The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-28
rnE FAIR HAVEN PARADE.


Final Arrangements Made at a Meeting of
the Citizens Committee in the Calumet
Club Rooms Last Evening-Special Feat
ures of the Parade-The Illuminations-
Refreshment Headquarters-Rev
Line of March-Reooption at Calumet
Club.
Great preparations are being made in
Fair Haven for the big parade which
takes place tonight. Every street
along the line of march will be ablaze
with light and the illuminations on
Blatchley avenue will be especially brill
liant The Fair Haven organizations
which will take part are as follows;
A mounted guard of 100 citizens, the
sound money clubs of the Eleventh
Twelfth and Fourteenth wards Of 300
members, the Swedish Mckinley club
of 200 members, fifty motormen and
conductors of the Fair Haven and
Westville railroad.
At the head of the line of march will
be an electric wagon in charge Of e.
S. Wade. In the wagon will be what
Mr.. Wade his golden electrophone,"
which makes more music than "a big
brass band" Fireworks will be given out
from the electric wagon to the Fair Ha-
Ven companies, Near the head Of the
line will be tally-ho driven by Mr..
Upson of Upson & Granniss, which will
carry a party of ladies outside and
gentlemen within. 1t is expected that
Major Albee will have a tally-ho in line
with a rifle company, which will add
to the noise with volleys Of blank car
tridges. In addition to the $50 horse
mem mentioned above there will be a
company of fifty horses under COM
nand of Captain Farnham and fifty I'M
der command of George Crow. The
horses of the latter company will be
caparisoned in gold colored blankets.
The Swedish club will assemble on
Blatchley avenue and the sound money
club at S77 Grand avenue at 7:S0. The
horsemen will assemble at 7:15. Any
horsemen of gold propensities who have
not already signitied their intention of
joining the parade are invited to fall
in and all citizens who desire to do so
are invited to fall in With the sound
money club. The members of the Fair
Haven clubs will wear white duck caps
and carry canes and they are requested
to call early at the club rooms 377
Grand avenue, to get caps and canes
The citizens committee at it's meeting
last evening to perfect arrangements
for the parade added twenty-five
names to the list of members of the
reception committee, which now num-
bers fifty members. E. H. Mather will
have charge of the entertainment at the
club held and Mr.. Davis will superin-
tend the feeding of the horsemen and
bicyclists. These latter will line UP on
each side of Blatchley avenue, where the
parade disbands. A wagon load Of re-
freshments will be driven along the line
and supply the hungry riders. The
horsemen will meet the New Haven
companies at Wooster Square and es-
cort them to the corner of Blatchley
avenue where they will be Joined by
the Fair Haveners. The revised line OF
march is as follows: Blatchley avenue
to Grand avenue, to East Pearl, tc
Ferry, across the bridge to Quinnipiac
! to North Quinnipiac, to r. G. Davis
residence, countermarch to the tempo
rary bridge. to Grand avenue, to Gin
ton avenue, to Pine, to Atwater, tc
Grand avenue, to Ferry, to Lombard
to Blatchley avenue, to Clay, to Lloyd
| to Grand avenue, then to the refresh
nent headquarters at 377 Grand avenue
and Blatchley avenue.
| A reception will be given at the Cal
umet club at the close of the parade te
the officials and committees having
charge of the parade.