Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-05-25
TWO CITIES Welded.
NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN UNI.
TED-OPENlNG OF THE
GREAT BRIDGE.

NE" HVhA AND BhOOA l. 4 N IN
Y TED-OPENlNG OF THE
\ GREAT BRIDGE.
New York has had many great day
and frequent cause for rejoicing ov.
great events, but yesterday was th
greatest of all, and doubtless was OF
served by a larger number of people
. The metropolis was dressed in holida
attire, and every prominent buildin
o was almost covered with bunting.
The United States steamers Tennes
e see, Vandalia, Kearsage, Yantic ant
Minnesota lay in the East Rive
:. and were each gaily caparisoned
IN man of war style, and with tht
:. other vessels and steamers presented a
brilliant scene. These men of war wer,
covered with continuous lines of flag,
from the decks to the mast heads, and
AZ they were caught by the morning
breeze and tloated in the bright sun
chine, presented a grand and beautiful
picture.
The display on many of the hotels
. ana business houses was worthyOf note
: a large clothing firm on Broadway had
their building covered with flags of all
nations. The Fifth Avenue hotel, the
Prescott house and the St. Nicholas
=. hotel were all dressed in the National
colors, but the best display of all was
made by Japanese company doing
business on Broadway. The American
ensign ttoated at the top of the build
ing and the National banner of Japan
with the red bull was on the third
story.
Each window of the large edifice was
festooned with brilliant colored flags,
arranged in an artistic manner, and
mingled among them were hundreds of
bright colored Chinese lanterns The
newspaper buildings were all hand.
somely decorated, and the large eight
story establishment of the Police Ga
zette was not only dressed with flags
from each window and large ensigns
from the flag statfs on the roof but was
also decorated with signals and yacht
flags floating from guys attached to the
stats.
This building stands near the bridge,
and Mr.. Fox, the proprietor, had a plat.
form built on the roof, from which an
excellent view was obtained of the pro-
ceedings. About two weeks ago he
sent cards of invitation to a number of
journalists in different parts of the
country, cordially inviting them to
spend the day at his establishment, and
representative o, the REPUBLICAN
was fortunate enough to be one of the
invited guests. A room in the immense
building was set apart for journalists,
and Mr. Fox's brother, with mum Der s
OF assistants, assigned to entertain
them, and they performed their duties t
in a princely manner. If there was a
a single scribe in that building yester- 4
day that failed to get enough to eat and i
drink it was his own fault, as Mr.. Fox v
ana his assistants ware assiduous in "
their attentions. No one was admitted a
card, and there were journal v
SITS present from almost every State in b
ihe Union, in addition to numbers of v
,ther guests.
A out O'Clock in the morning the k
nigh wooden railing that blocked the Ii
to the bridge was removed, Il
md the large crowd that had collected ts
)urst into loud cheers, as they saw and Z
for the first time the b
magnitude of the great structure. Five ii
luhdred policemen were present, and
hey were divided into companies of al
ridge. IL
At12 o'clock the police cleared Fifth
venue to Twenty-tbird street and
BROADWAY to the Civ Han park fnr the
Ylrade, All along the lin. IF march
very available place was earerlv w
,ught by persons anxious to witness nc
le grand pageant. windows and Lii
ouse tops were crowded. and tle siIr-
alks we're n dense, surcino mass of hn.
anity. As the hour annroached far
le head of the Drocession .o make it's
,1pearan"e, everyone was on the tiptoe Az
expectation, and neckS were craned, nh
IN from which i would ANNA fol
A few minutn. b.for, n,oio,l, ,ho an
.venth Regi,n.,nt ,narohoJ ',u.m ,'an ,i,o ,no th