The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-05

st. Paul was almost a deserted city
yesterday, for nearly everybody with
the. price of railroad, boat or street
car fare left the town and went into
the country to catch a breath of air
and forget the cares of business and
The exodus began as early as Sat-
urday afternoon, for the fact that July
{ s 4; fell ON Monday made a double holt
day, and those wishing to go a. distance
had opportunity to, make quite ex-
tended journeys and return in time
to begin their labors< this, morning. The
union depot officials handled one Of
the biggest crowds of local people
In their experience. and While there
was an occasional party prepared to
make visit to the old home possibly
a hundred or more miles from the.
city. the great majority were Takers .:
who had planned to spend the holiday
at White Bear, Minnetonka, Taylors
Falls, .Shakopee, Red Wing, Anoka,
and the score or more of inviting vii
lagos within radius of twenty five
miles from the dome of the marble
capitol
The Great Northern and Northern
and the other lines added equipment.
IT not specials to the regular runs that
their patronage might be acconmo-
dated. Then there Were the river trips,
the Mississippi all Gay yesterday be-
ing dotted by excursion boats and light
er pleasure craft.
s. Weather conditions contributed to
the volume of traffic. The day was
ideal for out-of- door life, and the BUSH
ness portion of the city was almost
entirely deserted. About the hotels
there We're only the few hotel hermits
who Gun find solace nowhere else, and
even the residence streets of the city
presented an appearance suggestive of
DR.. Goldsmith's English village.
Street Railway Handles Big Crowd
The st. Paul end of the Twin City
Rapid Transit company yesterday han
died one of the largest crowds in the
history of its operation, and handled
1T without accident. Not for many
day has the street car company done
SO big days business as on July 4.
A conservative estimate places the
number -of fares collected at fully
100000.
Every available car was in service
yesterday from early in the morning
until we'll into the night, and all the
voltage generated at the various sta
tons and substations was in use. A
burned-out cable at the hill station
during the height of the days opera
tons caused some inconvenience, but
it was speedily repaired and street car
officials last night said that they had
power to spare.
Hot, tired and dusty, st. Paul went
to the QUITO door resorts just as soon
as it had breakfasted yesterday morn
ing. Wildwood, with its inviting lake
md nn1 cl,o flx He, o.fr n
multitude. 1t was estimated that
fully 1900 people gathered at the lake
yesterday and as many more would
have gone had street car accOmmoda-
tions been equal to taking them there.
Atone time in the afternoon fully 1000
people were stationed on downtown
street corners waiting for Wildwood
cars, but when the cars came they were
SO loaded with humanity that hun
dreds gave up the trip to the lake and
returned to their homes, resolved to go
another time.
Many of the lake people were late in
getting back to the city, and while the
street car company made every effort
to return the crowds to the city, it was
after o'clock this morning when the
last of the pleasure seekers had
reached the city.
Z. Como, delightful breathing spot, with
its band and aquatic attractions, was
the rendezvous for thousands, and AS
sistant Superintendent Thomas L. Bill
Kingsley, of the st. Paul street car line,
said last night that he estimated the
cars took, at least count, $4,000 people
to Como during the afternoon and
evening. Many more came from Mir
neapolis, and St. Paul's prize park con-
tanned last night one of the largest
crowds in it's history.
OF the $4,000 people, young and old,
who visited the public baths yesterday,
the street cars carried only a reason
able proportion, for many of the chill
dren walked to and from Harriet is
land. The ball game at Lexington park
contributed dimes from G. 500 persons.