The record-union., 1895-08-26
WORK OF THE CARNIVAL COMMITTEE
To-day the Canvassers VIII Com
mence to Gather the Coin.
The Accommodations Committed
Ready to Register All Rooms
That Are to Let.

The Electric Carnival Executive Com
mittee held meeting on Saturday win
Chairman Steffens presiding. Consld-
siderable miscellaneous business was
transacted, for the committee has ulg
lob on its hands to attend to all the de-
tails of the great event. 1t is the first oi
the kind to be held, hence the commlttee
has not the experience Of other cities 10
guide them.
r. D. Stephens, George 3. Katzensteln,
John Well and Director Cole
man and Chairman Stefens signed q
bond guaranteeing payment for whatever
material the committee may order.
Director General Coleman was au-
thorized to have large advertising ban
ner prepared and placed in the railroad
depot.
4 communication was read from L. ii.
Goodman of the Southern Pacific Com
pany. He said: "As you have BEEN in
formed, we will run excursion trains
from Sacramento to Folsom three times
during the State tair-Sund2y, oth;
Wednesday, llth; Sunday, 1oth. W
may change the last date to saturday
18th" He added that the newspapers
and Native Son Parlors are giving tne
Electric Carnival large amount oil
gratituous advertising"
Il contract was awarded 10 FRANK Ly-
man to- add 1000 more electric lamps TO
those previously contracted Tor at Capitol
Park, the price TO be Sl40. The contract
for dipping, coloring and cleaning lamps
was awarded to Gross IL Co. for 50 cents
per lamp.
The railroad men are becoming very
enthusiastic over the carnival, and now
all branches of the service want TO be
represented in the great industrial parade
on the night OF the 9th OF September.
Director General Coleman reported that
Job Calderwood and Martin Halloran,
representing the transportation depart
nent OF the Southern Pacific Company.
had expressed desire TO turn out IN the
parade. They were rendered an invita-
Iion by unanimous vote. There viii be
conductors, engineers, hremen ana
brakenen IN the division.
W. s. Leake, whose committee alone
has raised 50, lis, and will probably col
lect 500 more, thought the Executive
Committee should now begin to go some
what slow in mourning expense, as the
city has been pretty well canvassed.
The Postoffice Letter Carriers having
signified their desire to participate IN the
demonstration, Director General Cole
man was Instructed to invite any and all
organizations to get in whose members
wish to do so.
Three thousand more of the souvenir
invitations were ordered printed, and 1t
was announced that to-day the collection
of moneys subscribed would be COM
menced.
The Director General announced that
the committee would furnish, free of
charge, photographs of designs for the
use OF the press.
The nextmeeting of the committee will
be held at 3 o'clock on Wednesday after
noon next.
Rev. a. C. Herrick. who is acting for
the Carnival Committee on Accommoda-
tions, reported that be had found all the
rooms in five prominent hotels had al
ready been engaged. He has established
headquarters at the Gurney Cab Com
pany's Office on * street, near Seventh,
where he will be pleased to hear from all
who lave rooms they care to rent during
Fair time.
This matter of accommodating the peo-
pie that will come here is becoming a
serious one. The Native Sons Commit
tee, il should be remembered, is looking
after Native Sons and Daughters only,
and having secured for them most OF the
available rooms, the trouble viii be to
house the thousands Of other visitors who
are not \ Native Sons. There will be men,
women and children in crowds looking
for accommodations, but thus far little
effort has been made to provide for them.
G+he Native Sons Committee has ali it
can do to look after the mem bers of that
order, and other committees of citizens
should get to work in the interest of other
visitors.
Before this thing is ended it will be
shown that the RECORD L MONS plan,
suggested several weeks ago, should have
been adOpted-that was TO have equipped
one or more big camps for the Native
Sons, or as many OF them as might choose
TO avail themselves thereof The major
ity Of them will be here but three or four
days, and being young and hardy men
they would get along swimmingly in
camp, while tents will not be SO accepta-
bic TO elderly people and children.
If the reports that come of the mum Der
of people that intend TO visit the city dur
ing fair-time are 70 be relied upon, there
will surely be such jam that it will be
hard TO house them. 1t would be lust as
difficult or even more so, in any other
city in the State outside of San Francisco,
but the fact remains that the Carnival
Committee on Accommodation has a
herculeau task on it's hands TO find rooms
and board for the several thousand visit
ors outside the Native Sons ranks
Ii will be good opportunity. also, for
some of the churches to provide refresh
ment tables, and thus make few dollars,
for there viii be many persons wander
ing about in parts OF the city where there
are no restaurants and who will patronize
the first place they come upon.