Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-18
ELKs ARlE BUSY.
A Hustling Meeting Last Night and
 the Big Time Next Week.

A Hustling Meeting Last Night and
 the Big Time Next Week.
 An enthusiastic meeting of the Wa terbury lodge of Elks was held last evening and 1t was close to the mid night hour when the session was con- cIuded There were four candidates put through the necessary work for the degrees and to-day Frank J. Hud- ner, Hubert A. Reed, James A. Moss and John J. Buckley realize how smooth and even runs the pathway leading to the Elks' pastures.
 The building committee is going slow in the matter of selecting a site for the new building of the lodge. but if is safe to predict that before summer comes again Waterbury lodge of Elks will be in the midst of building opera tions. When the home of the local ledge is erected it will be credit to the city and to the order. It will not surpass nor will it equal the build ing of Hartford lodge, but it will be pretty and q sunptuous palace just the same.
 Many of the local lodge have intt mated ther intention of attending the annual convention in Baltimore which takes place next week. All those go ing from this city will leave Water bury on the 5 o'clock train Monday morning and will meet the Bridgeport and New Haven Elks at Bridgeport. Torrington, Thomaston and other cit ies up the road will also join in with the Bridgeport brethren. Up Hart ford way the Elks will take special trains for New York and the whole Connecticut bunch will go to Baltimore on the B. 6 o.
 The grand officers of the lodge are already on the ground and are prepar- ing for the big crowd of visitors from all over the country. Monday will be devoted entirely to the reception of vis- iting lodges and 1t will take the entire day. for many are now on their way from various parts of the country Tuesday the convention will open and attractions for the entertainment of the Elks will be on day and night Wednesday the convention will still be in force and election of officers will take place Thursday will be de- voted to a grand crab bake on an is land forty miles away from Baltimore Friday the Elks will begin to depart for, home and by Saturday there will be but few left. On every day there will be attractions of all kinds and the Elks will own Baltimore for the week It will be the best decorated city of any in which the convention has yet been held.
 Baltimore Is putting on its most gaudy attire in preparation for the coming meeting of the grand lodge ot Elks. Everywhere the eye is greeted with riot of color in which purple and white, the colors of the order, and the Stars and Stripes are .artistically blended.
 Over all the principal downtown streets are arches of incandescent lamps at intervals of fifty feet. The great plaza between the government building and the marble court house has been converted into court of hon. or Hundreds of business concerns have expended thousands of dollars in the construction of electrical dis plays, and when darkness falls elks' heads of heroic size peer at the breth- ren everywhere. The salutatlon, Hello. Bill" will greet the visitor in Ire Uy uiSAl oAu II CoioI ny uay ol evry step.
 A fleet of forty steamers has been engaged to convey the Elks and their friends to Tolchetser Beach on the oc- casion of the great crab feast. It IS believed that not less than 100000 guests of the Baltimore lodge will be entertained at the resort,
 This is what the commfssary depart ment has ordered to be delivered at Tolchester for the crab feast: 5O,OO0 crabs;s 100000 rolls; 300 pounds coffee; 600 pounds boiled ham; 150 pounds beef tongue; 15 barrels potatoes; 10 gallons mustard; 5000 bottles ginger ale; 400 pounds crab meat; 200 pounds butter; POO pounds sugar; POO pounds spiced beef; 8 tubs potato salad; 6o gallons cream; 20 tons ice; 5000 pot ties sarsaparilla.