The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-06

dIlOBGlHeI tue appear dhNC IllouS was
one of which the department and the
city may well be proud,
At o'clock the firemen assembled on
the green, every man in full dress uni
form Of blue, with black ties and pre-
senting q natty appearance. Shortly
arter o'clock the pageant started,
headed by the Second regiment band.
The line Of march was out of the north
gate of the green, up Elm to York, to
Chapel to Church, to George, to Elm,
to State, to Chapel, to Olive, where the
companies were dismissed by Chief
Kennedy.
The makeup of the parade was as fol-
lows:
Escort of Police,
Second Regiment Band.
Steamer No. l, 10 men, Captain John
Dougherty.
Steamer No. 2, nine men, Captain
Charles j. O'Neil.
Steamer No. 8, nine men, Captain John
w. Camp.
Steamer No. 4, nine men, Captain Will
liam P. Daley.
Steamer No. 7, ten men, Captain Will
liam P. Perkins.
Steamer No. s, nine men, Captain Will
liam H. Johnson.
Truck No. l, eleven men, Captain Ru-
fus R. Fancher.
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, five
men, Captain Joshua G. Baldwin.
The Chemical Engine.
Every town and city within twenty
Of
in the crowds which filled the principal
part of the city yesterday The Meri
den Republican in speaking of those
who attended from that city said last
evening:
"Meriden is largely represented to-
day at the Merchants carnival in New
Haven. The delegation began to gath
er at the passenger station long before
s o'clock this morning. 1t was COM
posed mostly of women. At 8 o'clock
the Wallingford train drew into the
station. The local officials, on seeing
the party that had already gathered
thirty minutes before the schedule
time for the leaving of the Meriden
train, gave orders to the trainmen to
allow three of the eleven borough cars
to be loaded in this city. In short or
der the three cars were filled, and the
train started for Wallingford to get the
boroughites.
cat S:20 the local train arrived, COM
posed of eleven cars, and waited here
about ten minutes to give the passen-
gers a chance to get aboard. There
was no confusion. Seven of the eleven
L,-l ;orL+
o'clock.
Taking the two trains together, this
city sent about seven hundred women
to the carnival Many other residents,
possibly one hundred more, left on reg
ular trains rather than go on the crowd
ed specials.
Ticket Agent Russell said this morn
ing that full eight hundred people went
from here"
The Ansonia Sentinel said:
"Ansonia is well represented in New
Haven to-day, as nearly five hundred
ladies We're carried on the special train
at $50 a. m. for that city. Nearly all
of them We're provided with special
tickets, though a few had regular ones
or mileage tickets in order to come
home on any train they chose. 1t was
"a happy-looking crowd, and every lady
appeared bound to have a good time at
little expense.
THE crowd for free tickets was not
as large in the afternoon Tuesday as in
the morning. and there was no pushing
or crowding. All We're quickly supplied
There We're five hundred tickets distrib-
to 1oa
demand.
''As early as o'clock some of the ex-
cursionists commenced to gather at the
station, and before s a. m. three hun
dred had arrived, some having walked
down from Seymour
Among the visitors We're six carloads
of Wallingford people.
The unanimous opinion expressed by
the principal merchants of the city last
evening was that the money expended
for the carnival was well invested. AL
though in some slight details the plans
might with advantage have been diff
ferent, it must be remembered that this
carnival was essentially an experiment
and much valuable experience has been
gained from it as to how to conduct
the next one. ISle I was however, no
serious defect in any Of the arrange
ments and this fact rebounds greatly
to the credit of those who engineered
the affair with no previous occasion
of the sort to pattern after. 1t is prac-
tically assured already that another
carnival will be held early in the fall
and the only considerable departure
then from the plans followed for yes
terday's carnival will probably be that
free tickets will be given to men as
we'll as women. While many stores
yesterday did not profit so greatly from
the carnival as they might have had
there been in the crowds a contingent
of men, there is heard no complaint
and all seem to think that the adver-
tising which they have gained for their
business is worth their outlay and work
and that they will benefit from the
general good done for the city by the
carnival.
At F. NJ. Brown & Co.'S last evening,
Mr. Southland, manager of the adver-
tising department., said: The day has
gone way ahead of anything We ex-
pected. 1t has been a remarkable day
and the people have been spending
money. Our business to-day has been
a regular Christmas trade. The pur-
chases were not so large. but there
were so many purchasers that small
purchases counted up rapidII. AL
though the carnival was an experiment.