The herald., 1896-02-16
OPENED AHEAD OF TIME
Redondo Beach Is Ready for the Seasons S
Work
The Two Railroads Ran Special Trains for
the Accommodation of the City
Peopie--The Successful Hior

The Redondo hotel, spck, span and
FURNISHED up to date, open for the season
under entirely new management last even
ing. The new men at the helm of this
seaside hotel are F. j. and Il. NJ. Crank,
both favorably known at Los Angeles. The
former was formerly popular boniface at
Ventura, and the new regime was
formally ushered into existence, with
hop. The ball room of the Re-
dondo hotel has seldom looked
prettier than it did last night between the
hours of . o'clock aud midnight. Both the
Redondo narrow guage and the Santa Fe
ran special trains 10 The scene of festivities
and were crowded by people we'll known
in social way in this city.
The opening of the season in this year a
bit earlier than it has ever been before in
the life of the hostelry, which, coupled
with the fact that the salt air is as yet II
trifle fresh. is responsible for the attend
ance not having been larger.
1t was gay aud jolly crowd which
tripped to the pleasant strains of Willey's
orchestra, for nearly four hours, and it en-
joyel itself TO the utmost.
The floor committee consisted of Harry
B. Ainswortb, William M. Garland. Shirley
V. Martin, w. L. Valentine. Clarence A.
Miller, William II. Staats. wilt Norris.
Refreshments we're served at half past
ten in the ladies ordinary, after which
dancing was resumed and continued until
midnight. The special train left the beach
for Los Angeles at :l5.
Among those present we're: John Board
man ir. and wife. New York; Mrs. ii. &.
Utley, Thos. u. Robertson and wife, Gill
bert Woodruff and wife, Brooklyn, y;
Col John {. Wheeler and wife. New
York; William Pridham and wife, Los
Angeles; Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Kendall,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Obrg, Brooklyn,
n. y; Mrs. G. G. Harding. Boston;
Mrs. W. +. Merrill. Miss Wright. Brooklyn,
Miss Buvie. Hartford, Conn; Il. n. With.
nell and wife, Omaha: Milton Carlson and
Miss Della Hoppn, Los Angeles; John
Harpse and wife, and L. Mcdonald and
wife, San Francisco; Edmond Eichhorn
and wife, indianapolis; b. L. Peel. Alham-
bra; j. d. Houch. San Francisco; {. W. Burk,
Victoria. ILL.,. w. o. Mehl, Los Angeles;
]. F. Wiley and wife, Herr Thomas, John
Moore, Z. G.. Biicke, Los Angeles Mrs. L.
p. Ripley, Miss Ripley, wife and daughter
of E. P. Ripley, president of the Santa re
system, and Miss Huddleston, Chicago; l..
L. Garnsey and wife, Los Angeles; Miss
Payson, New Yors; VIM. Garland. c.
A. Miller, Morris Albee and wife, Los
Angeles; Shirley Vance Martin, Mrs. Shir-
ley V. Martin, Chicago; Byron Erken-
brecker, Cincinnati; Mrs. Stone, DR.. and
Mrs. W. S. Harvey, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Brant, Los Angeles; G. M. Hambright,
Racine, Wis; L. Dietz, Philadelphia, Pa;
blanton Duncan, Los Angeles; c. Milliean,
]. T. Milligan, Monrovia; Edward Mes.
serley and Miss Mary Messery. U. W.
Wilson and wife. Los Angeles; Robert A.
Todd, II. C. Kuezwiz. W. H. Esdor
and George Shirley Wright, Los An
geles; H. u. Smith and wife,
". D. Wetmore, James Shultz, Redondo;
Waldo r, Morris, Los Angeles; c. Fl. Bar
low, Moneta; CHI. Elliot and wife, Terre
Haute, Indiana; Mrs. Tom P. Robertson,
Boston: Tom P. Robertson, Canada; J. j.
Martin, Los Angrles; 7. J. Pueman, Mon
treal; Geo. H. Heartt, H. NJ. Cox, kedondo.