Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-04
THE RAILROADS.
MAoNATES ON A FISHING ExPE-
D1TION AT REDONDo.
Hon. W. H. Mills Of the sorthern Pacihc
to Address the Chamber Of Commerce.
Notes and Gossip.


It is seldom that fish stories become
railroad news, but whom prominent rail-
road men get go carried away with en-
thusiasm over piscaAorial narratives
that.they commit remsrkable eccentric
tiles, perhaps the event is worthy of
being chronicled. So to business.
On Monday evening President Allan
MARVEL OF the Santa Re, the man who
looks like Abe Lincoln, made up like a
rich Presbyterian. deacon General McD.
McCook. the handsome soldier in COM
mhlld Of this division, seconded by
Major Kinball; General Manager X.
HI. Wade of the Southern California,
and General Passenger and Freight
Agents. B. Hynes; Alden Spence, pres
ident of the chamber of commerce OF
Boston; Benjamin Kimball, the Boston.
millionaire; Judge Sprague Of Chicago.
A. G. Bartlett of Chicago, +. P. Morgan
of New York, Q. s. "A. Sprague and Ps
G. Allen of Chicago, all went to Re-
dondo beach, chaperoned by Mr.. Dan.
Freeman, which latter fact may or may
not account for what followed. There
was some ieasting and dancing, and later
in the evening more feasting. At the
last feast, when the flow OF soul was
particularly plentiful. some one told
story about q large Jewish which had
recently been caught from the pier.
One OF the guests told another, and
bigger one followed. Another guest
then narrated about some zone having
landed small whale with sixteen
ounce trout pole the day before. This
was about2 O'Clock in the morning, but
the party began to get interested. Mr..
Marvel wanted to know whether the
fellow that caught the whale had long
or a short haul, and whether such
freight should be pooled, but under the
circumstances this remark was over
looked. Mr.. Dan Freeman, as master
of ceremonies, tried to repress the in
creasing interest in the discussion, and
frowncd on any symptom of exhilara-
ton which followed on the recital of
new fish story-nothing but fish stories
were told by the way-but the railroad
men wanted to prosecute the matter
and fish. Not all railroad kings would
have in&erest enough in their business
to 60 fislsing.at nearly 8 in the morning;
but these gentlemen under the skillfui
tutela9e they had been under all the
evening, were ready for any demand
Of duty, and 80 poles and
lines were hunted up and to
the pier the party, or at least some
of them, went. Well, the fishing was
good but there were no fish. The rail-
road kings began to lose their
interest, which was novel ex-
porience, for eas q rule the
principal things they lose is the other
fellows interest, and at about four
O'Clock they decided to 90 back to the
hotel. They found it locked up. Then
there was a kick. Jewish stocks fell off
several hundred points. One of the
railroaders, who was accustomed to
looking for an opening, at last found an
unlocked window and the party climbed
in and in the Office discovered the re-
mains Of fire. They were wet and
cold, and they seated themselves about
the stove, and Mr.. freeman endeavored
to cheer the guests up. That is a task
he never fails at, and he was succeeding
admirably when the night watchman,
who is deputy constable, entered.
Where did you fellows come FROM"
he gasped ont.
Feelings Of delicacv prevented any Of
the party from eonfsssing that after q
midnight banquet they had gone fishing.
The constable muraured something
about '.dining room silver" .'search
you,' Ego to calaboose," BLASTED
tramps," and was about to arrest the
crowd when explanations followed. The
party were shown the way to their
rooms, and s this ms1ning ~, came 2, e town.
mond yesterday, and lunched at
Lucky" Baldwinss. They had splen-
did lunch, and afterwards walked about
Mr.. Baldwin's lake; but no one sug-
gested fishing.
HON. ". X. MILLS.
Hon. w. HI. Mills, the magnate of the
Southern Pacific c0mpany,s land Office,
and president of the statesboard Of trade
was in the city yesterday. His party is
composed of Mrs. Mills, Miss Della
Mills, Miss Bessie Mills, Nh. Judge
John Hunt, Miss Florence Doyen and
Secretary Perkins.
Major E. w. Jones and Mr.. J. B.
Lankershim called on the4distinguiehed
gentleman, ON behalf of the chamber of
commerce, and induced him to agree to
address the chamber on Saturday even
ing on the worlds fair and other mat
fera.
M. Mills left yesterday afternoon for
Riverside and San Diego.
4 NOTES. s I
The Southern Pacific people have con-
etxucted three and one-third miles ofthe
Chino branch. ssl
T. S. Hardie, formerly chief clark in \
the Union Pacific office, has gone into
Mr.. 6ilent's insurance Office.
President Marvel will visit Chino to-
day, and decide about building the
branch.
Booths Bazoo, of The Needles, says
that the Atlantic and Pacific MANAGE
ment is not responsible for late trains;
that the trains are late when they are
turned over to that line. That paper
says The overland train reaches Los
Angeles ten or twelve hours late, and the
inquiry is made, Why the delay?' The
answer is, The A. & p. was late. But
Why was the A. & p. late? We answer,
because the Santa Fe turned the train
over to the Atlantic & Pacific
late ct Albuquerque. Now we 60 further
and make the assertion that during the
year 1880 in seven cases out of ten Of
delayed passenger trains on the Atlantic
and Pacific road, the delay Was caused
BY connecting roads, and not BY the A.
lantic and Pacl1c. More: In eight cases
ont Of Tn Of delayed traing ou the Az
!antto and Raciflc, this road made up |
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