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Identifier: californiaalaska00webbrich (find matches)
Title: California and Alaska, and over the Canadian Pacific railway
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Webb, William Seward, 1851-1926
Subjects: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company California Central Railroad Union Pacific railroad company Canadian Pacific Railway Company California -- Description and travel Pacific Coast -- Description and travel Alaska -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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San Francisco, by order of Mr. Towne, andoverhauled our train, changing some springs inthe Ellsmere, Mariquita, and buffet-car,and putting on a new coupler in place of theone between the Mariquita and dining-car,which we were obliged to repair at Detroit.The train was also thoroughly cleaned, bothInside and out, and carefully aired. Every day we all went in swimming, whilethe afternoons were occupied with drives alongthe picturesque beach, or up the valley. OnEaster Sunday we attended church at a littletown called New Monterey, about six milesdistant. As the children all showed a markedimprovement in health, particularly the littlegirl for whom our trip was delayed, our stayat Monterey was principally on their account. Monterey. 61 Our evenings (which were generally spentsitting around a large open fire in the officeof the hotel, which resembles very much theProfile House in the White Mountains, thoughof course the building at Monterey was agreat deal larger and the ceilings very much
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higher) were varied by exhibitions on thegraphophone, which we brought from NewYork, many of the people at the hotel neverhaving seen one. It was the opinion of ourparty that this hotel was, without exception,one of the cleanest and most neatly kept 62 To California and Alaska. hotels to be found in the United States. Onone afternoon we all went down to our train,after lunch, and gave a little reception to thefriends we had made in the hotel, closing with aninformal afternoon tea. Our cook had pre-pared a very palatable cold collation, and ourcrew took as much pride and pleasure in thissocial occurrence as we did ourselves. On Saturday, April 20th, one of those ex-quisite days that can only be found in thisclimate, we enjoyed a picnic given by twogentlemen of our party, in the pine grove onthe ocean drive. Early on that morning, withthe two stewards of our train, and servantsfrom the hotel, they drove out to the groveand prepared the lunch. About twelve oclockwe took two larg-e four-i

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