The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-07
SHOWING THEM THE SIGHTS
dlyeu q Ride Around the the Bay on the
Belt Railroad
And Taken Out to See Chula Vista and the
Sweetwater Dam
San Franchises Claims: They Thst Have Vlr-
tuaIly Secured the Prize Laughed
at-No Decision Has as
Yet Been Reached
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6.-San Diegans are
in high feather over the prospect OF
being placed in direct connection with
the Orient by steamship. Their asplra-
tions in this directions are not without
hope, for there IL good reason to believe
that the representatives of the Japanese
navigation company looking for terminal
facilities on this coast will declare in
favor of this port.
There is absolutely nothing in the
report telegraphed from San Francisco
last night that it has been practically
decided that San Francisco will be the
landing place of the steamers of the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha. The representatives
of that corporation laugh at the state
ments in the San Francisco dispatch
and say they are absurd. Mr.. Butler,
who is chaperoning the steamship mag
mates, says the statement that President
Asano has delegated Mr. Curtis of the
Traffic association as his confidential
agent to negotiate with Mr.. Stubbs of
the Southern Pacific and act In the mat
ter of selecting San Francisco as the
port for the steamers is ridiculous. Mr..
ASdnO would not QeleSdle Sucfl powers
to any man as he acts for himself in all
such matters.
Don't you worry about San Diego get
ting left" said Mr.. Butler to The Her.
aid correspondent this morning. 1T
would be more near the truth to say that
the question has been settled in favor
of San Diego than San Francisco, al
though as matter of fact, the final
decision has not yet been made. 1t is
nevertheless fact that Mr.. Asano is
very favorably impressed with South
ern California. His remarks at the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
tion in Los Angeles last night show that
he thoroughly appreciates the advan-
tages that would accrue from having a
port in this section. During our entire
trip he has not expressed himself so
freely as he did last evening, and feel
assured that after he sees San Diego
harbor his mind will be pretty nearly
made UP. The people of this section
have no cause for alarm"
The train bearing the magnates,
which left Los Angeles at 9:O5 am,
arrived here at 1:3O pm. The run down
was most pleasant and the tourists great
ly admired the fertile country which
the surf line of the Santa Fe traverses.
The party consisted besides Messrs.
Asano, Tomloka and Ottawa of Toxic,
Japan, of j. r. Morse of Yokohama, Mr..
and Mrs. A. II. Butler of Sausalito,
Mayor RAIDER Maj. Klokke General For
man, ]. r. Newberry, s. b. Lewis, w.
r. Dinmore, f. o. Wyman, II. F. Voll-
mer, Frank Simpson "A H. Cargill of
Los Angeles; Frank Scovill of South
Riverside, II. c. Bush, assistant gem
eral and freight and passenger agent of
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad; e.
Chambers, assistant general freight
agent of the Southern California, and
the San Diego reception committee con-
sisting of Messrs. Philip Morse, c. HI.
Ballou. ]. f. O'Brien r. Fl. Young, Capt.
c. II. Hinde and Collector of Port John
c. Fisher.
Another reception committee, consist |
ing of Irving b. Dudley, A. e. Mutt, DR..
f. V. Van Norman and George W. Mas |
ton, was at the San Diego depot to well |
come the visitors, who were taken in car
riages to Hotel Del Coronado, where
luncheon was served.
During the afternoon the party were |
taken by special train over the Coronado |
belt railroad to Chulu Vista and the |
Sweetwater valley, so as to give the vis-
1tors an opportunity to see the wonder |
ful development made by means of irri- |
cation.
An informal reception at the Coronado |
In the evening completed the DAYS pro- !
gram. In the morning the visitors will |
be taken on trip around the bay.
The Union. in an editorial this morn |
ing, expressed doubt as to the sincerity
of Los Angeles in assisting San Diego to !
get the steamship line, but this feeling
is not shared by the citizens. President
Morse of the chamber of commerce
Capt. Hinde, manager of the Spreckels
interests, Collector of Port Fisher and
others deprecate the publication of the
article.
1t is generally conceded that Los An
geles will profit more by the landing of
the steamers here than San Diego, and II
is, therefore, not apparent where cause
for jealousy comes in.