The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-04
TEACHERS ON ECHO MOUNTAIN.
PedagOgues and Members Of
the County Board.
They Hear the Echo, Visit Mt. Lowe
and Enjoy Themselves.
Come Distinguish V!sltors-IncIdents
of tho Day-The List OF Those
Who Enjoyed the Trip.

Yesterday morning merry psrty,
consieting of about hundred city
teachers, the mem bers of The new board
of education, and 40 or 30 of their
friends, started by way of the Terminal
railroad to visit Mt. Echo and spend
pleasant day seeing the sights of that
famous resort.
As there are buS dozen schoolmssters
in the city, most OF tho excuraionists
were "fair" excursionists.
Nothing worthy of special notice &C.
cured till Rubio csfion was reached,
but from that time till evening the
items OF interest were numerous.
At the steep incline, whore the cars
are hoieted for 1880 feet, many q school
ma'am WAS found to be very much in
terested in the strength OF cables and
the probability of reaching the top
without accident. At the part of She
incline where the grade ie 62 feet in 10G
the voice OF the lecturer was not 80 care
fully needed as it was en- other parts OF
the road but in very few minutes
from the time of starting the whole party
was landed safe and sound vt Echo
mountain, $500 feet above the level OF
the sea,
The peak is named from the remark
able echo given by the great mountain
wall Just north OF the hotel. To show
its peculiar sounding qualities small
cannon is always fred ON the arrival OF
visitors. A bugla is blown for the came
purpose. The report of the cannon and
the melodious notes of the bugle echo
and re.eoho for many seconds among
she great rocks and caverne.
Many OF the party procured ponies or
burros and went to the summit of Mt.
Lowe, from whi0h they had e glorious
view of the whole Southern California
plain, from Santa Monica to CapistrsRo,
Including half dozen of the islands of
the Pacific. and miles upon miles of the
great glistening ocean with half dozen
ships.
The grading for the electric railroad is
now nearly finished and within few
weeks the electric cars will be running
to the summit OF Mt. Lowe, 5000 feet
above the sea level.
The new observatory of Prof. Swift
was at the diHposal of the schoolma ms
ell day.
The power houses and new electric
appliances we're carefully examined.
Among the things of interest to the
teachers the 80 or 40 cages OF animals in
the geological department were not the
least.
So many of the teachers were greatly
pleased wish the day's experience that
it ia probable that the County Educa-
tional association will hold meeting in
the same place before many Weeke.
4 III ,a al oF
the day with the teachers waa Rev.
George Arbuthnot, vicar of Stratford-on-
Avon, England, and in whose church
Shakespeare is buried. Rev. Arbuthnot
and wife are now visiting Southern CAL
ifornia and will coon return to England.
The following were among the exour-
sionists yesterday: Mesars. Robert Hall,
G. w. Simonton, E. L. Grubb, s. E.
Fulton, j. S. Pitman and w. NJ. Cars
la d, all of the new board OF education !;
Rev. and Mrs. Arbutbnot OF StratfordA
on Avon, England; Mr. and Mrs.
w. @. Barnes of Arizona; Mr..
and Mrs. Chae. Dice of Perry,
Ia; Miss Florence Stull. Oakland I;
Mrs. O. H. Ryan, Pasadena; Louis
Wagner. Redondo; Mrs. Daniel Has
kell, Los Angeles; DR.. and Mrs. Dens.
more, London. Eng. w. III. Barnard
Los Angeles; Mr.. and Mrs. Z. W. Mash,
Grand Forks. N. D. Miss Carrie Palmer,
Oakland; W. II. Knight. Lieut.. w. r.
Harrison and wife. J. A. Sherman, Les
Angeles; Mrs. T. P. Croft, Z. E. Hall,
Mrs. Tom F. Barnes, Mrs. E. Fl. Barnes,
Pasadena; A. Lindenfeld. Los Angeles;
F. g. Walz, Perry, la.
Among the teachers and others from
Los Angeles were: Miss Louise wills
liams, Mrs. G. H. Williams, Mrs. E. O.
Williams. Miss Sharp, r. Crawford
Smith, Mrs. r. T. Killam, Miss Ruby
Killsm, Mics Jacobs, Miss E. Sherman,
Miss Jeasie Sherman. Mrs. Benedict,
Mrs. D. E. Myriok. Misc Ella CLARK.
Misc Prudence Myriok, Miss Florence
StolI, Miss Ida L. Boone. Miss Anna
CLARK. superintendent P. w. Search,
Mrs. Search, Miss I'll. w. Davis, Miss
Olga Dorm, Miss NJ. E. Hodgmsn, Cap.
tain w, Ii. Seamans. Miss Anna Stew
art, Mrs. Nors d. Mayhew. Professor T.
s. @. Lowe, Mr.. W. III. Honach and Ed