The Detroit times., 1912-04-23
100000 VISITORS FOR
CAD|LLAQUA IS OUTLOOK
Management Is Enthusiastic
Over Prospects For Big
Water Fete Next July

Two hundred thousand visitors from
every section of the United States
and some from abroad, will watch De-
troit frolic during the week of Cadil'
laqua, the magnificent carnival to be
staged here the week OF July %.
This is the announcement Of Di-
rector General Frank II. Conant, az
ter critical survey of the statistics
and information which he has gath
cred during the past week from many
sources throughout the country.
With the program for the event be-
ing held in secret until later date,
and considering the fact that New
Orleans Mardi Gras in the dead or
winter brings reported total OF more
than 100000 persons TO that city, 1t is
considered certainty by Cadillaqua
Off Gals, that Detroit's wonderful car
nival i'm vacation season, will pass the
10000 mark.
Already preparations are being
made In many quarters 10 adequately
take care of the expanded population
OF the city for week.
That Cadillaqua will be an annual
success and will achieve international
fame, is acceded by critics after a
review of inquiries about the i'm
mense carnival which are coming from
many sections of the United States
and from abroad. In each case, 1t has
been the desire of the pleasure-hunt-
crs TO know the nature OF the fete.
and while an inkling has been given
the mystery OF the exact nature oil
the event as whole Is being rigidly
preserved.
From various sources IL has leaked
out that what probably amounts TO
the most wonderful display OF fire
works which has ever been present
ed, is to form part of the first even
ing's festivities.
one OF these brilliant displays,
which has specified function In the
remarkable drama on the water, was
created and touched off in miniature
in the plant of the largest fireworks
concern in the country The original
OF this single pyrotechnical display is
over 200 feet in length and so feet in
height, and an inkling Of it's nature as
given in the intelligence that IL is a
cart OF the vision Of Cadillac the
night before his arrival on the site
upon which Detroit now stands.
Another extraordinary single fea-
ture OF the first nights celebration is
wonderful star OF great magnitude
which is 10 appear a mile up in the
air over Belle Isle. This is the star
which is the guide for Cadillac's en-.
tire. Mr.. Conant was confronted with
the information about the star
How on earth are you going TO get
fireworks star a mile up in the
SKYE" was asked of Director General
Conant.
That is another secret OF this
thing that cannot be answered" re.
piled the official And III venture
that not 100000 of the half million
or more people who witness the event
will be able to tell after they've seen
II how il was done. But we have al
ready executed the idea in actual
practice. and 1t works out better than
we expected II would"
One part Of the drama has been
revealed in the news that Cadillac is
10 come from some point near Quebec.
He will come down the Ottawa river.
through the portages and the canoes
Will be carried overland. Then he
and his party will voyage through
Lake Huron and wind up their jour
ney at Belle Isle, where he will be
met by an estimated audience of over
100000 souls.
on the head of Belle Isle he will
he officially escorted by feet of 900
vessels of every description, which is
the largest collection of fresh wafer
craft In history. There will be a
quartet Of United States revenue cut.
tiers, a feet of Naval Reserves craft,
hundreds Of pleasure boats OF private
ownership. motor boats, pleasure
steamers and numerous Canadian ves-
sells, at least one of them an Official
government boat. There will be Red.
skins--real ones who constitute the
posterity Of the Indians who met
Cadillac-soldiers and marines.