Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1905 — RENSSELAER TO HAVE A CARNIVAL [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER TO HAVE A CARNIVAL

Hoosier Amusement Co. Granted Privilege of Streets to Show Here Next Week. At a special meeting of the city council Wednesday afternoon the Hoosier Amusement Co., that is this week showing at Monticello, was granted the use of the streets here for show purposes next week, and the company will be here Monday and set up their shows, opening up to the public Tuesday. The company carries good letters of recommendation and is highly spoken of at Monticello. The Democrat’s views on carnivals are well known, and it still bolds to its former utterances on this subject. It still believes that it would be much better for the city and its business interests to hold a good rousing 4th of July celebration every year, and some other similar attraction later in the season, than to turn the streets over to a carnival for a whole week. There is one feature of the street privileges to this company, however —and for which the taxpayers again have this paper to thank for mentioning the matter last week—that we do endorse, and that is, if have carnivals, let those benefitted pay the city for the extra expense it is put to by reason thereof, and this company pays the city for lights, water, extra police and cleaning up the streets after them, being reimbursed of course by those business men here who think a carnival is of benefit to their lines of trade.

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