The record-union., 1893-06-15
HAPPY TOURISTS
General Wade Hampton and Party In
sacramento.

General Wade Hampton and Party in
sacramento
The General Wade Hampton party ar
rived on the Los Angeles express last
evening. w. q. Curtis, assistant to the
General Manager of the Southern Pacific
Company, went out and met them at Salt
Lake City some two or three weeks ago
and has had them in charge ever since,
showing them, as well as practicable in
short space of time, some of the salient
features of California. The party have
| been delighted with everything from the
Great Salt Lake to the Golden Gate. Lake
| Tahoe, Del Monte, ETC., etc, they have
not words to describe. So, also, of the
citrus counties Of Southern California.
In entering Sacramento from the San
Joaquin Valley, via Stockton, General
Hampton admired the thriitiness of the
! farming and the evident richness of the
soil spreading out for miles on both sides
of the road. This country looked to him
so solid and fruitful that nothing more in
agricultural resources could be desired
1t is Mr.. Curtis idea to show General
Hampton all there is to be seen and noted
regarding the Central Pacific lines which
were built with aid from the Govern
ment, but at the same time to give him
view OF its connections and the country
at large so that he may report as United
States Railroad Commissioner in accord
ance with what he himself has seen.
The General and his party, having
made tour Of the country from Ogden
west to San Francisco, and thence to San
| Diego, proceed in the morning northward
to Portland, where they will continue on
back to Washington, ID. c., via the North
ern Pacific. on the way to Portland
they will stop day or two at Castle Crag
and at other places of interest and recrea-
ton. General Hampton, who is a wonder
fully well preserved, genial and hand
some man of his age as years., is an eX-
| pert fisherman, and the endeavor will be
made to put him in the way of sport Of
that character. They say he can throw
! fly sixty feet and hit the size of a four-bit
| piece every time.
A RECORD UNION reporter learned
from Mr.. Curtis and d. r. Sessions, of
the railroad party, that General Hamp-
toms immediate party are his daughter,
Miss Nj. ). Hampton of Columbia, 5. c.;
his granddaughter, Miss Annie Haskell
of Columbia, :. c.; Miss Lucy HerndOn
of Fredericksburg, Va; Miss Virginia
| T. Long of Charlottesville, Va; G. L.
| Thomas, the Generals Private Secretary.
As an assistant in escorting the tourists,
| w. Nj. Thompson IS along, recently ap-
pointed Secretary and Auditor of the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company. Mrs. DR..
Middleton of the Presidio, San Francisco.
and Miss Nellie Barker OF Philadelphia
are travelling with the party in California,
| Mrs. w. q. Curtis accompanies her nus
bard; also, in the tour through this State.
w. a. Worthington, Mr.. Curtis Private
Secretary, is with him. 1t was expected
that Frank Jaynes OF the Western Union
would 90 with the party. All those who
have met General Hampton and party
have been pleased with their manners and
address. The young ladies are typical
OF the warm hearted, genial South, and
have made acquaintance in the lar West
who will not soon forget them.