St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
"Romantic and Beautiful"

twenty miles through both towns for
two nickels.
Romantic and Beautiful"
Evening Call, Lafayette, Ind.
p In the former letter mentioned that
after the opening meeting on Tuesday
morning (held Immediately after our ar
rival in st. Paul., the association was
taken out for a carriage drive about
the city. This was delight which
will ever linger tondly in the memories
of the fortunate editorial party. One
and all were astonished to see such
evidences as they did OH every hand OF
solid wealth and culture In this wonder
full city, the gateway TO the Northwest,
as It's citizens proudly call it. The
situation and surroundings OF St Paul
are particularly romantic and beautiful.
The city is built upon, and over, tower
ing heights of solid limestone. overlook
ing the beautiful Mississippi river. and it
Is indeed most beautiful stream here.
how beautiful no one who has only seen
il below its junction with the filthy
Missouri can at all conceive. The
waters are clear and cold, proceeding
from pure mountain springs, and bear
ing upon their bosom countless millions
OF feet of lumber in the log, which Is
numbering towns which line It's banks.
constituting an industry which Of itself
is Il mine Of untold wealth. pouring its
riches into the lap of Minnesota, and of
the Twin Cities at the falls particularly.
The granite hills upon which st. Paul
isfounded rise in gentle fluctuations from
the river bank. The wealthier residence
portion of the city crowns the heights
of st. Anthony'S hill, proud elva-
ton whose borders furnish hundreds of
most delightful views up and down, and
across the winding river. The views
from all these winding curves Is mag
niiicent beyond description. Having
heard of st. Paul as a Mississippi river
town, most of the delegates had expect
ed to see 4 business center built down
on the flats close to the river, perhaps
gently rising as the river was receded
from, but very few had any expectation
of seeing city with such commanding
natural features, and with public and
private buildings of such beauty and
massive elegance. Some of the private
residences Of st. Paul are not surpassed
anywhere, East or West, for soidty,
beauty of design, and princely ele-
gance, both without and within. The
business quarter also presents very
fine appearance, and many of the bust
ness blocks and public buildings are in
deed models. The natural advantages
of the place in this respect are quite
rare. The city is underlaid with solid
limestone, and near by are quarried the
finest quality of dazzling white granite,
as well as sandstone Of good quality.
With such unsurpassed building mate
rialS right il hand, it would be. indeed.
ineXcusable if st. Paul's citizens had
built in the shOddy manner Of so many
of the Western cities; but ST. Paul peo-
pie are keenly appreciatlYe of Il good
thing no people In the world more So
and have availed themselves Of their
natural advantages to the utmost. The
principal public and private buildings
are not only founded upon n rock"-
literally-but constructed of these splen-
did building materials lying at their
Verv doors.
After the return of the eXcursioniSts
and supper, they were treated TO mag
niicent parade by the st. Paul police
and fire departments 1t must have
cost an Infinite amount OF labor and no
small sum in spot cash to prepare for
this pageant-for pageant indeed ii was.
The horses, engines. ladder trucks,
chemical eXtingulsherS, and other fire
apparatus were handsomely decorated
in various ingenious ways, the national
colors predominating. Every horse was
fautleSsly groomed; every piece of
harness was shining black. as though it
had just come new from the hands of
the dealer; every buckle, every bit OF
brass and nickel about the machines,
and all the fire apparatus was brill
iantly polished. The perfect condition
of everything, and the thorough disci-
.pine and drill. were marvellous. Both
police and fire laddies wore handsome
uniforms of blue, whose faultless sur
face showed no sign OF spot or wrinkle.
The parade was quite an imposing one,
and better than anything else, perhaps,
could have done. indeXed the metropol
itan character of the city. 1t was a
genuine surprise to most. There are
few cities in the land which can sur
pass or equal it. In its perfect order
the departments looked as though they
might have just stepped out OF IL band
box" is the saying goes. st. Paul
should be deseryedly proud of her fire
department and police.