Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-27


Last evening the directors OF the
Wheeling Board of Trade met in regu-
lar session and transacted much bust
ness of varying degree Of importance.
The principal business discussed was
the report of the Carnival committee.
which was adopted. rhe report follows
in full:
WHEELING. w. Va. July s6. 1901.
To the Directors OF the Wheeling Board
of Trade
Gentlemen The Committee on Public
Celebrations, which was authorized at
the regular meeting of the members Of
the Board OF Trade, held Ia April 9Th,
1901, To carry out the plan proposed Tor
holding a carnival tho week ON July Sis.
beg to submit herewith a statement show
Ing the result financially. TIE statement
shows that ST. 10 Is available To be re-
turned to the Board of Trade to offset tho
loan of 5000 advanced for the use of tho
committee by the Board OF Directors at
the meeting of April Ath, 1901.
The committee had every reason 10 hope
that they would be able to fully reimburse
the Board for this loan, and in expl0na-
ton of their inabality To do so. would say
that the expenses were far In excess of
what was anticipated. Those who at the
outset volunteered TO contribute their ser
vices, as we'll as the Use of horses and
equipment, reeonsidcred the matter owing
to the extreme heat and time would not
permit our securing assistance gratis
from other quarters, thus obligins us TO
pay the prices demanded for the work,
which In some instances were extremely
high.
Tho affair was gone into on n scale
far more elaborate than anything here
tofore held in our city Every effort was
made to advertise II In all directions with
In one hundred miles of Wheeling but the
attendance from outside the city WAS very
small. principally because the railroads
put us on the same list with the ordinary
street fair conducted In the small towns
and villages throughout the territory of
the Central Passenger Association. AT
meeting of the association held in Chicago
on the 18th day OF June, 1t was decided To
grant a one-fare rate from all points
within one hundred miles of Wheeling.
tickets to be placed on sale but two days
during the week, and good for but two
days, that II, coming one day and return
| ing the next. Every effort WAS made 10
secure reconsideration of this action.
| but without avail, and to this your COM
mfttee attributes the cause for the poor
| attendance from outside the city.
| marked exception to this action on the
| part OF the trunk line railroads WIS that
| taken by the Cleveland Lorain 81 Wheel
| Ing, Wheeling Il Lake Erie and B., H. Il
| {, railroads. These roads ISSUED tickets
| ut the rate of one fare for the round trip.
| tickets good for the entire week and OH
| sale every day. Your committee feels that
| some recognition should be taken OF the
| efforts made, both by the local and the
| general passenger agents of these three
! roads. to bring about the same action by
| the other lines. In justice to the local
| passenger agents of the trunk lines. we
| would state that their recommendations
| We're strongly in favor of the one-fnre rate
good for the entire week, but they were
| overruled by their suneriors. the Ohio
| River road limiting the distance from
| which tickets would be sold to Sistersville
| fattd ff IN BlT lf9f In AZ W r.
lied by the Central Passenger Association.
The committee had been given every
assurance by the railroad people that
| good rates would be given and everything
done to help the affair along, II we fur
| nished a reasonable excuse, and It was
| upon this assurance that the committee
| went ahead Contracts had already been
made which could not be cancelled, when
| we learned Of the action OF the railroads.,
| and IL was deemed best TO carry out the
| original plans rather than to disappoint
the people after so much mad already beeh
| said and done.
The committee respectfully recommends
| that Acknowledgements be made to the
| local newspapers and the press Tor
more than one hundred miles In the coun-
try surrounding Wheeling, for the very
| liberal space they devoted to the carnival
| and for their earnest efforts towards max
| ing the affair a success. and acknowledge
| ment should also be made TO the local
| merchants for their generous contribu-
| lions to the funds OF the association and
| to the committeeman and members gen
| orally of the Board of Trade for their
| support for which the committee Is 50
| highly indebted.
| Respectfully submitted,
| PAUL o. REYMANN,
Chairman.
JACOB SNYDER,
| s. +. NORTON,
| ROBERT HAZLETT,
A. G. HUBBARD,
Committee.
| j. Il. ADAMS,
Secretary.