The herald., 1893-07-30

that when he was invited to speak, sew
eral days ago, he said he was no speech
maker, but on being told that the Santa
Fe never did anything by halves and
wanted him to Eli up, he consented.
ssThe great civilizers of the age are the
missionaries, the press and the railroads.
For an instant look back to the time
when the plains were crossed by OK
teams, and realize what short epace OF
time separates that period from the
present, when we are whlrled swiftly
east over steel rails. The building oil
this superb edifce and the enterprise oil
this railroad is making Los Angeles
CITY second to none in the union. Not
alone we of the Angel city but all South
ern California should be congratulated
on it's presence, and both city and coun-
ty officials should extend helping hand
to the roads here and those wishing to
come, and some day we will see one
grand union depot"
Assistant City Attorney Dunn was then
introduced and stated that Mayor
Rowan was unable to be present, and
that he had been deputized TO act as his
representative.
ssBy drawing of CUTS" said he. "tbe
lot developed upon me, and I'm AFRAID
you will be the sufferers"
MIR. Dunn referred to the time when
the exact spot on which the new build
ing stood was mass of shifting sand,
the bed of the Los Angeles river. THE
railroad company has built costly
levee, given $40 900 towards viaducts,
and added hundreds of thousands OF
dollars to the tax rolls, and pays $780,.
600 taxes and yet it has never asked
assistance from the people. 1t has
never been offered them, it is true. and
If il was, don't think it would re-
fuse, as railroad accepts everything it
can carry" He believed that the Santa
Fe had done more for the country than
any one single agency, and with hearty
congratulations to Mr.. Wade he closed.
Other addresses of congratulation were
made by ex-Mayor Hazard, ssembly-
man R. n. Bulla and Col. Dan Free
man. The latter stated, in response to
repeated calls for Prof. L. S. @. Lowe,
that the professor was suffering from a
severe cold which rendered it imposEi-
BILE for him to speak.
This closed the first part of the pro-
gramme, and the speakers, in addition
to members of the council and other
invited guests, retired into the new
dining rooms OF the depot and were
regaled with sumptuous repast. The
Douglas band discoursed music all the
afternoon, and it was listened to by
many of those who were unable to visit
the new depot in the morning.
The decorations in the interior of the
depot were beautiful. There was pro.
fusion of palm, pepper and cypress
branches, while geraniums, roses, mag
nolia blossoms and tube roses smiled out
from their green envelopements and
filled the air with delicious perfume.
The center of the rotunda was covered
with rare potted plants while gracefully
festooned around the base of the dome
being sprays of smilax.
The following ladies Mrs. and Miss X.
II. Wade, wife and daughter of the gen.
eral manager: Mrs. w. B. Beamer, Mrs.
HI. q. Thompson, Mrs. E. W. McGee,
Mrs. F. J. Parks, Mrs. A. P. Maginnis,
Mrs. ]. E. Mcneil deserve great credit
for the taste and skill they showed in
both exterior and interior decorations.
THE FIRST TICKET.
The first ticket sold at the new station
was for trip around the kiteshaped
track. 1t was form No. IS and ticket
No. $3.50, and the purchaser was III. w.
Wilhouse.
Letters of regret were received from
Governor Markham and Mayor Carlson
of San Diego.
THE BUILDING.
The Southern California Railway
company's lines enter Los Angeles both
from the north and south, meeting at
La Grande station, which is centrally
located at the junction of Santa Fe ave.
nue. and First street. The depot grounds
have frontage of 800 feet on Santa Fe
avenue, and the main depot buildings
occupy about 800 feet of this frontage.
The abutting streets are 100 feet IN
width and well paved with Belgian
blocks and porphyry. Both electric and
cable cars pass the depot, connecting it
with all parts of the city.
"La Grande Station" is a one-story
structure of Moorish design, variously
modified, however, in adaptation to the
requirements of the purpose it is to
serve. 1t ia 800 feet in length and from
40 to 60 feet in width. The outside
walls are OF pressed brick, with Flagstaff
sandstone trimming, and the interior
finish of Oregon pine and redwood. In
the centsr of the building is large ro.
tanda, rs feet in circumference, eur
mounted by handsome dome. This
is the main entrance to the building,
both from the street and train sheds.
From this rotunds, entrances lead to the
ladies' waiting room and parlor, the
gentlemeE's waiting room, the ladies'
lunch room and gentlemen's lunch
room. Windows from the ticket office
also open on this retunda, as we'll as to
the gentlemen's waiting room and the
platform. South OF the ladies' and gen.
tlemen's waiting rooms is large, open
waiting room, 80 by 80 feet in size. This
will doubtless prove to be very popular
feature in the mild climate of Southern
California.
At the south end Of the open waiting
room another section of the building,
90x40 feet, contains commodious bag
gage room. with separate doors for re-
ceiving and delivering baggage, and an
equally commodious room occupied by
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express. This
portion of the building contains Offices
for the Pullman car company, United
States mail clerk and division baggage
agent, as we'll as q room for conductors.
Offices for the superintendent, train
master and dispatcher are provided in
the northern portion of the building.
The entire building Will be lighted by
electricity, but it is also fitted for gas.
North Of the depot is beautiful
park, containing many rare plants and
Towering shrubs. neat, graveled