Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-15
MANY RAILROAD men
VISIT LOS ANGELES
Presence of E. n. Hartman in City
May Have Much to Do with Gath
ering Of Distinguished
PersSns

The hotel registers show an unusu-
ally large number of railway men
among the visitors In Los Angeles this
week, and whether this fact may be
accounted for by the visit of E. H.
Hartman in Southern California or
Is simply coincidence remains to be
seen.
That railway men foremost in the
control of the great railways will make
Los Angeles their stamping ground for
some time In the future Is certain,
as Mr.. Hartman plans to take a long
rest at his residence in Pasadena.
Many of the distinguished visitors
to Los Angeles the past week have
travelled in private cars. and more of
these and special trains pulled into
the Los Angeles depots the past week
than any other week In the memory of
railroad men.
w. w. Hendrickson, a retired officer
of the United States navy, is at the
Lankershim. Mr. Hendrickson, who is
accompanied by his wife, makes his
home in Portland, Ore.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Ward, tourists
from st. Louis, Mo- are guests at the
Angelus.
H. 1. Latham, general superintendent
of the traffic department of the South
Van Nuys.
J. B. Gilbaugb, a lumber dealer OF
Portland, Ore, Is visiting in Los An
geles and is making his headquarters
at the Hollenbeck.
private car party. consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Peters, Winnipeg;
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Wade, Vancouver;
Miss Langford of Winnipeg. arrived
in Los Angeles yesterday and is stay
ing at the Alexandria.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Duval of New
York, accompanied by their daughter
and John H. Thomas of Baltimore.
are guests at the Alexandria, arriving
yesterday in Mr.. Peters private car.
Mr.. Peters is one of the officials Of
the Santa Fe railroad.
Byron c. Taylor, a woolen merchant
of Providence. r. l., is visiting Los
Angeles and is registered at the Hay
ward.
]. N. vanderveer of Albany. N. Y.
is O guest at the Alexandria Mr.. Van
derveer is a prominent attorney of AL
bany.
C. H. Odds. we'll known as a globe
trotter, who when at home lives in
Mexico. is guest at the Angelus.
Fritz Ron. a famous hotel keeper OF
New Lucerne, Switzerland. arrived in
Los Angeles yesterday and Is at the
through the United States, making a
study of the hotel business as conduct
ed in this country. y
r. II. Covington. a manufacturer of
Bowling Green. KY, registered at the
Westminster hotel last night.
A. G.. Brown, flour dealer, of WI
mona. Mimi. arrived in Los Angeles
yesterday and is at the Holenbeck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Cossett Smith
and daughter Louise, tourists from
Rochester. N. Y. are at the Lanker-
SHIN, having come to Los Angeles for
a visit of two weeks.
e. H. Stafford. accompanied by his
sons, webster and Gilbert, arrived in
Los Angeles after a trip through South
ern California. Tomorrow they will
leave for San Francisco. from which
place thew VIII go directly to their
home in CHICAGO. Mr. Stafford Is the
head of one of the largest furniture
houses in tho Windy CITY, and his So
journ has been of combined pleasure
and business.
II. N Lockwood. wholesale dry
goods merchant of Boston. Mass. is
registered at the Hollenbeck. Mr..
Lockwood Is enthusiastic over the bust
ness conditions IN the west. which. he
states, are far ahead of the conditions
in the extreme east. Mr.. Lockwood IS
optimistic and looks to see one OF the
biggest business revivals In wears as
soon as the Taft administration gets
fully under way and business men get
a fair idea OF the policy of the new
administration.