Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-20
INDUSTRIAL SHOW
FEATURE OF FETE
Santa Fe Wins PIauditS of Thou
sands at San Bernardino
Centennial
PIONEERS ARE PROMINENT
Illustrate Days of '49 with Oxen
and Wagons-Petty Off
ciaIS Criticised

SAN BERNARDINO, May 19.-The
magnitude of San Bernardino valley
as an industrial center was today
spelled in the miles of massive floats,
representing millions of dollars of capt.
tai before increased thousands of vis-
itors, for this morning saw the arrival
OF scores of delegations from nearby
cities some by special trains. The in
dustrial parade of this morning was
the most notable feature of the cele-
bration of the past three days.
At the wigwam throne of Princess
Lena was marked another epoch in the
history of the valley, for tonight there
entered upon the scenes the gold seek
ers of '49. Mother" Crandall who
crossed the plains in the early dfties,
gave the quaint old fancy dance OF
the days when she first came to the
valley. She was accompanied on the
violin by Pioneer Holcomb. Pioneer
William Stevens sang a song of the
old days, with accordion accompan-
ment. The principal features of the
opening chapters of the pageant of
San Bernardino valley were re-enact-
ed, including the Towering of the CEN
tury plant, the arrival of the Indians,
the coming of the monks and the Span
ish court.
For three miles through the streets
Industrial parade, which started at IL
o'clock The hundreds of floats and
displays and the several thousand men
and women, who We're participants In
the march, were led by the Santa Fe
display itself a mile in length and
headed by officials of the company in
automobiles decorated in gala dress.
General Manager A. G Wells and
General Superintendent /. l.. Hibbard,
with other officials of the coast lines.
reviewed the parade from the grand
stand. In expressing their praise OF
the parade the officials declared 1t the
greatest industrial display on wheels
they had ever seen in California. Mr..
Hibbard said that the Santa Fe's dis
play was the best ever witnessed the
length of the entire system.
WORK WHILE THEY RIDE
A dozen floats built by the employees
of the mechanical department exhibited
men of the various divisions of the
shops in their actual work, and over
$50 uniformed men were in line. The
locomotive department, represented by
half a dozen of the floats, was awarded
the first prize, the $10O silver loving
cup.
The car department, represented by
a miniature train, took the second prize
of $50 The engine and coach were
manned by little lads in regulation
uniform, and a dozen prettily dressed
little girls were the passengers. Stop
ping the engine, which was built on
the frame of an automombile, the little
engineer Sprang from his cab and with
an oil can almost the size of himself,
"oiled around his engine. In the
meanwhile the little girls had been as
sisted from the coach by the little
darkey porter and the brakeman, and
with the conductor, dressed in the reg
ulation long tailed uniform, advanced
to the throne of the Princess where
they presented her with a beautiful
bouquet of flowers. Returning the little
conductor, Claude Brown, saw his pas
sengers safely aboard, mounted the
steps and gave the engineer the ''high-
BALI to get out of town" The APP
plause of hundreds of railroad men and
thousands of others greeted the train
crew and the passengers for the per-
feet performance of their duties.
The third prize went to the bridge de-
partment, which had miniature pile
driver in operation on double float
FLOATS ARE REPRESENTATIVE
Following the Santa Fe display came
countless other floats, representing the
merchants of the city and the citrus
and agricultural interests of the val
ley with other industries. The Globe
Milling company of Cotton, and the
Cotton Cement company took the
fourth and fifth prizes in the Industrial
display
The Broolings Lumber company
was in line with twenty wagons, one
of which was loaded with the biggest
load of lumber ever hauled down the
mountains, and which consisted of
10050 feet of pine, weighing ten tons.
BY 1850 feet it exceeded the next larg
est load ever previously brought down.
This display took the first prize of $50
for the merchants exhibit. Oehrs
market took second and the San Ber-
nardino Dye works third.
For the best citrus display Rialto
took the first prize of $50; Highlands
second and the Cotton chamber of
commerce third. The Fontana Devel-
opment company had entered huge
harvesting machine, which required
nearly the width of the stret in front
of the grand stand. 1t was awarded
fourth prize.
The Editorial Association of South
ern California arrived this morning
on special train, and the several
hundred members of the party were
entertained as guests of the city and
local newspaper men and women. The
town of Barstow, led by Mayor
Hutchinson, came by a special train
and entered the parade with many
novel exhibits, both mining and in
dustrial. An attempted exhibition of
flying machines and horse races was
given this afternoon at Association
park.
Practically the only lamentable fea-
ture of the celebration has been the
discourteous treatment to newspaper
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