New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-28
ECHOES OF EVACUATION DAY
THE UNPLEASANT FEATURES FORGOTTEN
,,orr, .xn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NOT HAPPY
,,p,y,y TRAVEL BY ALL LINES.

.naffered coaches and the beIIaggied pa1neIS
sp forgotten in the splendOT which dawned upon
the CITY at sunrise yesterday. Besides tHOser VIM
norchcd i'm the procession, the persons WHO suiIeou
particularly from the weather WGIe In1 70
ddf hotels For days they had Oeeh preparing W
raceye treble their usual number OF guests anu III
consequence purchased large quantity 9I PERISH
able stuff which now remains on oro incned to VentI
late the tale of their woes, puI ohS vi tholn ~
marked yesterday Two more s1en s tGep honig
IvonId be sufficient TO close one. nan OF tle hoeis
On Saturday 10000 pounds OF poultry were as
tribnted from Washington Market and over double
that amount OF meat. rom o nrn sre sold and
one-half as much fish, OF this immense supply Oh
food at least two-tbmds were bought by the large
hotels and restaurants againsI Monu5S icte.
hotels in the upper part OF the city dd Rot expert
ence the same disappointment that was Ielt aIohg
lower Broadway. When asked if the days baS-
ness had been satisfactory there was always isPIy
i'm the affirmative but by the anxiety 10 ayon III
oniry it was evident that the subject was dehcate
one The restaurants along the line OF narch were
all well patrOnlzed, and they ali made money
WHO MADE UP THE PROCESSION.
Neither General Cochrane nor Colonel Varnum
cared to converse about the celeDraton yest9Iu2i
The former complained OF an eXceedie{ t bio had
which he had contracted because ms cIOt1hS mdu
been saturated by the ram during inc MAJ IL ~
commiteerOoms at the victoria f tI maTebaIs
who is an old soldier that there were 43'oUO men
in the procession OF this number nearly lO'OoO
Ivere members of visiting organizations from cltes
itbin 900 miles of New-YOrk, and OF the re-
1nainder at least 10000 were civilians anu NSIeIdn
companies whose patriotism was unsnaken oy the
drenchnp rain The contributions to the entertain,
ont If the CHESTS were a trihe $4,000 and
the appropratiOn by the Board OF Estimate ana
Annortionment was $4,000, making a total .ot
~ 0oo to defrov the EXPENSES of the celebration.
az this amount, 800 was allowed Tor the enter
tonment of the guests at the 9TH Regiment ATlnOry,
So 800 at the Madison Square Garden, ana % ooO
for the entertainment of specially invited guests at
the hotels What portion of the remaining ~ 100
the committee still has in its hands Wi DC ShOW n
when il makes its report That there Is surplus is
conceded hv all of the members OF the conllllltee'
AT the time of the assembling of the parade pre-
yiOus to the beginning OF the ram, therc were dc,
cnTlin% IN various statements between 10000 and
65 900 men in line. but fully lOOOO OF the pa
RAIDERS not being obliged by Their ASSOCIATIONS 10
ION the procession dropped ont OF the me oeloio
reached Madison Square and went to Their homes
GAZING AT THE WASHINGTON STATUE.
The statue of Washington, erected in front of the
Treasury in Wall-st, on Monday, was an o9Ject
of great interest Yesterday. The opposite size OF
the Street was lined with spectators and policemen
were posted at the foot of the pedestal TO prevent
the curious Sghts9ers from tTeaGg Oh t9 S bc
stood in Federal Hall when he took the oath OF Of
fee as President of the United States. When the
bronze railing with which it is proposed to surround
tbe statue is in place the stone will be protected
but Yesterday policemen took the place OF the ran
ing. The country visitors TO wall street were con
tent TO look at the statue from across the street
RrokerS curious to he stone and Its inscription
crowded about it. Some of them were not satisfied
until they had struck the statue itself to see II IL
was solid.
TRAVEL BY ELEVATED ROADS, BRIDGE AND RAIL
ROADS.
The elevated railroads carried 361 GAS passengers
on Monday. OF these the Second Avenue TOOK TOOK
20 393 the Third Avenue 1SS,502, the Sixth
Avenue lO5.40S, and the Ninth Avenue ,3H34''
This business was exceeded on the day OF the open
ing of the Brooklyn Bridge, when the roads trans
n0Ttrd about 100000 passengers But there were
no DELAYS on Monday such as those that caused
great public Inconvenience on the former gay;
General Manager Hahn said yesterday that he had
not received one complaint from the many persons
carried on. Monday. There was apparently no frc-
The East River Bridge notwithstanding all re-
ports to the contrary. served as thOrougltare pc
tween the two cities with such success thaI me
REGENTS for Monday were larger than on any day
since the structure was opened. The total receipts
were So $50. The largest previous receipts were on
Nav 81 when So OBI received. The number
81 SorSans who walked across was 80, 500 and there
were 80 200 passengers in the cars. only SloZ was
rece;ved as toll from teams. The were kept
running constantly in trains of two cars each nom
Ga m Monday until 1890 n. III. yesterday. lhcy
made 75S round trips and travelled distance OF
/ 7O5 miles. From o'clock until $50 O'Clock
Monday morning the trains were run at intervals OF
five minutes, and then they were dispatched Tor SIX
hours every two MINUTES. Mn9n Le rS3T Oh olt
rush of persons returning to Brooklyn came the cars
were run with only one minute and iorty three
seconds Roadway. There was no accident TO mar
fine arrangement which had been made by the
Bridge officials for carrying the people, and the
jhe officers of the railroads centring in New.
York report that there no accidents on any OF
their lines on Evacuation Day and that although
tLeeXtra facilities provided by the companies were
found adequate to meet the demand; Superntend;
ont G. NJ Bssel of the Ncw-GOrk Central and
Undson River aud the New-YOrk and Harlem Rail
roads said that only the regular trains were run on
the Harlem road while on the Hudson River
road ten extra trains were run, and ex.
ira cars put on all the regular trains
and two locomotives on many of them He esti
mated the number of extra passengers carried OF
Monday at II 900. A special train with Governor
Cleveland and staff on board left the Grand Cen
trql Depot at / o'clock yesterday morning, iol
~ C,,,,. ri,,tn IL III Of
Work, New-l1aven and Hartford Railroad, sale
that all the morning trains were doubled on EYac
nation Day and two locomotives attached TO each
Thirteen cars made train, All the trans wer
somewhat delayed One extra train with siXtcei
cars and two engines brought military organlza
ton numbering 100 men and It's equipments
cannon horses, etc, from Hartford. The humble
of extra passengers was estimated at 5000.
l.. A. KeefeT, depot master for the Pennsylvani
Railroad IN jersey City, said that ten extra train
were run over that road on Monday and forty eXtr
cars put on the regular trains; ne estmated TN
number of extra passengers at 5000. PTeSlden
Arthur returned TO Washington III special car at
tached to the midnight express train on Monday
William NJ Abbott assistant general p@1s,sengg
said that extra trains were run on Monday %
that. road but extra cars were put on all In
He thought that the number Of extra passenger
would reach 5000.
FIREWORKS AT THE BATTEEY.
FIVE thousand people gathered IN the. Batter
Park at short notice last night to see the display
fireworks which was intended for Monday night
The pieces were all of the aerial variety, Q
American, English and japanese make. Tn
exhibition began at oclock, and Taste
rapidly toward the last, and being Q
intense bIilliancy. There We're whole nests Of fer
serpents huge milliOn-legged SPIDERS constellation
of stars of cOOrs IN grouping unknown to ceiestla
map-makers great golden stars crosses, and figure
which resembled as nearly as anything the medl9va
idea of the sun, now popular i'll decoration Other
that looked like the tail of the last comet, ST.
Others that resembled gigantic branche
of coral, or feathery sea-plants flower pots bombs
strange-loOking BIRDS and great variety Z
fantastic forms. The discharge took place from
plot south of the musc-stand, as near the water a
possible, and many unwary spectators wer
shOwcred by the spray of the incoming tide as
dashed over the sea-wall. The small boy was there
- : VyIurroov ,vae fine uSnal form i'm which hi