Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-09-17
GRAND RAPIDS EXCURSION.

izens who had been invited to join the
complimentary excursion rendered 10y
the officials Of the ID. l.. X y. R'y to
the business men of the Saginaw Val
ley About ten o'clock the first train,
made mp of seven coaches. arrived and |
was boarded by about fifty Alma people.
Stops were made at the principal sta
| tions along the road. about 100 being |
taken on board at Edmore, 60 at Lake
view and 80 at Howard City. After |
leaving the latter place no stops were
made until the elegant new Soldier 5 |
Home WAS reached, when the tram
halted about five minutes, enabling the |
eXcursionists to obtain fine view OF
this. one O. Michigan : latest and grand
est institutions. the haven of the dis
abled aged soldiers who came nj the
countrys cali to lay down their lives,
their all. in her lcfense if need be.
Michigan knows how TO care for her
people. Before Grand Rapids was
reached everyone in the party had boen
presented with q neatly printed yellow
satin badge bearing the state seal and
the words Furniture and Plaster ''-be-
>, :, cen this two claSped hands and fol-
" va. Lumber and Salt a dinner
AZ" 'i's'N 1gram of exercises. and an
!. .'oNo', ~ visit the fine new boat
. ~ ''''''oii :" "ashtonong Boat Club
= house of the o. on thetrain pull
at Reads Lake. Wh, 1:l5 an i'm
y ed into the Union depot al let eoo
- mense crowd was formed by {, aujd.
j eXcurSionists and the Grand X .et
people, who had assembled to a.
ie them. a short address of welcome wa,
r made by the President of the city. an,
J. was responded to by the Mayors of Sagi
nav aEi East Saginaw. and We must
ie say that for anything in the speecl
y making line, these bat anything wC
is have heard lately. Tie gentlemen
d realized that the crowd would bc bette!
pleased with something short. lively
= and witty than anything I'm the spread
l. eagle style, and they gave them the
d former, "All wool and a yard wide. -
{. The people were then instructed TO fol-
low the banner of the hotel to whicl
II they had been assigned for dinner. and
preceded 10y a band OF music. the hum
# cry crowd lost no time in making a
n grand rush for dinner. BOO went To the
Aor' 21p TO Sweets. 275 to the Eagle
225 b. the Bridge St, 10 to the Clmen-
don OJa party had been assigned tC
the Bridge ~. and no one in the large
dining room va, neglected oI sighted
and inside of an hour all had been
treated To lirst-cass dinner and haG
y scattered about the city in carriage,
" generously furnished by the citizens OF
l. the Second City" During the next
J. two hour the city was pretty thorough
y gone over. some parties visiting tAC
enormous furniture factories. other.
n the wholesale houses. the ladies III,
n dry goods parlorS, other, the lake. tn,
II bluffs the river, the residence portion
= of the city-eyerywhcre and everything
J. almost. At $50 the fire department
gave display, and it was indeed (,
- good one. Every engine in the city wa.
: on hand within fifteen minutes after
= the alarm was sounded, and every mm
IL at his post ready for review
9 The next thing in orders was the MS
- ual rush for the train. and the I'm
sure I'll be left was there in great
numbers, Here every cNcJusioniSt was
! presented with a lunch neatly pat mp in
20 paper baskets and consisting Of sm1
II wichcs, cookies, grapes and peache.
~ which were sampled with "neatucs,
= and dispatch" especially despatch am,
i could the genial lunch man. Lamos
have heard the compliments and enco
miums he would have gone wild Wit
delight. The first train left the Uuiol
2" depot at p. m. closely followed 10y tn,
u two Saginaw trains, and steady ru
u was made, Alma being reached at II
~ o'clock \ tired lot of people disem
- barked, but on every hand expression
of praise Of the ID. J.. " y. were heard
Certain it is that the enterprising man
lg ayers of that road did themselves prom,
5. in the management Of the affair. No
ry an accident or incident occurred to ma
be- the occasion and our people came hom
rs highly pleased with the new route, am
r. unable to find words to express thoi
We hearty appreciation Of the manner il
en which Grand Rapids entertained ne
ce visitors. The Alma cXcuIsinui,fe U.i.l
ld us to extend their sincere thanks to th
es Railway officials who planned the OK
IT. cWsion, and to the city of Grand Rap
ids for the royal welcome and entertain