The Dickinson press., 1883-06-02
Opening the Great Brooklyn HE.n

Opening the Great Brooklyn Bridge.
New York dispatches havs copious dst.iis
of the ceremonies and display attending tue
formal opening of the great hri~dgespanninc
the eat river between New York and
| Brooklyn. From the towers o; the grea;
bridge national flags waved: and the y a
across the river was dotted with flags from
one end to the other. From early morning
| crowds began to gather at the end where,lly
speechmaking was TO take place. In
the hsrbor flags few from all ship.
ping. The war vessels Tennessee,
Vandalia, kearsarge and Yantic lay i'm a
row oil Governors island, tiyingthe nation
al colors. The navy yards au0 all ships
al ing the New York aud Tcooalyn waite.
front were decked wi h bu%tins. III New
York business Was suspended. Mos ~! The
exchanges closed at noo and many Ia.si-
| ness places suspended work for tbs alter
noon. Flags tlew from the municipal aid
other buildings i'll the City Hall purh, from
business places along broadway and other
streets, n from many private residences.
| Houses along the route OF the process. l,n
| were decked with colors.
The Seventh regiment, n. G. S. n. Y,
Col. Emmons Clark commanding. detailed
| as q military escort for the occasion, as.
sembled at the armory in full uniform. \
| guard of twenty was detailed to march on
either side Of the presidents carriage. Tia
| command marched down Park and l1ift!,
! Avenues to the Fifth Avenue ',ote!, The
presidents quarters; where ii was dsaa uup.
The sidewalks along the 70 lie were .lae,!
| with people. On Madison sqtarc il was cs-
timated 10, 900 people were gathered.
The president and guests occupied car-
riages which We're drawn no in line OH the
south side ofthe hotel. la the frs carriage
sat President Arthur and Mayor EsIson. and
in the other carriages, Secretaries F,etinr-
huysen and Folger, Postmaster General
General Brewster, etc. The procession
marched down Fifth Ave!iue 10 the Ci,y
Hall pack, where members of the common
council received the president and caoinr..
The entire line OF the procession to tbs: city
hall was q continuous ovation to President
Arthur and the distinguish men in ilistr4in.
Continuing in their route to the bridge tAo
by two, preceded by the military, the dis
tinguisled party moved slowly over The
bridge, Maj. Jewell seeing that they did not
keep step.
On account of the great crowd, much
difficulty was experienced by the mayors
and officials in obtaining passage Way to
the platform. At the conclusion Of pray
er by Bishop L%ittlejohn, j. S. +. Stranahan.
who presided, successfully %introance,: lhc
acting presidents of the board of t~ras,ees,
who formally presented the bridge 10 ,ht
people of New York and Brooklyn, through
their respective mayors, and each made .
speech OF acceptance. Congressman Hewitt
also made an address anl R.v. DE-. storrs
delivered al Grafton. Levy gave, on hi:
cornet, The Star ~Spanslei Banter, Hal!
Columbia and Yankee Do1iie. After Iii,
closing exercises on the bridge the ptesi
dent and party drove to tla house of uhiei
Engineer Roebling in Brooklyn and rai,
their respects to the great. but e~nfechied en-
glneer.
After dinner the president, governors and
mayors were driven to the river, and STEP
ping aboard a boat in waiting, steamed out
into mids:ream, whence they obtained a de-
liShtful view of the bridge and the towers,
illuminated BY the tall lamps of the United
States Electric Light company. The spec
tacle attracted seemingly even more atten-
ton than the day display. The exhibition
OF fireworks from s to 8 o'clock was fine.
During the period of the illumination of
the bridge East river was crowded with
every species OF craft, making necessary the
stoppase of ferry boats and making a terri.
bic crush of people when traffic and travel
was resumed. The people of both cities,
with tens of thousands from abroad made a
hollidayf the a14ir AMI seemed to enjoy
it very much.