The record-union., 1897-03-10
THE RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS.
They Left Chicago Yesterday for This
Coast.
Will be Entertained in Sacramento
on the Forenoon of
the 14th.

| A dispatch from Chicago states that
at noon yesterday 115 committeeman
selected by the railway postal clerks of
| the eleven divisions of the service in
the United States started for Califor
MIA. They come to attend the conven-
| ton of the United States Railway Mail
| Service Mutual Benefit Association to
| be held in San Francisco commencing
on the 10th and continuing five days.
The trip is expected to be the one LAY
off, of a postal clerks life. Every
member of the party is tied out'' for
the jolliest junket on record.
The Superintendents of three divis-
ions of the railway mail service We're
selected as a committee to arrange all
details, especially that of transporta
ton. The committee is made up of Cap
tain L. Troy, Chicago, of the Sixth:
Robert H. Barclay, ST. Paul of the
| Tenth and Samuel Flint, San Francis
CO. of the Eighth Divisions.
The committee secured the transpor-
tation over the Burlington route to Bill
lings, thence over the Northern Pacific
to Portland then south to Sacramento.
San Francisco and Los Angeles via the
| Southern Pacific From Los Angeles
the Santa Fe will take the clerks 20
| Kansas City, from which point the
Burlington will haul them back to Chi
! cago.
The officers of the association accom-
pany the excursion. They are as fol-
lows: P. p. Waring, New York, Presi-
dent; George w. Young, Chicago, Vice
| President, and E. c. La Grave, Chica-
go, Secretary and Treasurer.
w. A. Somers of the Chicago mail
| service headquarters accompanies the
excursion as official stenographer
After reaching the coast there viii be
numerous side trips to points of inter
est in the State.
The United States Railway Mail Ser
vice Mutual Benefit Association was or
ganized in Illinois on November II.
1880 It's chief object is to provide
benefits in cases of death among it's
members. The association is also used
to agitate desirable legislation in Con-
greSS.
The eXcursionists will reach Sacra-
mento on the morning of the 18th and
viii spend half the day here. They win
be met on their arrival by the local rail
way mail clerks, who will have nice
ing fellow-clerks.
Then the visitors will be escorted to
the State Capitol, where they will
spend an hour or more in looking on at
the proceedings of the Legislature.
From there they will be escorted to
other points of interest in the city, in
cluding the Art Gallery The street
railway company has kindly placed it's
cars at the pleasure of the visitors dur
ing their stay in the city.
and attaches of the Postoffice are in
teresting themselves in making prepar-
ations for entertaining the delegates,
but it is desired and expected that citi-
Zens generally will lend a helping hand
To this end the request is made for
flowers and citrus fruits to be distrib-
uted among the visitors. These men
are coming from regions of billiards.
snow-clad fields and frozen water
courses, and as Sacramento will be
their first halting place in California,
it is desired to impress upon them as
forcibly as possible the fact that Cen
tral California is really the paradise
that its citizens claim it to be-
Here they will see for the first time
fruit trees in full blossom, verdure-c clad
fields of grass and growing grain, and
Git is hoped the genial sunshine SO
often enjoyed even in the tickle month
of March.