Telegram-herald., 1889-10-09
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS.
Arrangements by the Board of Trade Il
Entertain Them.

Entertain Them.
Tie monthly meetng0f the Board of
Trade was held last evening and the
matter of entertaining the Inter
national Congress was discussed. John
:. COvOde WAS elected chairman and
Secretary Van Asmus reported the pro
grcss of the committee in making ar
rAngcments.
Secretary Van Asmus reported that
the horse races would have to be sub
sututed by some other entertainment
as the horses are out of condition fOl
racing and fast horses could not be Sc
cured. The time for having race !:
also very limited, as the guests would
probably not bc able 10 get TO the Fair
grounds much before o'clock and the
reception at the city hall is TO com
mence at O'Clock.
The guests are expected to arrive III
the morning and breakfast at the Nor
ton House. At 9 O'Clock the carriage
committee will come forward with forty
carriages and take the visitors 10 visit
the SalesrOOms OF Berkcy * Gay, the
Phoenix, the Nelson and Matter FuTni-
ture Companies, the Widdlcomb furni-
ture factory and the Blssell carpet
sweeper factory. The party VIII then
return to the Morton for dinner. Al
half-past two the guests will be con
Quoted to platform erected IN Campau
Square and displays VIII be given by
the State militia companies, the Bicy-
Gle Club and the lire department.
The Board of Police and Fire Com
| misslOners had been asked to make a
arade and display on Campau square.
|. They reply that they are willing, a.
/ tins is an extraordinary occasion, To
make Il parade, but to make a display
on the square VIII be impossible. The
| chairman appointed a committee of
three to wait upon the board and see if
arrangements can not be made for q
| display either on the square or at one Of
the furniture factories. When the en-
tertalnment on the square Is over with
the visitors Will be driven to the
bluffs and through the resident portion
of the city. After this the receptOd
viii be held IN the city hall and then
Will follow the banquet. Here is the
great dilemma for the committee. The
Morton House has not sufficient accom-
mOdatlOn for so large a number and
Sweets Hotel viii also be too small.
There VIII be about 50 of the visitors
and the capacity of even Sweets din
ing room VIII not accommodate
| more than l75 or POO. The
only outlet for the committee
seems to be Hartman's Hall. This
will accommodate theuumber, but how
/ to provide the cuisine IN this place ls an
other difficulty. The committee on IN
| vltatlOns say they Will only be able TO
invite limited number of the citizens
and those that they are obliged to leave
out viii doubtless be offended. The
banquet, 1t is estimated, will cost about
IS "A plate, and even the committees
and Common Council added to the
guests viii make the hotel dining room:
/ crowded and the banquet expensive
1 If IIartman's Hall Is used the gal
/ lerics Will probably be thrown open tC
the public, and they can thus have
/ a smell of the good things that
are being served below. Alderman
/ Turner thought that after being driven
/ about through cities Ike Detroit, Cleve.
land and the other large cities, Grand
/ Rapids would appear little tame, bui
/ at present II seems about the only thing
20 DO. Considering Its size GranC
/ Rapids Is ahead of all IN its genera
resident portion, but the business part
Of the town is not up TO the standard
yet J. II. Wonderiy proposes 70 MAKE
/ ms block a, handsome a. possible witt
+ decorations, and the committee or
decorations are getting large uppil
T of Gag. 20 hil the orders That are com
I ing m The subscription for the enter
/ faument now amounts to about $50
+ aud the city is 90 FURNISH tho banquet
/ II rs proposed tD to have grand saiut
/ fired upou The arrival of tne guests
/ There wlll De- fifteen repnh. cs beside
/ our own represented and sxtecn gun
/ w.ll be- fired u tnrr honor.