The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
LAKE STEAMERS !.
TO MEET TRAINS
GREAT NORTHERN ROAD PROM
IsEs USUAL CONvENIENCEs.
Captain johnson s Fleet Expected to
Serve All North Shore Towns with
Regular and Excursion Boats, and
Road Will Run Frequent and Fast
Trains Thru the Season.

situation. on Lake Minnetonka by the
street railway company will not debar
the Great Northern road from giving
the public as complete rail and lake
service as it has offered in former
years. An official Of the company said
today that the Great Northern would
have boat connections to meet the lead
ing trains at principal lake points, as
heretofore. = .-
! It is expected by the Great Northern
that the service will be operated in con-
nection with the Puritan, Plymouth and
Mayfower of the Captain johnson fleet,
tion of that line early last winter by
the trolley company. Should any con-
flict occur between the Great Northern
and the street railway. officials, the
Haywood boats, one Of them, the Elk
celsior, having the largest capacity on
the lake, can easily take care of all the
business.
= Still Doing Business.
A1tho north shore people have pre-
dicted that eventually the trolley line
lake business, the prospects were never
brighter for maintenance Of service by
the Great Northern on an even better
schedule than it has had in effect for
several years.
,NThe motor car is the solution OF
the suburban service question: said
a Great Northern official today, either
the gasolene car or the car which gen
crates. electric motive power by gaso
lene.''
Altho he would not commit the road
| to the use Of the motor car, it was
learned that the Great Northern, like
other lines. has its He eye peeled' fol
the latest developments in this class Of
| Of motive power. .
| 81. 4 Motor Cars Promise Much.
[ It has developed that with the motor
car the Great Northern a'couId give
north shore patrons the fastest time to
the lake., The electric cars run as fal
as Lake Harriet on tracks which are
used for heavy local service, and arc
attained. In the case Of the Great
Northern, which now makes Wayzata
In fifteen minutes, its motor cars coulC
| get under full lspeed Immediately, an6
reach ,Wayzata in twelve minutes. witt
/ the operation Of two cars and trailers
service could be started at both end
on the hour with quick transit between
Mound and the city.
Hopkins Buys Victor.
| Captain George B. Hopkins. the vet
eran steamboat captain and engineer Oh
Lake Mlnnetonka, has bought the Vic
tor from William Watson and will on
crate It as an independent steamer thi,
year. He will make speciality Of char
| ter parties and pickup trips, and prom
ises to make prices right.
Captain Hopkins is said to be til,
Oldest steamboat man in point Of con
tlnuous service on the lake. He frs
went to work in 1877 for Captain Nav
His first craft was sthe Rambler. the,
the Saucy Kate, and next the Lotus
&c was chief engineer Of the City O.
st. Louis for about eight years, an,
also served on the Minneapolis. III
later rebuilt the Hattie May and oper
ated it. as the Tonka. - -
|. Captain Hopkins is best known Il
later times as commander of the Nav
flower, which he ran until it became to,
small, when Commodore johnson bull
the Plymouth for him. Since that tim
he has been doing tremendous bust
ness. In the winter time Captain Hon
k1ns is q good Minneapolis citizen. an,
for fourteen years he has been enginee
for the Farmers & Mechanics bank
/ The sale of the transportation CON
pany's boat will result in seyera
changes at the lake. Commodore john
son will devote his summer to operatin
; the dredge. boat for the county com
mlssl t9 Captain Cheeley will dc
sert the favorite Acte to become man
ager OF the street railway line Of boats