The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
PICNIC OF Thu HOUR
RAILWAY CLERKS HAVE ALL
WAITED FOR THE BIG
SHOW
LA GRANGE PARK, RED WING

| The Location Selected by Them for
Their Annual Outing-They VIII
Repair Thither on Two Boats
and Number of Railway Trains
Most Elaborate Preparations
Have Been Made for the Boys.
Other picnics which have been held this
summer will look like beans in beer
vat after the railway clerks of the Twin
Cities pull off their annual on Saturday
at La Grange park, Red Wing Sew
eraI pretentious organizations have pic
nicked this season with a band, but
the clerks will have three. Two steam
boats and a whole railway system have
also been chartered and 5000 people will
attend.
The clerks have extended invitations
to the general officials of all the lines into
st. Paul. and on the train leaving for
Red Wing at 80 p. m Saturday after
noon an observation car will be taken
out for their accommodation. All the
roads have agreed to furnish their en-
ployes with ribbon badges and when the
clerks arrive Red Wing will look like
one vast general office. A list of sports
has been arranged, consisting of a 100
yard dash, clerks only; three-legged
race, 10O-yard dash for ladies, fat mans
race. quarter, half and one-mile open BIZ
cycle races, $40 yards dash, open; ladies'
spoon and egg contest, 220-yard dash.
clerks only; running, broad. standing
and hOp-step jumps, 1G0-yard dash for
boys, ladies' ball throwing contest, 100
yard dash, open; potato race, clerks
only; special event for railway clerks
wives and sweethearts and the annual
base ball game between the railway clerks
of ST. Paul and Minneapolis.
The steamer Pauline will leave the
Jackson street wharf at Sis a. m. Sat
urday. The Vernie Mae will leave at
8 o'clock. Trains will leave the union
station at 7:45. SIS and a. M, 1:3O, and
2:15 p. m, returning leaving at 5, 5:15, 6,
7:30 and $50 p. m. Tickets will be good
on either the boats or the trains The
Minnesota State band, Pepin's band and
the State Training School band of TWEEN
tyfOur pieces and the Commercial club
Of the Southern Minnesota town has APP
pointed a committee to see that every
body has a good time and no one gets
left. Secretary Townsend, Of the St
Paul Jobbers' Union, has issued the fol-
lowing letter to the city merchants in the
interests of the outing:
''TheNannual picnic of the st. Paul rail-
road clerks will occur next Saturday,
Aug. u On that date the railroad boys
and their families will go by special
train over the Chicago Great Western
and by steamer to Red Wing, there to
enjoy a day of rest and recreation. There
Is no harder working class of people III
the business world than the railroad en-
ployes, and this is true not only of those
who labor with their hands, but of the
office employees as well.
''Tha railroads the veins ri
les of the business world and by means
of them, through their organic Coun-
circulation essential to life and activity
a railroad employee, therefore, gets few
holidays, and many of them no summer
vacation. In order to give as many OF
them as possible an opportunity to enjoy
this proposed excursion. the jobbeTS are
requested to reduce their business with
the railroads on that day TO a minimum.
1t Is not expected that business shall
cease altogether, as a sufficient force will
be on hand at all stations and offices 10
take care of such business as must be
done on that day. The jobbers are re-
queSted, however, to clean up their ship
mentS, so far as possible, on Friday, and
to hold over until Monday all shipments
on which the delay VIII not be serious
/ Something can also be accomplished ov
| leaving at the depots until Monday goods
that may arrive on Saturday.
"A similar request was made upon the
jObbeTS last summer. and nearly all re
sponded cheerfully, and many railroad
employees. with their families, were en-
able to enjoy a pleasant outing who 9TH
erwise would have been compelled to
forego the pleasure.
while, of course, there is no oblfga-
ton in connection with this matter. the
jobbers can, with very little inconve-
nience to themselves, confer upon class
of people upon whose faithful and intel
ligent performance of duty they are to a
large extent dependent. a favor which l
am sure will be gratefully appreciated
II would like to hear from each mem
Der that instructions have been given to
the shipping department in accordance
with this request
The following firms have responded
signifying their intention of complying
with the requests of the circular: Fair
banks, Morse & Co., Hart & Murphy,