The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-06
ST. LOUIS.
FORMAL OPENING OF THE eRRAr BRIDGE,
VAST PRocEu1oH.

~, AVVHi July 9'-Lne formal open
ing ot the Illinois and 81 Louis bldg
was celebrated to-day with NOR
snowy and finer display than was eve
before illustrated in this city. By sever
O'Clock this morning all the main thor
oughiares Of the city were crowded yitl
cluzsns and strangers vending their wa,
10 catch view ol the procession and eS
anime the elaborate decoration along thl
line Of march,
TWELVE MILES LONG. .,.
The procession which was divided int
sixteen divisions and about twelve miles
long, started from Twenty Second stree
and Washington Avenue at half pas,
eight o'clock, and contained In its rank,
nearly all the military and civil societies
IN wagons and almost every trade Of busi
ness and industry In the city. This latter
part Of the line was without precedent IL
length and elaborateness Of display. The
procession was
FIVE HOURS IN PASSING
the speakers stand at the western entrance
Of the bridge, All Of Il passed over thSt
structure, and then counter marched on the
opposite side oil tho river. Hundreds ol
thousands Of people thronged the streets
and filled the houses, and several hundred
leading citizens were seated on an eleyat-
Cd platform erected under huge tent
az the western end OF the bridge.
coNeRATULAToRY sPEEcHRs.
It was called to order and Msyor
Brown delivered briet welcoming sd-
dress, which was followed by cougrstuls.
tory speeches by Gov. Beveridge, Of ILL
nois and Gov. Woodson, OF Missouri.
These were followed by addresses BY ex.
senator Is. Gratz Brown and Capt. James
D. Eads, Chief Engineer Of the Bridge
Company. These ceremonies over, i'm
promptu speeches were made by Gov.
Hendricks, OF Indiana and United States
senator Ferry, ol Michigan. All the
speeches were unusually eloquent and re.
ierred IN glowing terms OF praise TO Can't.
Eads, his able assistants and all the gen.
uemen whose energy, perseverance and
wealth have contributed 10 the great en-
terprlso and cEowning triumph.
NhAAAhSC hNTuUsIASH
prevailed and there were hearty cheers
repeatedly given in response to the elo-
quent remarks Of the speakers, Among
other distinguished persons present were
MAJ. Generals Hancock and Pope, Gen,
drleIson, Gen. Carr and numbers OF 9th
ers- The numbers in stores and on crowd.
ed balconies and roofs along the line Of
march, and the crowds in the streets
CANNOT BE KsTr1tArRD
and no such throng was ever gathered
in the city before.
When the head Of tho procession
reached the bridge It halted and Gen. B
Allen, President OF the Bridge Company,
from q beautifully decorated stand, intro.
duced Mrs. Julius s. Walsh, daughter of
Charles 4. Dickson, first President Of the
Bridge Company, who after a brief
speech
cHRIsTENED THE BRIDGE.
By pouring upon 1t water from the At
iantic and Pacific oceans, Lake Michigan
and the Gulf Of Mexico, sent from Boa
ton, San Francisco, Chicago and New
orleans by the postmAsters Of those cities
tor the occasion. While the procession
was in motion, q train of
FOURTEEN PULLMAN COACHES,
drawn by three locomotives, laden with
TWO thousand prominent gentlemen and
ladies, o. home and abroad, passed over
tho bridge through the entire length OF
the tunnel, emerging near the site Of Tho
Grand Union Depot, now In process OIL
construction on the line Of A. s p. R,R,l