Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-30
BARNUM & BAlLEY'S
Crowds Lined the Streets, But There
 Was No Parade.


 Barnum & Bailey's circus, which was announced to arrive here early this morning and give a street parade that would delight everybody, had series of mishaps at Bridgeport and on the way up the valley, with the re- suit that the last of the cars did not reach Waterbury until this afternooI' and the great parade that was to nave taken place, and which thousands turned out to witness, did not materl- aafze. They were a trifie late i'll get ting out of the Park City and mishap below Derby delayed them for about four hours, so that the first section dld not get in until 5:1O. The second nad Dlafrr sailing and showed up on sched- ule time, but the third was delayed couple of hours below Naugatuck ana did not reach Waterbury until 1:oO' These unexpected delays rendered. parade out of the question anu the mana cement had to hustle to put things in readiness for the aIternoon performance, which openeu at 1:oo' The evening exhibition WIFI conlIneiice nt 8 o'clock. The doors Will pc open aN 6:30. : Manager George Bolles polu a Democrat reporter that he regretteu not being able to give street paraoe' ha1t that it had been made an fmpossl- R1ility by conditions over which he nao no control He didn't think there was blame anywhere He said that 4frrv have 92 cars and that slight hi4ch int the matter of railroad time g1ysets their plans more easily and to preater extent than many are aware If. Buthe felt confident that the two excellent exhibitions, one this after- stoon andanother tonight, would make amends or all the inconvenience peo- uyIe had been put to who came out to ree The tarade and were disappointed.
 WThilethe circus was rather SLOW III rn,+tangln its appearance, the other frgIls, tht go with 1t were on deck ear iv andfor two or three hours tnls ,s.,.,-,,aTy City Clerk Ryan and his as ggstanr George H. Netteton, naQ all ss,s hsiness they could swing into. is- s+.,sr licenses for vendors of all kinds SS 4ys and people who dropped into ts,a alI and saw the stacks of balloons
 oedheard the noise of the different s..-rJlitting devices wondered if the s,ayrmance was to be given in the
 TN5 hall or on the green. Many or
 sssvenders had been here before and
 h
 .I one would think they were mem
 F-s of the "Shoulder to Shoulder as
 siation and spent a good share ot
 adr time rehearsing their parts W1Ch
 In. They were a jolly lot Of Tel axvs and cracked some good jokes {bile waiting for the slip of paper hat entitled them to do business on he p1lblic streets. The clerk was match for the sharpest of them, how Ever. and didn't allow their fowery Language to soften Tris heart one Jot- He warned all in no uncertain way that they should keep their license ex- nosed so that the officers could see 1t, and that anybody who lost che license or exchanged it, he would do 80 at hls pvvr. risk He would have to pay agadn or take his chance of being run m, putting all the emphasis he could mus ter up on the two last words of hls 1lr- tie speech.
 There was an unusually large num- Der on the streets, probably the biggest ever. seen in Waterbury, and the re marks heard on all sides when 1t be came known that there would be no narade were not complimentary to the newspapers, to say nothing of the CIT cus peoDle. Many claimed the papers knew all about it and that they should be called down for not warming their readers on time. But in general way the disappo pointment was taken Tn q good natured manner and towards noon large crowds hurried home Tor dinner, satisfied that the best thing they could do was have good meal and then turn out ito the afternoon performance.
 Richard Reid and Richard F, wers ara two Waterburians who are travel lne with the circus. The former has f1een travelling with circus for eight -zz.... la..4 4Inic ic his first Yaar with