The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1891-05-01
HAaRlsoi IL SAN faANaisco.
A Royal Welcome and Magnificent
Illumination,

Illumination.
fhe, presidential tfaih arrived at
Oakland about O'Clock Saturday evening.
General RuHer and stan Of the regular
army and General Diamond and stan Of
the State troops escorted tho Presidents
party 70 the large ferry steamer Piedmont
The President occupied . position on the
upper dock, whore he obtained q full view
Of the magnificent display made In his
honor. As the steamer left the wharf nt
Oakland, signal rocket was sent up from
tho bow. Instantly bonfres blazed from
the mountain peaks Of Telegraph and
California street hills, and dozen other
elevated points In San Francisco. Long
lines Of streets, brilliant with electric and
and red fire. we're also plainly visible
from the deck Of the steamer.
The marine display was one Of the most
striking features Of the occasion. The
Piedmon. passed between two long lines
OF vessel from Oakland to San Francisco,
including the United States cruiser
Charleston, several revenue cutters ind
coast survey steamers and . number OF
outgoing steamers OF the Australian, China
and other lines. All these vessels, as well
- every craft lying at the docks on both
sides Of the bay, were brilliantly illumin-
ated BY red IRE and elbttfic lights, which
displayed their decorations Of flags and
bunting. Statutes were fired from shore
and from number Of merchant vessels Is
thS Hrqeitent approached San Francisco.
The night was clear, and the whole scene,
- witnessed by the President. and his
party from the upper deck of the steamer
was beautiful.
Tho Piedmont arrived at tho foot OF
Market street at s o'clock. The crowd
which had collected there was US great us
my ever seen In that locality. And Ms
the party left the steamer great cheering
was commenced By the voices Of thous-
ands OF pesple In waiting and continued
for several minutes. upon landing the
President was welcomed by Mayor San
derson, and the party at oncc took car
riages and prepared for tho march out
Market street to the Mechanics pavilion.
The Examinations along the water front
near tho ferry landing, and, in fact, nil
along the line Of march, were the most
brilliant ever seen in this city. Hundreds
OF electric lights had been erected tempo
rarily 1t every available point nearjthe
ferry, and on Market street, in addition to
these, fireworks were displayed contin-
uousiy everywhere. Nearly every building
in Market street was decorated with flags
and bunting, and long strsamcrs and
banners were stretched across the stree.
ut short intervals. The President and
rarty were escorted to the pavilion by n
detail Of mounted police and three rcgi-
nents Of the Second brigade OF tho Cali
fornia National Guard, the latter In COM
inand OF General Dickinson.
There was dense crowd OF people on
Market street all the way from the ferry
landing to the pavilion, and the President
was greeted with great cheering us tho
procession passed along. The street at
many points was us light as dav, and tue
President was able to see crowds Us they
welcomed him to the city and who follow
ed in the rear Of the procession.
The President and party accompanied
by the military escort arrived at Mcchan-
les Pavilion II O'Clock. The immense
building, which holds 10000 people, was
decorated with bunting, cvergreens and
electric light displays.
The crowd was kept outside until the
President had entered tho pavilion, when
the people iocked In by thousands. After
the President had entered the stand the
militaps formed In lines, between which
stream Of people passed for over an hour.
As they passed the President they ali
raised their hats. The chief executive
responded by bowling and waving his
hand - the crowd passed by the stand.
There was constant cheering and waving
Of hats and handkerchief.
As fast as the people had paid their
respects TO thu President they marched
out tho side door and made room ror
others. Under the circumstances II was
impossible for the large crowd to remain
In the pavilion, so the President made no
speech. The reception lasted until II
o'clock when the President and party
were driven To the Palace Hotel and re-
tired for the night.
During the few hours that the President
was 1t the pavilion ut least $1,000 passed
before him and nearly MS many more were
unable to obtain entrance to tho building.
Surveys for the Inter- Continental
Railroad.
Three parties will soon be In the
field engaged In the work of preliminary
survey for the proposed lnter-continentai
American railways. The party sent TO
Ecuador will begin work In about month.
and the Central American expedition must
now be very near its destination, while
tho third party will also be ut work before
y great while.
Having completed all that could DO done
for tho present, tho lntcr-contincntai
Railroad Commission has adjourned until
the ist OF February next year, by which
timc Il Is expected tho three surveying
partics will nave secured valuable data
upon which tho commission can base It's
future work and outline more definite
line Of location for the proposed road, n
its construction be found feasible and
practicable, physically snd financially.
Meantime the delegates on tho commits
sion will return TO their respective coun-
tries In order To gather information for
use when thoy rcconvonc. There IL nm
executive committee, however, with full
powcrs TO act, that will attend any bust
meas coming up during tho absence of tho