The San Francisco call., 1904-04-11
San Francisco Business Men
Complete the Tour of
a Portion of the State
PERCEPTIONS All TOWNS
Unexpected Delays Oh the
Journey From South Inter
fere With the Programme
seec.a, Dispatch to The cala


edse of town and the excursionists
were received by a committee OF ciu-
Rens a,lpOinted by the San Benito
County Improvement club TO entertain
The marty during their short stay, In
charge Of the committee the excursion
lists were taken 20 the brow OF Het-
lister l5iu. where a panoramic view or
the beautiful Hollister Valley was en-
loyed The growing crops or grain
and alfalfa and the blessoming fr0it
trees presented a picture which could
not fall to make an impression. The
marty Was then escorted 60 the local
hotels, where breakfast was served and
at s O'Clock the special pulled out for
San Jose.
Great preparations had been made
by the Improvement Club to meet the
train at Sargents Station with car
riages for the guests and q drive
through the old mission town OF San
Juan. the san Juan Valley and city OF
Holister had been prepared but OWING
80 the short time at the disposal Of the
excursionists this plan was abandoned.
SAN JOSE, April l0.-A large COM
,nittee from the Chamber of Commerce.
headed by President Y. A. Scheller ana
Mayor George d. WOrsWlck, EXTENDED
a welcome to the California Promotion
Committee on the arrival Of its special
train here this morning at $3.50. After
an exchange Of congratulations the WIS.,
ftors were escorted TO cars Of the San
Jose-Los Gatos Interurban Railway
and the party taken for a ride TO Sara
toga and Los GatOs The road runs
through the fruit district and the
guests were shown acres and acres OF
blooming prune trees. Every one ao-
mired the country, and most of the Wis
ftors said II was the prettiest part Of
the State they had visited. At sara
toga the party visited the Three oaks
farm. the pretty home OF the Rev Ed
win s williams. The place is located
on a HILL and a magnificent view Of
the valley was had
At Los Gatos quite a stop was made,
and the officials Of the town, members
of the Board Of Trade and business
men Of the place met the Promotion
Committee. The visitors were shown
about the place and the resources Of
the foOthill town explained.
IL was about i o'clock when the
party returned TO this city The visit
ors went at once 10 the NendOme Hotel
where luncheon was enjoyed. Many
business men OF this city called and
were introduced 10 the members Of the
committee.
During the trip TO Saratoga and Los
Gatos the committee Of the Chamber of
Commerce was scattered through the
visitors and particular pains were ia
ken TO make all acquainted with the
beauty and development Of this sec
tiOn.
After luncheon a short reception was
rendered the committee at the hotel.
Shortly after o'clock the party left
by special train for Palo Alto. where a
stop was made and the university Wis
ited. President Scheller and number
Of the reception committee accompan-
led the party from this city to Palo
Alto.
PALO ALTO. Aprn lO.-The mem
hers of the California Promotion Com
mittee received an enthusiastic recep-
tiOn here and spent a brief time in
specting the interesting features Of the
town. They then drove TO the Leland
Stanford Jr University and, after "a
tour of the institution, started for
Redwood.
REDWOOD CITY. April IO-A large
crowd gathered at the railroad station
to-day to welcome the California Pro
motion Committee. The special train
was due here at 3:20 o'clock this af-
ternOon. but ii was an hour later be-
fore il arrived. For this reason the
arrangements Of the committee We're
changed and the train stopped but a
few minutes instead of spending a half
hour rs anticipated. The local Board
Of Trade had intended TO show the
committee the various points Of in
j.
made arrangements TO entertain the
members at his home.
SAN MATEO, April 1O.-The Cali
fOrnia Promotion Committee. 100
strong, spent over an hour in San Ma
teo this afternoon, visiting all points
Of interest and followed by a reception
At the Burlingame Country Club,
where the tired tourists enjoyed such
refreshments as were most suited To
the occasion. The visitors were en-
thusiastic over their reception. and also
IN their praise Of the beautiful natural
environment Of the town. where ma
ture has done what must be artifcially
accomplished in many sections. A
large number OF representative citi-
zens. including a special committee OF
sixteen, met the eXcursionists at the
depot and served as escorts in a drive
through the grounds Of some of the
most stately and magnificent homes in
all California.
The fancy traps of the local smart
set were cOurteously rendered to the
committee for the use Of the guests
and more imposing procession OF
handsome carriages has not been seer
in California The Country Club has
been much complimented in extending
the cOurtesies Of its clubhouse TO this
visitors and the committee, for which
Chairman A. B. Ford. who is secretary
Of the club, was responsible. Rufus
p. Jennings said the entire trip was
a great success. but at no stoppine
place were they better pleased with
what they saw and received than in
San Mateo.
The special train Of Pullmans bear.
ing the 106 representatives from
Northern California reached Third and
Townsend streets last night at 6:3l
O'Clock IT was the unanimous opinion
Of those who made the southern jour
ney under the direction Of the Cali.
fornia Promotion Committee that the
time spent I'm sightseeing in the lower
portion OF the State could not have
been better employed Magnificent
weather attended the travellers the en-.
tire round trip and afforded them th'
opportunity of cleaning a great deal o.
information concerning Southern Cali
fornia The improvements around SaT
Pedro Harbor, the Transformation o.
the desert about Riverside into beau
tiful orange groves and the beautify
ing Of Redlands and Pasadena Wer'