The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-23

Yesterday, the waTn1est, sunniest,
brightest day of the year, arrived appro-
priately as Sunday, permitting many
thousand st. Paulites to enjoy their first
nibble at summer outing Upwards of
10000 people went to Lake Como, White
Bear lake, Lake Minnetonka, down the
Mississippi or out to Fort Smelling.
The temperature rose to 85 degrees
during the afternoon, a high record for
May p, but not unprecedented. About
$50 O'Clock sufficient rain fell to hurry
the crowd home, moisten new frocks and
hats, and impart satisfactory sensation
of the picnic days. This shower cor
roborated the farmers maxim that rain
may be expected whenever the skies have
cleared during the night But even with
the rainfall after midnight the total pre-
cipitation for the day did not exceed
two -hundredths of an inch.
Most of the local travellers went yes
terday to Como Park During the aft
ernoon the park charmed multitude
who found the groves and flowers in
their freshest spring tints. All the flow
ere, however, had not yet been set out. for
superintendent of Parks Nussbaumer, be-
cause of the continued cold, did not begin
to distribute park flowers until the
weather changed Friday Many row.
boats were also in demand yesterday
The Sunday concerts, such as are en-
Joyed later in the season, was the only
feature lacking among the normal park
delights.
Como Cars Crowded.
From / until o'clock D. m the Como
cars ran on three-minute schedule.
They carried lakewards. during the day,
more than 1000 passengers. The tenn
porary "V." one block south Of the
former Como station. took the place Of
the old loop and maintained the service
without delay except a blockade Of
twenty minutes caused by the derailinGg
Of a car on the switch: Work upon the
bridges and new terminals at the park
We're apparently so far advanced that
they might be ready for use next month
Fort Smelling. where the recent i'm
prov,e5ments hay have excited public interest.
gratified 1000 visitors yesterday. The
cars OF the Fort Smelling line did not
shorten their fifteen-minute schedule ex-
cept by running in double trains along
the single track, that is, two large cars
each way or four small cars
Nor did the union depot lack its shirt
waists The regular summer schedule of
trains between St. Paul and Lake Mime
tonka went into effect yesterday on the
Great Northern road and the lake trains
We're well patronized. Most of the sum
moving on the Northern Pacific road
although other trains will be added
within a week or two. An especial IA :
xorlte NOR among the seekers for a day in
E Pacific train to Taylors Ealls leaving
here about o'clock yesterday nnornfnes
| and returning soon after 6 o'clock D. m.
Excursion Steamers Busy.
On the Mississippi the chief local ex-
cursions yesterday journeyed northwarl
| TO Fort Smelling and the Falls of Mime
haha and southward to Prescott and the
Capt. Smith. piled regularly betweeD 0 " tha ~
city and the fort The stern Wheeler
Saturn Capt. Wipans, a new boat
with It's barge Venus. took out at 9:30
that expected to visit Prescott and re-
turn before midnight. This was an eT-
cursion given under the auspices Of the
otatlonary Engineers union The
steamer Cyclone, Capt, NAwporah
winch viii be one of the regular exc1ir
sion boats on Sunday during the season
repairs. Al4iiOt