The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-05
TALE OF A RAINY FOURTH
THOUSANDS CHEATED OUT OF 4
 HoLIDAY,S ENJOYlEENT.

It is Estimated Street Railway Companies Loose Eight Thousand Dollars in iares- Only Gne Fire Alarm Through the Day Two Big Excursions, St. PatriolS's Y. A. E. Society and Mcmauguin Lodge, A. O. U. W.-Only Three Hundred People on the Richard Peolx's Excursion-Several Ex- hibitions of Fireworks Postponed-A Chapter of Fireworks Aocidents-Many Private Celebrations.
 The celebration of Independence day by the people of this city was the quiet est known in years, and the enforce | ment of Mayor Hendricks order was an easy matter for the police. This was | not due to any special activity on their part, but was entirely due to an unex- pected auxiliary in the shape of steady downpour of rain, which lasted from shortly cfter 10 a. m. until p. m. The New Haven Street Railway company had completed an arrangements for the | temporary running of cars on it's branch | to Lighthouse Point, and big crowds were preparing to take the first excur- sion rides. From dawn, however, the | sky was dark and threatening, and peo- pie rather held back awaiting the pos sible clearing up, which almost every body expected and hoped for. Tn fact. all expected light shower followed by l a clear day, but none, not even the | io1 i1,I k l call such a downpour of rain on the l glorious Fourth.
 1 The rain, it Is estimated, caused loss of no less than s8,000 in car fares to the various street railroads of the city 1 Preparations were made for the hand ling of large crowds who were expected to go to the shore The rain spoiled all | calculations.
 The hotel and restaurant keepers at Savin Rock and the shore resorts gen. | erally were badly left with large amounts of stock on hand This had been laid in for the large and voracious crowds which were expected to arrive. But only a very few came, and those few disappeared as soon as the rain came. This means a heavy loss to many. In fact. none expected that the | crowd would fail to materialize. An other remarkable fact was that the fire department only received one alarm of fire during the day. That was from box 72, and an account of the fire ap- pears elsewhere in this paper.
 Towards evening the clouds began to break and the rain stopped. Immedi- ately the crowds began to depart, many for Savin Rock and other places on the shore.
 The excursions did not pan out so well. The St. Patrick's T. A. B. society excursion on the steamer Continental was very successful, as they started early. Fully three hundred people were turned back by the custom house officer who had counted the twelve hundred allowed by the boats charter. This and the excursion of Momauguin lodge were
 the only successful excursions of the day. On board the Continental was a jolly, happy crowd of young people and when they left many rueful glances
 were sent by the three hundred who considered themselves unfortunate Most of these, however, were thankful
 as the day wore one, that they had been
 a trifie late.
 EXCURSION ON RICHARD PECK
 Despite the rainy weather some three
 hundred people went out on the steam
 CT Richard Peck to the mouth of the
 Connecticut river yesterday afternoon
 The boat left Belle dock about 3:30 and
 returned about 6:30 The sail was en.
 joyed by most on board inside of the
 boat, where the Second company, Gov
 ernor's Foot Guard band, Fred Majer
 leader, played selections. On the re.
 turn the skies cleared off enough, so the
 people went outside. During the trir
 dancing was in order, fine music being
 furnished by the band.
 EXCURSION TO GLEN ISLAND.
 The John H. Starin carried fully eight
 hundred members and friends of Mo.
 maugtin lodge, No. l. A. o. U. w., tt Glen Island. Dancing and musical se-
 lectfons by some of the party were fea.
 lures of the trip. Upon the arrival al the island the numerous attractions
 were viewed with interest by all. The
 boat arrived here at about S:8O P. m. / every one oh board pleased With the
 days outing.
 THD MARGARETS EXCURSION.
 The Margaret had a very large crowd , on it's first trip. Both decks were filled
 and it looked as though Pawson park Pico park and Branford Point would be
 great scenes of gaiety. The rain, how
 ever, hurt this, like the others, and the
 second trip was not patronized to any extent. The crowd which went dowr
 on the first boat returned at the first
 opportunity.
 PEOUOT CLUB-FIREWORK DIS PLAY POSTPONED.
 It was unusually quiet at the Pequot
 clubs premises yesterday on account of the rainy weather. The firework: , celebration which was to have taker place last evening. will take place to- night about S:30 A shore dinner vii
 be served at D. m.
 Forty have taken rooms and more are expected next week. They include peo
 ple from Hartford and this city. Tonight will be given the first hop o1 the series which are to be given every
 Friday evening during the summer . months
 , FIREWORKS POSTPONED TILL TO NIGHT
 East Rock lodge, A. O. U. w., post poned the fireworks which were to have
 been exhibited at the corner of Atwatel | gt, op bna,, lot d