The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-29
MERCHANTS
FAIR IS A
SUCCESS
Pavilion Is Filled
With Pretty
Exhibits.

"HoUSANDS Of people passed
through the aisles of the Mer-
chants Fair pavilion Saturday
evening and admired the displays
made b. the merchants represented
Sc great was the crowd that it was
impossible for the visitors to be kept
in motion, and at some times there was
"A complete congestion of the passage
ways. Estimates of the number OF per-
sons In attendance vary, but conserva-
tves think there were from 5000 To G000
people about the building and the
grounds during the evening.
order out of the seeming chaos which
distinguished the condition of the pa
vilion during the earlier hours OF the
day came with the lengthening of the
shadows, and when the lights flashed
and to thu Compartment of the mu-
sic of Berger the crowds began to pass
through the building. there was ready
for them a display which in it's units
was one full of merit. In its way, con-
sideralon being given to the time in
which the exhibits have been got to-
gether and as well the circumscribed
space allotted to the various firms TAX
ing part, the fair of the Merchants
Association is one which would be cred
table to any community. In the mat
ter of the artistic displaying OF the
goods and the perfection of the deco
rations there Il not perhaps in the en-
tire list one exhibit which would not
rank well with the best things ever
done at the Mechanics Fair n San
Francisco.
There are in the fair thirty-four eX-
hIbits. distinctive as to their showing
of materials and so divided that here
is little chance for visitor to look
for something and not find it. In adj
dition to this exposition of the trade
facilities of the city there is a feature
which appeals to the practical side. for
the association has taken the space be-
tween the doors on Hotel street and
there has established Headquarters
which is in charge OF Mr.. Bucklan,.
who receives and makes at home any
visitor and furnishes information as to
the exposition and the city and acts as
the representative of the fair commit
tee in all ways.
The complete list OF the exhibitors in
the fair is as follows: Levers &
Cooke, II. Hacltfeld & Company, Homo
lulu Iron Works, the display being that
in fact of the master plumbers, for the
goods came from the works but were
prepared by exhibition and bear
the names of the plumbers; Hawaiian
Electric Company, California Feed
Company. Eastman & Nelson, Guy
owens Electrical Company, Union Feed
Company, Honolulu Brewing and Malt
ing Company, Bergstrom Music Com
pany, National Cash Register and Sing
er Sewing Machine Company, Pacific
Vehicle and Supply Company, c. f.
Herrick Carriage Company, G. Schu-
man & Company j. G. Costa and V.
G. Macedo. Pacific Guano and Fertilizer
Company, Pearson & Potter Company,
Rainier Beer, w. w. Dimond & Com
pany, A. A. Montana, Benson, Smith
d Company, w. c. Peacock & Com
pany, Henry May & Company. Terri
torial Messenger service, j. A. M. John
son, Rice & Perkins, Porter Furniture
Company, Hawaiian Fertilizer Com
pany and the Metropolitan Meat Com
pany.
In point of interest the display of the
Hawaiian Electric Company held the
center of the stage with the crowds
last evening and promises to so con-
tinue during the life of the fair. The
novelties there displayed which held
the attention of the visitors are so new
that even recent visitors to the main
land have never seen such exhibitions
of the power of the electric fluid and
the phenomena are curious and full of
mystery. The principal effect is one
which brings into action 10000 volts of
electricity and there is produced light
ming sparks which stand out brilliantly
for distance of foot or more. This
effect drew crowds Saturday evening
and the layman found it impossible to
comprehend the brilliant displays
There appears above the general dis
play a plate of glass with the word
Aloha outlined. These letters are of
metal and are connected with a power
full transformer, which during the even
ing showed an intensity of 1900 volts.
As the electricity was turned into the
letters there was slight cracking and
the Letters stood out in purple. Imme-
diateiy following there was a series of
flashes of lightning forked and indie
terminate from every point on the let
ters. The cracking increased as the
voltage grew higher until at length the
letters shone forth and all around them
and through their plane was a constant
display of the lightning which flashed
and forked until there was n tingling
In the air and every one perceived the
influence of the fluid.
Not that this was the only point of
attraction in the fair. There are too
many things in sight TO make such a
conclusion probable even. The displays
of merchandise are attractive in the
extreme. and there was nothing which
did not have and hold about IL crowd
of people during the entire evening.
From carriages TO photographs, and
from beef and mutton to CONNECTION
gowns, through all the grades of fer
tilizer. where beautiful roses indicated
the value of the plant food, to the
brewery booth, where a glass of the
foaming. cooling fluid awaited all
friends, through the sampling of can