Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-04
COAST EXCURSION.
Arrangements Made 10 Sing 10 San
Francisco and Oakland.
LETTER FROM paOF. STEPHENS.
Writes From the Land Of Perpetual
Sunshine aud Flowers -rXpscis
10 BE Home Tonight,

ANthlNlhk Nhhh AhhhJ NE"n 'NNN'''t
especially tbs singers anticipating
The trip 70 Cilliornls, are eager TO
know what success their embassadors
are haviug IN the "lAnd Of iownrt" /
hastily pencil few words. We arrived
here Sunday night about ~ O'clock,
and after a good nighps rest spent
very busy Monday, succeeding in
Masking fairly satisfactory arrange
ments with the railway Cfiiclsh to
carry our party TO Sacramento, Stock
ton, San Jose, and nnally Oakland
aud San Francisco-sll the real points
Of interoAt 10 US 10 northern California
and return.
This very important part accom-.
p'ishej, We called on tue managers Of
al tho leading thesters In the city and
consulted relating 10 hall,, prlceI, etc.
They received US most kindly add Ia
addition 10 their valuable advice,
on red every assislanos ia their power
giving n general, kindly and enthusi.
attlO en- cOuragemont to eur coming n
representatives. Oi the great Mormou
tabernacle choir. IL seems by every.
one We have meta well and fAvofably
known. The choice VI nall lay be.
tween thu Mechsnics' pavilion ami
the Metropolitan Temple. We sx-
smined both thoroughly. The former
Is vast, but shapeless, very unfAvorablc
TO musical effects Of delicate order,
without seats or platform; the latter
Il comparatively small, seating
only about fourteen hundred
people In i.s auditorium, but
Ia NJ cOzoy as thshtef, with
a possibility o, rosorvipg every seat.
A good pipe organ backs It's nsst plat.
form; over the platform. can be built a
special one to seat our chorus, Al small
expense. Here We can 40 our beat
work with organ, plano or strings Ac-
campaigning ana BE- heard perfectly by
every one In the building. We nave
siuce decided upon this hall as the beai
available, aud splendid In all but size,
anu have engaged II for four or six por.
fofmancet, as may later be- determined
upon. Oar next important labor wa
TO select n competent man 10 look after
the local management between now
aud our arrival. We conIultsd the
leading music detlers here, Sherman
4 Clay, where the salo OF seats for the
Temple" takes place. OF the gentle.
men recommended by them a. being
reliable and experienced, We selected a
Mt. Love, whom We found TO have
been eminenlIy successful here with
like enterpritts. Then hotels anu
restaurants had to be Investigated. This
done wo went over 10 OaklAnu
accompanied by Mr.. Love aud there
secured fDo church for one avsning.
We are now negotiating with 5an
jose for either church or v ~. a house,
and will try tho same In Sacramento
for one night. Our San Jose TIL will
oesI US extra. But think II win pay
us 10 visit ii,espoCially from a pleasure
and slghtseeing pOint OF view.
Oar treatment has been most Kind
and enthusiastic. The railway oil.
olals will have special agent come 10
Salt Lake and act as guide that no
point OF interest may escape US. Elder
srowofoii, OF the mission here, called
upon us aud gave us nm Invitation to
spend New Years evening at
social party they were hold.
Ing. I'll regret that my days
walk had 40 worn me out that
u was Nh impotalbility for me TO have
accepted the kind invitation. My
he'd claimed me by this lnte hour we
were through. BY the way, San
Ffanei,co people send tho old year out
aud Eree1 the new year In with all the
tin horn, street racket that little Salt
LAKE lnuulge s In on eleotion night,
New fears' day the Welsh OF Gallon.
MIA hold their elateddfod here, and Mr..
whitney aud myself were waited
upon by Mi. Robert James, chairman