St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-30
ODDS AND ENDS.


TO certain extent great disappointment.
He was advertised in such manner as would |
Indicate that he would deliver an entirely |
new lecture, and many people who attended |
his previous lecture in the city-nearly two |
years ago-were induced to attend What |
then, was their surprise to find that the witty |
Frenchman had not prepared new lecture
but merely repeated the old one Even the
humorous stories were not new, and to those |
who heard his previous effort the lecture was
agreat sell" 1t seems singular that man
OF Max O'Relrs ability should retail the same
lecture year after year, and every time he
visits city repeat the story of his reception
at Portland Me-, which, to put 1t mildly, is
very far fetched.
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The announcement was recently made that
accompany was being formed to put in q
pneumatic tube, by which letters and small
parcels could be conveyed between the Twin
Cities. The authenticity of the report was at
first doubted, but developments will show
that the promoters of the scheme are in
earnest, and within couple ofyears the
tube will be in operation. The scheme IS
being undertaken by a number of St. Paul
Chicago capitalists, and when completed is
certain to be great success financially aud
otherwise. These pneumatic tubes are in
operation by the postal authorities in Euro
pean countries, and are shortly to be put in
use by the postal department of this country
Postmaster General Wanamaker, in his
report just issued. referring to the
New York and Brooklyn Offices says:
The down town and up town Offices as
have already insisted. should be connected
iby pneumatic tubes, and the Brooklyn office
should be so connected with the New York
Office: and pneumatic tube from the up
N hp
ever, would be to connect all the substatons
with belt line of tubes that mail of New
York and Brooklyn might be massed at the
great upper and lower stations in New York
for quick dispatch to railroads and steam
ships. The cost of such improvements
would be trifing in comparison with the
time aud convenience gained. A letter from
Brooklyn to Harlem ought to be delivered
at residence near the tubular station in ten
minutes. and a letter from the lower Office
to One Hundred and SEVENTEEN street should
be in the hands of the addressee in six min.
utes."
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The cost of connecting the New York and
Brooklyn offices with these tubes is placed
at from $4,000 to Sl5O,0OO The cost of con-
meeting the Twin Cities would be about $780,
000-at least that is the figure made by the
gentlemen who have the matter in hand.
When the pneumatic tube is in operation it
is quite feasible for the postal authorities to
make an arrangement tor the mails to be
transmitted through it. This would be
great boon to citizens. and perhaps the
greatest benefit would accrue therefrom in
the operation of the tube, for even with the
hourly train service on the Interurban line,
the postal delivery between St. Paul and
Minneapolis Is nothing to brag about.
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Bowling, curling, billiards and indoor base
ball are just now the rage in st. Paul. and
the very air is filled with tournaments and
competitions of one sort or another. The
gold badge offered by the GLOBE for compe-
tition among the bowling clubs is attracting
great interest. Eleven clubs have already
signitied their intention to compete, and the
probability is that the number will be in
creased to fifteen before the tournament
opens. The curriers' are beginning to enthuse
over the International bonspiel, which takes |
place in the city next week, and the experts |
with the cue are being enivened with yari-
GUS competitions including contest be-
tween the amateur players of the Twin |
Cities. These amateur sports are very health |
fu; they give the young men a healthy and |
higher moral tone, and are therefore worthy |
of the warmest support or all good citizens, |
and particularly OF fathers.
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Very few people are aware of the great
work being done by the Great Northern road |
to secure suitable immigrants for the Red |
river valley and tributary country. The |
work is under the management of Frank l. |
Whitney, whose chief aid is Moses Folsom, |
the editor of the Great Northern Bulletin |
About month ago the road sent 100 Iect- |
urers into the New England and other |
states, who have been nightly iecturing on |
the opportunities offered farmers i'll Mime |
sofa and North Dakota. These lecturers also |
furnish Mr. Whitney with the names of peo- |
pie, to whom are sent literature bearing upon |
the Red river valley. The Great Northern |
has now upwards of 10000 names of |
people, and the company is daily send |
ing out tons of pamphlets papers and |
circulars. The work done is of a |
most effective character and with spring is
bound TO be productive of much good. With |
the work done by the Great Northern, and |
that of q similar character by many OF the |
roads centering In st. Paul. the proposed |
state immigration bureau-if it can ever be |
brought into practical shape-will find a |
very small field open for it. There is hardly |
corner of the globe upon which the lynx |
eyed railroad emigrant agent has not had his |
eye. The literature got up by the Great !
Northern road is particularly attractive and |
and his assistants.
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With the cut in rates made by the 500 |
there are hundreds of citizens anxious that |
Mr.. Kenyon, of the Burlington, will pick up |
the gauntlet thrown down and inaugurate |
general rate war. IN this case rates would |
drop, and tits thus probable that the trip to |
Chicago may be made for-as it was some |
years ago-the expenditure of 81. But it is |
very improbable that anything of the kind |
will occur. whatever may have distin- |
guished Mr.. Kenyon's career in the past, e |
is not now "demoralizer'' of rates. The |
Burlington is on its good behavior these
days. |
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The work of Julius A. Schmahl at San |
Francisco, where he represented the ST. Paul |
Press CLUB at the convention of the Interna- |
tional League OF Press Clubs, has been so eff |
fective that there is some talk of banquerng |
him On his return home. H. G. Dunn is said |