The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-19
quincy GIVES
WELCOME TO
new RAILROAD
Plumas County. Citizens Rejoice
That They Are Now
ION the Map"
Quests of the Western Pacific
Coined Term, ''The Easiest
Way" for Road
Especial Dispafch 10 The Call

10 Salt Lake Those of the half hun
ofed railway and newspapermen who
are seeing the line for the first time
need 10 be told and retold that it is a
route just finished. Its smoothness and
.sohdity are what might be expected
OF d railway long established and run
AlhS through populous and produc-
tive country
Long tangents and low gradients are
not terms that appeal particularly to
the lay traveller, but they are trans
lated by the Western Pacific into speed
ana comfort Perha Us the best descrip-
1--WE phrase minted in all today's praise
and comment calls the Western Pacific
the easiest way; it is a term that
ought TO stick
DAY OF DELIGHT
From daylight at the gates of the
peautlful canyon of the Feather river
10 langorous evening in the wide waste
OF Nevada il has been a day of delight
Tor the sight seers. All the forenoon
they climbed and curved with the stor-
led stream that was the Pactolus of
hait century ago, saw the miles of
gravel heaps by bend and bar that tell
the tale OF those old marvellous placer
inning DAYS when men of all lands
rocked and washed for the yellow
treasure, brea thed the fragrance of the
pines that march along the mountains
IKE anything but a gap in the Sierra
narrler and then the seas of sage and
Ine painted Nevada hills: tomorrow
salt Lake and the beginning of the
pleasant business of formally opening
the new line Of traffic-the significant
business of swinging wide another
gateway 10 the Pacific.
LOMAX IN COMMAND
The Western Pacific way of doing
'llngs is handsome way. The special
train Is equipped and differed and
served 10 the last notch of railroad
eIHcleneY- one can very well believe
the newcomers when they promise that
they VIII make their route as attrac-
i've as railroad can be. On this
pioneer train ii is ali Lomax The
pfactlced hand is at work moving
Things just as surely as if its ownr-
had not at the same time to play the
host 10 d company of so. The secre-
tarleS and stenOgrap piers are quietly
DuSy taxing and dispatching orders
sheaves OF kilograms iutter from the
passenger traffic managers drawing
room ONCE 10 every station, but this is
not real railroading as yet. The special
has no hard and fast schedule
stop any where to please any body
Is the order Of the eastward journey. (
photographers are endlessly busy snap /
ping everything and everybody. 1t is |
for the guests a 1000 mile picnic, per
fectly planned and carried out
QUINCY CELEBRATES
One Of the most significant and
touching events Of the trip was the
celebration al quincy in Plumas county.
or 80 years the pretty little town has
been kept back because of a lack of
transportation facilities. The Press
special was met at Hartwell by a re-
ception committee Of Quincy comprIs-
ing H. c Flournoy, DR.. a. Stewart E
I rrelr frae-
A. Hall. and escorted over the road of
The Quincy and Western railway to the
little town. only half an hour was al
lowed ct Quincy. and as soon as the
neWspapermen and railroad officials ar
rived they assembled in front of the
courthouse and listened to the address
Of Arthur ". keddie, whose life work
las been for railroad through the
Feather river canyon. keddie has gray
hair and long gray beard. He said:
1t gives me great pleasure TO welcome
YOU to Quincy upon this occasion. This
is red letter day for Plumas county
We have been isolated. you might say.
from the outside world for want of
means OF transportation. but we are
1T last with the balance of the world
and we feel that Quincy and Plumas
county with the building of the West
ern Pacific and the addition of our
little Quincy and Western railroad
have been placed on the map. and we
are there TO stay.
The building Of the Western Pacific
railway mems much TO Plumas county
1t makes it possible for MS to develop
our many gold and copper mines. 1t
makes available the timber in our
forests for the markets of the world
MECCA FOR FISHERS
1T puts us in position to adver-
tise our pleasant and delightful sum-
mer resorts, and Plumas county Will
undoubtedly become a mecca for the
sportsmen. He viii have to seek no
farther than. Plumas county and its
sparkling streams and mountain lakes,
where trout abound.
we are a little egotistical here in
Quincy. We are proud of our little
town and we are proud of our citi-
zens. We believe in the name given to
our little town years ago by a repre-
sentative of the press, the gem of the
Sierras II is well deserved. and now
that we are in better touch with the
outside world. we viii endeavor TO de-
serve more than ever that title.
We wish YOU could stay with us a
little while and view the scenic beauty
OF this valley. / assure you that you
will always receive hearty welcome
al any time you may favor us with a
visit / and the citizens of Quincy
wish YOU safe and successful journey
TO salt Lake City and back TO San Fran
cisco.
ADDRESS By BOMAX
H. c. FIournoy. chairman Of the re-
ception committee of Quincy, then
called upon +. i. LomaN. traffic man
ager Of the Western Pacific, for a few
remarks LomaX said:
Il can not say how much the officers
Of the Western Pacific appreciate the
cordial reception that you have ten
dered them here today and the senti
ments expressed by Mr. Keddie. All I
want to say IS this. that l most heartily
appreciate, and that we feel as you do,
= common interest and as Quincy
eyrovvs so will the Western Pacific rail-
w. we hope to make for you and
,-onr town here all that you desire. on
t,,e mart Of the Western Pacific, it is
our earnest desire to do for You every
hing that will tend 10 your growth
md TO further your business interests
md connections as the years go by and
10 help to make this. town as you heip
"a make the road You understand, OF
course. that the road is new PROPOSE
lion and it is now just being opened
nm but you are on great transconti-
,7ental line over which we expect TO
take the people and commerce or Tor