The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
Welcomed By Mayor Robinson in
Morning.
Visited Old Orchard and
Other Resorts.
Reception at the Falmouth in
the Evening.

The weather conditions Thursday could |
scarcely have been improved upon even
II the Western railroad conductors had |
been consulted and under these happy |
| auspices the conductors at O'Clock were |
taken in electric cars to the Preble house, |
where breakfast was served in the best
style, under the supervision Of MIR. Thorn
as of the hotel.
After breakfast the members OF the par
ty enjoyed themselves informally and at
o. 80 all repaired to the City building. |
They were shown to the Common Council |
chamber, where they were received by |
Mayor Robinson, Chairman Dow of the
Aldermen, and President Brown of the |
Common Council. |
Col. f. e. Boothby, PRESIDENT of the
Board of Trade, who has general charge
of the entertainment Of the visitors, in
| troduced Mayor Robinson in very pleas
ant and happy manner.
Mayor Robinson addressed the party as
follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen-With sincere
| pleasure l tender you the cordial greet
ings of our citizens, and on their behalf
extend to you hearty welcome to Port
Land.
| Your visit to our fair city is at time
when she is but just DOMINIC her sum-
mer mantle, and everything Is as yet Sin
mist of green, and nothing perfect"
We hope nevertheless that your brief
stay within the influence of her great
beauty will noS fail to leave pleasant
memories of her wonderful attractive
ness. Indeed, the confession must be
made that 1T has remained for the strapg-
er within our gates to quicken our own
appreciation of her charms, aud to teach
| us how to set true value upon her worth.
Every year our guests In growing num-
bers return to find in the cool retreats
bamong our pines and hemlocfs, or on
the bold headlauds of our rocky shores,
the restful enjoyment that gives Vigor
and tone to mind and body.
| We are glad Of the opportunity to meet
with the representative of an association
into the hands Of whose members we SO
| frequently and trustfully confide our
| very lives Portland's relations with rail
road enterprises date back many years,
the clatter of the iron steed's heavy shoes
has long been q familiar sound In our
midst and the railway conductor always
held in the highest regard by this COM
munity He needs no ticket upon which
to travel into our esteem, for he already
holds, a. of right a perpetual pass over
that line.
Ladies' and gentlemen, we wish you a
pleasant visit and a safe return to your
homes.
Mr.. William Fitzpatrick, chief of Chi
cago Division, No. /, o. r. c., spoke |
briefly in response to the Mayors words |
of welcome. He said his party highly |
appreciated all the courtesies that had |
been shown them. He said they repre- |
sented the little states of Ohio, Wisconsin, |
Iowa and Minnesota, and that they were
on tour Of education. Many of the |
party had never been East before. They |
had done nearly all their work on the |
level prairies and they didn't know |
much about the mountains. lakes and |
oceans of the East. They had enjoyed |
every moment of their trip SO far and ex-
pected to enjoy the rest of it just as much. |
He spoke of the objects for which the |
Order of Railway Conductors exists and |
said the railway conductor of today is |
far in advance Of the railway conductor |
of 40 years ago.
Chairman Dow and President Brown |
also spoke briefly, extending further well
come to the visitors.
Col. Boothby then called forward Chief
Goss of the St. Paul police. and intro
duced him to Marshal Sylvester, which !
was the occasion of some joking remarks
about the necessity of muzzling the |
local police SO that the visitors would not !
get into trouble while in Portland.
Hon. A. W. Sims, Mayor of Savannah, !
ILL.,, member of the party, was called |
for and said few words.
The meeting soon after broke up and |
after Handwriting all round the members |
left for the head of Preble street, to take
tho cars for Riyerton. They made a short
stay at Riverton and were then taken to |
Fort Allen park, returning to the Fal-
mouth hotel for dinner.
In the afternoon they were taken in |
electric cars to the Union Station and
then left for trip to Old Orchard. Ar
irving there they strolled on the beach |
and the proprietor of the Hotel Velvet
kindly placed his hou. q; the disposal
of the party who climbed to the roof to
get q view of the ocean. just before the
train started bushel or more of cele- |
brated velvet kisses were sent to the train |
and proved to be a genuine treat. A quick |
run was made to Portland on the Bos- |
ton & Maine, and on arrival. through the
courtesy of Manager Newman, electric |
cars were IN waiting to take the party to
Monument square where they proceeded
to the Cape Cottage grounds and inspe ct.
ed the theatre and casino. supper was |
served at the Preble house and at s |
o'clock reception to the visiting conduc-
tors was given at the Preble by the Ia
dies auxiliary of Pine Gone Division,
No 81. o. h. c. The reception commit
tee WAS Madams f. S. Ring. u. X. Flick |
EFT, NJ. L. Jack man, G. E. Quint II. G.
True and w. S. Edgerly.
Among the invited guests besides the