St. Paul daily globe., 1888-04-29
Hon. p. M.
Cleary,
of Chicago.

never COuN see Wnere GQe likeness
came in. Now if the good people who
made the mistake had taken me for
Senator FARWELL, of Illinois, think |
could have overlooked the error. for L
recall two instances OF mistaken lden-
tity in which CHARLIE FARWELL and
myself were concerned.
On one occasion, while passing down
one of the principal streets of Chicago,
/ was accOsted by a well-dreSSed, gen.
teel-looking fellow, who addressed ME
as Mr.. FARWELL. CHARLIE was rum
ming for congress at the time, and my
queStiOner wanted to borrow $50 from
me to assist him in doing the honOrs for
the boys. The next affair resulted in
Mr.. FARwELL having to pay one OF my
bills, and it happened in this way: 1t
was my habit to keep bottle OF bay
rum for my private use at the barber
shop, and one day got bottle of the
liquid charged to my account. Subse-
quently Senator FARWELL came into
the barber shop for treatment, and after
he had been waited upon the cashier
at the desk remarked: "COl. CLEARY,
there is an item of 50 charged against
you for bay rum" Without saying any
thing the senator paid the bill, and had
a good laugh on me when we met again.
There was another funny story at my
expense which is told by a gOod-natured
son of the Emerald Isle, who was de-
voted to me while was in the Conven-
ton city. had been sick for while,
and one day he came up to call on me
and tender his assistance if he could be
useful in any way. He launched out
into a diatribe upon how badly my
friends felt that was confined to my
house, ending with the startling climax
''LOrd. colonel, what big funeral you
would have if you died" | began to
mend from that moment, and was soon
on the streets again.
M
Manager p. F.. We are now carrying
about 5000 passengers
Barr, of the daily on our trains; but
even this is not as
Gable Co. much business as we
ought to be dong by
1000. Oftentimes on the down trip
a train will not receive single fare,
whereas ON the return to the power
house the indicator will show that
1O4 persons availed themselves of
the new method of transportation from
their places of business to their homes
On St. Anthony hill. That number is
the largest that we have carried thus
far on single train and trip, and the
cars ran as smoothly and as rapidly as
though there had not been a single Oc-
cupant.
From the power house to the terminal
and return fifty-six minutes, fourteen Of
which are consumed in switching, are
required for the round trip, say when
the cars are running on schedule time
five minutes apart. In the busiest part
of the day, between noon and 2
o'clock, for instance, there is only a
difference of two and half minutes be-
tween trains, and we have two extra
trains provided for such emergencies.
Within the next month, however, we
anticipate decided increase in passen-
ger traffic, and for that reason we have
perfected arrangements for four new
trains, and when they arrive we will
have sixteen trains and grip cars avail
able for use, and will not be incOmmOded
in the least.
All the trains run at the rate of eight
miles per hour, the limit fixed by law
within the municipal precincts, and
while the business has not been so large
as we could wish, the new tramway is
growing daily more popular in public
estimation.
When the road was projected it was
pretty VIGIL uuucIStOOu NY GIIC otOCh-
holders that fully a year must elapSe
ere there would be return for the capi-
tai invested in the enterprise, and these
predictions are now on the point of
fulfillment, despite the army of croak-
ers who have persistently, since the first
rail was laid, declared that the cable
line would be failure in st. Paul.
~
David Nicolas After an absence of
two months from the
ky, of the Sanity City have re-
turned to find every
Ryan Hotel. thing prosperous and
booming, although l
must confess I was disappointed at the
state of the weather. After my recent
experiences amid orange groves and
thriving plantations, visited during my
Southern trip, it came somewhat amiss
to find heavy Oyercoat and winter
clothing to be absolutely indispensable
to comfort.
But the people are as gay and good
natured as when left them two months