New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-19
MIXING READY FOR THE BRIDGE OPEN
ING

SENDING OUT INvITATIoNs-THE PARADE of Ihoor'
DECORATIONS AND H.LUMINATIoNs.
At the Bridge Office in Brooklyn a large NUMBER
of clerks were at work yesterday getting ready io'
the mail the 900 invitations to the opening OK
ercises which are be sent out; Appiicaton,;;
received at the rate of 500 day tor lnvlta'lons'
but the majority have TO be refused, as only con
paratively small number of persons can be accom-
mOdated in the building where the ceremonies arv
70 be held Among the invited guests are all
the members OF the American Society OF En .
all the foreign Ministers stationed at washington
and the COnsllls in this city. ..,
The regulations III regard TO the parade OF ,fUoPo
on the opening day were announced by Grand MAR
shall General ,Jourdan Ihe 9TH Regiment VIII es
cort the President and his Cabinet the Governor OF
the State and his staff the Mayor of New-iork ana
other prominent guests to the New-fork tower
where they will be received by committee OF inc
Bridge Trustees at l3O clock Inc Cniteu 3'a ,I
troops and marines and the 23d Regiment VIII
form line in Remsen-st:. Brooklyn, al
noon, and will receive the Mayor of Brooklyn,
Major General Hancock and others, and escort thell
to the Brooklyn tower. At l o'clock, the guests
having already taken their places the UnlIea
States marines will take their position on the pat
form while the United States infantry VIII marcn
to the New-YOrk tower and occupy n similar POSI-
ton. On the arrival of the guests from New iotk
ut the New York tower salute Will be hred rom a
Governors Island and the ships-of war IN the East
RIVER Their arrival at the BROOKLYN tower
will be announced by salute from Fort Greene.
The NewYOrk guests will then be received oy t no
escorted by the 23d Regiment to the Brook IN
terminus, where the presentation exercises VIII
take place. :.
Preparations were being made yesterday in
Brooklyn for the illumination and DECORATION IN
honor of the completion of the great WORK HnkIns
that city with this. Mayor Low mas gwen
orders to have his house, at Columbia HelghtS ana
PIerrepont-st. decked with flags and Lighted Dri-
liantly. He sent the following CIRCULAR letter 10
residents on the Heights yesterday:
To Ny NEIGHBoRs: On tho day of the Bridge opening
the President and the Governor will be the guests OF me
Mayor dinner. From the Mayors house our dlstln-
down Henry to Remsen, through ReInsen to Court,
through Court to Montague and thence to the ACADEMY
OF Music 1t would be gratifying you Woad anu 40
making the neghborboOd beautiful through decorating
your houses by day and illuminating them az msat'
POI Columbia Heights, May 10. SETH Low.
The United States Courts Building, at Montague
and Clinton sts., Brooklyn will be ILLUMINATED
night of the reception in the Academy.
Lines of police at either end of the Academy block
IN Montague.st VII prevent Vehicles ron p Rassh cs
will be decorated and illuminated. postmaster
McLeer has written to Postmaster-Ge Gresham
IL a. IN, in honor of the Bridge opening. as bust
ness will he generally suspended in Brooklyn
The builders of tho cars for the Bridge Bowers,
Dare IL Co., of Wilmington, Dell contracted 10
deliver them at the Sands Street station, and are
having considerable difficulty in getting them from
the yard at the foot Of the Brooklyn tower up 10 the
station, as they do not run well around curves on
the et-ralroad tracks. 1t took SIX hours to get
one car moved to its place yesterday.
The whole interior Of the Sands street STATION
will be hoored for the exercises OF the formal
opening. The trustees will secure the needed supply
of seats from The Park Commissioners, who nave
authorized the loan of them. gate has been put
up the BROOKLYN end of the n0rthery drive on the
bridge. Large numbers of spectators gather every
day to watch the work near this point, and sketches
of the bridge, pictures of the compile ed structure
and medals commemorative of the opening meet
with ready sale Although few passes are gwen out
at the Bridge Office many persons secure them 10
the structure from the trustees VINO are Descl
with applications
superintendent Martin has appointed J. 5. Hoag-
land. formerly OF the Jay aud Smith street KALI
road Company, and Henry l.. Van keuren, formerly
of the Brooklyn Annex Ferry, as his assistants III
the matter of transportation over he Bridge. The
first toIl-colector appointed is John Reeves. a
veteran of the war
there will be music in Concert Grove, in Prospect
PARK at the expense of the city on the afternoon
the Bridge is opened.
Mayor Edison and the New-York trustees met
General Henry W. Slocum, representing the Brook
Ign trustees yesterday, in the Mayors office. );
Adriance Bush. one of the trustees was appointed
chairman OF the special committee To make arrange
ments for the celebration on this side OF the river
II was agreed that the Mayor and the New
York trus lees should meet President Arthur ana his
Cabinet and the other guests at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel on the oath. The party viii leave the flfth
Avenue Hotel at 1880 O'Clock ana take CARRIAGES
They VIII be escorted down broadway by the Ith
Regiment. On reaching the City Hall the process
sion will be joined, by the Board of
Aldermen and the heads of departments ITS
taken up for the Bridge. Mayor Edison will to-day
issue "a proclamation asking all citizens TO join IN
observing the day and requesting that all places OF
business be closed after midday.
Bernard J. Kelly, president of the Sons of Lib
erty" has issued blood curdlng proclamation,
calling mass-mectng at No. APT Second-ave. on
Sunday Ito take action to prevent the infamous
Bridge Trustees from executing their traltorous
purpose 1t Is asked that the Queen be burned i'll
etigy throughout tina city on May "a. The prOcla-
nation abOunds in references 10 the bloody
Queer" and the hell-sent day." and is altogether
u remarkable document.