The herald., 1896-06-09
SANTA PE SYSTEM OFFICES
are Open for Business This Morsing in
the Wilcox Block
The Southern California Railway Has Hand.
some. Commodlous and Central Home.
And There Are Others

Commencing with this morning. City
Ticket Agent T.. w. MCGEE of the South
ern California railway, Santa Fe sys-
TEN, and his wide awake clerks will wait
and beam upon travelling public from
over the massive counters of the COM
pany's new offices, corner of Second and
Spring streets. The old place on North
Spring is deserted. Last night the books,
papers, cases and other office belongings
were moved to the new quarters and
duly installed and this morning the new
Southern California railway city office,
besides being pretty as q nest Of spot
ted pups, is thoroughly and completely
equipped for business.
1t is perhaps only in keeping with q
harmonial spirit that the leading local
railroad, allied with transcontinental
system. should have leadingly hand
some, commodious and central home,
and the Southern California has that
very thing. The office itself is in Mitchell
& Mitchell's architectural creation. the
Wilcox block. Some one has described
excellent architecture as frozen music.
and the building in it's symmetrical pro-
portions its quiet dignity and its beauty
merits the use of the term, extraVagant
as it perhaps seems. The corner room
is large, light, high and airy and into
this the railroad company has had con-
structed q splendid series of massive
fittings consisting of counters, private
offices, lounges and divisions, the woods
used being Oregon pine, white cedar and
cherry. Two sides of the office are prac-
tically all of glass and on this the sign
painter has done most effective work in
gold. silver and colors, on one window
showing a map of Southern California
from Los Angeles and the San Bernar-
dino mountains to line south of San
Diego, and on another depicting with
rare skill a world showing map OF the
United States and surmounting 1t the
figure Of lion. There is, of course, also
an amount of lettering.
1t is as handsome a railroad office as
will be found anywhere west of Chicago.
Its occupants are E. w. McGee. city
ticket agent, and his force of clerks;
Ed Chambers, assistant general freight
agent; H. F. NOrcroSs. agent for the
Hotel Coronado, and ]. B. Alexander.
agent for the Spreckels Bros CONNER
cial company.
On the Second street side of the Will
cox building and on the ground floor.
all in finely furnished and comfortably
fitted up offices, are the Postal Tele-
graph company and Commercial Gable
company; the Pacific coast agency for
the Grand Trunk system; the Los An
geles and Redondo railway, l.. T. Garn-
sey, president; the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company, w. Paris, agent; the
Northwestern Railway company, w.
d. Campbell, agent, and the Oceanic
Steamship company, of which H. B.
Rice is agent.
The north side of the block on the
ground floor is practically given over to
the representatives agents and en-
ployes of transportation and transmits
sion companies.
BURLINGTON EXCURSION.
The following passengers arrived in
Los Angeles from the east yesterday
afternoon by the Burlington route. per-
sonally conducted excursion in charge
of J. A. Lawrence: Laura Ryder, Jessie
Beach, Tina Hill. Ella Herbold, Dora
THESE, Chicago; Mary A. Derby, Mary
B. Derby, Mrs, ]. McCash, Burlington.
Iowa; A. Lenahan and daughter. Phil
adelphia; Minnie Raecker Aug. Raecker,
Corning, Iowa; Mrs j. Price, Mary E.
Coyne and family, S. V. Shetzline, c. B.
Harrison, Mrs. T. A. Hesler, Chicago;
NJ. G. Stokesberry. Omaha; ]. L. Drake
and wife, Beatrice. Neb.; Mrs. E. B.
Gaze. Hastings, Neb.; A. Miller and
wife Omaha