The sun., 1900-05-11

With the encouraging report that fifty
business firms in this city have applied |
for space in the mammoth street fair and |
Elks arrival, to be held in this city |
during the week of June is, the Will |
mineton Lodge OF Elks yesterday signed
tine contract with the Frank Bostock |
Midway Company and opened carnival
Headquarters in the Masonic Temple,
Nos, 500 and S22 Market street. These
headquarters, to which attention is called
by large streamer pIacarded across the
entrance, will be open until the carnival
opens on Monday, June is.
Director. General Robert S. Baird and
| Assistant Director General Col. Grantley
p. PostIes met MIR J. II. Laine, repre-
sentative of the BoHtock Company, at the
! CLAYTON House yesterday morning and
then and there signed the contract which
insures to Wilmington one OF the great
est shows ever given to an American
public. The contract stipulates that the
| Industrial Fair and Midway Carnival
will be placed on the Boulevard com
mencipgson the north side OF Washing
ton street bridge and extending for some
distance along the Boulevard.
There will be but one entrance. 1t
will be magnificent arch constructed
night this structural arch will be beauti-
fully decorated and illuminated by many
electric lights. Every person attending
the industrial exposition and carnival
must pass in and out by way of this
entrance arch, which will be located just
to the north of the Washington street
/ bridge. .,
Just inside the entrance arch will be
situated the Administration Building.
Here Director General Robert S. Baird,
/ Assistant Director-General Colonel
Grantley P. Postles, Secretary Hunter
Grubb and members of the executive
committee will be found at all hours
during the day and late at night.
: Following the Administration Build
ing will come the Industrial Exposition
or Street Fair. Every person who at
tends the big show must pass the IN
dustrial exhibits before arriving at the
Midway Carnival. Free shows will bt
. continuous in the industrial section
i Here the merchants, manufacturers ano
+ business firms exhibitors will sell al
: well as display their wares. These fre'
d attractions will hold the crowds in thu
y industrial section for time.
n Immense Midway Show.
: Next in order will come the Frank @
Bostock Midway Carnival Show. Th
midway will occupy space 450x6OO feet
1t will comprise twenty shows inciudln
i three absolutely free exhibitions III tn
y open air The management is consider
Il ing the idea of giving a balloon ascension
:, with a parachute descent every day.
,e Diagram of the Exposition.
/ At the Carnival Headquarters, Nos
$40 and S22 Market street, an lmmens
diagram of the Exposition sixty feet
width is being hung ON the walls wher
it will be open to inspection Tor ever
Ia citizen in Wilmington. 1t is especial
II prepared for those who desire to pun
" chase space for booths or those entel
" tanning any idea of applying Tor priv
" leges ON the grounds.
~ In a few days the committee o
grounds and electric lights will be pr
pared to accept bids for the constructio
Of all the electrical work on the ground
This work is all 10 be removed by thol
IL who place it in position.
as The committee on printing and adve
n, tising at its meeting last night prepare
nd TO place advertising in every Wilmingto
be newspaper and to further cover the teri
mt tory throughout Delaware, the Eastei
Shore OF Maryland, adjacent counties
" Pennsylvania and South JERSEY.
Firemen Will Have Big Day.
he The fire laddes of this city and {
BIZ 4 QUITO f-town fire companies that wish
ne compete will have grand gala day
be- Thursday of Carnival Week. The fiji
In ems parade viii De the biggest featu