The San Francisco call., 1895-10-07
THE SAN JOSE CARNIVAL.
Success Of a Coming Event
Guaranteed by Prompt
Response.
A WHOLE RANCH IN FLOWERS
Some TWenty-Five Acres WIZ Be
Devoted to Growing the
Decorations.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Oct. 6.-The carnival
of Roses to be held in this city in May,
1896, will be a grand success. This is evi-
denced by the success met with in an ex-
tended canvass of the city yesterday by A.
Greeninger, chairman of the executive
committee; Director-General Henry; G,
NJ. Wooster, representing the Board oi
Trade; II. NJ. n. Spring, chairman OF the
committee of ways aud means and finance;
Colonel A. K. Whitton, chairman of the
committee on parade, and W. 9. Andrews.
These gentlemen report that every one
seen is enthusiastic over the carnival, and
that ali have promised financial aid and
donations of flowers in such amounts as to
make the enterprise a success. In order
TO secure large quantities of flowers of the
same color for decorative purposes ar
rangements have been made with owners
of vacant land whereby about twenty-five
acres will be planted in roses, sweet peas,
marigolds and other flowers that will
come into bloom in May.
H. V. Morehouse and Colonel A. K.
Whitton have each subscribed one acre OF
sweet peas and Mrs. c. II. CropIey has
subscribed one-haf acre of roses. Com
mittees have been appointed to see that
the weeds in all vacant lots are removed
and the same set to flowers. Efforts will be
made to have about eight acres of the Nor
NAL grounds set out in marigolds or some
other flower that can be easily raised and
effectively used for decorative purposes.
Everything possible will be done TO beau
tify the city, and when the carnival opens
San Jose will be a veritable flower bed.
In a short canvass yesterday afte rnoon
Chairman Spring of the finance committee
secured over $500 in subscriptions. This
is over one-third of the amount needed to
insure the success of the enterprise. Only
a few representatives of each business and
profession were seen, but all were enthus-
iastlc and responded literally to the call
for subscriptions. The subscriptions are
to be paid in six monthly installments, be-
ginning November 1. Besides the SUBJ
scriptions actually received promises have
been secured from persons who were not
ready to name individual amounts, but
that will swell the sum to $4,000. The Mer-
curry and the other papers of the city have
rendered the use of their columns for all
publications free of charge.
Chairman L. J. Chipman of the flower
supply committee, aided by Mrs. c. D.
Wright, Mrs. NJ. D. Brainard, Mrs. r. B.
Dunlop, Mrs. ]. H. Stark, Mrs. J. F.
Thompson and other representatives of
the County Floral Society, have been
busily engaged during the past week in
making arrangements to insure sufficient
supply of roses.
Meetings of the various flower supply
committees will be held during the COM
ing week at the Office of L. J. Chapman in
the Hall of Records. The committee for
San Jose, consisting of Mrs. G. D. Wright,
T. f. Morrison, f. P. Russell, Mrs. NJ. D..
Brainard and Professor c. w. Childs, will
meet Tuesday afternoon at clock. The
general flower supply committee for the
county will meet next Saturday afternoon
at o'clock.
Arrangements for the entertainment to
be given by the County Floral Society for
the benefit of the carnival fund are pro-
crossing very favorably. 1t will be given
in Turn Verein Hall. Professor F. L.
King has vol unteered to supply the music
gratuitously for the occasion. The entire
San Jose Orchestral Society will be upon
tn e stage and discourse some of its choic-
est music.