Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-09
IN RUNNING ORDER.
The New Cable System For
mally Opened.
A PROCESSION AND BANQUET
Toasts Proposed and Responded to
at the Inauguration CeremO-
MES Yesterday.

OF Inc wire rope CoHueooihB hie"oA"
street and Grand avenue, was celebrated
yesterday in memorable fashion. The
dsy was treated as sort of an industrial
holiday by the people of Los Angeles. A
large number of the houses and stores
along the route of the line and on the
main thoroughfsres of trade were
decorated with flags and bunting. When
the time came for the cars to start, the
sidewalks were filled with people who
were anxious to see the unusual spectacle
of cable cars on a new line of travel. The
improvement was hailed everywhere as
an earnest of future progress, and in sew
eral places hearty cheers responded to
the waving of hats of those on board the
cars.
The ceremonies had been arranged
beforehand by Mr.. J. G. Robinson, who
is Vice-President OF the company and
General Manager of the road. The sue
cess with which the whole affair went off
is largely due to his energy and skill.
Not every man who can manage cable
road understands how to get up sue
ceseful entertainment for guests, but Mr..
Robinsoa appears to combine these two
different faculties.
The cars left the power-house, at the
corner of Grand avenue and Seventh
street, at q little after o'clock. Over
two hundred invitations had been sent,
and a large percentage of those invited
appeared in time to ride on the train
when it started. The cars were all ele-
gantly decorated, and were not at all
crowded, as they were limited on this
trip to the special use of invited guests.
A short distance was left between the
cars, 80 that the first which rounded the
curve at Arcadia street, met the last in
the neighborhood of the City Hall.
The guests to whom invitations were
sent were as follows;
Mayor Fl. T. Hazard, Councilmen III.
V. Van Duzen, G. P. McLsin, w. H.
Bonsall, j. Frankenfeld, A. G.. Shafer,
A. N. Hamilton, ]. T. Brown, T. Sum-
merland and R. E. Wirsching, Lieuten-
ant Governor s. M. White, Hon. j. M.
Damron, G. R. Holmes, Ex-Governor
Sheldon, G. B. Holmes of Chicago, ]. j.
Mitchell and J. G. King of Chicago,
Paul III. Blades, F. &. Teed, W. E. Nor.
ford, E. A. Preuss, G. II. Dunsmoor,
Martin Aguirre, D. W. Hamlin, F. P.
Kelly, 8. P. Lewis, Major E. w. Jones
Judge Fitzgerald, Col. II. G. Otis, A
w. Wright, Hon. E. F. Spence
J. V. Wachtel, John Fischer, T. H.
Ward, w. R. Higgins, M. D. Johnson,
F. E. Lopez, L. N. Breed, Fred Eaton,
Charles Mcfarland, J. F. Burns, H. @.
Austin, w. 9. Lockwood, T. Savage, M.
T. Owens, II. Lindley, W. S. Maxwell,
d. Freeman, s. Hutton, w. P. Wade, j.
d. Lynch, G. D. Willard, Harris New
mark, D. Mcfarland, D. McCool, W. S.
Moore, 7. Wiesendanger, j. j. Mellus,
o. w. Childs, M. s. Severance, ]. M
Davies, Charles Forman, Rob. S.
Platt, G. G. Mason, D. W. Field
DIR. E. G. MCGOWAN, H. 2. Osborne, 8
P. Jewett, J. F. Crank, W. T. Whitaker
Jas. Meredith, II. T. Stafford, Johr
Bryson, Judge R. M. Widney, O. F
Smurr, W. Dunn, Colonel E. Hewitt, ]
A. Muir, H. 81. Hawgood, 7. E. Rowan
Judge W. II. Cheney, Judge Lucier
Shaw, Judge ]. w. Mckinley, W. 6
Taylor, Baron Rogniat, Major Geo. E
Glenn, ]. B. Quigley, Judge w: H
Clark, W. T. Martin, DR.. Brainard, o
A. Stevens, Prudent Beaudry, J. J
Akin, Hon. w. H. Workman, Judge J
8. Chapman, Judge ]. W. Hendrick
General b. 81. Boyce. Judge Van Dyke
SOls % DE- hycIhy IL. III. Ilut, u. w
Francis, Jabez Banbuiy, w. w. Sea
mans, M. L. Wieks, E. Il. Dalton, Len
]. Thompson, Frank Marsh, W. II
Perry, James N; Davies. A. 9. Taylor
o. Morgan, E. H. Barmore, II. J. New
hall, ]. II. Dockweiler, A. A. Gardner
R. Bilderrain, w. ]. Brodrick, Police
Judge Stanton, Judge J. A. Graves, G
W. Burton, Judge E. H. O'Melveny
Major Bonebrake, O. H. simpkins, G.
Knox, G. G. West Dexter, L. G. Good
win, M. D. Coleman, Harvey D.
T. Wilson, II. j. Steward, G. T.
Herbert, j. Hoadley, H. E. Smith
w. r. Blackman, J.. A. Fairchild, Chas
Bell, Lester Osborne, G. A. Dickinson
W. Mallard, Leon Loeb, William Prid.
ham, Lee MCGOWAN, Jr., Major w. O.
Furrey, Captain Thompson, Captain
Ainsworth, Major Brown, ex-senator
Del Vale, 7. W. Beau de Fart, A. E.
Davis, s. L. Littlefeld, John Cross, F.
A. Gibson, F. Hardness, @. Alexander,
]. W. Warren, F. w.. Wood, ]. ]. Finn,
J. Fowler, JAS. Mclaughlin, Mr.. Van
Flick, w. A. Seymour, DR.. r. F.
Cowper, 7. A. Eisen, DR.. I. Cowper,
]. @. Alleyn, Major Horace Bell, John
e. Platter, John l. Redick, Judge H. T.
Lee, DR.. N. II. Morrison, @. Pra. er, ].
Kuhrts, 1. A. Weed, Chas. Gollmer. H.
]. Woollacott, Moritz Meyberg, E. P.
johnson, A. ]. Newton, Mr.. Bennett,
Mr.. Maynes, j. @. Allen, A. B. Fletcher,
III. E. Rose, F. Colson, Matt Carr, Her
man Silver, G. @. Allen, T. ]. Hammer,
Thos. Strohm, G. r. Flint, A. w. FL
liot, M. G. Willard, E. Maxwell, F. L.
Baldwin, A. Frazer, Hoadley, Jr., W. h.
Kennedy, G.. 8. Stafford, G. Wade, P. II.
Lemert, F. 1. Story, @. D. Baker, HI. G..
Wyatt, Sig Morris, E. r. Cleveland, HI.
8. Juden, Adolf Eckstein, G. t. Heintze-
man, J. M. Johnson, Jos. Schoder, T. G.
Schumacher, 7. B. CLARK, John Law
renee, G. F. Mcclellan, and Mr.. French
A number of others received invita-
tions of whose names no record was
made. Not all of those in the above list
were present, but about ninety per cent.
of the number responded to the invita-
ton.
The trip was made without accident of
any kind. except that the cable stopped
n few minutes about the time that the
foremost car emerged into Spring street.
The new gripmen and the conductors,
arrayed in fresh handsome uniforms,
managed their pat Of the labor in salts
factory style.
About 2 O'Clock the cars began to I'M
load their passengers on the completion
OF the rLund trip, at the power house,
and the guests entered and inspected the
machinery. The Seventh Regiment
Band, which had occupied the first grip
car In the procession, took their place on