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manufacturing ice — a system which has completely revolutionized the distri- 

 bution of food supplies throughout the world. He was the first to demon- 

 strate how fruits and meats could be preserved fresh and transported any 

 distance ; and all the present methods employed in the manufacture of ice, 

 or artificial refrigeration, are but modifications of his patents, which origin- 

 ally covered the whole of the ground now occupied by these industries. 



3. His invention of water gas for illumination, and the methods he 

 employed for its manufacture and distribution, etc., have made his name 

 familiar as household words, throughout the scientific world, for the "Lowe 

 process and machinery ' ' are in use in almost every city ot any size in the 

 United States. 



4. His crowning achievement has been the originating, designing and 

 building of the first electric mountain railway in the world. This last and 

 greatest success marks an epoch in mountain railway building, for no com- 

 pany will ever be found foolish and improvident enough to go back to the 

 old cumbersome, annoying and expensive method of a cog-wheeled locomo- 

 tive engine climbing slowly and wearily up a toothed rail, blowing smoke, 

 dust, ashes and grease fumes into the faces of passengers, when by the 

 Lowe method of applying electricity and the cable, ease, comfort, safety and 

 inexpensiveness are insured. 



RUBIO FARM. 



The Mount Lowe Railway Company owns a 300-acre farm which it 

 works as an adjunct to its hotels at Rubio Pavilion and on Echo Mountain. 

 With its own cows it supplies all the fresh milk, cream and butter required ; 

 its poultry yards will supply all the eggs and chickens, etc. ; whilst its 

 orchards will give an abundant supply in season of oranges, pomegranates, 

 figs, lemons, guavas, loquats, peaches, apricots, cherries, persimmons, 

 apples, pears, plums, strawberries, blackberries, gooseberries, raspberries, 

 etc. In the vineyard are table grapes of every variety, from the seedless 

 sultana to the muscat, black Hamburg and rose of Peru. Tomatoes, peas, 

 cucumbers, and all other table vegetables will be constantly growing and 

 will deck the table at all seasons of the year. — Mozint Lowe Echo. 



GREAT INCLINE BRIDGE. 



"This bridge, if placed on the level ground, would be one hundred 

 feet higher at one end than the other ; elsewhere, a pefect monstrosity in 

 appearance; here, appropriate to the road upon which we are climbing. 

 It receives its name of " Macpherson Trestle" from D. J. Macpherson, 

 Prof. Lowe's engineer, and is a worthy tribute to his skill and practical 

 ability. It was planned and drawn by Mr. Macpherson, and the onerous and 

 important work of building it was successfully executed by Messrs. Carson 

 & Son of Pasadena. Mr. Carson is a relative of the celebrated government 

 scout. Kit Carson, whose monument at Santa Fe, N. M., is a worthy tribute 

 to his valuable services to the United States government. — Prof. G. Wharton 

 fames. 



GOV. markham's bear story. 



Among local points named in the Mount Lowe literature is one called 

 "Grizzly point," the same that was flagged as Giddings peak, and a burro 

 trail made to it from Millard canyon, in 1887. But the name Grizzly point 

 comes from an adventure of five members of the " Pasadena Rifle team" in 



