The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-15

wagons.
Bakers and trunk.makers, the Germen Clnb
"a fine organization), and the hat and cap
makers clos ed the march of the Eighth division.
very striking object was huge silk hat
six feet high and ten feet across the brim,
placed upon a wagon, and benath Its shadow
bevy of seventeen pretty little girls.
The Ninth Division.
The Ninth division formed on the west side of
Broad street, facing towards the east, having the
right wing resting on Race, and extending to
Spring Garden street. A small banner borne by
a rider, with the inscription, "Ninth division,
marked its limits 10 the same manner as the
other divisions. The marshal of this division
was Mr.. George Goetz, and he was assisted in
his especial duties by numerous assistant mar
shals. band of music led the division.
Following 1T were several companies of artll-
lery, the first having four pieces and four cais-
sons, each mounted by the regular number of
men in regulation artillery uniform, and drawn
by four horses. The officers of the battery pre-
cede1 it.
The Camden delegation came next. This was
composed of about 1900 citizens, regiment of
militia, and two pieces of artillery The military
portion were in excellent condition and pre-
sented fine appearance.
The civilians we're divided in different bodies,
representing different trades and societies, on
foot and mounted, as in the other portions of
the procession from Philadelphia. Several
bands were in this part of the parade.
The delegations from the Camden butchers
first in the line, dressed in their long white
shirts, and mounted. They turned out to the
number of about one hundred.
The Camden singing societies were well
represented in numbers. The members wore
sashes and carried their respective banners.
Some were on foot and some in wagons, and
several societies khad a party of young girls
dressed in white with them, riding in wagons
which were made into handsome bowers by the
use of evergreens and flowers.
he trades were represented in the Camden
division by numerous bodies of men with perth
Dent devices.
The Camden Woollen Mills had several wagons
in the line, in which the operators were sta
toned. In the first was an old-fashioned spin
ning-wheel in operation, as the representative
of the old way of doing things, and at the other
end of the same wagon we're men holding shut
ties aud other portions of woollen working ma
cbiney, as representatives of the present method.
Messrs Krip d Shemany had wagon from
their Camden marble works, in which were two
marble statues-one female figure, and the
other life-size image of Union volunteer.
The Camden city stove works turned out a
wagon having machinery used in the business,
such as cutters, machines for rolling, creasing,
and shaping the iron, and also a small printing
press at work. This latter was kept busy manu-
featuring circular advertisements, which were
distributed broadcast to the crowd.
wagon from the roofers came next, in which
we're several machines used in the business, and
ice. wagons from Camden brought up the rear of
the trades. numerous delegation of citizens
on foot on horseback, and in carriages and
wagons completed the Camden department.
division contained also representatives from
several city industrial establishments. The re-
tail coal trade was represented by wagons and
carts from numerous yards From q. Hulsemann
& Co. there was wagon bearing large solid
lump of coal, over which was the inscription,
''224O pounds to the ton" wagon fromWilliam
Z. Eckley carried load of white sand, and
another from James Spear contained Morning
Glory stoves, which we're not in operation, how
ever, probably on account of the heat of the
weather.
The Wheeler g. Wilson Sewing Machine Com
paDy was represented by all their employees,
with whom were five wagons drawn by four
horses each in which were sewing machines
and corps of workmen.
The Tenth Division.
The Tenth division formed on the west side
of Broad street, facing east, and extending from
Chestnut to Race streets. The marshal was Mr.
August Hermann, who was aided by corps of
assistant marshals This division contained
trade representatives and citizens and its limits
were marked in the same manner as were the
other divisions. Numerous bands were scat
tered at intervals along the line, and number
O. of organizations and delegations who had not
had special places assigned to them formed a
part of it.
The tailors were the leading fraternity and
turned out about thousand strong. They
were in wagons entirely. In one wagon were
thirty-hve tailors at work on a species OF gar
ment, each of which as completed was thrown
to the crowd. The paper-box manufacturers
came next, in which various establishments
were represented In one wagon of this depart
ment an immense paper box, some eight feet in
diameter, formed the bulky but not over
heavy load.
The milestone makers were represented by
wagons from O. X. Bullock and Others In one
of these q large real milestone was mounted,
profusely decorated with flowers, and another
contained numerous counterfeit presentments,
some with hoppers attached and in the act of
grinding grain.
The friedrich, etc., makers were quite numer-
ously represented. The Philadelphia orick and
clay works turned out six wagons, in the lead
ing one of which was colored band. In the
following wagon was an immense drain-pipe of
friedrich ware, of about the size of our large
street water mains. In another wagon was a
large imitation furnace of brick some ten feet
in height, in which the clay was supposed to be
receiving hearty burning, for heavy smoke
poured necessarily from the ori6ce at the top,
and an employe was continuously opening aud
shutting the iron door feeding the fire. The
employees who filed the wagons refrained from
distributing the products of this branch OF in-
dustry, as completed, from obvious reasons.
There were also three wagons from the fire.
brick works of r. G. Reamey. One of these
bore an inscription stating that the work manu-
featured was guaranteed A No. /, and the other
two contained moulding machines, in which the
woTkmen put the raw clay and turned 1t out in
good shape for the furnace.
The roofers delegation turned out several
wagons. One of these wac covered by COM
plete gravel root on which were artistically
arranged the tar buckets, brooms, mops, etc.,
used in the business.
The foregoing had all been assigned places in
the line by the printed programme, and they
were followed by number of citizen organiza-
tioBs, on foot and mounted, who had also their
| fixed places.
After these came a number of organizations
| and delegations, citizen and otherwise whose
| notice of participation had not been given in
| time to have their places regularly assigned.