The herald., 1894-06-09
TERMINAL ISLAND.

Pleasant Personal Points A bout an At
tractive Coast Resort.
TERMINAL ISLAND, June 8.-That this
is one Of the leading seaside resorts Is
proven by the great number Of pleasure
seekers who flock here. This in especial
ly observable on Saturdays and Sundays.
when the trains on the two railroads add
their quota to the throng already here
for the season, and aa it Is the best and
safest place on the coast for boating or
bathing, it always will be the favorite
place for those who love q we'll managed
and orderly resort for their wives and
children.
Several hundred came down last Sum
day on the Terminal, and in walking
through the cars between Long Beach
and the island the following were
recognized: Mr.. and Mrs. A. and the
Misses Grace and Donna Crawford, Miss
Maud Boyle, W. f. Gilbert, J. r. Gill
bert, the Misses Mary and Maud Smith,
r. A. Locke, Los Angeles; Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Akey, Vernon; 81. W, Rowland,
county farm; Frank E. Cook, Long
Beach; DR.. and Mrs. Weldon, San
Pedro.
We are having perfect yachting
weather just at present, and many OF
our visitors are taking advantage OF it.
A party OF friends of Capt. Dave Weldt,
port pilot, came down Sunday, and on
the captains boat Lizzie Bell took a
spin over the bay. In the party were
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sabichi and sons
and the Misses Sabichi. Mrs. Gelcich,
Miss Marguerite Gelcich, Mr.. Donegan
and two Misses Donegsn. There were
others whose names We did not learn.
The Lizzie Bell is fine, etaunoh pilot
boat built back east, and ia q counter
part every way of the noted Sandy
Hook pilot boats--the fastest and safest
of their kind in the world.
The managers of the pavilion, as large
as it is, find that it is not large enough
to anywhere near meet the require
ments of the large business already set
in, 30 are removing partitions and max
ing other Improvements which they
hope will enable them to accommodate
any number OF guests however large,
who choose to come.
A large float has been anchored in
front of the bath house from which
bathers may take "plunge" that
knocks the stuffing out OF all the artifi-
cial plunge contraptions that are or
can Dc lnV6uteus
Arrangements are being made for an
other one of those social reunion hops 80
popular with the dancing public by the
managers of the pavilion, Messrs. Gill
bert & Laraway, to come of about the
10Th inst.
Manager T. M. Gilbert, a delegate to
the late convention. came home happy
Friday morning, having done his level
best in helping this place win the
harbor fight.
The midday train will be put on either
the 10th or 23d. The rush has set in,
and the Terminal is carrying the people
to see the fishing boats trolling for bar
racouda and mackerel. One not posted
would think he had tumbled into the
midst OF full-blooded yacht race.
Tom Pettigrew and Ed Lsrkin of East
Los Angeles took plunge from the float
on Friday.
Miss Henrietta Griswold, a venture
some young lady from New York, takes
q lunch with her whom she goes out for
a swim.
The bathers are having plenty of fun,
"a we'll as all the excitement they can
handle, in trying to catch, when not en-
gagged in lodging, the flying fish that
roost upon the float.
M. o. Hodges, Peter Sylvia, Herman
Oltz. Ferd Herman and several ladies'
from Los Angeles bathed and lunched
here on Thursday.