St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02
FORT KARsIvAL WILL SOON BE A
THING OF WINTER
GLORY.
BoREALIs HAS COIN ENOUGH,
AND THE WORK WILL BE BEGUN
IMMEDIATELY AT AURORA
PARK.
SIOUX CHIEFS ARE TO OPEN IT.
fhey VIII Be on Hand Promptly on
the Twenty-First Day of the
Month.

AZ yesterdays meeting OF the Win
ter Carnival association motions were
unanimously passeds instructing the
executive committee to enter into con-
tracts with Rheaume & st. Pierre and
w. j. Hoy for the construction of Fort
Karnival, the toboggan and coastinc
slides, warming rooms, ETC. While the
amounts of the contracts are not large.
the accommodations to be provided for
all who visit the carnival grounds will
be much better than they ever have
been before. This, too, despite the fact
that all of the work to be contracted
this year will not amount to as much
as the cost Of fences and sheds for the
last carnival The directors have con-
fined the bidders to lines which will
insure the work being done on the
Same basis and as satisfactorily as if
1T were for a private individual.
The person who secures the restau-
rant privileges will erect his own build
ing, without cost to the association,
and promises to make il the best one
or its kind ever erected for a similar
purpose. This is but one of the in
stances in which the carnival manage
ment has proved it's wisdom, and every
person in st. Paul who contributes a
dollar to this public enterprise is given
the assurance by the officers that the
money will be wisely, honestly and
judiciously spent.
Judge Flandrau made it one of the
conditions of accepting the office of
Borealis Rex that the money to pay
OI1I;r
pledged by reliable men, and the d.
rectors were more than enthusiastic
over the reports made at the meeting
yesterday morning. Although it was
New Years day, and the meeting was
called for 10 a. NJ, large number of
the directors attended, and the work
before them was disposed of with a
vim. Nothing was passed carelessly,
but every essential item was attended
to- and the board remained in session
from 10 Until l o'clock. Some of the
committees reported that they had
raised more than the amount allotted
them, and in two instances only was a
shortage reported of small amounts.
At noon today the executive commit
tee will meet the contractors and sign
the necessary papers in duplicate, and
by this time next week the carnival
grounds will be transformed into q
scene Of night and day activity. Messrs.
Rheaume & St. Pierre and w. J. Hoy
pledge themselves that everything will
be in ship shape for the opening day,
when the North Dakota Sioux will
march in to take possession of their
stockade " thin. the grounds: The car
nival officers will at the same time in
fah Tho ii,
which will serve as an administration
building until the last day. when it will
be. vacated, preparatory to the final
stormiHg and burning.
When the directors adjourned yester-
day 1T was resolved to meet again on
Saturday afternoon at o'clock, when
any details which have been overlooked
will be taken up and settled.
Tomorrow evening the Schuneman &
Evans club will meet at headquarters
to complete the permanent organiZa-
ton, elect officers and have the mem
bers measured for uniforms. 1t will
take at least ten days or two weeks to
have these made, and every person
who desires to be member OF the club
should make@it point to attend.
This afternoon the advertising COM
mittee will begin to send out the large
posters and hangers, and by Sunday
they Will be scattered broadcast over
the Northwest, the East. the South and
the Pacific coast.
Advices received at headquarters
prove that the number of visitors COM
ing to the carnival will be greater than
even the officers expected. DR.. j. F.
Fulton, who has Just returned from a
visit to Dakota, says that the parties
coming from the North state will sur
prise some people who think Dakota is
asleep. Word was received yesterday
that several parties are being made
up in ST. Louis to come to st. Paul, and
similar information is being received
from other towns In Missouri, Illinois,
Kentucky and states further South.
/ When it is remembered that the half
fare rate given on the three big days
lished for a similar event in st. Paul,
and that on ali other days from jan
81 to 80 the railroad rate will DE one
fare and third, the carnival officers
have good ground on which to base
their claim that the incoming throngs
will be very large. And all who come
will witness scenes and enjoy sports
that cannot be viewed or participated
in at any other place In America The
ski races alone will be on a scale. to
attract the attention of Scandinavians
in every part OF the country, and races
between athletes an skis and snow
| shoes will be a distinct and novel feat