The sun., 1900-06-02
FLORAL PARADE
IS GROWING
IN MAGNITUDE
Many Private Carriages Beau'i-
fully Decorated With Flowers
Will Participate.
MIDWAY NEARING COMPLETION
Contractor Patrick Fahey will by
Tonight Have the Larger Por-
tion of the Midway Enclosure
Completed, is Sooner Than
Was Expected.

Success beyond all expectations con-
tinues to crown the efforts of the Will
mington Lodge of Elks in their proposed
Industrial Street Fair and Carnival.
Many new and attractive features are
being added to the already elaborate
program each day and when the carnival
is opened on June Is, Wilmingtonians
will witness sight such as was never
before seen in this city.
Patrick Fahey who has the contract
for building the fence and booths on the
boulevard is taking great interest in the
affair and by tonight large portion Of
the midway will be completed which is
much sooner than was at first expected.
Dr. .SWithin Chandler, chairman Of
the floral parade committee; Mrs Emma
kittinger, representing the Homoeo-
pathic Hospital, and Mrs. Charles g.
Rnmford, representing the Delaware
Hospital, have arranged to allow private
carriages enter the floral parade. A NUM-
Der have already volunteered and will be
beautifully decorated with flowers, All
the public schools will close at II o'clock
on that day aud the children will also
take part in the parade.
The Elks lodge themselves will have
a handsome float in the industrial parade
on Mnudav, June 1S
During the week of the carnival the
two hospitals, as a special feature, will
run an automobile line from the inter-
section OF Washington street with the
boulevard, around the fair grounds and
other points in tine vicinity otthe fair
It will not only prove to be big nov
city but will be especially attractive to
those who have never ridden in an auto
mobile. A fare of five cents a ride will
be charged and the proceeds will go to
the hospitals.
A good business was done at carnival
headquarters yesterday and a number OF
spaces on industrial street were sold.
Samuel j. White Company, carriage
m ,nufacturers, took fifty-foot space,
wlich is the next to the largest that has
been sold to one company. They will
make fine display, and it will be one
of the largest exhibits of carriages ever
made.
The full list Of those who have taken
space in the industrial street mp to date
are as follows Hartmann & Fehrenbach
Brewing Company, N. Snelenburg 4
Company, Diamond State Shoe Company,
Delaware Hospital, Delaware ard Allan
tic Telegraph and Telephone Company,
William Lawton, Western Union Tele-
graph Company, homeopathic Hospital,
! Levy Knmfort Shoe House. National
Biscuit Company, j. & J. n. Harmau,
Lawton Optical Co., Woodward Bros.
Foord Bottipg Works, George B. Ward,
Daily Republican, Simmons 4 Bro,
E. I. Allen, ]. +. Garrett, Howe
Scale Company, f. 5. Riley, s.
H. Baynard, Frank Corbit, Joshua
Conner, Diamond State Steel Com.
pany, Edward Melchoir, Y. w. G. A
Delmarvia Telephone Company. Robelen
Piano Company, Freie Presse, White
Brothers George H. Lewis, Wesley NJ. T.
Church, Calvary p f. Church, Cookman
NJ E. Church, S. H. Durstein. w.
D. Venn, Clayton; Pusey & Jones Com
pany, j. r. Hudson, First M. P. Church,
Home Mission, w. j. Kelley. John Co
vatos, Frank We'sh & Co., Patrick
Fahey, I. w. Brooks, the Ar.
rowsmith Electric Company, Frank A.
A. Mitchell, r. NJ. Townsend, w
p. Buchanan, w. H. Berger, NJ. Megary
& Son, w. A. Coke, Jerome Smith
Mutual Life Insurance Company, 7. w
Brooks, Heptasophs, or S. w. M. Della
ware Conclyve, No. z, Charles Pratesi &
Co., James H. Kane, the Harlan d Hol
lingsworth Company, Max Podoskv,
Jackson 4 Sharp Company, Viii
mington Sash, Door and Blind Company
E. c. Diggans, Samuel j. White Com
pany, Florence Crittenton Home and
Justice Publishing Company.
There is now only l60 feet of space lel
on the industrial street and from all in
dications large amount of that will bt
sold today.
The tireman's horn from Sterlitl
Brothers which is to be awarded to tht
fire company making the best appear
ance in the parade, has arrived aud is oil
exhibition in L. Thomas & Co. S window
No. 405 Market street. All those wht
received invitations to take part in tn,
parade and have not replied are request
ed to do SO as soon as possible. Address
all communications 10 John I. Hartman
carnival headquarters, No. $40 S22 Mar
ket street.
At a meeting OF officers Of the Na,iona
Guard last night the matter OF the vaIi
"us companies turning uut on Miltar
Day was discussed. 1t Is very probabl
that all the Wilmington companies, to
gether with Company H Of New Castle
and some 0f tflt ctIupanits finn a ,,vl