The herald., 1897-04-10
Arrived Yesterday at the
Arcade Depot
LEADING EASTERN OFFICERS
WILL MEET NEXT WEEK AT THE
HOTEL DEL MONTE
The First Excursion of the Kind
Planned by the Southern Pa
cific Company


special train of five Pullmans rolled into
the Arcade depot. 1t brought large
number of Southern Pacific traffic Off
cials, who are en- route to the meeting
to be held next week in Monterey at the
Hotel Del Monte. The railroad men were
in the best of spirits and delighted with
what they had 30 far seen of Southern
California. The special train was
boarded at New Orleans last Monday
night and the party reached Redlands
late on Thursday, where it was met by
a number of San Francisco and local
railroad officials, who rendered the Wis
itors hearty welcome to the Golden
state.
They were driven around Redlands
early yesterday morning, and then,
boarding the special, were whirled into
Riverside There they were again
shown the sights and driven down Mag
nolia avenue. Pasadena was reached
about noon, and through the courtesy
of the Hotel Green management, which
provided carriages the officials were
driven through the city and shown its
various dltIdCilOHS w iil4C tHC NlSAtOl .
were away from their train. it was en-
tered by delegation of Pasadena ladies.
who gracefully decorated all the coaches
with bright-colored flowers. The rear
Pullman. occupied by Edmund Hawley,
assistant general traffic manager of the
Southern Pacific and president OF the
Minneapolis and St. Louis railway, re-
ceived especial attention. The table In
the salon was gracefully trimmed with
brilliant blossoms, having the word
Pasadena" outlined in its center with
carnations.
Just before the train pulled out from
Pasadena General Western Agent Nei-
myer of Chicago was presented with a
beautiful orange wood souvenir, depict
ing "de push" The presentation took
place in the rotunda of Hotel Green and
was accompanied by happy speech by
General Agent G. William Fletcher. A
stop of fifteen minutes was made al the
Arcade depot, where the travellers were
received by the local officials At 3:45
o'clock the party, accompanied by AS
sistant General Passenger and Freight
Agent Shepherd and Assistant Division
Superintendent y. E. Prior of this city,
pulled out of the depot and headed for
San Pedro.
AT 4:20 pm. at this place the officials
We're taken up on the bluffs ? shown
the location of both the inr C. Id outer
harbors, and the coming government
improvement was fully explained to them.
For half an hour the harbor and its ad-
vantages were thoroughly examined and
then the train was taken again and the
party whirled off to Santa -onica and
the long wharf at Port Los = ng lies.
The traffic officials will remain all
night at Santa Monica and this morn
ing will return to Los Angeles and
spend the time until noon in visiting the
different points of interest in the city;
then they will start for Santa Barbara
and remain there over night. Tomorrow
will be devoted to an inspection of the
San Joaquin valley and on Monday
morning Monterey will be reached, and
the objective point of their long journey
the Hotel del Monte.
General Freight Agent c. F. Smurr
of San Francisco, who met the party on
its arrival at Redlands, expressed him
self as more than pleased at the sue
cess of the excursion anG the enjoyn7 =.
and information each of it's menD.
received.
This is the first time the company
ever planned a move like this" said he,
land the result will show the isdom
of the officials who outlined it. We have
many agents all over the east who,
while furthering our interests and get
ting business for the company have
never seen California and know of its
advantages and attractions only from
printed matter and hearsay. The COM
pany decided that its representatives
could work more intelligently and sue
ce essfully If they had seen the attractions
of California and personally reveled in
its sunshine and among its flowers, SO
they decided to bring out their agents
and put them in touch with the advant
ages of soil and climate which the state
possesses. The effort will undoubtedly
be successful and the result of great
benefit both to the company and the
state. The officials will remain in ses-
sion at the Hotel del Monte for several
days, after which they will go to San
Francisco and then be shown the north
ern part of the state by trip over the
Shasta route and adjacent branches"
The personnel of the party arriving
assistant traffic manager, New York.
J.. H. Nutting, eastern passenger agent.
New York; L. j. Spence, eastern freigli.
agent, New York; E. E. Currier, New
England agent, Boston; r. j. Smith,
agent, Philadelphia; r. Falck, general
European agent Hamburg; W. C. Nei-
myer, general western agent, Chicago;
G. G. Herring, commercial agent, Pitts
burg; W. H. Connor, commercial agent.
Cincinnati; V. b. Primm, commercial
agent, st. Louis; r. D. Williams, passen-
ger department, Chicago; j. II Harmon,
contracting agent, Chicago; H. W. Ma
than, commercial agent, Atlanta, Ga:
w. r. Pagan, travelling passenger agent
Atlanta, Ga; r. o. Bean, travelling pas
senger agent, Nashville, Tenn; L. e
Townsley, travelling freight agent, Nash
vile, Tenn; A. Z. Woodell travelling
freight agent. Danville, Va; H. A. Jones,
general freight agent, Houston, Tex.
L. j. Parks, assistant passenger agen!
Houston, Tex; G. B. Robbins, general
passenger agent. Fl. & T. C. R'y, Hous-
ton, Tex; w. j. Craig, general freight
agent N. Y. II. e. NJ. Ry, Victoria, Tex:
G. Fahey, commercial agent San An
tonic. Tex; H. c. Reese, commercial
agent, Houston. Tex; j. r. Christian.
agent. Galveston, Tex; r
d. Berry, assistant general freight agent,
Dallas, Tex; P. A. Miller commercial
agent, Fortworth, Tex; j. G. Meyer
commercial agent, Waco; T. Z.
Hunt, commercial agent, El Paso Tex;