens,
Munroe, Mo; Mr. J James, Boston,
Mass; Lena Moldhal, Chicago, III
Mrs Montague, Anna Montague, Sadie
Montague, Mashall, Mich; Miss Lillis,
Miss I.illis. Mrs Baldwin, Chicago, Cora
Lambert, Henry, Ills; Mr. Brill, Syacuse,
NY; Mrs Lawrence, Miss Lawrence,
Ruby Lawrence, Canton, Ohio; Mrs Col
liqual, Dswey Colliqual, George Colliqual,
Brooklyn, N Y.
For SaniDiego-Mrs N J Smith, Den.
yer. Colo; M Brnce w Bruce, P Hodg-
son, T w Detley, Liverpool, Eng.
For National City-A G Franklin, G B
Franklin, N Y; Miss G Chase. Cam
bridge, Vt; Mrs G E Buxton, Zalo Bux-
ton, Bertron, Buxton, Worchester, Mass /;
Ray Trussell and wife, Kansas City,
Mo.
For Pasadena-G. 81. Fuller and wife,
Suffield, Conn. Miss Stewart, Chicago |;
Mrs. McIntire, Emporia, Kan.
For Riverside-J. Herman, Mansfield,
Ohio M M Heath, G f Heath, Boston !;
Miss G. Scribner, Wilton, Iowa.
For Santa Barbara-J. Z. Burner,
Mrs D. P. Pote, New York.
For Santa Ana-Mrs. Cutter, Newton,
Kan; Miss Haynes, Hunter, N. Y.
For Portland, Ogn.-G. S. Vanse,
T. L. P. Mulford, Morris, NJ.
For San Jose-Miss L. M. Inscho,
Togo, Pa.
For San Franciscc-J Foster and wife,
Anna Foster, Philadelphia, Pa; G A
Kingsbury and wife, HI D Kingsbury,
Boston, Mass; J F Chamberlin and wife,
F A Chamberlin, Providence, r 1; Mrs
Kalman, Lille Kalman, Harry Kalman,
Adolph Kalman, Chicago, Ill II A Cor
don, Boston, Mass; James Spear, Wor-
cester, Mass; H E Hullon and wife,
Louis Hullon, Marshall, Mich.
For Fresno-Mrs Barrett, Merris Bar
rett, Marion Barrett, Camden, Me.
A CHAT WITH MR.. WALTERS.
Mr.. L. NJ. Walters, the excursion man
ager of Chicago, is very busy in town
looking after the interests of his business.
Mr.. Walters has not been in Los Angeles
for the last ten months, having devoted
his extra time drumming up the Califor-
mia business in the East. In answer to
the query of HERALD man as to the
prospects for tourist travel he said yes
terGay, "There are a great many people
who will come, but and the other ex.
cursion managers must now confess that
the total will not reach what we contem-
plated before the season opened. There
are number of reasons for this falling
off. In the first place came
the election and that kept a
good many people at home. When the
excitement was over, the weather was so
remarkably fine that those who had con-
templated going to California postponed
it until after the holidays. Well, the
mild weather kept up 80, there not being
any severity of temperature in good
many districts until quite recently, that
at last number of the intending trav-
elers have abandoned the idea until next
year. We are going to have good
summer business, though, and I am Of
opinion that Los Angeles is over her re-
lapse, and that next year will find her
advance as much as she has done
during the past twelve months.
I have an office at 210 Broadway,
New York, and am willing
to give space eight feet square for lit
tie exhibition of Southern California
products if it can be arranged. 1t can be
kept there permanently and will be as
much advantage to this community as it
will to me, for there is nothing like op.
tical demonstrations of what this county
can produce, and in New York it would
create good deal of interest. have
offered a similar space to the San Fran
cisco Board of Trade, and think will
make a satisfactory arrangement with
Them"
''By the way" continued Mr.. Walters,
81 see that the HERALD has given to the
public the news that Pullman is going to
make a big bid for the second class
travel and will fit up special coaches for
that purpose. knew for some time
past that such a thing was under way,
but it was kept very dark and until your
paper published it, it was not before an
nounced to the world. Now as regards
whether Pullman will handle the Cali
fcrnia business as we'll as the agents
am not disposed to say. 1t will make
quite difference to the excursion men
who are forced out OF the field, for have
no hesitation in saying that it is very
profitable one."
"You 60 with the others, do you not, :"
queried the scribe?
"No, and that is the point was COM
ing to. At the very first rumor of this
Pullman proposition fastened to close
up long contract with the Chicago and
Alton Company and have yet to run
we'll, enough years to see me to the end
of all the business will want to do. In
addition to this contract have got cars
of my own for this tourist traffic, and
therefore cannot be dropped out like the
ordinary agents; mine is an independent
concern and will remain as it is"
Mr.. Walters will be in town few days
and then return to Chicago from which
point he directs the operation OF his
business.
SUNSET CHANGES.
The Sunset route will, after the 18th
inst, have an increased tourist service
between this city and New Orleans. Such
a.number Of tourist cars come in on the
westbound excursions that it has hitherto 9
been impossible to fill them for the re
turn journey and they have been dead
headed back East. Now, however, the y
will be held and every Wednesday al
7I4O p. N. tourist cars fully equipped and
carrying porters will be attached to the
eastbound train and passengers carried
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