The herald., 1895-09-19
MOUNT LOWE
Fountains From the Smitten Rock-GoIden-
rod on Mount Lowe

rod on Mount Lowe
Among the people on Echo mountain
today was William P. Harrison, the vet
eran editor of the San Francisco Hotel
Gazette, who is making his annual trip
to Southern California. He regards the
appointments. table service, etc.. OF the
Echo Mountain house as unexcelled any
where. He Joined the party who took a
trip over the Alpine division to Mount
Lowe springs, and manifested his sur
prise at the wonderful engineering of the
road along the face of craggy precipices
by contemplating the figure aud PERSONAL
ity of Professor Lowe and remarking,
We'll he is wonderful man.
The Alpine club house is progressing
rapidly. The high basement walls are
native granite and cement and are nearly
completed. Adjacent spaces ars being
cleared of underground and levelcd off
for cottage sites.
Thaddeus Lowe, jr.. Is superlntendine
the further development of water at
Mount Lowe springs, which is in great
demand at Los Angeles. There ara three
different springs near the head OF Grand
canyon. While they are at an altitude of
5000 feet above sea level they are yet 1000
feet below the summit of Mount Lowe,
which rises abruptly above them, a ma
Jestlc mountain mass. A tunnel twenty
feet in length has been driven into the
granite formation at one of the springs
greatly increasing the flow. The abso-
lutely pure water is conducted in pines
from the fountain head wnere the cry stall
fluid gushes from the granite creyices
in the heart of the mountain.
Professor Love escorted party over
the new carriage road from the springs to
the head of Castle canyon, whence one
obrains compreh snsive view OF Echo
mountain with its interesting group of
buildings 1900 feet below, the broad San
Gabriel valley 1000 feet lower still, and
the great Pacific ocean stretching to q
horizon one hundred miles distant on the
south and west. On peak few feet
higher is white flag 12x16 feet in dImen-
sions, with large wreath encircling two
crossed keys. When asked the signih
canoe of these EN- blems Chief Engineer
Macpherson, who is experimenting this
mountain work, said that the first name
given to our fair sister city was COM
pound Spanish word sIgnifylng key of
the valley" But the name was so long
that the Indian word Pasadena mean
ing Grown of the valley" was substi-
tuted for brevity's sake. So tie flag
which crowns the foot range has a histor-
iCdl SlSuIllCdUCe.
: 1t will surprise some to learn that the
beautiful goldenrod is abundant near
the mountain summit. A sprg plucked
from heighboiing slope was handed to
Professor Lowe and he adorned his but-
tonhole with it. II WAS quite reminder
OF autumnal days in the east.
Returning to Echo mountain, new
electrical device was used for the first
time on the trolley car. 1t was group
of resistance coils so connected with the
electric motor under the car as to auto
mstically control the motion of the car
in its descent on the per cent grade. 1t
worked to a charm. Electricity restraints
or propels at will. 1t is a wonderful and
mysterious agent.
Among the names on the register we
noticed Mr.. and Mrs. Howard H. Daniels
and their observing little son, Arthur,
from Redlands. They have Just returned
from an extensive eastern trip.
Mrs. J. J. Akin of Los Angeles accom-
panied her cousin. Mrs. Anna Harshbur-
ger of Chicago, who wished they had one
of those magnificent mountain peaks as
near her city as these are to Los Angeles.
Another group consisted of Misses Lucy
and Jennie Blakey of Pasadena and their
friends, Mrs. Alfred Belkrap of New
York and AS. Andrews of Elmwood. III.
Odher visitors were Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
Althouse Young, Albany. Oregon; n. NJ.
Downs and Mrs. c. l.. Downs, Tustin
III. II. Lawren e, Oakland; Joseph Brand
ner, New Orleans; A. L. Wesner. San
Francisco; Miss Post, Santa Monica Mrs.
A. T. Coronel, Mrs. l.. G. Pollard, Mr..
and Mrs. j. II. Grayham, Los Angeles.