St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-27
THEIR SIXTH ANNUAL.
The Railroad Office Employees
Picnic at Spring Park.

The Railroad Office Employees
Picnic at Spring Park.
Over 600 of the employees of the gen.
eral railroad offices in Minneapolis and
st. Paul, with their wives and best
girls, pickeiced at Spring Park, Lake
Minnetonkl, yesterday. Every road
centering in the Twin Cities was repre-
sented, and iollier crowd would have
been hard to find. The DAM orchestra
accompanied the excursionlsts and fur
nished the music for dancing in the
pavilion. A trip around the lakes on the
steamer st. Louis was taken by those
who did not care for the dancing or the
athletic sports. At 12:45 special train
carried the party to the Hotel Lafayette
where lunch was served, after which
they returned to the park. w. FL.
Eaton, of the Northern Pacific road.
acted as general manager of the affair.
and under his direction the programme
of sports was faithfully carried out.
The first event was boat race. dis
snce one mile, for pair of field
glasses. which was won bv George L.
Davies, of the Omaha road. The half
mile boat race, dOuble-sculls. lady and
gentleman. a silk umbrella to the lady
winning, was won by Fritz Luhr, OF the
Northern Pacific road, and Mrs. Luhr.
The gentlemen's dOuble-scull race, dis
lance one mile, for two silk shirts, was
won by MeSSrs. Davies, of the Omaha,
and Hatty, of the Northern Pacific.
A box OF cigars was offered as prize
for the 15O-yards swimming race, which
was won by Charles Hatch, of the
Northern Pacific. The l0O-yards dash
for silk umbrella was won by r. G.
Folsom, of the Great Northern, who
covered the distance in something less
than thirteen seconds. There were two
prizes for the 100-yards run for
girls under fifteen years of age.
The first was plush album
and the second bamboo easel. The
first prize was won by Minnie Acker
man and the second by Annie Jdlick.
F. W. Harris, of the Omaha, won the
standing broad jump, and w. t. Col
born, of the Great Northern, the run
ming broad Jump, and each secured
box of cigars. The half mile dash for
office boys, the prize being straw hat,
was won by James Burke. of the Bur-
lington. The 100 yards dash for the Of
ficers of the association, past and pres
ent, prize silk hat, was captured by
Gen. William j. Weber, of the Omaha.
While all the events attracted general
attention, the three-legged race perhaps
created the most amusement,an and several
wrecks were piled up along the road"
but Frank Starkweather and Ed julie,
both of the Northern Pacific road, sue
ceeded IN excepting on the rails" and
were declared the winners. To the
committee of arrangements, consisting
of w. j. Weber. of the omaha; w. II.
Eaton, of the Northern Pacific; g. 81.
Staehle, of the ST. Paul q Duluth; T.
II. Seaman, of the Chicago, Milwaukee
q st Paul; S. H. Kneass, of the $500"
G. O. Somers, of the Great Northern;
A. S. Nash, of the Kansas City; F. Il.
Thomas, of the Chicago, Burlington &
Northern; and W. w. Ccnne, of the
st. Louis, as we'll as the officers of the
association belongs the credit of ar
ranging and carrying out one of the
most perfect outings ever enjoyed by
the association and its friends.