The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-13


 Repeated Annually or More Often as is
 Deemed Advisable-Parade of the sum
 day School Children Suggested Feature
 Two Additional Bureaus of Comfort.
 Not for the profits immediately to ac- crue from the Merchants carnival in May are the local traders exerting every effort to make the occasion mem- orable in the mercantile and industrial history of the city. The prime object is to exhibit in the most convincing manner the value of New Haven as a central trading emporium to those communities surrounding and adjacent to it. Having accomplished this, the traders iceland it betokens conta- their prices-that the pecuniary results which form the ultimate aim of the project will follow.
 In word the object of the trade fete next month is to show the great value New Haven possesses to the pur- chasing consumer as a depot or mart of supplies. To that end and in fur therance of this plan all energies will be bent.
 That the carnival is an assured fly ture need not for moment be doubted. Since the inception of the movement, but a few days ago, the various propo- sitions have been sifted and weighed until to-day the whole program has as sumed organic form, with one material exception. In the comprehensive na- ture of the project it was impossible to define just how many days it would be expedient to devote to the entertain ment of visitors from neighboring cities and towns
 At the outset. and when the ground had been looked over in only the most cursory fashion, it was decided tenta- lively to have the carnival extend over three days. That proposition has not yet been abandoned, and may be ad- hered to. Much will depend upon the events of the next few days in forming a decision on this important part of the plan.
 The publicity committee, which has worked, as all the committees are work ing, indefatigably for the success of the venture, Is inclined to reduce the pre- posed length of the fete to one day. This judgment is not based upon any discouraging aspect that has presented itself, but rather upon desire to make the event a success even beyond the hopes of it's most sanguine originators and supporters. Unless in the interim this committee feels justified in ap- proving the original plan, it will at the next meeting of the general committed offer this amendment to the carnival as first planned
 If the suggestion is adopted and the carnival proves the success which pres ent indications seem to assure, it may be that the length of the carnivals of future seasons or years may be length ened. Since, however, the present is the initial effort to boom New Ravens material interests in practical way, the members of the committee believe | in adopting every precaution against failure. When the affair has passed beyond the experimental stage other ar arrangements can be made as to the dur ation of the carnival,
 | A broad public spirit, it is felt, must dominate New Haven citizens in offer | ing every possible assistance to the gen. | tlemen who are so generously devoting their time, ability and money to crown | this occasion with success. The appeal is made to all classes to contribute as l literally of their resources as they may
 to the efforts of those who are more prominently identified with the move ment.
 A hoe do o6
 has met with emphatic approval in
 many quarters, that on the day of the carnival the Sunday school children of
 the city, numbering, it is estimated, nearly 14,000, parade through the prin- cipal streets, making the occasion for the little ones May festival. The committee. or at least several members of it, state that the expense for music, decorations and incidentals would glad | ly be met by the merchants It is quite 1 likely that this feature, which would | lend such a picturesque effect to the days celebration, will be vigorously urged.
 | The publicity committee has suggest | ed another idea which will doubtless I meet with sanction. It is that the | board of aldermen take official cogni- zance of the plan and appoint a com mittee from it's members to cooperate
 with the general committee. It is be- | lieved that if the carnival were to re- ceive the official indorsement of the city public character would be lent to | it which it might not be possible other wise to obtain.
 Relative to the conference by the publicity committee with the railroad c. F. Southard, a member of the com- mittee, said:
 "The report of the transportation committee might strike some people as bit discouraging, but in order to make things go in this world you must have
 resistance. Now it isn't at all likely that the Consolidated railroad officials
 will stand in their own light in this matter.
 The road was certainly built to carry
 people, and if the business men of New Haven want to invite their neighbors | to visit them of course the Consolidated
 road will carry them; that is what they obtained tn ir charter for-to carry peo- pIe where they wanted to go.
 50 far as the publicity committee is concerned, this Merchants carnival will occur. if 1t has to appoint President ! h1