The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-18
OUT in THE BAY.
The City's. Visitors Go
Sailing.
HOW THEY SPENT THE DAY.
Mayor Pardee Placed Oakland at
Their Disposal.
THE CONGRESS NEXT YEAR
Trans Mississippi Delegates and
Their Friends Have a Day OF ?.
Sightseeing.

When the big terry-boat Piedmont
steamed out, from ne slip all the foot of
Market street yesterday morning fully
1900 Trans Mississippi congress delegates
and heir friends and guests crowded her
upper deck, all bound for "a day of sight
seeing GU Inc by. and expecting also to
accept the hospitality OF the citizens of
Oakland before returning to the city.
Notwithstanding the storm. the pro-
.gramme was carried out to the letter. and
Though the inclement weather rendered
the trip much less enjoyable than had been
heped. yettbe visitors saw 50 much that
they expressed themselves more than re-
paid for any Inconvenience they suffered,
and when they returned to San Francisco
IL was tired but withal a good-natured
/" crowd That disembarked in the rain and
= went skurrying out in search of some
F method of rapid transit TO the various
hotels.
X: The passenger list included almost every
delegate who had been in attendance at
+: the congress, aud the absolute absence of
. aHythlng that looked like formality was
:: the best proof that the congress was made
:*up. of large hearted WeSternsrs, who carry
:@:their Nhole-sealed way with them wher-
.<everth they ge..
Re: TIE Piedmont was frst headed south.
.1%@after: a start had been made, and she
l. steamed down past the wharves south OF
1.-the ferry: where scores Of sailing vessels
were lying, with their maSts like a forest,
and also a humber of ocean steamers in
=s<theyletHFty OF the Mall dock. They were
REGARDED enthusiastically by the visitors
2: to man of WHOM such scenes were entirely
j. new, and the Storm had not yet asserted
::1tSelf IN a way that made sightseeing IN
:::ptnasafit. 80 -
@*== Passing farther down the ferrv-boat gave
Its passengers a glimpse Of he Union Iron
,5#NESiTkS," VitlF-tbe *ci User Olympia Twin /,
::=:=alQn gside+: the wharf. her long gray lines
=:#Cl e8Tl y dsfilFed, " bile the figures 500. 15'
MARE ia inted conspicueusly on her funnel,
*..to. tell: 1he Trans NJ isslssippt people how
::%f ast|the. cruiser. could sail when she tried
:::a;:. On do Wnthe bay steamed the Piedmont
::=;iinfiE Hunters >Pelpt was reached, when
:# tFIe:b QllESe. was changed and she doubled
::Etai:k past the city front, and as she did SO
isle was me t+Ri a continuous salute from
Z: the. ATNlt d uek: clear around to Powell
rs trpe( bari, and every tug and ferry boat
:3zgayA: vent to-: scream of welcome. while
::EtiiA Aeep tones Of: the bells On the wharVes
titled lfI1 the. interval in The GREETING.
-@*s@I he course them lay across by Alcatraz
.*stp#S5aJlSslItG t en- around Belvrdere and
81 1utfgDa RaecOgp Straits. until glm Dse
#< of S ali 19(eh lin MAS 9braRed. The:steamer
was tlfen= bea9ed south again and held her
course: ntltl4. opposite Oakland Greek and
tbs In ding was made at the foot Of Broad
.*..=. lnshoard fhe steamer large quantities OF
H. aIIfQFn'ld' 5: Choicest .ylnt &c had been
.=:Ire:naEeds +3tIld j: continual ieyee was held
> oIl| the: 10 wei deck, where the supply OF
wines SEE med -ineXhaustible, while ten
= 1lafnhl tn. beW Is of punch were stationed
.:::=aiI The I'D CT deck Wv here theycouId net
I. be is*sed, :and~=t ey helped matertallyin
I'm press Ing c aIifornian Hospitality Oh the
lSllors. a lunch was also spread down.
=.stafrs, and at nOon:all hands we're ordered
:. below a nd mo one: disc beYed, so that the
p stock 70 f*sandWiches, salads, oranges and
:: = n ss Disappeared at an alarming rate.
-. During: fire .nornipg5a NEE ting Of the
<..a3xeou tive: Onihitt ZEE w as held. and it. was
:: a6teTIn1n ed tp=hold the next session of the
.*SQn gress+ HIGH: convenes in ST. Louis,
s. about. THE middle ofSeptember. but theex-
= .aCt.date ism 0t:yet dc termined. a PROPOSE
e:tfoI#to Chan ge thu: bass OF re PRESENTATION
lin the congress sails d Und liberation.
~ AS he Piedmont STAINED up Oakland
:-:Cfeek:she. :Was:"met by q ting with Mayor
.:<:Parde e :and the RECEPTION committee on
:.boaTd, and be- vessels bpve 10 and the
=. Qak landeFs. ca me: on. board the ferry-boat.
* and as the:IaDdipg was ched theYis1 tors
Nv ere: greeted. bY:a great crowd of peeI le
.a%:who.c ON pie fe}y filled the wharf. The Wis
!: @hors :disem barked and were then welcomed
.::<:by Mayor "a dee: :" - -: -. % -;
- 5 Iii Is the@fiIst day it has rained in
= CaIifoTni ain twenty years, )" said he May
,@0r, "a nd this Was gotten up for che ex press
c<"purp0ses of Showing the: weather at lis
worst. .*IB3n t, IN yertheless. We welcome
- =yoli to-. our civ. EVERYTHING that;is here
@-$is*at ynur disposal: If you see anything
! yon waDt=take IT. 1t:You d0n't see it ask
<#for: it, We are sure. to have it. Ladies
Dd.gentlernen, the town is Yours"
:'#: President Whfttemere responded appre-
..<pTfately. after. Whlchthe whole party were
loaded: Tito. carriages, cQupes, carryalls,
<:%stTeeteaEs Eand:severy- possible means of
Transportation and started out to see the
.::.city.= Every tTeetcar:ine had placed its
I: cars at: The <dl Spnsai Of the Visitors, ard
badges were. better thar gold pieces where
:;%:eXer q pc went; A. delegate got laugh at
MAYOR Pardee2s- expense by telling him
f:<.tilat the merchants had refused to give
:: away unstTeilas, he having picked cut "a
silk 9ee W hicii he wished to take accord.
ling to the: Mayors order.
-. A large -nlinber- of The party went by
the electric line to Berkalcy, where they
r. inspected .the library at the university.
+: ;Afioi her crowd went: to Alameda: a: third
II: TO Ea 4 Ga klafld, and severalearioads took
= the ca BILE to Piedm ont, and took the gravi-
): 'ty forthcoming back, Stopping at the baths
r.. Before IS O'Clock the. scattered parties
.:@;had: all returned to the ferry, aIad srne of
]: them came back to the city by the Ell
:. Cam DO. while The larger number. waited
for Inc Piedmont, which had been d la ysd
:. by. running aground III thecreek. but ar
: rived in the city few min utes later than
the FL Campo
TIE executive committee Its session
= in the morning passed resolutions thank
=. ing lie -Sauthefn P9,1fp FIR the.use of tile
Piedmont; the Angel Island band which
*...accon panied The party ana To tine city of
E. San Franc SEQ :fdr the entertainment f the
week. and particularly for the excursion
*.ef Yesterday: f..
s Some:of the delegates left the city last
;: night, while many of them are going south
3 to-day. intending to:Risit Los Angeles and
:: then stspin:San francisco a few days at
the fair on the:rrturn trip.
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