Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-15
THE CONDUCTORS, FAIR.

An Immense ThrOng Last N1ght-l The Sidewalks Blocked-A Grand Success-More About the Features | of the Big Exhibit. There were fully 1000 people at the Railway Conductors fair at the armory last night. Early in the evening special train came in on the Shore Line division of the Consolidated road, bringing about 500 people from the shore towns, and many more people came from Meriden and Wallingford, Ansonia and Birmingham.
 At 8 o'clock the entrance to the armory was almost inaccessible, owing to the i'm msnse crowds trying to gain admittance, the throng extending well into the street and filling the sidewalks for a long dis tance in both directions. At about s o'clock the Hillhouse High school chorus of 26O voices rendered several selections very creditably and immediately afterward little Eva Nudge claimed the attention of the mammoth audience with the character sketches, "A Funny Little Fellow" 'I'm Not Baby McKee," and a fancy jig. Little Eva is an actress of rare merit who has performed with many shows in many of the principal cities of the United States She appeared in this city by special re- quest. She goes to the Home Star theater in Brooklyn next week.
 Among the new exhibits noticed was the Pintseh system of lighting cars with gas by the Safety Car Heating and Lighting company of New York. The gas is SUD- piled by one or more tanks or receivers, each of which carries pressure of ten at mospheres or 150 pounds. From these it | passes to regulator which reduces the pressure to that of ordinary city gas. The | fixture, containing four burners, is con- nected with the regulator with ordinary | pipe.. The regulator is an article which | never fails to do it's work. The tank once filled will last for thirty hours, supplying three lamps of four burners each. The city gas taken from the building showed less than one-third the candle power than the Pintsch gas. MT. St. John of the firm is in charge of this exhibit. The tanks are filled by small hose from pipes run ming along between or beside the tracks The receivers fill in from three to foul minutes.
 | D. A. Buck of Cheshire makes move and elegant display of rustic antique fur niture. which is something entirely new.
 J. E. Palmer of Middletown shows great variety of hammocks, canopies ant beautiful screen cloths.
 | Manning, Bowman 0 CO. or MerlueI served about 200 cups of coffee last nigh free of charge, to introduce their granite coffee pot. MT. A. F. Hill was in charge
 The New Haven Clock company exhibi fully 150 different styles of clocks.
 Bradley & Hubbard of Meriden have { very artistic and excellent display of man. of their manufactures, making speeialt. of the B. & H. lamp.
 The exhibit at the fair was neve equalled in the state. The people of Nev Haven should be proud that such an ella borate affair has graced our city.
 The conductors are entitled to mucl credit for having planned such magnif cent affair and for the smooth way ii which their plans are being consummated
 The exhibit will be open from 1 until
 o'clock every afternoon, and those wh
 wish to make a critical inspection of tn workings of the many models and ms chimes will do we'll to attend at that tim | and avoid the evening crowds