El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-11
Preparing
For the
Carnival

be the most gorgeous ever seen in thi
part of the country.
All the available electrical power il
the city at present and that from sew
eral dynamos set up for the occasion
by the Southern Electrical company
which has the contract for setting III
all the arches and fanciful display.
that are to astonish the natives will
their brilliancy and beauty. will b'
utilized.
In addition to the displays. the bill!
for which are to be footed by the city
: Any number of business firms ordered
signs made of various colored lights
hung up in front of their establish.
ments. Among these might be men.
toned the Wall company, which is tc
have a sign composed of so incandes-
cents; Kline Curio company, 80; Pho
neer Grocery company, so; The Daily
Herald, 80; Posener's 20; Schultz
Bros. 20; The Lobby Saloon, 25; the
News. 100; and the Sheldon hotel is to
low on the front of it's building. All
these lights are In vicinity of the mid
way in the little plaza. Ten arc lamps
will also be placed there by lack White
of the old electric light company, VINO
has donated all the power to be used by
the Carnival association, gratis.
The plaza is to be like a dream OF
fairyIand when Illuminated. From
each of the four corners of the parl;
string of various colored lights will
extend to the flag pole in the center
where they will meet, so feet above
ground. 1t will require 500 lights for
the display. The tall flag staff will
have the appearance of a may pole dec
GRATED with it's strings of lights Of
rainbow hues.
The arches. too, are to be things of
unrivaled beauty. The one at the cor
ner of Ell Paso street opposite WALKS
and Kline's will consist of 400 lights
which are to surround a long star of
Texas. formed of 100 lights of various
hues. The $4,000 electrical fountain
will also be a wonder in it's way. On
Tuesday night there will be a special
exhibition of this fountain to visiting
newspaper men, about 300 of whom |
are expected to gather in the city dur
ing the celebration
1t is estimated that the electrical
power of the city will be taxed to its
full capacity to supply current SUI
hcient to feed the many Examinations,
and to fill up any deficit the Southern |
Electrical company will place an en-
CINE and two dynamos in the rear of |
its warehouse on Oregon street. These
dynamos will be able to supply 600 in
candescent lights. For its share
of the illumination the city alone will
expend $725.
Among the novel features of the cleo
tricai display may be mentioned a
miniature trolley car, the first trolley
car ever seen in operation in Ell Paso.
which the Southern Electrical COM
pany will run in it's window during the
Carnival
Great Crowds Coming.
Secretary Lockwood stated this
morning that the outlook for a crowd
Of visitors to the Carnival was some
hing awful
People are coming from the four
parts OF the compass and hotel accom-
are being engaged in ad-
'ance
The visiting newspaper men serve to {
Indicate the throngs that will be in at I
enhance. Out of 500 invitations sent T
Tut by the secretary to the press he 1,
las received assurance from about 800 2
hat they will attend. Y
Elegant press badges for the visl- q
ors were received today and they will
e distributed as soon as the editors J.,
egin to arrive
The newspaper men will meet at :he n
4 Paso club where Captain Beall will RI
oliver an address of welcome. to RI
hich some out of town editor. posi- i,
iy from the Dallas views or San An r,
'nio Express, will respond. Special p.
'urtesles will be extended the press
during their stay AMI al
npie refreshments of all kinds have N,
ready been secured. One of the fea-
Tres OF their entertainment will be a N
lunch at which toasts will
, drunk
Carnival Queen.
The queens royal booth is finished
ethe queens Jewels have arrived
ON Chicago. he booth is to be oc- ha
pied during the parade by the queen tn
I'd her court and the jewels are u ar