The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07
BEFORE TIE PROCESSION.


The line of march for the land parade was
from the starting point at Fifty-seventh
street down Fifth avenue to Fourteenth
street, to Broadway, and down Broadway to
Bowling Green, near the Battery-a dis
lance of nearly five miles. Hours before the
parade had formed, men and women fought
for standing room on the sidewalks along the
line of march. and, when room was secured,
it was fearleSsly held. TIL rain that came
first in ominous drops, and afterward in a
steady drizzle, did not affect much the de-
termination of the crowds. Umbrellas were
raised by the thousand, but the enthusiasm
that made people who had no umbrellas
men and women-stand until they were
literally soaked, was something surprising.
The buildings were gaily decorated ali along
the line. The Equitable building was adorned
with great taste, and its opposite neighbor,
the Boreel building was profuse in its display.
The Williams x Guion building. the Stevens
house and the New York Mining and Petrole-
UNI exchange were handsomely draped. The
Produce exchange had festooned every win
dow on the Broadway side with flags of all
nations, and the enormous stars. stripes and
streamer waved from its lofty tower. Over
the unfinished Field building, Washington's
old headquarters, flUated the national flag,
and from the window of the British c~onsuls
office a few small flags were shown. Thous-
ands of private dwellings in New York and
Brooklyn were also decorated with flags and
bunting.
AS early ass o'clock in the morning lower
Broadway was jammed. From Fulton
street to Bowling Green the curbs were
already lined, and the sidewalks were full of
people moving both up and down town. The
stranger was apparent everywhere. Court
land AID Liberty streets poured into
Broadway masses Of beings who kept coming
so continuously as t. almost makeit appear
that New Jersey was to be depopulated for
the day. and they kept coming all the morn
ing. Fulton, Wall street, South and Hamil-
ton ferries, yielded enormous crowds
from Brooklyn. The stages were loaded i'll
81 lie and out, and the car lines in the lower
part of the city reaped a harvest.
AT $3.50 A. n. the governors of the different
States, who were to participate in the parade,
began arriving at the Fifth avenue hotel.
The announcement was then made that Presi-
dent Arthur and his cabinet would arrive at
about nine o'clock and would take part in the
street parade. The vicinity of the hotel was
ovid with thousands OF people and the
lobbies were packed TO suffocation. Shortly
after nine o clock the following governors
had arrived: Governors Robe of Maine,
Haze of New Hampshire, Barstow of Yer
mont, Butler of Massachusetts,, Bourne of
Rhode Island, Waller of Connecticut, Ludlow
of New jersey, Hamilton of Maryland. and
Cleveland of New York. Shortly afterward
President Arthur and the members of his
cabinet arrived, including Secretaries Chan
der, Lincoln, Folger and General
Brewster The governors, the President and
the members of the cabinet then took car
riages and proceeded by way of Fifth avenue
to East Fifty-Seventh street, where they
formed in the line of the procession.