The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-07-13

the first ascent by cable. This is the
steepest railroad In the world, this IT,
cline is 5000 feet long ard rises 10000
eet vertically. On top of this incline
IS good hotel, large observatory al I'd
large search light. The rest of the
ascent is made by ar electric road,
which runs zigzag along the sides of
the mountain across the dangerous
canyons and wild scenery, up through
the tim Der to the Alpine Tavern. The
rest OF the way to the summit, 5000
feet above the sea, is easily reached by
horseback or by walking up the trail.
On clear day the view from the sum
nit is grand in the extreme,
Last but not least of the side trims
from Los Angeles was the trip taken
to Santa Catalina Island. The VOYAGE
over from San Pedro is very delightful.
provided you do not get sea sick, which
Els the Ill fortune of the majority who
take it. The sea was very rough when
we made our trip and for one can saw
that know by experience what it is 10
De sea sick but Mrs. Morgan had the
pleasure of laughing at the rest. We
reached Avalon the only city on the
Island after four hours ride by
steamer. This is certainly most in.
teresting and unique place. Visitors
from all over the United States and
even many from Europe are attracted
here. The island is owned bv the
Banning Bros. It is a wild noun.
famous island about 80 miles long and
five or six miles wide. The greatest
attraction here is the marine gardens,
seen through glass bottomed boats. No
gardens on land can compare with
them for beauty. Numerous fish, such
as the Rock bass, the tuna, noted for
their size, the sea lion, and schools of
sardlnes thousands in number, the
sword fish, the convict fish. the gold
hsh' the blue fish and many sea urchips
and sea cucumLers could be seen dar..
Ing back and forth under the boat,
among the sea weeds. We will never
forget the wild drive we made wish a
small party to the summit of the noun
Saln which arises out of the sea. We
sat with the driver where we could
best see the sights. There was enough
danger points to this drive to make it
interesting. We reached the summit
In three and one half hours. The
slght that met our eyes was magnifi-
cent. Too soon our driver called to us
to leave this enchanted spot. We
started down and it was the most reck-
less drive we ever took The three and
one half hours ride going up the noun
tain with SIX god horses, was made so
rapidly down the mountain that it took
less than one hour to reach the hotel
where we started. On our return trim
we were'fortunate enough to see large
whale which appeared only few hun
dred feet!'from the steamer, Its head
appeared first then its back and tail
and it shot forth volume of water
hlgh IN the air and disappeared to
come up again a few times in the
distance. We were Methodist crowd
on board and offered to take up a
collection if he would perform again
near us but he refused to do so.
With the exception of few visits to
Long Beach and Alomitos Bay and
East Lake Park and otherminor places
we have told lof about all the side trips
made from Los Angeles.
We left 3Los Angeles for San Fran
cisco via the Coast Line. This is a
delightful and interesting journey
The sea on one side the mountain
ranges on:the other, added to the at
fractions. We stopped on the way tc
Santa Cruz. We had seen many de-