Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-24
CHICAGO SCREEDS.
Bitter Weather in the Windy
City.
News Notes About the Fair
Preparations.
A Quarrel Among the Worlds Fair
officials.
Weather That Can Be Properly Sworn
At-Some Bright News Notes.
Agnes Huntington.
special Corresponaance to the HrnALp.

In my letter OF Sunday last toucned
upon the weather of the seven days
ending January 10th. Now ! am
obliged to say that we have had "the
same thing and more of it," as follows:
Monday, 1lth.-Bitter cold, but fair;
about one foot of snow on the level; the
snow being very dry" the sleighing ia
unsurpassed; mercury in the morning
just at zero A p. M, 2 below.
Tuesday, 18th. .-Awfully cold mer
curry at a. M, below; at 5p. m. 2
below furries of snow.
Wednesday, 13th.-Mercury at a.
M, below zero; at 5 p. M, 2 above.
Thursday, 14th.-Cold and raw part
of the day; commenced to snow about
noon and stormed rest of the day mer-
curry at a. M, 8 above zero at 5 p m,
IA above.
Friday, 15th.-Cloudy, raw, windy
and bitter cold; mercury att a. m., z
below zero at p. m., 2l above.
Saturday, 10Th Mercury at7 a. M,
8 above zero; at IL M, "a above; at p.
m !, 80 above; sun out for few hours
for the first time since Monday.
Today, Sunday, the 18th, it is cloudy,
bleak and cold, the mercury being about
IL above zero. The signal service office
had laid out for billiards. and mercury
down to IL below, but we didn't get SO
bad as that. The sleighing is splendid.
WORK AT JACKSON PARK.
During all this cold snap work has
progressed on the big buildings at jack
son park, three or four of which are be-
ing rooted. There are 5000 men at work
in all, 400 gardeners having been dis
charged ten days ago on account OF the
the cold, snowy weather and generally
bad condition of the grounds.
TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA.
There is still great deal OF travel
to California, and especially over the
Santa Fe, which is the only road that
can take pilgrim direct to Southern
California in four days without change
sof cars. As is generally knownt it is
FIVE days at least by any other route.
and from two to more changes of cars.
Less people purchase round-trip tickets
to Southern California this winter than
ever before, comparatively. The Santa
tions, ninety eight people being ticketed
to California, eighty-two OF whom were
bound for Southern California.
MISS HUNTINGTON.
Miss Agnes Huntington, who has
scored such a magnificent hit here in
Chicago, will, after playing at Mil
waukee, Cincinnati and other western
cities, go to the Pacific coast, and play
from three to four times in Los Angeles.
Her company is just as clever as it is
possible for one to be, and her Paul
Jones will be great treat to you. Her
managers are Marcus Meyer and Charlie
Schroeder, the latter being one OF the
best fellows in the business Miss Hunt
ington is very pleasing actress, very
graceful and beautiful, and has very
acceptable voice. She is taller than any
member OF her company and is probably
the prettiest woman in male characters
on the stage. She is an ornament not
only to her profession but to society,
and has hosts of friends who do not gem
orally extend the social hand to ladies
of her profession. DAN @. TRUMAN.
P. S.-Chicago, Jan. 1S.-Tremendous
snowstorm raging-biggest of the sea-
son. Mercury o. All traffic blocked.
How are you, Southern California?
T.
Chicago, Jan. 16, 1S92.-Leaving Los
Angeles, as l did, with the thermometer
at % degrees, and in the midst of cold
snap such as / had never seen before,
felt as though was going to warmer
place, as during my stay in Chicago last
winter the mercury seldom dropped
lower than %, and no one would have
known it was winter except that there
were little snowstorms once in while
just to make believe. But, = =
and General Jackson! you ought
to be here now if you want
the real Simon Pure article. For,
as 1 write there is more than loot of
frozen snow on tie ground, everything
is on runners, everybody is overcoated,
and the thermometer has had the
mercury all around zero for nearly two
weeks. l called on Mr.. Ralph e. Hoyt
a few days ago, and he used language
in speaking of the weather. | have
also popped in at the Southern Califor-
mia exhibit two or three times, where
met Mr.. Truman, and he also used
language. In fact all Californians [
meet use language the moment the
metal drops toward zero. Why,
found myself using Language on Thurs
day last. This weather retards work at
Jackson park, and nearly 500 men have
been discharged. Last winter the
mercury osly went down to zero once.
1t was generally between rs and 80.
There was only little snow, and work
might have been carried on all winter.
But as you know, wrangling over the
"site" was kept up for a year, the
directors wanting to spread the build
ings all along the lake front for seven
miles, until at last they were sat down
on by the national commission.
STRAINED RELATIONS.
To say there are still strained rela-
tions between the directors (the Chicago
board) and the national commission,
board of control, Director-General Davis
and all his cLiefs OF departments, is to
put it mild. The fact is these Chicago
men want to run the whole thing.
They want the government to give them
IS, ,O00, 900 more, and they want all the
states and territories to put up substan
italy, and then they want all the priv