Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-09
cRLEBRAr1oN ARRANGEMENTS.

Prospects That the Towns Quarto- Minenial VIII be Appropriately 0b- served-MeetIng of the General COm- naIttee at Which Several Details Are Decided on-A Town Meeting to be ] Called for am Additional ApPrOpria- tiOn Of $2.OOO.
 1 The general opinion is that the celebration 1 of the two hundred and fftieth anniversary 1 of New Haven town will be done in a man.
 ner that will result in nothing but credit to
 the work of the general and various sub
 committees which are laboring most assidu-
 ously to fttingly commemorate the event. l The general committee met in the City l Hall committee room last evening, Chairman Reynolds presiding Reports were called for 1 from the various sub committees. l x-Mayor Henry G. Lewis, chairman of the l committee on invitations, said the committee l looked upon the celebration in the nature of I a centennial or golden wedding Some of the ] members, he said, would not agree to the sending out of numerous inviHseions unless some means were provided for entertaining ! the guests after they arrived here. The con- mittee, however, had no hesitancy upon ex- tending invitation to the Governor and his staff and two others, John E. Lowell and ] General Alfred H. Terry.
 1 Clarence Deming, also of the committee, said that they had decided to limit the invi- l tations as stated by MT. Lewis, as the cele- bration is purely local in it's character and because the money could be put to better use l by some of the other committees. l Mir. Deming moved that the whole matter I relating to invitations be referred to the com ! mittee on invitations with power to act. It I was SO voted. | The committee on city government was ! represented by Mayor York. His honor said l that the city government would vote to at | tend and participate in the exercises | of the celebration. He believed ! the various departments of the city govern | ment would do all in their power to aid in making the celebration a grand success General D. E. Bradley of the committee on | militia and fire department said his commit ! tee had met and discussed the matter fully. | They voted that all the active military of the city and the fire department be invited to participate ln the exercises. This would in
 clude the various military companies aud the | Fifth battalion as we'll as the several fire
 companies. The matter of going outside the city to invite military companies had been l discussed but no action was taken. Clarence Dening moved that the committee be em- powered to invite the military and fire com
 panies of the town and city. Ex-Mayor Lewis l moved to make this general, providing that I each committee be empowered to extend in- ! vitatiops to societies organizations coming ! under their head in the town of New Haven. | The resolution was passed.
 | Secretary of the Board of Education Horace
 Day reported for the committee schools. | He said the committee wished to present the | following suggestions for the consideration and approval of the general committee: ''That only boys over twelve years of age l appear in the procession.
 | FThat small boys be selected from all ! schools, whether public or private, within the limits of the town of New Haven, includ
 ing West Haven, Woodbridge, Bethany, Ham
 den, Wallingford North Haven, Northford,
 Branford, East Haven and Cheshire.
 | fFThat the principals of the several schools
 be requested to take charge of their respec tive pupils.
 'slhat the board of education be requested to assign the. High school building and
 grounds for the exclusive use of lady teachers
 and the girls of the High school should the ! procession pass that school.
 That ten thousand copies of four page 1 sheet be printed containing a brief outline
 history of New Haven from it's first settle- | ment to be distributed to the boys who may
 take part in the celebration.
 ''That wood cut of the central part of the
 town be prepared and printed in the above
 sheet with reference to such localities con- | nected with striking events or distinguished | individuals as have marked the transforma-
 tion of the little hamlet of Qulnnipiack, with it's population of few hundred Englishmen, into 8 central city of eighty thousand inhab-
 itants with an outlying population of thirty 1 thousand.
 The general committee accepted the report
 and instructed MT. Day to prepare the above
 named historical pamphlet at cost not ex ceeding $50.
 Hon. N. D. Sperry, chairman of the com mittee on oration and place of holding public exercises, reported that the committee , | were unanimously in favor of Henry T. Blake for orator. That gentleman had been
 seen and he had accepted. The committee felt that he would be the right man and that : he would do justice to the occasion.
 Captain David s. Thomas of the commit tee printing and badges said the commit l tee would require about S25O for their work
 He reported progress as to details. Two hundred and fifty dollars was voted to
 the committee on printing and badges. , On motion or MT. John E. Earle the com
 mittee on exercises Was instructed to invite the pupils of the High school to take part in l the musical exercises under the direction of | their musical director, Prof. Jepson.
 l General s. E. Merwin, chairman of the | committee forming the procession and the
 line of march, reported progress. He said
 that the committee would like to see in the 1 line body of men representing all nationali- | ties, carrying the flag of their old country
 and that of America. They thought at least
 three bands would be required for the occa- sion. He was of the opinion that good
 showing could not be obtained for less than
 $500.
 ! ] eXpend an amount not exceeding $500. 1 When the meeting opened Chairman Eli
 Whitney, jr., of the finance committee ported that his committee had decided to
 recommend that special town meeting be
 called for the purpose of voting an addition al sum not to exceed $1 ,500. After the va
 rious committees had been heard from it was l voted that the town meeting be called and l that a sum not exceeding 5000 be asked 1 for. This amount is in addition to the
 original appropriation of S1 000.
 To become legal petition to the town l fathers to call town meeting should be l signed by twenty names. Hon. N. D. Sperry l suggested that all those present afix their 1 signatures and in few minutes the necessary l number of names were obtained. The meet l ing will probably be called next Wednesday l or Thursday.
 MT. B. E. Elmstead was added to the gen. 1 eral committee on motion of Hon. N D. Sperry.
 1 Mir. John D. Earle reported that the same l private enterprise which provided the medal for Monument Day would provide one for the l two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. The committee on civic societies was 1 authorized to extend invitations to the var l ious civic societies through the press. 1 Adjourned to the evening of the day of the
 town meeting.
 | Personal.
 l Thomas w. Moore, of this city, is visiting Il Rev Father Moore, of South Meriden, Hon. Henry c. Robinson, of Hartford, has I.