The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-13
Two Excursion Trains and Both
Were Filled to Over.
flowing.
CONCESSION OF THE RAILWAY co,
Mountain Band on Hand, Led by DR..
George Towle, the Lumber
Magnate.

TRUCKER, CAL, Jan. 12.-Fully 1000
people witnessed the sights OF the ice car
nival to-day.
Excursion train arrived from all direc-
tons, each bringing from seventy-fve to
800 people, eager to see the promised at
fractions.
The first excursion arrived at 6:30 this
morning attached to the eastbound over
land train. Among the prominent people
in this party were Sam Miller, gen
eral tourist passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific; Master Mechanic
Small of Sacramento; Assistant Division
superintendent Jones, Passenger Agent
McCord, j. P. Meehan and wife, J. H.
Scott ana wife, J. S. Speer and wife, C. S.
Benedict and wife, Mr.. McMurray, ]. L.
Hawks, W. II. Mention, G. w. Lippinger,
S. H. Daniels, A. B. Moulder, w. B.
Winford, NJ. a. Newell, T. NJ
Pencil, Edith Bass, Mrs. Abby Jennings,
Mrs. S. A. Judson, Pearl Judson, Bert
Benedict, II. D. Hawkes., G. NJ. Wilde, H
H. Taylor and S. II. Taylor. all of San
Francisco.
There were four Pullman carloads of
them, and they came from San francisco.
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large number were from the southern part
of the State.
At / o'clock second excursion party
arrived, and this special train was com.
posed of five local coaches, comfortably
filed with people. BY actual count 269
persons were aboard, and not few were
from Grass Valley, Nevada City, Colfax
and Marysville.
To add to the life of this party Towle's
band, composed of twenty-five pieces, ac-
companied them, and as the train pulled
into the station the band struck up the
National air of Columbia"
This band Is led by George Towle, the
lumber magnate, and is composed of men
in his own employ. To their credit it
must be said that their music was superior
to that of most mountain bands. Fifty
people accompanied the band from Towles.
Among those who came on this train
We're; George Towle and wife; Al Smith.
manager OF Towle's store, accompanied by
family; II. c. Kinney and wife, Joseph
Smart, Frank Ketchum, all of Towles; Don
Cottrell. an attorney from Grass Valley;
William Bray. Thomas Rogers George
Murphy, II. G. Callahan, also of Grass Val
ley; DR.. Hanna, Walter Stokes, J. B. Joost
and number of others from Sacramento.
The Truckee Band was at the station tc
meet the trains and it seemed as though
all Truckee turned out to greet the stran-
gers.
Many extra sleighs were called into
requisition for the accommodation of the
visitors and the roads were excellent for
this amusement.
There were at least 200 people among the
crowd to-day who had never seen snow be-
fore, and the way they pelted each other
with snowballs and reveled in it was good
evidence of their delight.
The time passed much too quickly for
these people. At 8 o'clock the footing of
horns and jingle of sleigh bells attracted
the attention of the people TO long line
of sleighs coming down the Boca road.
This proved to be John Mcdonald, and
almost the whole population of that small
but prosperous place.
They drove into town, their sleighs
gaYly decorated in carnival colors and
carrying banners with such inscriptions as:
mo bubbles in our ice" "Our ice is
clean" and other similar ones
They resembled a Fourth of July parade
as they marched and countermarched
through town. In all about one hundred
came with this party.
Information leaked out to-day that the
coupons would not be sold with railroad
excursion tickets hereafter, and that as a
consequence the railroad company would
make much greater reduction in the
rates of travel to the Carnival.
This will allow people the privilege of
seeing the Carnival without being com
PEELED to pay the cost of seeing the entire
list of attractions.
Applications still come to the manage
ment asking them to set apart special
days. The volunteer fremen will prob
ably be granted day in the near future.
The Native Sons will celebrate on the
18th inst. and the Knights of Pythias on
Friday, January II. Fireworks and illumi-
nations on the rocking-stone tower is the
chief feature of to-night's enterta inment.