The Washington herald., 1907-06-29
RAILWAY HEN Make MERRY
Street Car Employees Of Washington
Go TO River View.
large Crowd Attends Annual Outing
and Take Part in All the
Athletic Events.

Every employee Of the street railway
companies OF Washington who could pos
sibIy be excused from the performance Of
duty accompanied by 300 or 5000 OF
their friends. yesterday lourneyed 20
River View. II was the occasion Of the
annual outing OF the Washington Rail
way Relief Association, and was, perhaps.
the most successful Of the many enjoya-
be excursions given by the street rail-
road men.
The first trip Of the St Johns was
scheduled at ID a. H.. but there were
many who were taking no chances, and
long before that hour hundreds had
reached the wharf in order to secure com
Portable quarters on the boat. Time.
however, did not hang heavily. as a band
was on hand, and the strains Of the
maple Leaf Rag." I'm Coin Away"
and other selections hoated out 10 greet
each arriving caE.
ON The big excursion steamer strenuous
action was impossible. and everybody
was forced 20 retain the seats they had
carefully chosen on boarding the boat
Every deck was crowded and even the
warm cabin was invaded by several hun
dr1d persons on every trip. VINO prefer
red the great leather chairs and the
raomy saloon 10 the crowded decks. The
children alone retained the enthusiasm
on the short trip. and their scurrying feet
could be heard in every nook and corner
of the big vessel. Up and down the COM
paui0uway. across the matches, into the
diniaS-ro0m, the UntirinE feet sped. and
many a curious eye peered far down into
the engine room and inquired all about
the Whirr.ng wheels and the monster pad
dies.
Arriving at the resort. rush was made
for the green lawns, and luncheon bas-
kets were produced. This important func-
t1u having been properly observed. a
round was made Of the amusement fea-
lures. the "shOot-the-chutes. merry-go-
round. shooting galleries. and dancing
pavilion all receiving a share Of the
patronage.
The series % athletic events followed
the arrival Of the 2.3] boat Interest was
centered in the baseball game. the Mar
shall Collins team proving victorious
over the track-r0adway team by the score
Of Q 20 4
The pitching Of Kerns. for Glen Echo.
and a double play by Collins and Har-
bett were features. Score.
RHE.
Glen Echo.............1 ! x-9 p
Railway -.........-....0 o ! 0 0 0 Il
Bausrcs-G'en Echo. Kens and Williams; Rail
way. O'COnuel and Bergin.
As @ result Of the various contests, the
following prizes were awarded;
=eysrl race; boys-First prize. a suit Of clothes.
c. LiTqhards second rrize. a watch. Robert Grace
Girls race. fits yards-FIrst prize picture.
Marguerite Robbins; second prize Lillian Nally.
Young womens race fifty vards-First prize. a
pillow. Miss J. ColweIl, second pine, psrfmery.
Miss Csmphe-.
Young mems race; eighty yarls-First prim. a
silver flask. L. Burch; second prize. seal ring C.
Wisgmsn.
Mems race eighty yards-First prize, a pair II
shoes. II. Walin; second prize A hat B. Smith.
Mems race, for members culv-First prize a
winter ovsrc1at, A. VI, Cc1Eor; second prize. a
PALM John NiCifeld.
The fat mems race was won bv E.
Straub, with L. H. Kyler close second.
The respective prizes were a hat and a
cane. For throwing the baseball. Miss
Goetzinger was awarded the first prize,
a chair, and the second prize. a palm,
was given to Miss Rawlings.
As the result OF the shooting contest
for members only. W. II. Hitchcock re-
ceiyed the first and p. Hines the second
prize.
The judges Of the various events were
Gen. George II. Harries, Z. s NARROW.
&C. T. Brown. H. W. Fuller, J. B. Lackey.
f. J. Whitehead, L. L. Sinclair, w F.
Ham. and \. S. Parry.
Excursion committee-F. J. Mersheimer,
chairman; ". y. DeNeale, vice chairman;
J. T. Noffett. treasurer; f. G. Whitney.
secretary, r. Rose, sergeant-at-aTms, W.
IS. Ballenger, chairman Of boat commit
tee; c. z. Brown, chairman of printing
committee; G, G. Whitney. chairman of
dancing committee.