New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05

VuEe conceived In excellent taste. one niue iaos
Gnews this, which probably few among the hurryins
osOwds stopped TO notice. series on state aionoe
IA bssu erscsed-one over each OF the side streets
esdlus ouposite the State Department the "hite
House and the Treasury. and on Pennsyivsnia'
ava. where the streets GROSS through, one ~ eacn
II ths crossinss ON both sides OF the avenue Ihese
nrShes are frames of iron pipe spanning the street.
srnsefuIly draped with aags and bearing the
~nrutcleon Of the State In whose honor 1t has been
erected The succession Of them, as one street Is
roched after another. Is exceedingly pretty. these
rohss are arranged In the order OF the ages OF tne
states, beginning with Colorado opposite the STATE
Dscartment Building, and so proceeding unth inc
STATE, are reached which formed the orr sinal union
n thsse Massachuse it's and New-Hamptbire nave
- plsce Of honor nj the foot of Capitol HILL
meaning the roads which lead mp on either SIDE. 10
ths Capitol Every sseuteheou bears the date OF the
admission Of the State into the Union, and IN TOE
csc Of the original thirteen, the two dates-l77o'
ana the year In which II ratified the Federal Constr
anton. so that as the Presidentelect rode to the
ssspe Of his installation he was welcomed by the
whole family of States. beginning with the young
cst--a mere hve-yesr -oid-and az he returned the
tssusurated Presidentb he was received and ccnsrat
nlstsd BY the elder States first and lastly by tine
Seunger.
n Al. thu decorations, those on tho State Depart
susut BuiIdinr--as IL 10 usually called. though
ths Army and Nsvy Departments are joint
occupants with it--bore of the palm. With
tho Army and Navy treasures at their
command. Chief Engineers Thorpe and Morgan
oroducsd admirable results The building faces
east toward the White House, whose windows 1t
almost looks into, and Its length Is nearly 800 feet
Tbs great front Of stern gray is unrelieved in its
ordinary state by even suspicion OF color OF any
Kind. Even the awnings which have abecuy hid
aen themselves away from the 6erce winter under
meath the cornices are O faded gray almost OF one
nue with the stone. This made the best OF back
grounds and the brilliant colors of the flags stood
ont boldly. Huge fags were draped from window
to window, silken standards we're planted In the
dormer windows, and long lines OF streamers ran
rom the centre down the roof. The Army trnogy
of hags--tbe Stars and Stripes. the blue infantry
banner and the brilliant yellow artillery flag with
che cannons crossed upon il. all OF silk and
mounted on staves-were flying from the
most conspicuous place In the centre front, aud
tbs Rroup was repeated all over the building-re-
psated also on the stand over Execuve-aye.. which
leads past the Department from Pennsylyanla-ave.'
where the Secretary of War stood and reviewed the
srooes,on. Guidons-small blue silk banneIs-were
waving at frequent intervals. and there were long
lines of naval sigpal-fags with their varying de-
signs the whole bright picture being filled in every
where with the red, white and blue. The State De-
partmeut wing was also handsomely draped, and 30
was the wing the Navy Department Is to occupy.
which lie unfinished and resembles q ruin in highly
respectable state Of preservation.
The White House grounds, too. put on gala dress
Lines of streanisrs and signal flags from tree to
tree across the semciIcuIar drive TO the entrance
and across the lawn itself. lighting up the grounds
with their gay colors. The columns OF the tlco OF
ths jal-like looking building where the President
of the United States works out his sentence
of four years at hard labor were decorated with
evergreen and In the pediment OF the portico was
large glass star which bazed ont tonight in the red
white and blue. In front OF the White House
grounds large stand was erected, from which Presi-
dent Garfield after the inaugural ceremony, re-
viewed the procession 1t ia q plain wooden stand.
no bettsr than those erected for spectators except
that II Is surmounted with wooden eagle. who has
not On over-intelhgent cast of countenance. Even
the old equestrian statue of jackson IN lafayette
SQUARE, which never has had very jolly time hay
ing been engaged for nearly thirty years in stand
ing on Its hind legs spruced up enough to have its
PEDESTAL wreathed in bunting, while flags were
stacked near It.
STATS FOR SPECTATORS.
One of the wonders of the Inauguration was the
way r which the ingenuity Of committees and spec
ulator developed the seating capacity of building
dreamed Of by the architects. The seating capacity
x the extra stands that have been erected must be
not less than 10000 persons. leaving much larger
number 10 be accommodated in windows. Opposite
the Treasury Building. and next to the Department
of Justice il a low building Of two and one-baf
stories whose front entirely covered Including
syen portion of the roof with three-stored scat
folding of seats Wherever beer-salOon keeper on
the avenue found balcony he made 1t pretext for
q scaffold as big house, and If he had no bal
cony be took window-sill instead. Dozens of the
smaller houses on the avenue were covered with
these stands. The large stands erected by the In
augural COMMITTEES were placed in most cases on
tho small triangular parks, of which there is
Q number along Pennsylvania-ave. The shortest of
these stands about sixty feet long, the longest
that down in front OF the Botanical Gardens, was
800 feet long. and 200 feet was good average.
Seats on these had been sold to persons 80 creduous
N TO have faith in the Weather Bureau for 81
apiece and they met with q great sale. II the
Weathrr Bureau had been gracious enough to give
the incoming Administration respectable inaugural
day these amphitheatres would have been crowded.
But the committee got the money. and General Gar
Geld vas safely installed. SO that the damage done
was not serious.
The Treasury was the only Department building
which afforded good openings for stands, and these
were fully utilized. At the south end OF the
Treasury there was q long amphitheatre which
commanded q full view of PennsylvaniA-ave..
ana was capable of accommodating many
hundreds of persons. Other stands were built into
the Treasury walls while around the front there
was steep amphitheatre planted between the steps
and the fountain. which played most energetically-
a. IL the poor people or the stand had not had
cold comfort enough already. The decorations OF
ihe Treasury were not resplendent. Its long and
dingy eolonnade was dressed with flags that only
served to make it's griminess more conspicuous.
There was long bslustrade of bunting from one
snd of the building to the other, and every second