Show THE UTAH TEACHERS homeward bound after the strike Is over synopsis or the a mapped out and executed by the alie southern pacific train which arrived in at 9 last evening brought oliree of the bembera ot the excursion professor J M adams F J and mrs KIDS they report an excellent time and outside of the general trouble caused by the strike not a disagreeable feature was encountered professor adama kindly consented to talk when approached pro ached by a STANDARD man and described his experience a follows our train arrived in sacramento about 9 a m friday june 22 and at san fraucisco about noon the teacher made the occidental hotel their headquarters and from there visited the various and other interesting scenes on the coast alie first object which claimed the attention of the utah crowd was the midwinter fair the utah exhibit was a delight and a surprise sur prize to all the sugar mineral marble and art displays die plays were exceptionally fine far in advance of those of any other state with the exception of course of california wood display was a magnificent one an ocean trip with the usual consequences was one of the first features ot the pleasure hunt and accordingly preparations were made to take in the sights of the bay and golden gate by water we were fortunate enough to secure claua tug fearless and on that boat hit ed the mare island nan yard the scene of the wreck of the city of new york a french war vessel the PU guay which was moored in the bay and our own magnificent cruiser the monterey there is no comparison between the french and american war ships the american vessel is superior in every way the model is more perfect the machinery la of superior power and the guns are far more effective the fench ship is a dikea toy compared to the monterey the on the monterey kindly showed us how the vessel prepared for action the water was let into the air tight compartments and the vessel sunk until only abo turret containing the two monster guns the betsey and the mary ann was in sight the betsey is the gun for the transportation of which across the continent a special flat car was built it requires pounds of powder for one charge the projectile weighs 2200 pounds we also visited the angel island a military post the military prison on another sall island and presidio where we witnessed eJ the battery drill the clift house sutro heights and the various bathing resorts were also on the lit 0 interesting places and we visited them also most of the teachers took down to monterey near monterey is the hotel del monte and alie seventeen mile drive we all took a turn on tills famous driveway and took in the sight along the beach as the drive approached the pacific in a dozen places the pacific grove the seal rocks etc were interesting points some whales could also be seen spouting water out in the ocean we spent july ath at the fedr the consisted cone isted of a big parade in which beveral military companies took part music and Hpe echea on the grounds the grand display ot fire was a flat failure as the fc e waa so dense that not a epick of any of tho rockets could be seen mot of the teachers visited the city schools of san francisco the lincoln grammar school and the girls high school were made special su idies some features of their system could be called an improvement on the uenh schools ech but again in some things they are not schoola echo ola the ai laries of the california teachers are all higher than these paid to alie utah teachers when the ehrike came on the concluded to put in the extra time in gaining additional information they did not propose to bo disconcerted by the ehrike at all A number stayed at monterey while others came back to san francisco the people as a rule sympathized with the strikers etri kers and opposed the southern pacific I 1 was anxious to get home and took the very firt opportunity to tart eat I 1 left san francisco july at 7 a ro and crossed over to oakland the train waa abent out to sacramento under guard of two companies of troops in coal care in front of the enstine eni tine the of the wreck at the areitio this side of sacramento is a revolting eight the engine and two are belll lying on the ground all smashed and wrecked eo as to be entirely u lees our train eo the conductor told me passed over raila from which the fiah plates and some of the spike had been removed and over culverts which had been burned out the strikers were along the line jeering the and train crews whenever they gat near a train soldiers accompanied us along abo entire trio we were tide tracked but one night at dolfax the train was but lightly loaded as many people were fearful about traveling on the first through train tb remainder of the ten chere will probably be in tonight from every point of view ana excursion was a the utah people saw many new and interesting things but the experience only goes to increase their appreciation of the blessings around home |