Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-21
.SPERRY VISITS
ELECTRIC PLANT
ADMIRAL AND STAFF GUESTS
OF RED0ND0
BIG BALL ENJOYED BY MEN OF
DIVISION
Concert Given by Band Of the Ala
bama-Visitors Received Aboard
Ships by Gallant Officers
and Sailors

"Breathes there a man with soul so
dead that never to himself hath said
this is my own my native land?' If
such a one breathes he was not pres
ent at RedondO yesterday.
Redondo smashed all previous rec
ords for crowds when she welcomed
10000 persons, according TO con- con,
servative estimate made by the board
of trade. At l O'clock 2460 tickets had
been sold for trips to the warships At
O'Clock 5000 tickets had been sold,
putting Sundays sale of tickets IN the
shade.
AS previously arranged, sailors who
were to have shore leave from the
four ships lying off Redondo left the
ships promptly at 7 o'clock in the
morning and boarded special cars for
Los Angeles to participate in the en-
tertainment provided by that city.
At 10 o'clock Admiral Sperry, ac-
COMMANDED by Lieutenant Wurtsbaugh,
Ensign Powell and forty members of
the admirals staff, all in civilian
clothes. visited the Pacific Electric
Lighting and Power company's mag
nificent plant as the guests Of the
chamber of commerce, which was rep
resented by c. H. Burnett, president OF
the board, and Judge o. c. Hinmar,
chairman of the receiving committee.
The party was met at the power
house by General Charles Forman,
secretary of the Pacific Electric Light
and Power company, and E. S. Cobb,
chief consulting engineer, besides sew
eral other officials of the company.
The officers of the fleet were greatly
interested in the plant, as it is the
largest plant of it's kind west of Chi
cago and holds three worlds records
for engine boilers. The average naval
officer is an engineer, and each of the
visitors found some novelty In the big
plant that interested him personally.
Lunch was informally served to the
party at the Casino after the visit.
Private Car for Officers
A private car conveyed the admiral
and staff to Los Angeles, where they
attended the banquet given by the
citv of Los Angeles last night.
At 2:30 the band from the Alabama
played on the pavilion and attracted a
large crowd.
All day the four boats which carried
the people to the warships We're
crowded to the guard rails. Redondo
is fortunate I'm having two Warships
which carry the largest guns in the
American navy. They are the Ken
lucky and the Kearsarge, each ship
carrying three 13-inch guns.
The officers and men We're untiring
in their efforts to look after the COM
fort of the visitors and explain all the
minute details Of the workings OF the
guns. The visitors We're shown from
stem to stern by detailed mon, who
were always glad to answer any
question that the visitor might ask.
The fact that "Old Man Neptune"
was very choppy during the afternoon
did not stop the stream of visitors in
the least.
At 8 o'clock last night a dance was
rendered to the men of the fleet in the
large pavilion. and all men who were
not on duty participated. Music was
furnished by the band from the Ala
bama AT $50 there was an illumina-
ton of the four warships and a search
light exhibition. This exhibition will
probably be carried on every night for
the rest of the week.
Several hundred dollars worth of
fireworks were set off on the beach
last night and witnessed by thousands
of people who remained in the city for
the illumination.
Twenty-Five regulation size bags OF
mail were delivered to the fleet yes
terday by the postal authorities,