The herald., 1897-03-10

being accomplished in a little less tnan
an hour. AT Long Beach short stop
was made, and then the train proceeded
to the pavilion at Terminal Island.
AT THE PAVILION.
| AT the pavilion the crowd disembark-
| ed, and there was general rush for the
! lunch room, where refreshments were
served. Owing to the crowd it was i'm
possible for all to be served at once, and
! quite a number at once started down the
beach for East San Pedro, where they
could get the ferry and visit San Pedro
Those who possessed a little patience,
| however, remained, and took their turn,
| being served with hot coffee, sand
| wiches, ETC., as fast as they could be
reached. There was no set program for
! the day, the idea being TO permit the
visitors to put in their time as they saw
| fit, but after lunch a large number of the
guests gathered in the assembly room,
when a number of impromptu talks were
made.
| Engineer Harry Hawgood had a large
map of the proposed harbor, which was
stretched on the wall back of the plat
/ form, and that gentleman explained in
| detail the proposed improvements.
Hon. T. E. Gibbon followed in few
| happy remarks, congratula ting the peo-
/ pie on the grand results obtained. He
| paid high tribute to Senators White
and Perkins, as well as the other Cali
/ fornia representatives in congress who
had labored so faithfully for the success
| of the deep sea harbor at San Pedro, not
forgetting Secretary Willard of the
chamber of commerce, Colonel H. G.
| Otis and others who had so ably assisted
in making the fight
Short talks in the same line were made
! by w. c. Patterson and w. d. Wool
wine, after which Hon. John F. Francis
spoke briefly, stating that in the genera
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Gibbon and Willard, who had done more
perhaps than even our honored sena-
| tors and representatives should not be
! forgotten.
The following telegram from Presi-
cent George B. Leighton. president of
the Terminal Railway company, was
| then read, being received with applause:
st. Louis, March 9th.
S. B. Hynes, General Manager Termi-
nal Railway, East San Pedro: | regret
l cannot join you My kindest regards
to all and best wishes for pleasant day
Friends in trial should be closer friends
in peace. GEORGE B. LEIGHTON.
Calls were then made for ex-Mayor
| w. H. Workman, and that gentleman
! took the stand and said that at this
time, when we were about to see the
| hopes of years realized, we should not
| forget the men who first iraugurated
this great work. He paid high tribute
/ to Hon. S o. Houghton, who secured the
first appropriation for San Pedro har-
Dor when ne represented this district in
congress, and also to General Phineas
Banning, to whose enterprise in the
early days we owed so much. Mr.. Work
man said that the success of the harbor
would insure another transcontinental
line. and said that the early advent of
the Salt Lake railroad was now assured
When asked when he looked for this
road, he answered that il would be here
some time in 1897.
Calls were made for Judge Houghton
and Mr.. Hynes, but neither gentleman
responded. and Mr.. Hill of Pasadena. in
recognition Of the courtesy extended
that city, proposed three cheers for Hon.
7. e. Gibbon. the Terminal railway and
San Pedro harbor.
Mr.. Gibbon was then called for to give
his views as to the prospects of the Salt
Lake railroad. and stated that while he
did not pose ae prophet. or the son Of n
prophet. he would say that in his opin
ion 1t was a matter of the very near fu-
ture. The question was one which should
be agitated at once by the business men
of Los Angeles and Southern California.
The Lord helps those who holp them
selves, and he thought the railroad
might be expedited by the same means
which had made the harbor a succers.
AT EAST SAN PEDRO.
This closed the exercises in the pavil-
ion and at 1870 o'clock the train backed
up to the station and the visitors were
taken to East San Pedro. Here the sar-
dine factory was inspected and the rail-
road improvements looked over, every
courtesy being extended by the Termi-
| nal people. In the meantime the steam
| launch and row boats were busy bring