The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
BUTTEANDPLUMAS
WELCOME VISITORS
San Francisco Businessmen
Prove Hospitality of the
Mountain Folk
Health of New Trade Relation
Drunk in Wine of Honest
Friendship
Especial Dispatch 10 The ColIl


oROVILLE. Sept. 24.-San Francisco
has always told the mountain folk Of
Butte and Plumas that when they had
better railroad facilities it would show
them q neighborly consideration that
would warm heart cookies and cause
pOcketbooks TO bulge
A hundred representative business
men Of the metropolis are in the Butte
poothills tOnight-in the county seat
busy paving the way 10 make good the
promise. They are being met full half
way IN a social and commercial hand
clasp that brings JOY TO everybody and
great JOY TO the traffic department OF
the brand new Western Pacific. The
health of a new trade relation is being
drunk in the fine wine Of honest friend
ship.
The talk between resident and visi-
tor in Oroville tonight might lead a
stranger TO assume that the proposed
greater Sa nFrancisco was surely in
tended TO embrace this thriving little
city OF the hills
One month ago a special train rolled
from Beckwith pass down 10 Oakland
over a route no passenger train had
taken before and the people living
along the whole IS miles Of the way
set UP a tumult OF joy. that aroudse
the country to a realization of the fact
that new railroad connecting east and
west had come into operation.
MERCHANTS STUDY STATE
II was declared that great results
were 10 follow the binding of San
Francisco and the mountain counties
Today another special train has borne
members OF the Merchants exchange
Merchants association and chamber of
commerce of the metropolis into the
hill country for the purpose of estab-
fishing the entente cordiale and paw
ing an easy and immediate way for
those same great results.
Through Alameda. San Joaquin. Sac
ramentO, Suffer and Butte counties the
eXcursionists have come today. From
here they go on through Plumas to the
Nevada line. The trip is proving highly
educational. The merchants and busi-
snessmen are studying California geog-
raphy from new and interesting
angle and are tasting Of a hospitality
extended by ever ytown they visit that
knows no geographical line whatever.
The special train Of 10 coaches car
rying 100 representatives of the three
commercial bodies left the Western Pa
cidc mole, Oakland. at 10 o'clock this
morning. Brief. stops were made at
Stockton and Sacramento.
RECEPTION At MARYSVILLE
Marysville was reached at O'Clock.
, ne party NeLralneu ana was received
by President Samuel Eweu, Secretary
G. " Harvey, II. H Derr, A. o. Brown.
John Kelly. J. l. Sullivan, J. r. Foster
and Herman Berg Of the local chamber
OF commerce and many citizens. who
took the visitors in autos and carriages
for an hours drive around the city.
4 large crowd greeted the special on
fits arrival at Oroville at s o'clock.
Secretary y. p. Crane Of the Oroville
chamber Of commerce having met the
party at Marysville. In the reception
committee were Mayor c. E. Kusel,
President J. J. Hamlyn of the chamber
OF commerce. J. B. Hall. T. c. Lee,
J. H Leggett, y. T. Britton and c. /.
Bills.
49, Automobiles were awaiting TO carry
the visitors through the city. along
magnolia lined avenue, through the
orange groves, down among the gold
-dredgers. which work day and night,
and out 10 visit the power plant and
saWmills
The merchants were delighted with
. the signs Of activity on every hand
The special leaves at 10 o'clock tonight.
and when the excursiosists awake in
a the morning their train will be parked
N.st Portola, their eastern destination.