The herald., 1893-10-25
ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
CHICAGO CAPITALISTS MAKE THE
ASCENT OF MT. LOWE.
A Delightful Trip Yesterday by Party
OF Notables-The Names OF the
Participants - An Appre-
ciative Address.


junction with Mt. Lowe railway were
startled yesterday noon by the advent
among their orange groves of the mag
nificent Southern Pacific palace car
PRAGUE" the first that ever rolled up
to that station. The 33 occupants who
emerged from its upholstered apart
ments were bound for trip over the
Mt. Lowe railway.
They consisted largely OF Chicago
party of gentlemen and ladies and their
friends, who have been investing in the
new Riverside enterprise known as
Lakeview, eight miles northeast of Per-
ris. The tract comprises about 10000
acres, lies on gentle slope, at suita-
BILE altitude for the best development of
oranges and lemons.
The company controls its own irriga-
tion system, which consists of an abund-
ant supply of water from artesian wells.
Having witnessed the splendid results
at Riverside, Redlands and other points
where water has transformed the desert
into orange orchards and happy homes,
these sensible and far-seeing Chicago
tourists have determined to duplicate
those results.
Among these founders OF the new
Riverside colony were few friends from
other locs lities in the east, and they
were accompanied by L. G. Webster and
other Pasadena ana Southern California
friends.
Geo. E. Guenter, DIR. J. M. Lackey,
Mrs. E. L. Peterson, w. j. Martin, jr.,
Geo. w. Gehlbach, w. @. Luce, Thomas
Mitchell, A. o. Darcy, G. +. Hunting,
Mrs. M. S. Lee, and H. p. Churchill
were from Chicago; Geo. J. Monroe from
Jollet. ILL.,, DR.. J. A. Bell, Napervile,
III, A, Clifford Brown. Brooklyn, N. Y. +;
j. w. Rogers, Downer's Grove, Ill. Mrs.
J. K. Miller, Washington, d. c.; E. C.
Webster and wife, T, P. Lukens, Mics
Florence Kallock and Miss Myra Blanch-
ard, of Pasadena; f. E. Brown and wife,
Rsdlands; DR.. NJ. B. Campbell and wife.
San Bernardino asylum w. @. Richards,
Elsinore; Ernest Heaton, Riverside, re-
Gently from England; Mrs. A. S. Tomp-
kins, New York; Z. +. G. Klokke and
VIM. I'll. Knight, Los Angeles.
The party glided over the smooth
trolley road, winding through the ro-
mantle Rubio canon, along the mountain
terrace, catching glimpses now and then
of the broad expanse of San Gabriel
valley. Upon reaching the pavilion
they at once climbed in the strange
looking, three-sectioned cars and with
thrilling and indescribable sensation
began to mount towards the eky.
Arriving at the summit of Echo
mountain they visited the power house
to inspect the great winding machinery
plant, and watched with keen interest
the marvellous application of electricity
to the transmission of power over a
cable incline, the only instance of the
kind in the world.
They then crossed over to Echo
canon, and, facing the ferDy abyss 1000
deep, shouted across to- the crags and
beetling cliffs which tower TO the low
hanging clouds wreathed about their
SUBMITS. The musical echo which
anewered the call filled every eoul with
delight; but when the rife was fred
and awoke the slumbering echoes in the
mountain fastnesses, reverberating at
first with p crash like thunder, then re-
ceding and advancing and receding, and
finally dying in tone go faint and dis.
tant it seemed to proceed from the
shores of another world.
They next proceeded to the chalet, and
filling every table in the cosy dining
room, partook OF and appetizing COLA
tion. Mr.. Webster, principal promoter
of the Lake View enterprise, did the
honors of the occasion and proposed q
suitable toast, to which Mr.. H. p.
Churchill of Chicago responded in the
following well-chosen words:
when | think of the wondrous vision
OF scenic beauty which awaits us with
ont I fool mill he NJ, ont of
kindness on my part to detain you here,
which we have just partaken will enable
you to enjoy it with q keener apprecia-
ton.
From the time that we entered the
charmed precincts of California it has
proven to us land OF successive and
increasingly delightful revelations, and
long before we left Redlsnds, our first
etopping place,
ITO the man who has made
this unrivallsd panorama ol
mountain, valley and ocean 30 easily
and delightfully."- accessible, too high
praise cannot be given, and / do not
doubt that his reward will be equal to
the enjoyment ne has conferred upon
mankind.
'And now as We stand here upon this,
the eliminating eminence of our jour
ney, | cannot better express cur unani-
nous sentiment than by saying that we
have also reached the eliminating reve-
letion of scenic beauty which this or any
other land can offer to mortal eyes.
Our linguistic resources have been COM
pletely exhausted in our endeavor to
fully express our admiration of all we
saw, and may truly say that from that
point to Lakeview, the goal of our jour.
ney, with its charming scenic surround
ings and wonderful possibilities OF de-
velopment, and thence to Riverside ol
world wide celebrity and on to Pasa
dena, the city of lovely homes and re.
fined, progressive people, and finally tc
Mt. Echo, our pathway has been liter.
ally strewn with exclamation points o.
wonder and delight. "To the genius and
enterprise of Prof. Love-"
Returning to Pasadena, the party en-
tered carriages provided by Mr.. Web
ster and were driven over Marengo
Orange Grove and other attractive ave
nues, shaded with palm, pepper, gre
villa, umbrella and eucalyptus trees
and caught glimpses of the beautiful
homes of its citizens and noted the nu.
merous dwellings and public buildings
in course of construction, an index oil
the vigorous prosperity of the town.
THE TUDOR
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