The San Francisco call., 1904-11-22
WITH OIL
At MONTEREY
First Cargo From Pipe Line
the Occasion of joyful
Celebration by Citizens

The steamer Rosecrans of the Mat
son Navigation COmpany's fleet was
loaded with $4,000 barrels of crude
oil at Monterey yesterday and will sail
for Honolulu with the first cargo load
ed through the pipe line from the
COalinga field in Fresno County. Last
Saturday evening Monterey held joy
full celebration of the dawn Of a new
era OF shipping and commercial ac-
tivity that the enterprise of the Coal
inga oil Transportation Company has
brought TO the historic town.
The various commercial and social
organizations had prepared a pro-
gramme that will long stand out in
the annals Of Monterey. There was
salute OF fifty guns and a grand recep
ton bE the citizens when the newly
equipped oil steamer arrived Saturday
afternoon. In the evening the Fiji
teenth Infantry band gave a concert
in front Of the Monterey Hotel. In
the hotel was served a banquet, over
which Charles Dickman. the artist,
presided as chef in extraordinary.
The society young ladies' Of Monterey,
marshalec by Miss Evelyn McCor-
mick. the San Francisco artist, acted
as mattresses.
The banquet was a triumph Of
originality. The table. beautifully
decorated with palms and flowers, was
in the shape Of the letter u" General
Quinton, I. :. A (retired), chairman
Of the Monterey Chamber of Com
merce. was seated at the center of
the lower end Of the u as toastmas-
ter. At his right was Captain Will
lian Matson. president of the Matson
Transportation Company and the
Coalinga oil Company, who was the
guest of honor. At his left was Judge
Cope Of Morrison & Cope, attorneys
for the company; Colonel Ward. Fif-
teenth Infantry, L. 5. a, in command
OF the post at Monterey. and F. H.
Powers, Mayor Of Carmel; Hon.
Thomas Field. president Of the Bank
OF Monterey: Hon. Ross C.~Sargent,
president Of the City Council, were
also at the speakers end of the table.
number Of men notable in the
financial world Of San Francisco were
present. Among them were Captain
John Barneson. Captain ]. y. Hib-
bard Hon. Nicholas Ohlandt. Frank
Ames, Walter Buck. George Cameron.
r. H Davis, Frank Pauson. Joseph
Martin. George Jackson and Hon.
Erasttis Knickerbocker. There was
also at the table about seventy-five of
the leading citizens of Monterey and
san Francisco.
In his opening remarks General Quin-
ton called attention to the magnitude
Of the undertaking the completion of
which they were celebrating. Although
less than a year had passed since the
enterprise was inaugurated, yet by the
expenditure of more than a million
dollars Monterey with its varied but
numerous resources and its deep water
harbor. had been connected with the
cheap fuel that would enable it's pro-
jected commercial enterprises to com
pete with the cities of the world and
make it possible for the local capital
lists to put upon the markets the vari-
Gus stone products, glass sands, ce-
ment, lime and other natural resources
that had hitherto been undeveIoped
because oF the lack of cheap fuel and
transportation.
The first toast Of the evening, Cap
tains Of Industry" was answered to
by F. H. Powers He spoke of Coils
p Huntington as the master of the
captains Of industry produced by the
great West. He reviewed that devel-
Opment Of California and particularly
OF San Francisco under the guiding
hand Of Huntington. He showed how
the necessity for the development of
San Francisco had prevented the de-
velopment Of Monterey and insisted
that the projecting of the pipe line
and the completion of the wharf giving
TO Monterey, with it's splendid harbor
facilities, the advantage of accommo-
dating the largest deep water ships,
would be as important in developing
Monterey and bringing to il the new
growth incident to the coming of new
capital as the building Of the Central
Pacific Railroad had been to making
san Francisco, the great metropolis of
the Pacific Coast.
Monterey. with it's deep water har-
Dor, with its varied resources, with the
cheapest fuel of any seaport city of
the world. WILL" he said, become
to San Francisco and the Pacific Coast
what the city of Boston is to New
York and the Atlantic Coast"
Mr.. Powers paid a glowing tribute to
the splendid ability and public spirit
of Captain Matson and dwelt at length
upon the great good that Monterey
would derive from his enterprise and
interest. He also told Of the achieve
ments of Hon. Nicholas Oblandt. Cap
tain Barneson. Captain Hibbard. Mr..
Martin and the other capitalists asso-
ciated with Captain Matson.
Captain Matson. as the guest of the
evening. thanked the citizens for their
magnificent reception and the army for