The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08

dier and County Judge. Inc capacity
of the Valley road will be more than
doubly taxed, notwithstanding that it is
to send in a train OF twelve passenger
coaches and ten or more stockcars tenn
porarily equipped for passenger traffic. at
the last minute the Southern Pacific has
come forward with q desire TO be gra-
cious, and will probably grant special
rate and send special train from Fresno.
Visala is en- iete already, with pecu-
liarly blissful spirit OF old-time hospi-
tality. Among the festOons which spread
across the street in great numbers are
banners bearing such devices as the fol-
lowing: Have a good time while you
live, Tor when you are dead you will be
dead long time and He who rises late
must trot all d ay."
Decorators have been at work all day
on the business houses of the city, and
some of them have continued their labors
well into the night. BY tomorrow night
the decorations will almost bury the
store fronts.
Farmers will flow in from all directions
on Thursday Hundreds of them will be
obliged to come in by wagon, because of
the impossibility of getting railroad ac-
mmodatIons. Word was sent to the
people of Dinuba to-day by the chairman
of the committee of arrangements that
they would have 10 come In private con-
veyances, because every one whom the
Valley road carried from Dinuba would
shut out one of the proposed visitors from
Fresno or Stockton. At the present out
look Fresno and the One Hundred Thou-
sand Club of that city will send between
300 and 400 citizens, exclusive of the COM
panies OF the National Guard.
Companies c and of the latter under
Colonel Wright and staff and General
Muller and staff will take part in the
parade. PertervilIe will also send a large
crowd, its citizens having associated with
those of Fresno in the original efforts to
secure the alley road connections. Han
ford will return by goodly delegation
the compliment Visalia paid Hapford
when that town celebrated. Six trains
will be run in each direction from Tulare
during the day. People Of Exeter Farm
ersville, Oroso, Reedley and other maller
towns through which the railroad has
already passed, but which deferred their
iubilations in order to consolidate and
nave bigger one with the Visalia people,
will be in by carriage and otherwise in
heavy numbers. Delano will be strongly
represented, and Bakersfield, anticipating ng
the day when she too will want to cele-
brate over the Valley road proposition.
will be so fraternai as to send in part of
her militia.
According to calculations of the com.
mittee, the train from Fresno will arrive
early in the forenoon. Among its pas
sengers will be the following officers of
the Valley Railway; Vice President
Robert Wait, Second Vice President A.
II. Payson, Directors john d. Spreckels,
J. A. Hooper and Charles Hol brook, Trus-
tees White and Baldwin, Secretary
Mackie, Traffic Manager Moss and Chief
En- gineer Storey, all of whom will come
from San Francisco. The barbecue will
be held at IL 80 o'clock, and in the late
afternoon Hon. w. H. Alvord will deliver
the address of the day. Addresses are
expected from some of the officers OF
the road also.
Visalia claims to have the best barbecue
beef-roaster in the State. His Fourth of
July beef is already famous through tn is
section of the State. The beef he is to
hang over the fire has been fattening in
private for some time.
Following is the com plete program me
for the celebration on the 9Th:
MORNING.
9:3O-Arrival OF first passenger train on Val
ley road and firing of salute.
10-Grand parade.
IL S0-Barbecue.
AFTERNOON
Baseball match game between Fresno aud
Visalia teams.
3-Bicycle races
5-Dress parade of the different companies
OF the Sixth regiment In attendance.
EVENING.
7-Illumlnated bicycle parade. Concert by
Hanford and Tulere brass bands.
S-Oration by Hon. W. III. Afford and ad-
dress by Judge Nye of Oakland.
S:30-Music-
S:45-Respopse to Grafton by Valley Rail-
road authorities and Judge Stephen q. Nye of
Oakland.
9:30-BalL
On Thursday morning Superintendent
OF Construction Williams will give up the
line from Hanford, and the operating de-
partment will take charge of it. A regular
time-card and schedule will then be put
into effect, full passenger service Begin
ming on Friday. Unless the operating de-
partment changes its plans, the big So ton
engine No. will haul the first train, with
Engineer ". E. Gardner in the cab and
Fireman F. w. Johnston assisting him.
Gardner was one of the best engineers OF
the Wabash line in the East. and has been
for twenty-eikht years in the profession.
He has been working twenty and twenty
two hours day during the rush of con-
struction to Visalia. and richly deserves
the honor of running the initial train to
this point.