New Britain herald., 1919-10-01
WHAT OF THE CARNIVAL.

WHAT OF THE CARNIVAL.
 In a dazed manner one considers e sum of money that is to be turned #er to the city as it's share of, the #ohts of the carnival and wonders #W and why it is, to be given but $50. Even at fifteen per cent. of total taken in the sum seems ri fulously small. Can it be possible Hat the. attractions on the park dur carnival week took in but s11,- How many people do you, #ntle reader, if you are gentle under present conditions, estimate as vlng been present on the park dur # the nights of the show? And Dat amount of money do you SUD- se was the average spent by each 1lVldual there? When one men, ly considers these possible esti- Rtes there is an extremely bad taste F in the mouth, there is unalter- le conviction that somewhere, &nehow, the city of New Britain $ admirably fleeced. We hesitate thinE/that it was the fault of the siness men who had the thing in Rrge, preferring to blame the car val proper. But the returns are en1ingly out of all proportion to the tendance.
 Let us do a little estimating for rselves.. The Tabs have given Us good criterion in their figures, ich are undoubtedly correct. True is that they gave all of the profits the city but their contribution to
 sum turned over was s1,4O9.52. " many concessions were there
 size of the Tabs booth? Ten les as many, at least. The candy bth receipts were S3,741. The re- pts for all of the other concessions ether must have been ten times as lat as that of the Tabs concession Rt is setting it low we are sure. it is claimed that those organi- ons directly concerned with the nivaI took in less than three es what the one booth run by the 0s did. It is the shows receipts bn which the city's fifteen per cent based. There must be something bne.
 Jet us take up the ''Voting Con- ;" The only ballot which the rald has available is the eleventh the series. This is not the final
 neither does it take into account
 money that was spent during the
 day, after the ballot box was run = the Park, or the number of votes were paid for and dropped be- SC they did not run large enough, & it IS sufficient as a basis for fig $ were added to promote interest
 we believe that the sum spent at
 last minute will more than offset 5. Here is how the eleventh bal totals up: Ladies Diamond Ring ftest, 23,1S7 votes at five cents a e, $1,169.35; Pretty Baby contest,
 AS votes at one cent el vote, P. AS; Boys Bicycle contest, 30,5S5 ss at one cent a vote, $305.S5; ool Girls contest 43,5S9 votes at
 cent vote, $435.S9; Homely Man test, 34.965 votes at one cent e, $349.65. The grand total of this hey is $3,O62.22. The Herald was ured by an individual connected h the carnival that the city was to
 seventy-five per cent. of the punt taken in on the voting con- s. It got, according to report, 920. Even if the prizes cost th, the city, should have been giv- s1,500 out of this "concession."
 There is no use crying over split &k. The city has been mulcted to nish my someone, the Herald only hes it might find out who. How r, we have learned a lesson, there uld never again be carnival an under such conditions unless IT concession is actually owned and
 by New Britain people who are Iing to play fair. The primary rpose of the city was to have a bd tine, not 10 make money out the event. It had the good time,
 ventun to say. So did the carni-