The Saint Paul globe., 1898-07-24
LUXURY IN TROLLEY CARS
NEW INTERURBAN TOURIST
CARS BEGIN EXCURSIONS
Considerable Interest Is Manifested
In the Novelty of the Tours as
Arranged by the Management of
the Street Railway Company
There Will He Two Trips Day
Under Present Plans.
what dat noise 2"

What dat noise?"
Some fool niggah done got a pull
wild de street cah company. reckon,
an gwine t furnish music fo dem new
caAs.''
"Fo de Lahds sake. chile, dey amt
no niggah on dat cah."
Hush you bus ness, CANT nufiln
but coon make banjo music lalk dat.
We'll if it am niggah, wahs ne
at?''
Two very much puzzled and some
what startled negroes made hasty
examination of the car as 1t stood
ready for departure on Robert street,
and, being unfruitful in their attempts
at locaUi the cause of the music in
question, backed slowly to the side
walk, evidently not wishing to fool
with so uncanny an object.
The new tourist cars on the inter-
urban line made their first regular
runs yesterday, and one of the nov
elites of the handsome vehicles was
the Encore, a banjo music box run by
the same current which operates the
entire line. The banjo, in it's hand
some hardwood case, caused no end
of amusement and much enjoyment,
the uninitiated being lost in wonder
Sment at its antics when the trolley
played tricks with the wire.
The new cars are decided addition
to the railway system. They are well
made and handsomely fitted up with
hardwood finishings and light cane
seats.
Two trips a day will be made by
these new cars. Leaving the Ryan at
9 o'clock in the morning, the first car
goes over the Como line to Como park,
where a stop of some time is made. The
trip is then continued over the new
interurban to Minneapolis, and then
out Hennepin avenue to Lake Harriet,
showing visitors the prettiest portion
of Minneapolis. Back down Hennepin
the cars come and switch at Wash
ington for Minnehaha. AT both Min
nehaha and Harriet stops Of some min
utes are made. The cars return then
to Minneapolis, go around the Union
depot loop and then back to st. Paul,
via the old interurban.
The evening car leaves the Ryan at
z o'clock and covers the same route.
The morning car reaches the Ryan on
the return trip at :3S, and the even
ing car at II :3S, making trip Of four
hours and thirty-eight minutes each
time. Cars leave the West in Min
neapolis at the same hour and come
to st. Paul and return via the same
route. The Encore is a nicklein-the-
slot machine and plays different pro-
gramme of banjo music each day. Yes
terday the programme included COM
positions from Sousa and "Tannhau-
SER" and wound up with an Irish reel.
On the trip in the morning We're Miss
Lynch of st. Louis; Miss Carrie Douy,
of Chicago; n. NJ. Nesheimer, of Moor
head; Charles Collier, of San Francis
co; DR.. and Mrs. Tilton, Mrs. A. H.
Stem, Mrs. T. B. Lynch, Mrs. J. S.
Messner, Mrs. J. P. Frye, Mrs. R. E.
Esterly, NJ. Dorman, j. H. Bullard, of
St Paul; E. N. Bowe. of Merriam Park;
T. n. Powers, of Grand Rapids, and
Jack Lawrence, of st. Paul. The car
was in charge of conductor H. ]. White
and Motorman Fred A. Jael. Supt.
Smith saw the car off at the Ryan,
and at the West c. w. Folds boarded
it and rode short way with the party.