The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-27
THEIR OPENING DAY.
programme of the Seattle &
Montana Excursion.
CELEBRATION AT FAIRHAvEN.
The Road to Be Opened Today-Retoic-
ings 1t Fairhaven, New West
minister and Everett.

All Is ready for the excursion of the Cham Der
OF Commerce over the Seattle & Montana rail-
ROAD today, and the effair gives every promise
OF being success. The ears stand ready GA
the track at the foot OF Marion street, and are
being festooned with bunting and garlanded
with flowers in honor OF the joyful occasion
Besides the ten passenger ears there is a bag
gage car, in which lunch will be served TO the
hungry by C. Z. smith, caterer TO the Chamber
of Commerce
The train will leave the foot OF Marion street
promptly az O'Clock this morning and Superin-
tendent Nef states that no excuse for DELAYS
VIII be allowed, as he has such hard schedule
70 make that promptness is essential. South OF
FaIrhayen the train will only stop ten minutes
each at Aarysyille and Mount Vernon, arriving
al Aarysyille at about Gas, and at Mount Vernon
ABOUT lo;45. short speeches will be made ateseh
OF these places by member of the chanbe
10 whom local representative will probably
respond At Fairhsven Junction O second
engine VIII be taken on and the train will run
az double header the rest of the way.
No formal programme for the whole trip has
been arranged, the order of proceedings at
Fairhayen and New Westminster being LETT to
the people OF those cities.
On the return trip considerable time will be
spent at Everett and the whaleback Wetlnors
viii be visited c. II. Kittinger yesterday sent
up quantity of provisions in order that there
may De plenty of lunch TO entertain the party.
The following telegram from New Westmius-
Ter tells OF the arrangements made at that city:
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c., Nov. 26-tSpecial.l
The city council and Board of Trade have
united to welcome the Seattle and Fairhaven
visitors tomorrow, and all arrangements are
complete. They will be met at South westmins-
ter and taken on short trip up and down the
Fraser river, and afterwards driven about the
city. Speeches will be made at New westmins-
ter. +. J. Trapp, president OF the Board of
Trade, Mayor Brown and City Clerk Robson will
oncially welcome the visitors. Owing to the
shortness OF the stay, no banquet can be tend
cred.
E. G. Earle, Of the Fairhaven Herald arrived
In the city last evening, and related the pro-
gramme for that place as follows: "The visit
ors will be met at the depot on their return
from New Westminster by the Wardner band
and be escorted to the Fairhaven hotel, where
they will dine. After dinner they will be
taken to the Knights of Pythias pavilion,
where public celebration will be
held An address OF welcome will be
delivered by A. H. Clark, president OF the
Chamber Of Commerce, to which it is expected
that some OF the Seattle party will respond.
Speeches will also be made by II. Y. Thompson
Mayor jenkins, of New Whatcom, and other
local men. E. II. Wilson, the mayor of Fair.
haven, sick, aud will not be able to be present
''lt is intended to have the band meet the
train on its arrival at noon and escort the ex-
cursionists to lunch, but as the length of the
partys stay there has been cut down, and lunch
will be provided on board the train, suppose
that part of the programme will be abandoned"