The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-15
.0NLY A ONE DAY CARNIVAL
MERCHANTS YESTERDAY RECON
 SIDERED THEIR FORMER TOTE.


 mittee Reports Heard Yesterday-Con-
 soIidated Road Will Not Give Reduced
 Fares-Mr. Bunneirs Offer-Payment of
 Subscriptions at Once is Strongly Urged.
 The meeting of the general committee in charge of arrangements for the Mer- chants carnival was called to order at o'clock last evening in room IA, Insurance building, by Charles E. Hart, in the absence of the chairman, s. H. Kirby.
 The transportation committee was first called upon to report and Colonel Post, chairman of that committee, stated that his committee had called upon General Passenger Agent Hemp sted of the Consolidated road, MT Hempsted told the committee that he could not give them reduced rates TOT fares of visitors to New Haven during the carnival, but said the road would print free any form of tickets recon- mended by the merchants for use by visitors to the carnival, these tickets to be paid for at the regular rate of fare. Colonel Post said that MT. Hempsted gave as a reason for not giving reduced rates that then in every city between New York and Boston reduced rates would be asked for, for similar occa- sions. Another reason advanced by MT. Jackson why the railroad company dis H. tnS merchants carnival was that the coun- try merchants would object to the road doing so and that railroad people do not like to displease these merchants in country towns, who furnish them large part of their business. MT. Jack son said further that a Consolidated road official had told him that the road would run a special train and sell half fare tickets on it, from any town in the vicinity of New Haven, from which 200 tickets would be guaranteed.
 MT. Hunn of the transportation con- mittee, said that MT. Hempsted had told the committee that such arrange ments would be made if 800 tickets were guaranteed from town from which 1t was desired by the merchants to run special train.
 Some of the gentlemen present thought it strange that the railroad should give reduced rates for musical entertainments like the Gounod society and to organizations in New Haven and then not give reduced rates to mer- chants. MT. Jackson explained this by saying that the railroad people said that l by giving reduced fares for musical enter tainments to organizations, they would not rouse such iealousies as they would among the merchants in the towns sur rounding New Haven by giving reduced l fares for the New Haven Merchants carnival The transportation commit tee was finally directed to make the best | arrangements possible for securing l transportation for visitors to New 1 Haven during the carnival and to re- port to the general committee at its next meeting.
 | On motion of John D. Jackson 1t was voted to appropriate to the transporta- | tion committee the balance that has not already been appropriated of the $110O subscribed for the carnival and as much more money as could be secured. 1 Chairman Goodman of the entertain men committee said that his committee had nothing definite to report, although they had several plans in view. MT. | Bunnell suggested to to the committee | that an entertainment be held at the Hyperion between the hours of 12 m. and p. m., during the carnival, these being hours when probably not much trading would be done
 Mir. Bunnell offers the use of the opera house free to the merchants for this entertainment, and suggests that amateurs be secured to give the enter tainment. The entertainment commit tee also recommended that a band con- cert be given on the green after ( o'clock in the evening of Merchants day. MT. Goodman said that he had reason to believe that if it was desired, parade of the fire department of New Haven could be secured for some time during the carnival. Mir. Goodman said that it was the opinion of his committee that in case it was decided to have a band concert, the street car lines should be asked to pay for it as such concert would attract large crowds to the cen- tral part of the city and the trolley lines traffic would be greatly augmented thereby on that evening MT. Goodman said that a field day of the Second regi- ment had been proposed to be held dur ing the carnival, but said that it had been decided that such plan would not be feasible as the men of the Sec ond regiment are required to put in a half days rifle practice on their field day. ..
 The report of the committee was ac- cepted and Mir Southard proposed that coupons entitling the holder to admis- sion to the Hyperion entertainment be attached to the railroad tickets. The suggestion was received with favor. The entertainment committee was em- powered to arrange for an entertain
 ment to be given at the Hyperion in the afternoon at the hours mentioned above. MT Bunnen stated later in the
 meeting that he would give a matinee
 benefit performance for the Merchants carnival at the Hyperion at some date l to be decided upon later. The offer 1 was accepted and vote of thanks was rendered to MT. BunneIl.
 On motion of MT Southard, it was voted to reconsider the vote taken some time ago by which it was decided to [ q,