Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-18
ALL EYES ON MERCHANTS WEEK
Cooperative Plan of Norwich Business Houses Begins Today
 Details for Automobile Parade Completed Exhibitors for Exposition at Armory Busy Preparing for Opening Afternoon and Evening

The culrnination of months of plan ming for two different bodies of men in this city-the business houses en- listed in Norwich Merchants Week and the Norwich Council of Commer- cial Travellers, who are to hold the Industrial and Good Home exposition St the armory-wilI arrive today, which is the opening day for both events, which are to last all through next week. Friday night those at the heao of both of these efforts reported every indication for an entire success for both undertakings and which It mas been anticipated will bring to the city in the next week, according to one estimate, at least 20,000 people from the surrounding territory.
 As already announced, the, opening feature of Merchants Week in Nor wich is to be the automobile parade to be given this morning at II o'clock in which large number or the school children of the city will be the pas sengers in cars furnished for the parade by the public spirited citizens. All day Friday the different members of the committed having in charge the arrangements for the parade were at work and by night they reported 50 cars offered for the parade with pros poets that more would be received to- day.
 The following were those whose au- tomobiles were in the list:
 The following was the list of autos offered up to Friday night:
 Archibald Mitchell, Leo Kronig, R. H. Montgomery. D. T. Shea, George S. Watts, William H. Allen, George LOT ing J. B. Shannon, John Gregson, Schwartz Bros. Scott & Clarke. M. B. Ring, Imperial Garage. Amos B. Wheeler, H. NJ. Barrows, James l.. Case, J. B. Fleming, George E. Hall, William F. Rogue, Grosvenor Ely, J. D Bates, R. W. Perkins, NJ. Schwartz, Dr. F. J. Harper, A. H. Disco, F. N. Bidwell. Mrs. Annie Walker, c. F.. Whitaker, Israel Rabinovitch. w. F. canheld, c. P. Huntington, George c. Bropi,y. H. F, Dawley, R: W. Kim ball, 0. l.. Johnson. Emil o. zahn, Louis P .Roath, Levine Bros. James F. Fenton, Thomas A. Robinson, J. L.. Mitchell, L. O. Smith, Joseph Hall, Mrs. Lotta c. Moves, Charles B. Lee, Henry Davis. A. J. Dawley. l.. B. Crockett.
 In order to cover as large a part of the city as possible the route of the parade was modified from what had previously been announced and 1t was decided upon as follows:
 Line forming on Main street, with right on North Main street, will be led by the pilot car of w. Russell Baird up through North Main street as far as the car barns. then down tenCr61 avenue, N0FIn Ma4n SCTGSC and Main street to Franklin square, up Franklin street, Mckinley avenue and Crescent street, to the Chelsea parade. down Broadway to Main street, through Main street and West Main street to Thames square, countermarch through West Main street to Wash ington street, up Washington street and North Washington sree to the Norwich Town Green, then down to the city to the city hall, where the parade will disband.
 The cars that are to take the' chill dren in the parade are expected to report promptly at 10 o'clock to James L. Case at Union square from which they will be sent out to the different schools to pick up their loads of chill dren.
 Of course it is the desire of the mafl- agers to have all the children ride who can be accommodated and Mir Case said on Friday that it would be likely that other cars than those they knew about now might come in at the last minute and if there were any children at Union square who wanted to ride, they would be given places in the cars as far as the accommodations go. The children in the cars will be pro- vided with flags and horns and their youthful spirits will see that these are put to their intended uses. With this inauguration of Merchants Week, this feature being in the hands of the entertainment committee, the