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THE GOLDEN SPIKE

Engine 25, decorated with national flags, fruits, flow-
ers and greenery, left the old Los Angeles River Station
at 9 a.m. on the morning of September 5, 1876. A rqster
of guests on the excursion train reads like a "Who's Who
of Los Angeles" for everyone of any consequence was on
that trip. Reports in Los Angeles newspapers stated that
190 and 250 persons were at the banquet held later that
evening so it is safe to say that most or all of them were
on the train trip. Leading the Los Angeles contingent
were: Mayor Prudent Beaudry, ex-Governor John G.
Downey, General Phineas Banning, Don Benito Wilson,
Col. Benjamin Peel, I. W. Hellman, ex-Sheriff James
Burns, Judge Robert W. Widney and Joseph U. Crawford,
engineer of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad.

From the long list in the Los Angeles Star, other prom-
inent Angelenos included Brig. Gen. Sanford, J. M. Grif-
fith, H. T. Hazard, J. S. Slauson, Louis Wolfskill, Frank
Sabitchi, Gen. George Stoneman, L. J. Rose, J. DeBarth
Shorb, S. L. Foy, Solomon Lazard, Stephen M. White,
Hon. U. Wells, the French Consul, M. Moteuhant, J. J.
Warner, Harris Newmark, the Rev. Fathers Duran and
Gallegher, the latter from San Francisco and Mooney
from New York.
Also on this historic list: J. P. Carrillo, ex-Mayor J. H.
Toberman, City Marshal A. W. Hyam, County Assessor
Dr. Crawford, Antonio Coronel, Dr. J. J. Widney, the Rt.
Rev. Francisco Mora.

A trio from the Central Pacific Railroad Benjamin
Welch, master car builder; W. H. Potter, auditor and E. P.
Gerald, traveling auditor.
Other parties came from San Diego to San Luis Obispo.
Among the towns surrounding the Los Angeles area,
representatives came from Downey, El Monte, Wilming-
ton, San Joaquin, Soledad, Anaheim, Tustin and San
Bernardino. Reporters from both Los Angeles and San
Francisco papers were on hand as well as the Associated
Press.

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