The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-08

were enabled to pass very pleasant
evening at the Fellowcraft club. Fri
day morning. Aug. 6, the party again
became the guests of the Flint q Pere
Marquette road, and, taking an early
special train, were soon en- route for
Ludington. Luncheon was served at
Reeds City. Mr.. Moeller, the assistant
chief passenger agent, and Mr.. Trump,
the chief superintendent, personally
attended to every want and desire OF
the party. Ludlngton was reached
about 3:15 in the afternoon, where tho
entire party was transferred to the
immense far ferry Pere Marquette,
the largest car ferry steamer in the
world. A. H. Hawgood, superintendent
of steamships of the Flint & Pere
Marquette company, took Mr.. Trump's
place and accompanied the party to
ManitoWoc. A lake ride of siXty-ilVe
miles and ManitoWoc was reached.
En- route a neat little ceremony took
place which was not down upon the
programme, that is, the report or the
committee on resolutions. This COM
mittee had been industriouSly engaged
while en- route from Detroit in pre-
pairing appropriate resolutions thank
ing and remembering all those who
had contributed to the success and
pleasant features of the trip. Need
less to say the entire resolution was
unanimously adopted. j. A. Johnson,
of st. Peter, stepped forward and in
a neat and appropriate speech pre-
Sented President Stanton, of the asso-
citation, with a beautiful diamond stud
as mark of the appreciation for his
untiring efforts on behalf of the
pleasures of the party. This was fol-
lowed by speech of thanks by Mr..
Stanton who felt that 1t was not him.
self alone that the diamond was in
tended for, but he would take it that
he Zoo Full md or
ly indorsed by the kind remarks made
by Mr.. Johnson. a @Y's s1@w
A delegation from Manit1woc was
found on board the boatlan@ they were
duly initiated into the mysteries of the
Hello Bill Opera company" and
found to be right jolly good fellows.
On arrival at Manitowoe the first per-
son to rush on board the boat was the
genial general passenger agent, James
Pond, of the Wisconsin Central, who
announced that a special train was
ready for the eXcursionists, but that
they would have to follow the band
and meet the Wisconsin Press asso-
citation at a banquet which had been
prepared by the citizens of Manitowoc.
Mr.. Pond and the band was followed
to Turner hall. where the citizens of
Manitowoc had prepared an elaborate
banquet and were out en- masiSe to
bid greeting to the Wisconsin and
Minnesota Press Associations APP
prOpriate remarks were made upon
both sides and every one agreed that
it was an appropriate finale to the
trip to meet such genial fellows as are
the Wisconsin Press association and
the citizens of Manitowoc After par
taking Of the sumptuous banquet, the
band was again followed to the Wis
consin Central depot, where the sleep
ers were taken after appropriate part
ings between Mr.. Moeller and the
officials of the Flint & Pere Marquette
railroad and the Minnesota party.
Fast time was made over the Wis
consin Central to st. Paul, all arriving
in good hunor.
A summing up of the conditions and
pleasures past would not be complete
if attention was not called to the IA
cilities offered to st. Paul and the
Northwest by the new territory opened
up to the Twin Cities and the North
west by the cooperation of the Wis
consin Central and the Car Ferry line
in connection with the Flint & Pere
Marquette for the East. The arrange
nIents for passenger and freight traf-
fic by this route is positively wonder
full, and it is a trip which is a pleas
ure to take, being a short and salts
factory line between the Twin Cities
and the East. The social part of the
trip was very enjoyable. 1t is often
remarked that it would have been
difficult to select a party more genial
to each other than those who availed
themselves of the opportunities offered.
Particular credit is due to Messrs.
Stanton, Slime, Paridis, Whitney, and
last, but not least, Hello Patrick Hall,
who was ever ready to tell a story
sing about his girl or dance jig.
In the very long resolution of thanks
referred to, mention is made of Col.
Monfort of st. Paul, the individual
officials of the association, General
Passenger Agent Pond, of the Wis
consin Central, Milwaukee, and nearly
everybody who lives there, the indi-
vidual officials of the Flint & Pere
Marquette Railroad and Steamship
lines, the Fellowcraft club, of Detroit,
and all it's members, and the Detroit
newspaper men, Hotel Cadellac, De-
troit Street railway officials, Hiram
Walker & Sons, and other citizens Of
Milwaukee, Canada, and lastly John
Nagle and the citizens Of Manitowoc.