The record-union., 1896-05-21
AN ELECTRICAL EXCURSION.
Business Mems Visit to the Folsom
Works.
Examining Into Water Power and
Electrical Transmission-AM Most
Successful Outing.

On the 10Th inst the Sacramento
Electric Power and Light Company and
the General Electric Company of the
State OF New York issued invitations
to a number of citizens more or less in
terested in industrial enterprises. to ac-
company representative of the two
companies on an excursion of eXamina-
tion of the works and property of the
Sacramento Electric Power and Light
Company.
The suggestion of the excursion was
made by DR.. Thomas Addison, Pacific
Coast manager of the General Electric
Company, and was at once taken up
and acted upon by Messrs. Gallatin ana
the brothers Livermore, and the result
was that the excursion was had yester-
day. The citizens who accompanied the
hosts to the great dam at Folsom were
in every sense of the word guests, since
their hosts took entire charge Of them,
and gave such attention to their COM
fort and to giving them accurate ana
exhaustive information, that surely no
one of them could have the slightest
cause to complain of inability to as
certain all the details about the works
at Folsom and here. nor of any lack OF
hospitality
A superb Sunset Limited train of two
coaches and a combination coach LETT
San Francisco at 8 o'clock yesterday
forenoon and swung into the depot at
Sacramento at 11:45 exactly. At IL
noon it pulled out for Folsom, having
taken on the Sacramento guests. The
list of the two groups embraced these
names: c. A Coffin, President of the
General Electric Company; ex-Presl-
dent Barrillos of Guatemala, who mas
large investments in industries; Pedro
Bruni. Manager of General Barrillos
properties; Adolph Meyer, President
of the Champerico Railway Company
of Central America; Florentine Souza,
a capitalist and coffee planter OF Qua
temala; N. p. Tisdell, agent OF the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company for Cen
trail America; Seirio Mine, Japanese
electrician and Special Commissioners
for the Japanese Government to the
United States to investigate the long
distance transmission of electrical en-
ergy; w. H Mills, William Angus, Jo-
seph Brandenstein, John A. Britton
Frank L. Brown, S. c. Bigelow, Pres
ident of the San Francisco Savings and
Loan Society; J. B. Crockett, Presl-
dent of the San Francisco Gas Com
pany; W. S. Goodfellow, Bruce Hay
den, John L. Howard, William +. Z,
Hasson, electrical engineer; c. e.
Hooker, E. C. Jones, William Sanders
President of the Oakland, San Leandrc
and Haywards Railroad; j. A. Light
hipe, engineer for the General Electric
Company; Daniel Meyer, H. w. Meek
q. E. Martin, George A. Moore, Pres
ident of the Pacific Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company; E. B. Pond, ex-Mayor
OF San Francisco; w. F. Perkins, w. +
Rank. James B. Stetson, President OF
the San Joaquin and Valley Railroad
F. w. Van Secklen, Fred P. Fish OF
New York, attorney for the General
Electric Railway Company; r. P
Schwerin, president and General
Manager of the Pacific Mall Steam
ship Company; Captain John L. Wright
T. L. Barker. DR.. Thomas ADDISON
Pacific Manager Of the General Elec-
trio Company; L. P. Drexler, Charles
f.. Lloyd, G. N. Beall, engineer OF the
bakersfield Electric Power Company
J. X. Wilson, President of the Sathel
Banking Company; NJ. II. De Young OF
the San Francisco Chronicle, Z. Z
Bemis, j. S. Hutchinson, A. Carrlgan
William G. Kerckhoff, I. F. Moulton OF
the Bank of California;; r. l.. Llpman
G. F. Richardson, Master OF Transpor-
tation Southern Pacific Company
Thomas B. Bishop, John l. Sabin, Pres
ident of the Bell Telephone Company
Charles A. Hugg of Spreckels Bros, w
II. Chickering, A. c. Balch, W. r.
pierce. ex-Mayor of Oakland; Jame es
Treadwen of the Corral Hollow coal
mine property.
From Sacramento there were Freder-
ick Cox. President California State
Rank. w. E. Gerber, Cashier California
State Bank; Joseph Steffens, President
and George B. KatZenstein, Secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce; c. H
Hubbard, Mayor of Sacramento; j. A
Woodson. V. S. McClatchy, Jabez Tur-
ner, ex-Mayor of Sacramento; j. N
Larkin. E. X Alsip, A. A. Van VOORHEES,
G.. M. Mott, E. c. Rutherford.
The special hosts managing were Al
bert Gallatin, President Sacramento
Electric Light and Power Company; H
P. and Charles E, Livermore of the
same company, Manager Hall and Su-
perintendent Shock of the same com
pany. DR.. Thomas Addison of the Cen
eral Electric Company, and Joshua
Barker. Secretary of the Sacramento
company. At Folsom Warden Charles
Aull Joined the group of hosts and was
a host in more ways than one, contrib
uting by his energy and foresight great
ly to the success of the excursion.
Just before the train pulled out of the
Sacramento depot Mesdames T. B. Hall
0. w. Erlewine and G. B. KatZensteir
appeared with bouquets for all the
guests, bound with orange ribbon, on
which were printed the words, Cham
Der of Commerce, Sacramento" This
attention on the part of the ladies was
thoroughly appreciated and was ac-
knowledged with cordial thanks.
On the way to Folsom dinner was
served in one of the Sunset Limited
coaches and was elaborate and excel
lent Light wines and effervescent
drinks and cigars followed Every