Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-12
'20 CARS SAN DIEGO GOODS
ON FIRST TRAIN 0vERS.O.&A.

SAN DIEGO. Nov. IL - EXcmpli-
fying San Dicgo's Importance as
Il producing and shipping center and
depicting the commercial possibilities Of
the San Diego & Arizona railway. a
complete freight train of 20 cars, load,
ed with home products and other pro
visions. will leave San Diego for lmper-
iaI valley over the San Diego & Arizona
railway on the evening of Dec. l, the
date of the opening of the new trans
continental line 30 the east.
J Such was the announcement made to
the trans-continnntal railway week eel
ebratiop committee yesterday by Hugo
klauber, representing Klauber Wange-
helm company, of this city. This will
he the second train run over the new
line the passenger train running from
! III Centre to San Diego being the first,
! and will be the first running from San
| Diego to FL Centre.
Each car in the train will be draped
with banners and advertising San
Diego and bearing the names of the
| Imperial valley merchants to whom
the goods are to be delivered
I'VE have been working on this a
| long time" said Hugo klauber last
night, "and have now completed all
! the details. In making our sales.
San Diego goods have been given the
preference and many Of the cars con
tain products only. We have strong
organization in the valley, but have
been greatly handicapped by lack Of
shipping facilities. The new railway
gives us n direct route fer our ship
raents and wc intend to continue opeg
atoms on large scale"
Made in San Diego
Some of the San Diego firms which
are n:anufa cturing goods for ship
ment on the first freight train are
the Western Salt company, the Citrus
Soap company, the Steele Packing CON-
pany and the San Diego Macaroni com
pany.
The shipments on this first freight
train will include fish, soap, SALT maca-
roni, rice. potatoes, beans. dried fruit. !
jellies and jams. assorted canned goods |
and miscellaneous grocery supplies. |
The train will not only celebfate. Ihe |
completion Of the RAILROAD but also Wiil !
be run in honor'of7the 51th anniystsary
If the Kilaubcr.W'ahg geheim company.
The publicity committee of the Trans |
Continental railway week celebration
yesterday voted to boost the running
of the first freight train as a part of
the celebration and to give it all posi-.
BILE publicity.
Realizing that the golden spike driv-
ing on the San Diego & Arizona rail
way Saturday, Nov. Is. will present to
the people, of San Diego the opportun1
fly OF {. lifetime to witness the actual
physical completion of a tranS-cOntinen-d
tai line, the celebration committee yes-
terGay decided to thyow the excursion
open to the. public. Plans We're being
made yesterday TO i accommodate al
crowd of from 500 to 600 people
Tickets on Sale
Tickets for the excursion, including
round.trip passage and luncheon. will
be placed On sale at 8 O'clock this
morning at committee Headquarters,
10l Broadway. Spreckels building. No
reservations will be made by telephone.
Uhis sale will continue until Friday
evening. Tickets are $3.50 each.
The golden spike excursion train viii!
leave the union station at O'Clock
Saturday morning, returning at 81
o'clock the same evening.
Those who witness this ceremony
VIII nave SplHcluiIlS ~ ttil " ti''ii
grandchildren and great, ,grandchildcn,"
said General Chairman Carl Il. He'll
brou Yesterday. There are probably
none of us alive today who ever again
will be afforded "A chance TO view the
last piece of construction work on
through railway line between the Iaci-
fic coast and the east. Few San
DicGans can afford 10 miss ii"
The driving Of the golden spike by
President John -. SpreckeB VIII be
shown on the movie, screens through
out the United States and Europe.
Eight motion picture concerns, show
ing news films. will be on the job at
the exercises in the Carriso gorge. This
means that. pictures OF the ceremony
Will be shown il practically every
movie theatre in operation
| i was announced yesterday that
special train also will be run from the
| Imperial valley to Carriso gorge on
| Golden Spike day. About 200 of the
valleys most prominent men and wo
men are expected to attend.
The exercises will be witnessed also
Dy a number of prominent railroad
men, who will bc the guests on the
trip Of President John d. Spreckcls.
| Week Of JOy-Making
| Following the driving of the golden
spike, marking the actual completion Of
the San Diego & Arizona, preparations
will continue for the running of the
first train December /. and the big
Tlaus-Continental railway week cele'
ira ton to conducted in honor Of that
event. This will mean solid week OF
Of festivities for residents of San Diego
and for thousands Of visitors to the
city. Elaborate arrangements were IN
progress yesterday for the four big
days of the celebration TO be held II
San Diego, including John ID. SpreckelS
day, Iarbor day, Stadium day anc
Balboa Park day. over III the lmpcrld
valley they are making big plans tol
the last two days Of the celebration tc
he held i'll that city, December aho
5.
William Tomkins, secretary Of ths
chamber of commerce, and Claude
Seaman. returned from Los Angeles