The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
BUBBLES BOWLED
DOWN NICOLLET
"AUTO, PARADE DREW GREAT
CROWDS LAST EVENING.
Hundreds OF Putting Cars and Runa-
bouts Toured the Business Thoro-
fares Last Evening Masses Of Peo-.
pie Lined the Route Largest
Crowd Since McKinley's Last Visit.

The automobile star was in the as
cendant last evening. Close beside it,
however, shone the luminaries of
Minneapolitan progressiveness and
public spirit, making galaxy not to
be surpassed in brilliancy.
Flour city wealth, fashion, beauty
and genius joined hands to make last
twentieth century pageant and the
success Of the effort was attested by
the enthusiastic approval of thou.
sands of citizens who crowded the en-
tire line Of the parade.
Hundreds of putting monsters, the
children Of present day mechanical
ingenuity, were in line to make the
parade the greatest automobile spec
tacle ever seen in the west. Every
make of bubble" was represented,
from the mammoth touring car down
the older and more popular manu-
facturers had scores of cars in line.
Minneapolis citizens paid their re-
spects to the Public Service club under
whose auspices the show was given
by turning out in unexpected thou
sands to learn of the strength Of Min
neapolis' automobiling fraternity.
Seldom have SO many people crowded
into the streets of this city. Indeed,
visit to Minneapolis on the occasion
of the Thirteenth regiments return
from the Philippines, has such a mass
of humanity packed the thorofares.
From Twenty-eighth street and Park
avenue along the whole line of march,
men, women and children stood lit
orally shoulder to shoulder, and on
Nicollet avenue there was hardly
room left for the parade, so dense
was the crowd Of eager spectators, all
Of whom had nothing but praise for
the wonderful showing Of machines
made thru the public mindedness Of
automobile owners and the systematic
management and strenuous efforts Of
the committee in charge, j. S. Spargo,
o. G. Blair and J. G. Armstrong.
Promptly at 7:45 the procession was
started from the starting points on
Park avenue between Twenty eighth
and TWenty-ninth streets. A platoon
Of police in four small cars headed the
procession. Immediately behind the
guardians of the peace, riding in state
in The Journals Seeing Minneapo-
lis car and several other machines,
came the famous Journal Newsboys'
band, discoursing, spirited music, di-
rected by the little drum major, who
rode proudly in a car by himself.
Mayor j. G. Haynes and David P.
Jones, president of the city council,
rode together in a beautiful new car
Immediately behind the band, and fol-
lowing them came the other machines
arranged in sections according to their
style and make. The long, low, heavy
machines made up the forward sec
tons, while the runabouts and lighter
cars brought up the rear.
| Heralded by The Journal band and
the cheering of the thousands of spec
tators, the glistening, suffering, puff
fling machines glided safely down Park
avenue to Tenth street, down Tenth tc
Nicollet, down Nicollet avenue to the
old city hall, up Hennepin avenue tt
4 Tenth street, over Tenth to Park ave.
nue., where the participants separated
and went their several ways. It i:
estimated that over 200 cars, large
small and medium sized, were in line
and when the platoon of police were
at the city hall the last car had no
turned the corner Of Tenth and Mic
ollet. Everything went off in perfec
|Sorder without an accident, and the
enthusiasts of the city feel fully salts
foI