New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-23
EVACUATION DAY PLANS.
THE COMMITTEES NEED OF MORE MONEY
POLICE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PARADE TO DlSbhNp
AT powIING GREEN.


umn on Evacuation Day have been made, and tho
moro important questions referring TO the entertain
ment of guests settled the Committee of Arrange
ncnts has on its hands thousand and one little de-
tails that have TO be disposed of to insure the smooth
working Of all the machinery OF the celebration.
Consequently all the members of the committee
were busy yesterday, although there rs niue 10
report concerning its labOrS that is OF pubic Ill
tcrest
At the meeting of the Committee of Arrangements
at the Victoria Hotel last night additional subscrp-
tons amounting to $685. reported, making the
total amount realized up to date $500. he IN
adequacy Of the subscriptions was again comnehted
ON. One member Of the committee, when soliciting
a subscription from prominent mercantile house,
had been told that money might as we'll
be cast into the streets as gwen
for the purpose of the celebration. Great
disappointment was expressed that the railroads
had contributed nothing. 1t was stated that the
committee do not now anticipate any large addl-
tional contributions, and will have to manage IN
the main with the funds it already has com
municaton was read from the Board of Education
declining to organize a demonstration Of the Pub
lie School children on Evacuation Day. Some mem-
bers of the state Board of Health made application
to be admitted to the parade and were assigned
carriages.
Yesterday afternoon Generals Shalcr and Coch-
rane had a consultation with Police Commissioner
Nichols as to whether the police arrangements were
such as to admit of the parade column being dis
missed at Bowling Green without having block
ade or causing dangerous crowding. Some officials
of the police force had expressed TO them
the opinion that City Hall Park would
be much better adapted for the purpose because OF
its more numerous outlets and that the breaking
,i,rht hp M
tended with danger and confusion. Commissioner
Nichols assured them that the police were compe-
tent to prevent any dangerous complications and
that the column might be dismissed with safety at
Bowling Green.
DEMAND FOR SEATS ~ BROADWAY.
NewYorl will array itself in its gaudiest holiday
colors on Monday. The decoration promises to DO
profusc, ifuot always tasteful. The most consplc-
uous display of bunting will be made along the line
of march in Broadway Owners Of stores IN Broad
way are besegcd 10y applications for seats at win
tlowS which will command view Of the procession.
Liberal payments arc offered for seats at windows
that overlook the procession, but there are NOT
many stOrcHccpcis in broadway VINO aNal lncln-
selves of the opportunity OF deriving pecuilltry
profit from the celebration. They have generally
reserved their windows for themselves ana tIlcnds
and their employees and patrons. But here and
there thrifty EtoIckocpcr is found VINO,
while indnlging his patriotic feelings, is
pennies by renting his windows. Tho most enter
prising spirit in this direction is displayed at n
trunk storc nj Broadway and lweIith-Sli nc
street frontage is not large, but IFS aNdI1bltI Is
practically doubled by cNcndlrg double
tier of seats along tir bf9ad"aE d a,o
TwGifth-st fnnts Iho lower tic The OF n SCalT
ter within. Inside seats are sold for ~, outside loI
81. aud the windows on the t"0 floors above are
rented log the day at SO each. IL ne vicinity OF
Iourtli-,t. aud Broadway ciGar dealer was iouhG
bitterly lamcntng that ne had rented portion Of
the front IF his store for the day for 20 lie ad ho
then gagged the depth of the patriotic ~ llhIb 3i
New oy6rY, lie las since learned tlat he could
have made So, and Is icady 10 Kick himself III con
sequence.
Some Of the hotels along Broadway have leased
their front rooms and windows, where ayallabie,
for the day, at sums varying from 70 10 20. IHo
St. Charles Hotel has let out nine rooms at from ~
10 :Sl5 and one room for S25 st the Grand Central
one par!uT on the lower floor with two windows las
been let fer SO, TO be occupied SIMPLY Enhe
the procession is passing. Many rooms nave been
cnpaGed for two three days in order to secure
them Evacuation Day. The hotel viii be full
on that day. AMI fccw paTlQ3rs viii hG used I.d
not specially leased any windows, bat VIII
have all the guests II can a,couMGi1tC. Al
the Revere House 'hany Of TIE windows fronting on
Broadway and some ON li"do'on-.t. have hccu
rented for the day at from 8 t. SD At the Ire
mont House seats at windows overlooking Broad
way have b.ou sold al 81 apiece. The -. Denis
Hotel docs not let any windows.
Inquiry among The hotels generally indicated
that while most OF them will DO full AID many wlll
increase the HtfluHI d lilltN lN'lt VIII ibt VI
such excessive crO"ding as 10 render ncccs,ar the
erection Of extra cots IN tie corridors AID Billiard
halls. A large majority OF th'sc who yI@t New
York on Evacuation Day viii not remain j4fOu IL
Out the week.
NE UNWILLING on TIE WASHINGTON STATUE.
The statue If General Washington will bc placed
On the steps OF tic Nub-Trca~ury, at Wall and Mas
sau SIS to-day. Il viii be unycicd at / =. Ia. ON
Monday, ,u,dcr the auspices Of the Chamber Of
Commerce. At = p. IN. tomorrow the committee
will put IN tie pedestal u collco iron OF American
COINS tho latest Ncw-lOIk papers and other docu-
mcuts. The monument has been erected by yoiun-
taly contribution, to commemorate the taking Of
the oath Of Office by General Washington, as Gr,t
President Of tho United States at that place on
April 30, 1850. The members Of the committee of
the Chamber that las collected the money and had
the statue placed ere Royal Phelps. chairman; 4.
L. Low, s. Il. Lhlitcndcn. No1is X. Jcsup, Henry J..
SDauldIut and benjamin g. Arnold. George ".
Lane will prrshc al the unyciling and the Rev. DR.
r. s. StOub Wiii offer prayer. Royal Phelps will
then report the completion Of the statue and Gov
crnor Cleveland viii uuNcil IT. At this moment, by
arrangement with the Signal Service Burcau, the
guns Of Fort Columbus, GoNgrn0rs Island, the Navy
Yard and on DE naval vessel, in the harhOr will fine
IA salute. Air Lane will then tender thc statue to
the Federal Government, and IT viii be accepted by
President Arthur. George William Curtis will do
liver an Oiatum and the assembling will ring Old
IIundIoG.' Assistant bishop iOucI viii pronounce
tho bCnCdCtlon.
Tie building is 10 be profuscy decorated. From
each gable 10 tHc Top OF Tue IHB-SldI VIII De HONH
the flags of all nations, with the American flag
floating from the staff On the centre Of the front
will De the American CUat-Ui-arns while below it,
on the support Of the columns, will be the coat.-of-
arms Of the thirteen original States, with that Of
Virginia. tho mother Of Presidents. IN the middle
Between the massive columns American flags will
be icstOUncd.
LARGE TRADE ~ FLAGS AND BUNTING.
"This will be very handsomely decorated city
on Monday" said dealer III flags and decorations
in Csnal-st. The decorating will begin Oh Satur-
day. There are calls for flags shields wrcaths fcs-
toons iul-lcngth portrait, OF the Goddess of Lib
erty, Continental soldiers, lanterns, etc, and there
in every indication of Zig tIaac. We expect TO be
rushed 70 death by saturday"
The possibility of this dlrcinl result did not seem