Daily globe., 1883-08-26
THE RAIL BUDGET.
A Party of Distinguished Visitors-Their
Views of st. Paul-Oficers of the Minne-
nesota Transfer Company EIected-Con-
ductOr Eastman Discharged.
The Canadian Pacific Party.

sIrduSSIs III Iu0 prSSlu0hC, ulr0CIOrS anu
several stockholders of the Canadian Pa
cific railroad and their invited guests who
are on a tour to Calgary, Kicking Hors e
pass and the Rockies. The company are
accommodated in three handsome Pullman
cars three Canadian Pacific official and one
baggage car making up a train of seven
carriages. Ghe party consists of sixty six
persons among whom are Edward Bottles
Wilbreham, Earl of Latham; Lord Will
liam Batter Fallerton Elphinstone, Lord
Castleton; Prince Hohenlohe, Count
Gleichen, Sir John Waldron Bart; Lieut..
Gov. Robltaille, of Quebec; Hon. G. A.
kirkpatrick, NJ. P, speaker of the Domin-
ion house of commons; Col. Kingscote c.
B., NJ. P; Stavely Hill NJ. P; Sir G. ".
Stephen, president Of the G. P. r. R. COM
pany; D. Mcintyre and r. B. Angus, vice
presidents; Hon. D. A. Smith, (Montreal,)
and Pascoed P. Greenfell, Oondon.) di-
rectors; W. @. Van Horne, (Montreal,)
general manager; Geo. Bliss, New York; !;
C. F. Smithers (MontreaD; Howard Potter,
New York;; Hon. A. G. Archibald, Nova
Scotia); T. E. Kenny, (HalIfax); W. Armit,
secretary Hudson Bay company; T. B.
Dufus, (Halifaz); Col. Egerton, (London);
W. Donaldson, (G1asgow); T. Reynolds,
Gondon); A Mcclellan, Glasgow;
Prof P. A. Simpson Glasgow university;
]. G. SibbaId New York;, Hon. M. H.
Cochran (Ottawa), Il, Mcdonald, c. Cas-
sils, j. Jones, B. Cutt, A. Cassils, Rev.
Canon Anson, Hon. G. Anson (MontreaD,
etc., etc., etc.
Of course it fell to the lot of the GLOBE
to show the distinguished strangers over
the city, to obtain their opinions upon the
rapid progress of the northwest and the
metropolitan city Of st. Paul, and so forth.
Accordingly from the large editorial
staff a fitting representative was
selected for the occasion, and when it was
known that he (the GLOBE representative
had but just made the trip which the dis
tinguished foreigners were just about to
commence the relative position of inter
viewer and interviewees was changed and
the GLOBE man was literally besieged by
eager question askers. Nothing daunted,
however, and not much overwhelmed by
the august presence of so much blue blood
he contrived through it all to show several
of the distinguished foreigners over the
business part of the city. He took them
down Third from the Merchants to Wa
couta, up Fourth to Sibley and jackson,
pointing out the magnificent array of
wholesale houses. From thence up
Third 10 the bridge where the strangers
from Grote's garden were enchanted with
the lovely scene across and down and up
the river.
Enchantment to right of them,
Enchantment to left of them,
Enchantment in front of them,
And the Old World wondered.
The strangers expressed their wonder
and amazement at what they saw. The
city, they said, not only showed enter
prise and rapid advancement (several had
BEEN in st. Paul before) but
signs of solidity ana substantial rosperity
quite foreign to most new cities. Our
business houses we're unanimously declared
magnificent, and several stating that they
never entered finer businesas palace than
Manufacturers, on Third street In the
course of showing the city, the GLOBE man
picked up the following facts concerning
the excursion. The party left Montreal
Tuesday, Aug. 20, a. m., by the Grand
Trunk, to Toronto, thence by the
Credit Valley, Canadian Southern, and
Michigan Central to Chicago,
passing over the Milwaukee, st. Paul IS
Minneapolis road to st. Paul and from st.
Paul to Mlnnetonka by the Manitoba
line, arriving at Hotel Lafayette at 9:1O p.
N. Friday making the whole trip from
Montreal to Minnetonka in one day and
twenty-five hours after being delayed two
hours on the road and making a consider
able stay in Chicago. The quickest time
made, the GLOBE was informed, was on
the Credit Valley road when forty five
miles we're traversed in forty nine minutes.
The party dined at Hotel Lafayette Friday
night. Yesterday morning they visited
Minneapolis and her grand array Of Mills
from thence they went to Mr.. HilPs farm
and inspected his herd OF imported cattle
and then came on to st. Paul, arriving
about II o'clock, when the GLOBE took them
as already stated, under its guidance.
Asked what he thought of Minnetonka.
Lieut. Governor Bobitaille, of Quebec, said
it was all that can be desired as delightful
resting place both as regards scenery and
comfort. Nothing can exceed the delight
full purity and invigorating qualities of
Minnetonka, he said, and as for the Hotel
Lafayette he considered it perfection.
There we're those, however, of the party
who said that Minnetonka had discovered
the secret of all fashionable watering
places-the secret of charging. This was
the case especially with the boatman. One
of the guests being surprised at the de-
mand made for boat asked what would
be the price of the boat; just about the
same as the hire, was the reply. The in
dustries of St. Anthony were spoken of by
all in the highest terms of praise, their
wonder being immensely excited by the
Pillsbury mill.
J.B. Hamilton, Esq, of the London stock
exchange and farmer of Essex, England,
was astonished at all he saw, but having
his attention called especially to our
wholesale business houses, he quietly said,
sob, well, when you have seen one Ameri-
can business house you have seen all-these
are only repetitions of New York and