St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-30
STORIES OF THE STREET.


could place reasonable amount of depend
ence upon the weather, but now--well, there
can be no reliance placed uDon il. The ell
matte changes seem to have been, rung upon
us to our disadvantage One day you are
wearing furs TO get reasonable amount of
warmth; the next day You are devising
schemes to keep yourself cool. And thus it
has been for several weeks and the one
question uppcrmost IN the minds of the peo-
pie is: when. OH! when are we going to
get any SUMMER
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The health department seems to be q favor.
tie department. Of the city government,
against which to register kick have no
intention of following this policy, but do
wish to call the attention OF the health Off
Gals TO the unsanitary condition OF a ruined
building at the corner or Hoffman avenue
and Conway street. 1t is several years since
the building was occupied and now it Is not
only an eye-sore to the district but stand
ing menace TO the community The late
rains seem to have overfowed the vaults,
and effluvia proceeding therefrom Is ex-
tremely nauseating. Hundreds of people
pass the building every day, and their health
is jeopardized every time The health officers
should see that the offending mat
ter is promptly removed. or, what would be
better, have the building torn down. The
people have right to be protected. and
what is the use of health officer if such
matters are not attended to?
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The city railway company comes in for
many kicks at the hands of the public, but,
when we come to think of it, this corpora
hon-soulless, If you like-is doing q great
service for these two Cities The service on
this line may not be what 1t ought TO be, and
cars running on another route not what they
are cracked I'D to be, but, upon investigating
the whole railway system, you must concede
that the company is doing great work
There are no other cities that can boast of
such an elaborate system of street car service
and where the citizens have SO many ad-
vantages.
IT.
Minneapolis and ST. Paul are spread with a
network of railway, and by walking block
or so from your residence you can get car
and be conveyed to any part of the two
cities. For instance: Sunday afternoon L
took the cable on the bluff, was transferred
to the interurban. from which, in Minneapo-
lis, l was again transferred to the Lake Har-
riet car. For 10 cents was conveyed from
the easteriy limits of St. Paul to the delight
full and hospitable shores of Lake Harriet.
What other street car systems equal this2 1
do not know of any.
IL
The mention of Lake Harriet brings up this
thought: How is it that St. Paul business
men do not secure a line of railway to Lake
Como? Lake Harriet is most pleasant re-
sort of an evening for the citizens Of Mime
40 ha tolyn 70 oy,6 tt~a
lake for dime. and when there most enjoy
able musical programme is furnished Thou
sands of people on a summer evening avail
themselves of this delightful, cool and re-
freshing resort after the exhausting labors of
the day.
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Lake Como would make an ideal resort for
the people of this city on summer evening
The park commissioners have expended
thousands OF dollars for the i'm proyement of
the lake and its park, and the one drawback
is the difficulty in getting out. A line of rail-.
way is the one thing required. Como citizens
ave 10 lg agitated such line, but beyond
getting rid of a certain amount of wind at
regu lar intervals, never seem to accomplish
anything of a definite character. They will
probably go on talking until doomsday about
the great advantages of such line, but if
the citizens generally do not exert them
selves to obtain it, nothing will be DONE Ii
the matter was taken up at once and with
Vigor, the line could be in operation inside
of three weeks.
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1t is quite the fad to be a reformer these
days. The reform administration seems to
have carried everything before it, besides the
votes that were to have kept the Democrats
installed in the city hall for two more years.
do not wish. however to call attention to
the kid of reform melted out by that high
apostle of reform, Mayor Wright, but TO-
bring before you the wrong line adopted by
the cold water adherents and individuals of
that ilk. They will subscribe literally to
campaign funds in the belief that some day
they may gain control of the reins of govern
ment, and then close up all saloons and
places OF vice. This class of reform
ers believe in accomplishing their work
by legislation by force rather than
by educating the tastes of the people to
higher level Just look around the city.
VIII at have the prohibitionists and their like
done for those they would save from the sa-
loon? What counter attractions have been
provided against what they SO glibIy talk
about as the debasing influence of the sa-
where the workingman can go and spend
the evening in healthful and intellectual
recreation. There is not one And yet
these so-called reformers are forever clamor-
ing for the protection of the people against
the drink evil. and yet never go into their
pockets and furnish a resort which would
act as competitor to the allurements held
out by the saloon and other places. The
prohibitionist spends all his money in cam
paign funds and tracts. and because the peo-
pie do not get sober he walls necessarily
about the degeneration of the age.
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The opening of the White Bear electric line
Saturday is going to be great thing for that
popular lake resort 1t will bring White Bear
to the very doors of the people, and, with the
popular rates to be charged, there cannot be
the slightest doubt about the extent of the
patronage to be bestowed. 1t will assuredly
become the most popular line in ST. Paul
All tht will be needed is liberal service of
trains, and this the company say will be
given.
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Red Rock seems to nave fallen on evil days.
No longer the crowds pass within its portals
as in the halcyon days of the inimitable
Sans" This goes to show that this is es-
seHtldIly d gay OF SenSatlOn-lOVlnS people.
The people are no longer attracted by the
straight thing, and even like their religion
tinctured with something a little strong.
Whose fault is this? Is it the peoples
or their spiritual advisers? 1 am in
cllned to think that the fault lies
largely, if not almost solely, with the spirit
ual leaders. How often do the people go to
church and listen to the stalest of stale plati-
tudes, and they become so used to this sort
of thing that they almost forget what ener-
getic religion and robust Christianity really
are. If you have effeminaey in the pulpit you
will soon have it spread throughout lhe con-
gregation. And, ii you have sensationalism
in the pulpit do not kick if the members
come to call for continuation of that kind
of diet. and if it il is not forthcoming 90 To