St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-30
GREAT THRONG AT COMO.
THE RJPPf Q0ARTETTE PROVES A
GREh7 ATTRACTION
LIKEWISE THE MUSIC FLOAT.

hundreds or Extra Chairs Pro-
vided - The Rich and Poor
Alike Enjoyed the Outing =
City hallway Service Was
Good Many Picnic Parties
About the Park.
The GLOBE made no mistake when it
predicted in its issue of yesterday
morning that an immense crowd would
find its way to Como park. If anything,
the expectations were not equal to the
actual attendance.
All day long steady stream of people
wendell its way to the cool and
attractive resort. and the number came
nearly up to that of the Fourth of July.
The day was an ideal one, and while
the sun was rather warm in the city the
dense foliage of the trees and shruboery
of the park afforded ipnumerable shady
hooks and corners. Many men had
taken their families early in the day
and remained as late as possible, and
many were the little family picnics
that could be seen about the various
sections of the park. Towards evening
the outpOuring OF people became still
greater, and when the first night con-
cert commenced the entire lake frontage
was dense mass of humanity.
Hundreds of extra chairs and COM
Portable benches had been provided and
placed along the lake front where the
visitors had the best advantage of listen
ing to the excellent programmes, and at
the same time catch the refreshing
breeZes from the water. The audience
was liberal one. and showed bv fire.
quent bursts of applause that the efforts
on the part of the musicians to please
were not unrewarded nor Ineffective.
The Rippi qua tette. which appeared
last night for the last time, came III for
large share of the plaudits. and had to
respond with encOres at every appear
ance
Every available boat on the lake was
in constant demand, and many of the
pleasure craft were lingering about the
floating band stand while the concerts
were iii progress. And this position
was one of particular advantage. as the
sounds of the music are naturally car
ried by the water great distance. and
yet in more subdued and Sweetened
form.
Standing at the entrance to the park
after shutdown the eye was greeted by
a constant flow of TWO streams of human
beings. coming and going. Despite the
early departure of sotne. the crowd did
not seem TO diminish materially, as
others quickly came to take their places.
1t seems as if all st. Paul had turGed
out to enjoy pleasant outing at so
trifing all expense. A careful survey
OF the people showed that all classes
were well represented. While the
workman and his family were fully rep
resented, many of the city's best citi-
Zens were also there and c0ntentedly
enjoyed all the beauties and attractions
provided at this favorite resort. De-
spite the large number, the crowd was
one of the most orderly ever seen at a
public resort. Not single disturbance
was reported during the day, and all
seemed on pleasure bent.
Lieut.. Budy and detail of mounted
officers were on hand to keep the road
ways clear from passing teams. This
was no easy task. as there were hun
dreds of carriages of all descriptions,
and everybody liked to linger just a
little while before the band stand 10
listen to the music. The new floating
stand proved a success. The music
could be heard to much better advant-
age than at any time before and at
greater distance. The stand will be
moved about fifty feet further out in the
lake, which will add still greater carry
ing capacity.
The service of the city rail way col:i-
pany could not have been better Trains
of two cars each were run three minutes
apart, and there were no veXatiOuS de-
lays. Considering that the company
carried nearly 10000 people in all and,
figuring the attendance by carriages,
there must have been at least $1,000
people at Como during yesterday. Not
an accident happened during the day
to any of the crowded cars to mar the
pleasures, and great credit is due to the
officials of the company for the careful
handling of the heavy traffic.
The people of the city are fully ap-
preciatiye of the advantages offered
them by the park, and are not slow to
utilize them while the season lasts.
There can be no question of the perma-
nent success of the venture. 1t is an
investment over which the citizens can
be thankful, and popular opinion is
general that the outlay is fully Justified
by the returns.