St. Paul daily globe., 1894-03-20
PREPARING FOR SPRING.
BUILDING YACHTS TO BREAK REC
ORDS AYD WiN PRIZES.
FITTING LAKE COTTAGES.

pleasant Weather Has Set People
Astir in the Direction of Sum-
mer Resorts White Bear
Yacht Club Ambitious to Bring
Into Existence Boat to
Eclipse Minnetonka.
The warm weather during last week
has awakened an inquiry among the
residents of the city. who usually spend
their summer at one of the many sub
urban resorts near st. Paul, as to where
they will 90 this summer. An inquiry
among those interested in summer re-
sorts developed the fact that already
great many plans have been made to-
ward the Improvement of property and
in perfecting arrangements for enter
tainment at both White Bear lake and
Lake Como. At the former place. which
is considered the place par excellence"
Of all the watering places contingent to
st. Paul, quite number or cottagers
have already begun to getthelr summer
homes in livable condition. and nearly
all the cottages on both sides CT the
lake have been rented.
The electric car service will be put
into operation to Wildwood about the
1st of May, and the summer schedule
will begin about that time on the lines
that go 10 the other side OF the lake.
There are three new residences build
ing on the island. One by w. p. Doan,
one by S. Ii. Skinner. and the other by
n lf,,,
cago Great Western railroad.
The prospects of an early season at
the lake are good, it being predicted by
the present condition of things that the
ice will be out of the lake at least two
| weeks earlier than usual.
The attractions at White Bear have
| always been of the best kind and cOnse-
Quently there will be nothing of great
| Importance added this year. Wildwood
| will have the same places of amusem ent
as last season, only enlarged and i'm
| proved upon. The yacht club is max
| ing extensive preparations TO outdo it
self the coming summer, and it is
predicted that there will be- some
''hummers," with white wings, to
astonish everybody. The reason
for the prediction is that
outside of the craft already
waiting for an open sea, there are sev.
eral others building whose owners
make no bones of claiming that they
will turn out to be record breakers and
prize-winners. Among the fortunate
gentlemen who are building new boats
are Sam Stickney, Harry Drake. Paul
Gotzian and w. B. Dean. Outside of
these known builders there is another
one whose identity so far has not beer
made known, but it is whispered tha
the mystery will be solved in the early
days of the yacht season and that {
clean pair OF heels will be shown to al
the mariners who dare to venture ;
brush with II.
Among the boats that will sail thi:
summer it is hoped there will be some
speedy enough to compete with like
craft Oh the waters of Lake Mime
tonka, for if such be the case there vii
undoubtedly be race that is race t
decide the superiority of the squadron:
or the two most famous resorts in the
| Northwest.
When the street railway and tht
| board of park commissioners have com
pleted their arrangements toward tn,
| further development of Lake Como, tha
Will become greater outing place thar
it is now, although the beauty of it
location ana its close proximity to tn,
city have already gained for it al
enviable reputation for summer resi-
denceS.