The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-15
A THOUSAND ON
LAST EXCURSION.
THE JOURNALS DOUBLE HEADER
SATURDAY A SUCCESS.
Delightful Weather and Perfect Ac-
Communications on Trains and Steam
er Made the Day Joyous-The Jour-
nails Sixty Excursions Have Carried
25,431 Passengers.
A round thousands!

A round tnOuSand
All previous journal excursion rec
ords were broken on Saturday when
the season for this year was closed
with 1000 passengers handled to and
from saltwater in one day.
It was an ambitious scheme T h e
Journa mapped out and it worked
beautifully. In reality Saturdays ex-
cursion was a double-header.
1.-The Daylighter-No. SO" left Min
neapolis at $3.50 in the morning
on chartered street cars for st. Paul.
at which point the big steamer 81. s.
was boarded for six-hour sail down
the Mississippi and up the St. Croix
thru the state prison, the party reach
ing home at o'clock on a Northern
Pacific special.
1.-The Twilighter-No. 60" left Min
neapolis on Northern Pacific special
train at pm. for Saltwater, where a
trip on the ~. So from saltwater to
st. Paul following. At st. Paul chart
cred cars were taken for Minneapolis,
where transfers We're issued to all To-
cal lines.
The two excursions were worked
out admirably. The tJ. 81 from st.
Paul and the train from Minneapolis
were both scheduled to reach Still
water at $3.50 pm. and both were on
time. It took a little over an hour
to pass the big combined party thru
| Warden VOTERS model prison, and
then steamer and train exchanged
loads and returned each on it's own
way. The arrangements could not
have been worked out more smoothly
and Notwithstanding the big party
| handled, there was no croWding.
There was plenty of room on train and
steamer and the same high character
| of patrons as on all former Journal
excursions.
The Great ~. So
The ~. s." delighted everybody. 1t
is the largest, swiftest finest excursion
steamer on the Mississippi river and
is as complete as $4,000 could make
commander, designed the boat and
conceived all the modern labor-saving
machinery in use on it.
The boat is named u. ST. the
initials of John Streckfus, and the
name proves an exceptionally good
one, as it piques the curiosity. It
takes crew Of no less than sixty men
to operate the boat, and the discipline
maintained is of high order. Every
known convenience is employed on the
~. So telephones being installed
thruout the boat, steam heat, steam
for safety and good service. The fur
nishings and appointments re first
class. The fire apparatus is of the
latest and best, and fire drills are
given weekly to keep the crew well il
hand.
Streckfus operates the Mississippi, I'LL
nois, Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers, in fact all navigable stream:
from the Mississippi, and from Dec.
to April 1 the 81. 81 takes out two
excursions every day from New Or
leans. One day last winter the y
s." went out into the Gulf of Mexico
! twenty-five miles so it is probably thu
only boat ever to run from ST. Pau
to the ocean, The 81. 81 has beer
a wonderful success, and attract
crowds and attention everywhere. I
has played it's last date up this wa.
for this year and turned its prov
south this morning. AS compliment
: to T h J o n a Captain Streckfu
? flew the Journal pennant from tn
! main mast. If everybody on tn
I steamer in both directions did not en-
5 joy the beautiful river trips it was no
i due to any inattention on the part Q
Captain Streckfus or any of his &C
: commodating crew.
A Great Journal Record.
And here is The Journal'
q great excursion record to date:
: Number of excursions, 60.
+ Number of passengers, 25,43l.
- Number of cars used, 528.
Number of ships used, 54.
Mileage on special trains, 25,630.
Mileage on rivers and lakes in Mir
nesota, 2.347.
= Mileage on ocean and lakes, fla
Total mileage covered, 30,125.
When one considers that no perso
: was even hurt or there was never a
! accident to mar the pleasure of tn
: excursions, the record can be said
= be remarkable. The effort has bee
Is to make Journal excursions popula
IS The above figures evidently indicat
l. these sixty trips have been popular.
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