St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-08
SPECIAL ELECTRIC CARS.
Railway Company Furnished
Free Transportation to
the Throng.
ADJUSTMENTS OF ALL SORTS.
Winners Of the Various Con-
te5tS--Trips About White
Bear--Dancing.

The Twin City Rapid Transit CON-
pany has generously arranged to give
its employees in the two cities picnic
at Wildwood. on the shores of White
Bear Lake, the company furnishing
transportation both on its own lines and
on the White Bear Electric railroad
from East Seventh steeet, to the men
and their families. Yesterday the first
contingent, numbering nearly 1000 of
the Minneapolis street car men, with
their wives, children and friends, came
over early in the morning on ten vesti-
buled cars, which were gaily decorated
with red, white and blue bunting, and
as these pulled up at the end of East
Seventh street, the passengers were
transferred to the electric trains of the
White Bear Electric Railway company,
that were in waiting at the terminus.
The vestibules were sidetracked at this
point until evening, and the appearance
that they presented with their tri-colored
StreamerS floating In the breeze was
very gay. The company had arranged
to give one-half of the Minneapolis en-
ployes a holiday Yesterday. and the
remainder on Wednesday Of next week.
The same arrangement has been made
for the st. Pnul men Tuesday and
Thursday of next, being the days they
have selected.
The eXcursionists brought with them
band and short programme of
sports, with prizes for the winners in
the different events, and they went out
for good time. and had it. Express
sious of satisfaction with the way the
crowd was handled by the railroad COM
pany, and also with the attention re-
celved from the management at Wild
wood, were heard on every side, and
although the day was an extremely hot
one the large amount of shade in the
picnic grounds made delightful place
for the midday spread to be prepared.
All the boats In the place were in con-
slant demand, as well as the bathing
suits and the toboggan slide. which is
always large attraction. A party of
about 100 chartered the steamer Maud
and spent the greater part of the after
noon on the lake, which was very calm
and pleasant for rowing. A great deal
of credit is due the committees on ar
engagements for the smooth way in which
everything passed off.
The men from the different parts of
the city serving as managers of the af-
fair we're:
From the Fest Side B arn-T. r. Har-
tin, II. Schlvisser and &. L. Lawton.
From the Nineteenth Avenue Barn
r. Aldsworth and E. H. Edwards. From
the Bloomington Avenue Barn.. l..
Spencer, E. Smock and d. Haggerty.
From the Midway Barn.. Haggerty
and q. A. Nichols. From the Thirty
first Street Barn-W. Day and F. NJ.
Calvert.
The events arranged by the commit
tee. with the winners, were as follows:
Ladies' fifty yards race, prize, pair of
tennis shoes, won by Miss Lonsbery.
Mems race, 100 yards. prize, flannel
shirt, won by N. F. Savage.
High jump, prize. hat, won by Henry
La Duke.
Hop, skip and jump, prize, 81 hat. won
by E. Smock.
The committee on arrangements con.
sisted of d. Hagg erty, J. Spencer and
E. Smock.
Three-legged race, prize. silk UNI
brella, won by Ii. Schlosser and Arthur
Taylor.
Waiting prize to best lady WALTER,
prize, pair of Oxford ties, won by Miss
Jennie Bowden.
Long throw. silk umbrella, E. Smock.
Base ball game. Bloomington nine, 10;
East Side nine. Is.
In the evening the younger people
danced at the pavilion, and when the
signal was given for the last trains to
town a great many were still on the
grounds, although number had gone
in during the evening when the weather
looked threatening. However, all left
feeling that the day had been very
pleasantly spent. and that the tram
mems first annual picnic was a very
great success.