The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-06-06
The ConductOrs' Excursion.


| The excursion party of the Passenger
Conductors Insurance Association, mum
bcring about 165 ladies and gentlemen,
arrived in Livingston on Sunday about II
o'clock. 1t consisted of six parlor and
sleeping coaches, diner, smoking and
baggage cars-ten in all. The party was
in charge of Mr.. George B. Clason, di-
vision superintendent of the Milwaukee
road and hearty, pleasant, capable gen.
tlemen whose management contributed
much to the success of the trip. He was
aided by ]. H. Rogers Jr., the general
tourist agent of the Northern Pacific
"my able assistant" as Mr.. Clason deserib-
ed him. After stopping long enough to
wander all over Livingston the party went
on to the Park. Sunday evening and
great part of Monday were spent in look
ing over Mammoth Hot Springs and points
of interest within radius of six or eight
miles of there. They returned to Living
ston on Monday and that evening were en-
tertained by our citizens with dance,
hastily gotten up at the Rink for the es-
pecial benefit Of the excursionists. They
availed themselves very generally Of the
opportunity and spent the evening in en-
joyment which they highly appreciated.
Next morning the train went west as far
as Bozeman and returning proceeded on to
St. Paul.
All were delighted with their trip. Ex-
cept a very brief and light fall of rain at
Mammoth Hot Springs the weather was
perfect during the entire trip. With the
whole Northern Pacific country they were
greatly pleased and especially with the
Yellowstone. They saw enough Of the
Park to give them an idea Of its wonder
full grandeur, though necessarily their
glimpses we're hurried. They will now
be able to speak intelligently and enthusi-
astically of the great northwest to the
thousands of tourists and travellers who
constantly call upon them for information
of this character. The trip as originally
planned was to extend to the coast but was
abandoned on account of limited leaves of
absence. They were to have gone to Hell
ena for few hours but that was prevented
by the washout in Gallatin valley.
Not all members of the party were rail-
road employees or their ladies. One Of
the number was Mr.. Moon of the we'll
known St. Paul wholesale grocery firm of
Allen, Moon & Co. He went over to Bear
Gulch to visit the mines there as he is
somewhat interested in mining near Lake
Superior. Mr.. Hanson, veteran news
paper man of St. Paul, now doing special
railroad work, was In the party. The Min
neapolis Tribune was represented by Mr..
Bower and Mr.. Robinson, and the Journal
by MissEva Mcintyre, cousin of Capt. ].
H. Mills Of the Deer Lodge New North
west. A son of Mr.. Anthony Kelly, a
wholesale grocer of Minneapolis, was the
only one of the excursionists who had
ever been to the Park before. Prof. Haynes
was on hand and did some Photographic
work at his new gallery (now complete) at
the Springs.
Though the National Hotel is not yet
opened for the season nor in readiness for
the accommodation of guests yet Mr.. and
Mrs. H. j. Hoppe, almost without warning,
were able to most satisfactorily provide for
the whole party-the largest number of
guests ever accommodated there at one
time