The herald., 1893-05-31
UP RUBIO CANYON.
THE FIRST EXCURSION OYER PAsA-
DENA's MOUNTAIN RAILWAY.
DIR. ChIohester's Bible Glass Have a Most
Enjoyable Trip Up the New
Road-The Personnel
of the Party.

Deep in the heart OF the Sierra noun
tsins an interesting event transpired
yesterday. History was being enacted.
The first excursion over the Pasadena
Mountain railway landed a party Of
about 100 ladies and gentlemen at the
beautiful pavilion in Rubio csfIon, and
the young people wandered at will up
and down the romantic gorge, among
its waterfalls, ferns, beetling crsgs and
indescribably wild and beautiful seem
ery. Everything WIS surprise and q
! delight to the vistora-the substantial
railway, the picturesque pavilion, the
stupendouD ecenery and the steep rail-
way incline, apparently ascending to
| heaven, like Jacobs ladder.
Prof. loves railway 10 not yet open to
the public. II has not even been FORM
ally inspected by the press. But the
largest bible class in California, that
belonging to DR.. Cbichester's Presbter-
ian church in Los Angeles, determined
to capture tho situation for Themselves,
and managed in some inexplicsble way,
TO pioneer their way ahead of all other
excursions into those mysterious eoli-
tudes. Now q bible class which can
accomplish such an enterprising feat
must have n history Of its own, and 80
it has, one we'll worth recounting. On
the first Sunday in December last, it
began with two members. Today it
numbers II young ladies. The class is
thoroughly organized with the following
efficient staff of officers: DR.. J. t.
Price, leader Miss Lyele Hynes, presi-
dent; Miss Jessie Hartwell, first vice.
president; Miss Il. G. Finch, second
vice president; Miss ALA Hickey, third
vice. president; Miss Ola Healy, fourth
vice-president; Miss Meta Miller, treas
urer Miss Margaret Erwin, secretary.
In addition to the above the following
members OF the class and their friends
took the Terminal special OF 8:15 on
Tuesday morning:
Dr.. and Mrs. w j. Chichester, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. O. Patterson, Miss Hazel Pat
terson, Mrs. ii. l.. Fenner, Miss Lena B.
Fenner, Mr.. Edward t. Ives, DR.. j. o.
Clackiston, Mias Ella ClaCkiaton, Rev.
j. f. Yoth. Miss Esther Jepsen, Miss
Adelaide Voss, Miss Libbie Harnett,
Mr.. Otto Darhnest, Miss Darhnest, Mr..
Robert Hertwell, Miss Jessie Hartwell,
Miss Helen Shields, MIR. J. NJ. Thorn
son, Miss Andrevna Thomson, Miss Cora
Ellis, Mr.. r. Jackson, Mrs. Campbell,
Miss Nellie Campbell, Miss Stella Mus
setcr, Miss E. G.. Finch, Mics Mabel
Dunn, Miss Amelia Dunn, Miss Louise
zieser, Miss Josie Zieger, Mr.. Melville
Rust, Miss Belle Weinheimer, Miss
Florence Dodge, Mr.. J. f. Sadler, Miss
Abbie Hitchcock, Miss May Hartley,
Miss Mary Gilmore, Mr.. A. P.
West, Miss Ida Duncan, Mr..
Joseph Irvine, Miss Sarah Irvine,
MIR. Elmo Pirtle, Miss Nellie Miller,
Miss S. Jones, Mrs. Aikinaon, Misses
Clara RApnells, Margaret and Jennie
Abbott, Lottie Mcdonald, Ida Weaver,
Vesta Linley, Woodson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Girdler Lynch, Misses Bessie Mcdonald,
Corinne Lynch, Corinne and Cora Wise,
vielS n@nnstt. Mr.. Issan @. Guy. Misses
Nellie Carr and Verda Dennigon.
The party reached the power house at
Mountain Junction at 8 q. M, whence
they we're transferred to cars which con-
veyed them into Rubio cafion. The trip
was full of surprises. They found them
selves penetrating literally into the
heart of the mountain. Rounding one
curve after another, the canon became
deeper and the granite deolivities loftier,
till finally the sky was put n patch OF
blue between rim of cliffs.
At Last the magnificent pavilion loom
ed in sight, firmly set on it's pillars 30
feet above the singing brook below.
From the southern veranda you look
down upon solid mass of foliage
stretching across the canon, and are
surprised to learn that those are the
tops of trees from 40 to 60 feet in
heighth. From the northern veranda
the great incline ascends to the summit
of Echo mountain, 1400 feet above the
beholder, the steep ascent almost maxi
ing one dizzy. The three rails forming
the novel double track Is blended into
onc az it approaches the top in the PIE
epective 5000 feet distant.
Expressions of surprise, wonder and
delight varied in every form thst de-
lighted and pleased humanity could in
vent wers heRred on all sides.
AT O'Clock the entire party assem-
bled in the pavilion and happy spesches
spiced with humor were made by Prof.
James, Or. Chichester, DR.. Price, Mr..
Patterson and Prof. Lowe.
DR.. Chichester said that he had often
tried the seashore and the mountains,
but always found himself more refresh
ed in body and mind after trip to tho
mountains. If he were given to idola-
try he should worship the mountains,
for they strongly appealed to his sense
Of the grand and sublime in nature.