The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-08
CLARKS GUESTS
NEARING COAST
Exeursionists Enjoy Themselves In
Route to Los Angeles.
REACH DESTINATION TODAY
STOPS MADE AT IMPORTANT
POINTS ON ROAD.
Especial to The HeraId0

Special to The HeraldD
AS VEGAS. New, May Hon. w.
4. Clark. care Salt Lake Route
Los Angeles. CaI-The members
of the Commercial club, city and state
officials. en- route to Los Angeles as
your guests. send YOU cordial greeting
from this point on their westward jour
ney They desire to congratulate you
upon the successful completion OF TINS
great monument to your undying en-
ergy and public spiTitedness- Our trip
thus far has been as pleasant ana
comfortable as courteous treatment ana
superb equipment could make it.
we will endeavor TO express TO you
| in person tomorrow our high appTeCI-
alton of your uneNampled generosity
COMMERCIAL CLUB
by HEBER NJ. WELLS,
President
This telegram was filed on the ar
| rival at Las Vegas at 3:35 o'clock this
| afternoon of the special train bearing
! the Commercial club eNcuTsionists en-
| route to Los Angeles ii was framed
| by committee in order to express
| the sentiments of all ON board. The
! following telegram also was sent
! Commercial Club, Salt Lake city
/ The journey 50 far has been per
! feet as congeniaI company. good wealth
/ er, courteous treatment and luxurious
/ and splendidly equipped train could
! make it. We extend our earnest sym
! pathy to those Of YOU who are not
| with US. J. W. HOUSTON.
Chairman of Arrangements"
Surprised the Sun.
/ This epitomizes the trip so far y
/ does not begin to tell the wealth Of
| detail as to how the various excursion
! lists managed 10 enjoy themselves The
! spirit of fraternity was univ rSaI Uu-
! til an hour which it is unnecessary 60
| mention the dining car aud the ObSer-
/ walton car were filed by men who
/ toasted the Salt Lake route and salt
| Lake city and announced their deter
| minatiou to pun together and show
/ the people i'm California what a great
! city. present and prospective they rep
+ resent All through the 81 eperS men
I sal i'm groups chatting and becoming
better acquainted all imbued with The
| spirit of civic pride Some of them
/ were up shortly after sunrise watch
/ ing the vista through southern Utah
/ Others struggled out at intervals.
Stop at CaIiente.
BY the time Caiieute was reached, ut
| $50 d M. there was a full turnout
/ Out of the cars piled the men who
( were not standing iu line for break
/ fast. and they started out to inspect
I
/ up by the railroad within the last two
( years. They looked at the round
/ houses aud depot in process of con-
struction, and they gazed with inter
est at the oue-StOTy buildings and tents
/ which comprise the town II WAS not
| long before &. L Adams was inter
/ viewing a group of natives about cur
| rent styles in clothing. George HoI-
/ man was discussing the lumber mar
ket, J w. Houston. A Richter. Tuom-
| as Homer and "a number of others
| We're gaining information on the town
lot prospects.
Veteran Tells of Fights.
+ General Attorney G. .. Whfttemorc.
I brigadier general of the Clark forces
at the time of the celebrated contest
between rival armies over the 00SSn--
sion Of the grade and right of way.
fought his battles over. He told of the
struggles and pointed out the battle
fields as the train moved along through
this picturesque valley. with beauti-
! fully cOIored and oddly shaped cliffs on
both sides. Train No. bound for Salt
Lake. was passed at I D. M at Guelph
a siding niuety-Seveu miles below
CdIiente The passengers on both
trains cheeTed as they went BY At
Moapa. group of Indians was i'm
waiting to wave their hands as the
monster steel horse swept by with its
train g. + Ofenbach, who had been
prospecting in the Heighborhood.
boarded at this place, riding to Las
Vegas.
Visits on the Way.
4 meeting Of the committee on ar
Tangemeuts was held. After a confer
ence with District Passenger Agent J.
/ l. Moore. who was in charge Of the
party, it was decided to let the regular
No. 1 pass at Las Vegas. the excursion
lists making d stop of an hour and
half there to inspect the town and
/ then proceeding in leisuTely manner
4 short stop VIII be made in the early
? morning at San BeruaTdiuo. At River
[ side and Pomona other stops viii BE-
; made at the requests Of the chamber
! of commerce of these two cities which
| desire chance to meet and greet the
pilgrims from Zion Los Angeles will
probably be reached about 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
At Las Vegas Master Mechanic W
/ II. Smith who was in charge
of the train for the operating
| department. surrendered his charge,
| this being the end of the pas
senger division Conductor L. B. Moore
| also left the train at this place.
Engineer A T. lanyard, and Fireman
p r. T. Miller had left at Milford, after
taking the train from Salt Lake. The
. engineer from Milford to Las Vegas
: was W A White, and the fireman
Frank Bridge. The brakemen. J. T.
, Lynch and J. Way, went through from
: Salt Lake to Las Vegas The official
headquarters in Los Angeles viii be
, | the Angelus hotel. About forty mem
: bers of the party viii stop there. the
b | remainder going to the Lankershin and
> other hotels
So-ing Las Vegas City.
! At Las Vegas it was warm and
| windy. but that did not interfere with
| seeing the sights. The excursionists
, | poured out of the train and scattered.
7 | Some took a trip over to the ranch
: where they saw the trees and verdure
at its finest The vast majority re-
NAMED about the town. which is
| thoroughly typical of the frontier
They mingled with the khaki clad men
who belonged" there and discussed the
= | all important question of town lots and
: the sale which Is to begin May 10 g
: o. WhittemOTe had already been elected
- | king of Las Vegas, and he SWelied with
Y pride he exhibited his kingdom
s The visitors stTolled over to the main
n | store, where the inhabitants were COM
- ing i'm numbers to do business with the
n | First State bank the postOftice. gen
5; | eTal store and soft drinks establish
ment DR. J. X W. Rrackeu, one OF
the pioneers. representing the road
B. also played host. The regular train
came in. and Apostles SmoOt, john
A | Henry Smith and others aboard
1 lo...o.r,IcT md h1I Informal re-