The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-14
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Die Big Shows


was the biggest day
has ever had. Thous
poured into the city
81 the county and adj
5unties and communities.
neer trains brought
and The street car thous-
From early morn un-
lie noon hour the street
ia loaded to the fullest
and the streets were verit-
Of humanity, and the
ornds themselves one great
human beings.
ZLiuIn; y Bailey would have exc
Fairmont, If that city
had 1iad vet weather grounds there
disappointment to the
1Blic and great financial loss to
ie management of the worlds
test circus, but it was fortunate
Tor ClarksbuTg, as the show arrived
s many hours ahead of sched-
ME time and was thereby in better
ape TO give performances here, the
pople and stock having had a whole
daySs rest and everything being in
rst-class condition. What was
aiTmont,s loss proved to be Clarks-
burgs gain and the latter is to be
Congratulated, though we sincerely
sympathize with Fairmont and the
aanag ement of the big shows.
The show trains began to arrive
early as 3 o'clock in the after
oon Thursday from Fairmont and
shortly after 6 o'clock the same
evening all four sections had reach
the local show grounds and the
work OF unloading, and erecting the
fenfs began with the usual Dispatch
progressed rapidly and success
ally
Barnum s. Bailey have the larg-
t and most complete amusement
snterprise in the world, and the
same is conceded by all. Their
shows are just back in recent years
fnlp years of continual tours Of.
Europe, where they electrified ard
anazea thirty nations and became
easily the most famous circus in the
world, Resides the career OF this
great circus on the American cnnti-
nent has been phenomenal They
have toured America thirtv-two
years, playing ON an average to five
million people each year and as the
wears succeeded one another The big
shows increased and increased until
5thes have arrived at the stage of
most complete completeness. grand
eur and greatness.
@ The equipments are gigantic in
proportions and number and kind.
There are 81 cars, which are neccs- 4
sary in Transporting the shows fror,
point to point and their trains are
the wonder of this railway age. The
employees number 1905, an army of
itself. They have 500 horses, all
fine specimens and in splendid kel-
ter. The canvas covers 12 acres of
ground. Four advance cars carry
ITS men, who are always busy. The
main tent seats 1882 people.
These are some of the features of
the show that almost passeth under
standing.
No inding room Is ever sold
and they have the most wonderful
seating arrangement the public has
Yer seen. Every 50-cent seat has
footrest. the boxes are handsome.
c0mnodious and elegant. and there
are reserved seats and grand stand
chairs almost without number and
Of Che very finest appointments.
To impress the magnitude Of the !
working and performing features OF i
the big circus, it is only necessary to |
mention the fact that 5000 meals
are served daily in the big dining
tent and to see them eat is a-show
itself.
Summarized below are the num- /
erous other equipments and special I
features. which are hardly to be con-
.ceived except by those in the BUSH !
ness:
IiAuto- Bolide, or the Dip Of
Death, apparatus weighs 20 tons.
go ushers.
40 property men.
Office force consists of
4 expert bookkeepers.
~ assistant treasurers.
g of the highest saIaried auditors
IN America.
SpaniaFds, Japanese, Austrians, I
French, Germans, Turks, Russians, 1
etc, are among the per-
4 sxpenses, s7,5oo,oo.
sTo Interpreters are carried with
8npIste secret service depart
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