St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-01
ANXIOUS TO CLIMB.
Everybody Clambering Upon
the Great Celebration {
Band Wagon.
The Number Of Jobbers With
Floats Increases With |
Each Mail. /
Every Householder Urged9t
Hang His Bunting on the !
Outer Wall. |
The Pacific Coast Celebration
to Follow st. Paul'S
Pageant. |

Over week ago the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern made a one
fare rate for the round trip, goot
from all points In Minnesota
the two Dakotas and Manitoba
and on trains arriving in. St
Paul June Z. There are thousands
who will take advantage of these greatly
reduced rates and visit st. Paul during
the three days pageant. 1t will alsl
enable them. to attend the reciprocity
convention held here June and 6. for
which special rates, have also beer
granted. The traffic from the Wes,
promises to be heavy, as almost all the
larger towns along the Great Northern
road will be represented in the indus
trial parade on the 7th. Devils Lake has
been the last city to send word that she
will be present OH that occasion. Her
citizens are preparing handsome float.
The Everett delegation has established
headquarters at the Merchants. and
will be at home TO their friends there
from Juue to 10. Sam II. Nichols and
j. P. Murphy, who are with the delega-
ton, report that their city will have
three floats in the parade. The first
will be thirty-fOOt model of an
ocean whaleback employed in
the coast trade. The second will be
representative Of home industries, and
the third will be map of the Great
Northern road, showing Everett to be
the natural terminus of the new trans
continental line. Everett is proud of
her home industries. Ninety per cent
of the raw material consumed by her
manufacturers is said to be produced in
the immediate vicinity of Everett.
The number of home concerns repre-
sented in the parade will be larger than
the committee expected. Fully seventy
firms agreed TO prepare floats, and very
few will fail to keep their promises.
Now, atthe eleventh hour, many others
are coming forward and asking for the
privilege of putting IN artistic floats. A
great many names have been added to
the list of exhibitors who were not Oh
it when the list was first published.
Many are inqulring where they viii
form on the day of the parade. FdlfHi-
rectlons will be mailed to every firm re-
porting to the committee. With its di-
rections Will be a permit. without Which
no float will be allowed place in the
parade. Any purely advertising FAKE,
not float, will not be allowed in the
parade. "a,
Let Everybody Decorate. ~
The jobbers and manufacturers com
menced decorations of their buildings
yesterday. The decorations will betthe
most elaborate ever seen in st. Paul, as
is indicated by the little that has al
ready been done. Now that the worg
has been commenced, it will become
general throughout the city. Most lib
eraf prizes are. offered by the committed 9
on decorations for the best decorated
buildings. The first is $500, the second
$50, and the third $50. Impartial
Judges will be appointed to award the
prizes. The following circular letter
was Issued yesterday by j. S. Robertson,
chairman of the committee on decora-
tlonS:
To the Citizens of St Paul:
1t is the wish of the committee on
decoration for the Hill celebration,
which takes place on June7, s aud 9,
that all buildings, regardless of the
character, size or location, should be
decorated as handsomely and elaboratey
as possible, on all streets as well as on
the line of parade, as. people will throng
one street as much as another after the
parade is over, and it is decidedly to the
interest of those who desire TO attract
the crowd to decorate literally, as they
will naturally drift where there is the
most attraction. Great Northern flags,
which are appropriately designed for
the occasion, are on sale at cost by the
committee at 147 East Third street, near
Jackson. The committee feel quite sure
that our people will second their en-
deavors and will join with them in help
ing to make our streets and city as at
tractiye as possible, not only to our cit
iZenS but to the thousands of strangers
who will be in st. Paul at that time, and
try to impress them with the beauty and
importance of our city, cleanliness of
our streets aud refinement of our people.
Respectfully, j. S. ROBERTSON,
Chairman Decoration Committee.
Relies Coming In.
Two old stage coaches which have
seen some hard service in the far West
reached st. Paul yesterday from Great
Falls. They are very old and we'll
worn, but are still serviceable. The
Red river carts for the parade were
shipped yesterday from Winnipeg.
Chairman Burwell has secured a dozen
or more bands from st. Paul. Minneap-
oils and other Minnesota and Dakota
towns. The last engaged is the Indian
band from Fort Totten, an excellent
organization OF musicians. The play
ers, except the leader. are all Indians.
Soon after the close of the home cele-
bration large party will leave st. Paul
by special train to Seattle to participate
in the demonstration to be held in that
city. The Seattle committee has been
informed by President Hill that he will
leave st. Paul June IL, and will arrive
in Seattle about the 10Th or 18th of that
month. A number of Seattle's business
men will come East to accompany the
special train on its Western trip.
An Eastern Write-Up.
Harper's Weekly of June contains a
number of fine illustrations, giving the
architectural arches and several of9the
state floats. 1t also has good picture
of President Hill. A view in Summit
park and scene on the Great Northern
in the Cascade mountains, where Tthe
last spike was driven, complete the
illustrations. There is also a Short
article written by W. S. Harwood. from
which the following is taken: q
The Great Northern railroad was com.
pleted few weeks ago from st. Paul to
the Pacific coast. the far westernlter-
minus being On Puget sound. This new
rou te across the continent has been the
result of the untirlng efforts of the
present president of the road, j. j. HILL
The road has been built in a some
what unusual style, not cent of gov
ernmental aid having been provided.
Mr.. Hill is an unassuming man, pos
sessed of large and accurate knowledge
for the solving of the problems of
finance as we'll as those of railr0ading.
He is lioeral patron of the
arts. and in bis palatial home
in st. Paul, on one of the most beauti-i
full avenues in America, he has a rare
collection of paintings. He is liberal in
his gifts. public ana private, and stands
always for what is highest in citizen
ship. The citizens of st. Paul deter
mined some time ago to celebrate the
completion of this road in fitting man.
ner. Committees were appointed and
ample funds provided for the building
of arches, street decorations and the
like. These decorations are on an
elaborate scale. Bunting is layishly dis
played, and all sorts of designs indica-
tive of tho oon, m nj al mauufn ctI,ri :, tr