St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-21

saw in a large city and the strangest part
Oft all was thegood humor Of thepeop'e,
The day that it rained the conveyances
were all covered with cloth or canvas
and no prairie schooner ever looked more
grotesuue than some of these improvised
carriages.
said before the strikers only used
peaceful methods. This was strictly
true. At every car barn there was
"Deace committee" to protect the COM
panv's interest and whenever Manager
Vining started his one car a day the
"peace committee" followed it to see that
no hoodlums stoned or stopped 1t. The
"peace committees" rode around the city
at all hours of the day or night, their
horses having big white blankets prop
erly labelled.
At first Mr. Vining called on the mayor
to furnish policemen II protect his cars.
This the mayor refused to do, and it
would have been useless to have tried it
for no one could be hired to run the cars
at any price. So alter the first day no
attempt to run the cars was made, except
the mail cars and one empty passenger,
and the company waited developments.
The air was cleared with Manager Vim
ing's resignation ami on Saturday, April
&c, the Baltimore syndicate granted
practically all the demands of the men.
Their decision was probably not very
cheerfuly given, but they had their en-
ployee, the press and the publ c all
against them and the strike ended as
peaceably as it began. 1t will cost the
Baltimore syndicate 100000 more an
nually to pay their men four cents an
hour more, but they are only paying
equal wages to the California street
line and could not very well refuse their
employees request.
Aside from Chinatown with its dirt
and Oriental life ard the sea lions at the
Cliff House, the city's chief attraction is
Golden Gate Park. Here over 1900 acres
Of sand dunes have been reca med and
Frederick Law Olmsted has laid out one
of the greatest parks in the world. When
| tell you the city spends $25O,O0O an
nually on this park you can imagine
what natural scenery and artistic effects
can be produced. There are miles and
miles of wide boulevards, walks, cycle
paths and bride paths as hard as floor,
and acres Of artificial ponds whose banks
are surrounded by artificial stone work,
and rustic bridges made of cement that
exactly initiates wood, as found out to
my perfect satisfaction when tried to
bury Mr. Charles Webb Towards pen
knie into an alleged cork elm The
geological gardens contain buffalo, ELK,
and the usual quota OF bears and mon
keys, and in the imm nse aviary, flying
around with birds of paradise and cocka,
toos, was a New England robin. The
familiar note OF robin redbreast almost
made my cousin, Rev. Mr., Jewelt, home
sick for the town OF his boyhood, and his
song brought up delightful S.. Johnsbury
tics of the park there are Fairgrounds
for the children, rteding haun for the
qua l. peacock and wild fowl and acres
of forests where fish, flesh and fowl" are
unmo lested. The pIrk extends clear to
the Pacific ocean and you can drive for
miles on vide boulevard or on the sand
if it is low tide. There areno signs around
Keep off the grass" and everybody is
made to feel that this park is his play
ground. On Sundays and holidays ters oil
thousands of people visit it, vet it is never
crowded, except in the chldren's play.
gsound. The band stand is beautiful
stone structure, presented by Claus
Spreckes, the Hawiian sugar king, and
near it is the Museum, filed with treas
ures from every corner of TIE globe. Sar
Francisco is one of the busiest cities il
the United States, but as long as it ha:
its park, the people, both old and young
will have a great breathing place where
they can get very near to nature anC
natures God.
ARTHUR F. STONE.
st. Paul, Mimi, May 10, 1902.