Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-09-27

Iry. We DOugnt rev souvenirs anu
left at 10 p. m. reaching Ogden at II
O'Clock.
Here we switched over 70 the
track of the Southern Pacific Railroad
and at - O'Clock were on the cele-
brated Lucin Cut OFF (the great fall
and trestIe over the great Salt Lake.
1t is forty miles long and saves about
100 miles of travel around the lake
Ours was the second passenger train
ever allowed to 90 over it. We reach
ed Terrace about a. m. for break
fast; Carlin at about o'clock for din
ner and Humboldt at p. N. for sup
per- We arrived at Oakland at a.
m. on September and were in San
Francisco by 8 O'Clock for breakfast.
Here we spent the 3, 4, 5, 9, z. s,
and 8, the Conclave week. On the day
of our arrival we went over and up TO
the top of Mount Tamalvpais, %, 900
feet high, and the railroad is S15 miles
long, which makes the ascent. The
coaches are drawn by bevel-geared
locomotive. 1t certainly winds and
twists about in most extraordinary
manner and from some points looks
very dangerous, though l suppose il is
not so, in fact. The thermometer on
the summit was 30 degrees and very
hot. Returning to San Francisco
while on the ferry we encountered a
very dense fog and the thermometer
was 45 degrees, drop of 80 degrees in
one hour and a-half. With this ex-
ceptiOn the weather was vely warm
during our entire stay there, being
| 9S degrees on Tuesday, 105 dergees ON
Wednesday, l02 degrees ON Thursday
After luncheon ON Sunday we took
a trolley and went to Golden Gate
Park, where we walked about for
quite a while, and heard the band
play Wagnerian music Monday we
went to the Cliff House and saw the
seals and also visited Sutro's baths
and park. The latter shows the need
of care taking That night we went
| through Chinatown and visited Mr..
Sing Fats store. Tuesday was the
| day of the Templar parade, so we did
nothing else that day. Wednesday
| afternoon we took an automobile ride
| through the Presidio along the beach
drive and the boulevard beyond the
Golden Gate, returning after dark
down Market street to see the effects
of the illuminations These were GER
tainly magnificent and exceeded any
thing in that line l have ever seen.
Over Market street, at the Palace
Hotel. was suspended an enormous
bell, made of steel. pendant from the
| lip of which were twelve Templar
emblems in colored lights ON shields.
| This bell etc. weighed thirty tons.
| So you may form some idea of its
size. Its diameter was as great as
| the width of the steel frame from
curb to curb Beside this nearly every
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| tifully illuminated In addition to
which the entire street, for distance
| of about four miles, was lighted with
garlands of electric lamps carried on
/ poles both parallel with the line of
| the street and then ercsswise.
"We were impressed with the pecu-
liarities of the streets and their
grading. They are very steep and in
many instances the sidewalk is made
of corrugated granite that one may
| have foothold ascending and descend
| ing the incline. We were somewhat
disappointed in the PresidiO, it so
much showed the lack of water A
small part of il where the quarters
are was presentable, though the
houses are all wooden, but the rest
of it looked like it needed the SER
| vices of caretakers. Perhaps this inn
preston came from our involuntarily
contrasting it with our Naval Acad-
emy, which, under normal conditions,
always looks so very well kept. But
| the foaming of the surf of the peace
| full Pacific made welcome music in
our tidewater ears. Thursday was a
sort of loafing day for most of the
men and a shopping day for many of
| the ladies of our party. Friday we
went to Palo Alto (meaning high
tree) to see the Leland Stanford Uni
versity and were more than repaid for
hot and dirty ride. 1t is about
| thirty miles south of San Francisco.
built in the centre of a reservation of
about .. 600 acres. A reproduction of
the Arch de Triumph at Paris forms
one side of the quadrangle. The
| library and reception rooms form two
other sides and q memorial chapel,
| the masterpiece of the University
buildings, forms the fourth This
chapel is memorial not only to Le-
land Stamford, Jr., but also to his
parents and grandparents for several
generations back. 1t is, undoubtedly,
| the most beautiful building l ever
saw, not only in exterior proportions,
| but also in interior finish and decora-
tion, and we we're told that it is
recognized as only being exceeded in
beauty by tho Cathedral at Cologn.
| OF course our evenings while in San
Francisco we're taken up by going to
| the reception of the various comman-
deries and other Templar functions.
"We again boarded our train about
| 10 O'Clock Friday night and when we
woke up Saturday morning we were
at Santa Cruz, where we saw some of
| the big trees-redwoOds, though not
the largest in the state, still we saw
one 81 feet in diameter and 306 feet
tall. Here we had breakfast right in
| this groveof trees. Leaving there we
reached Del Monte in time for lunch
con and then took carriages for a II
mile drive through Monterey and
along the ocean beach, seeing innum-
erable seals, gulls, ducks, ETC., as we
drove along After dinner at Hotel
Del Monte we returned to our train
aud arrived at Santa Barbara on Sun
day, September IL, where we had
breakfast, luncheon and dinner at the
Hotel Potter Here we noticed a
geranium hedge about eight feet tall,
and also saw Norfolk pines. 75 to so
feet high. In the afternoon we visit
ed the old Mission of Santa Barbara,
which is kept in good repair and
where the franciscan Fathers have
never ceased to administer the rites of
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