Evening journal., 1914-10-29
Decorate Town
FOR THE GRANCERS
Council Allows Money to
Make Market Street a
Beauty Path Again
BUSINESS MEN
BACK OF PLAN

Members Of City Council as a com
mittee of the whole last night grant
ed a request OF the Chamber of Com
merce to donate $3.50 towards decorat-
ing Market street in honor Of the vis-
iting Grangers, who will be here next
month, IN the same manner IL was
during Old Home Week The request
was made by David Snellenburg,
chairman OF the Chamber of Com
merce committee who presented the
following resolution, which had been
adopted by the mercantile section of
the Chamber of Commerce yesterday:
Whereas. Through the united ef-
fort of the Delaware State Grange
and the Chamber of Commerce, the
forty-eighth annual session, conven-
ton OF the National Grange will as
semble in Wilmington November 10
to 21. 1914; and
Whereas, The annual session, con-
vention of the National Grange is one
OF the largest and most influential
conventions I'm the country; and
Whereas, The National Grange has
conferred a signal honor on Whining
ton and Delaware by selecting this
city as the meeting place for its 1914
convention; and
Whereas, Both the Delaware State
Grange and the Chamber of Com
merce are eXerting considerable ef-
fort to the end that the National
Grange convention may be one of the
most notable events here in recent
times and
Whereas. The business interests of
Wilmington are sure TO profit hand
lI.. Al I.rr NItn
of hundreds of leading farmers from
"a States: and
Whereas Wilmington can gain an un-
limited amount of favorable publicity
by entertaining the National Grange
convention in approved manner; now.
therefore be il
Resolved. That the mercantile section
of the Chamber of Commerce respect
fully petitions and requests the Hon
orable City Council TO restore. for fheI
period, November o TO 2l. incluGve. the
decorations on Market street, provided
by the city, for the recent "Old Home
Week" celebration, 20 the end that the
grange visitors may be as favoTaby inn
pressed with the appearance Of the city
as possible.
The National Grange. which viii meet
here for ten days beginning November
10 will bring at least two thousand
visitors here, and all reservations have
been made at the local hotels. Mr..
Snellonburg stated that he considered
the coming of the grangers the greatest
event of its Kind in the history of the
city. and he felt the city should CO.
! operate with the Chamber of Commerce
! in providing a royal entertainment ior
the visitors.
Mr.. Snellenburg said the Whining
ton and Philadelphia Traction Com
pany had offered to illuminate Mar
ket street with the festoons of lights
during the ten days the Changers
viii be here. w W. BOttomley, who
put the decorations up along Mar
ket street at a cost of $3.50. which
was a loss to him, has agreed to DO
! the work again for the same price.
Councilman Kane said that II the
! $3.50 was all that the Chamber Of
I Commerce wanted, he thought they
should have &C. Mr.. Snellenburg
said that the Chamber would not ask
for any other assistance, and the re-
quest was granted.
The "Old Home Week" celebrations
] Mr.. Snellenburg said. was one o.
the biggest things Wilmington ever
had, and il did the city much good,
especially in the way of wide
publicity, for people in all sections
of the country are talking about IL.
and the newspapers all over the
country printed accounts of it. He
! said the Grangers' Convention is in
the same line as this, so far as it
will make the visitors feel that they
are welcome and that Wilmington is
live and hustling city, and they
will leave here with a favorable i'm
preston OF the town and talk
wherever they go about the fine re-
ception and excellent entertainment
the city provided for them.
The flags will now be suspended
from the electric light standards
along Market street, and the shields
will also be replaced. The shields
Will have TO be repainted I'm the
cclors Of the Grange. however.