New-York tribune., 1885-08-09

men. nan dTTlNcu duu hau pOc"
tributed in and around the City Hall and its ap-
proaches it seemed to continue the metaphor as II
the huge sponge had been squeezed to its
limit and the city and its envrons had been poured
forth into lower Broadway. Workmen were busy
putting up reserved seats" and improvised bal
comics had even then been filled to overfiowing by
out-of- town people, who bad determined to witness
the procession from in front of the great drygoods
houses and places just below Union square,
The street sweepers were busy making Broadway
cleaner than it ever was before streets we're nd-
Gated as closed by wooden standards. where seats
were erected and taken. although stout oolec-
tions were made to q charge OF moro than hity
cents n6kerchiefs spread out as dress pro-
tectors pc ople were perched upon stands lmpro-
vIsed at every point half-erectcd structures wero
utilized as view points; tho eager in-rusn'ne
throng gazed in wonder at the drapings. stared ~
their own numbers and awaited the mafch oi
events
As early as 8 o'clock the balconies in front Oh
the Grand Central aud the New-York hotels were
occupied with sightseers. The large room over
the Manhattan Savings Institution was filled Win
people rising tier on tier; In front
of Harrigan and Harts old theatre
a large stand was rapidly filling.
Before the St. Denis Hotel crowds watched the
cavalry dismounting near Grace Church. A COM
pact mass of people extended along Broadway from
Twelfth TO Fourteenth ST., while the Morton House
windows were filed by persons who had paid high
price for the privilege.
Most of the owners of Fifth Avenue residences
we're out of town. and walks, stone steps aud even
doorsteps of the aristocratic thoroughfare were
invaded soon after O'Clock by the multitude.
Wherever there was q store q wareroom 1t was
turned INTO a temporary theatre. Seats went at
exorbitant prices and there was no lack OF buyers
By o'clock the avenue given over to the sient
army of spectators.
Madison Square was a scene Of active life from
an early hour. Nine o'clock saw 1t mass Oh
human beings. People here, too. were out bright
and early that no one might SEQ moro than them
selves. The Fifth Avenue Hotel was astir and its
balcony was carly In use. Further up the
avenue the crowds extended. moro dense
If possible Boys were perched upon
lamp posts and telegraph wires; women were
seated on the heavy stone fences; even sta,ey
churches opened their yestloIies anu hsre,n sno,
porches, which were supplied with seats wherein
the members of their congregations ana ,neir
friends had taken position as early as O'Clock;
he grounds IN front OF 81 patIicks Ca.hen, ,,.
were IN walled and men, women and children huhg
10 the fence before tie Roman Catholic Cfpnan
Asylum. The cold marble of the fence around the
stewart houss vas gwen an animated appearance
by row Of sgbtseers, and the Astor doorsteps
were not respected. ou.,
In Fifty-seventh. 81. tho vacant lots were filled
with row upon row OF seats all hiled by ihe popn-
lace he Central Presbyterian Church, with MS no
Die front beautifully draped, was most exceiIent
point for q view Of the procession, and by e'oV
possession had been taken OF IT IN tne D'uieoas
were" we're there s with them at Q o'clock, and 50
Tents lined the road. with seats beneath.
But for a tune buyers were s,arce. one ltailah
family had its tent to itself Tho head OF the lam
faith
ensconced there and they were up win the SUD
A rocky eminence ~ Sixty hfth-st. afforded cap-
tai lookout. and people we're clinsing 70 hien.s % ~
he rocks ong before the procession started isten
ing TO the Farragut Drum Corps ~ ~ made nusie
IN ia p,arch for position. stone piles were u,,-
"1s' to the ss' Riverside @ Drive. at seventy
ond-st q picturesque gathering of peo-
pie adorned jutting rocks on promontory
Orphan ASYLUM and many were taken early, Two
Broadway and Fifth-aye. stages OF olden tiIne De-
ing patronized especially.
mau had his hands full turning back country
people In bueges and city people IN carriages let
hc succeeded He tired to stop IA h heghens e,ah
on me" when he had examined papers and had seen
the yellow flag Two bicycle riders were sainnar-
with Sergeant Taylor marched unflnchingly
along and ordered the police TO drye
ont Of the cross streets an own
ers of wagons and trucks who had put In
special supply of seats for ducata Captain schultz
and nis men marched down from One-hundred-and-
twenty -ffth-st. and aided in the WORK; Inspector
DiIks and CAPTAIN Beatty drove up and dowl the
drive to that all was IN order. At Eighty.sixth-
ST., after passing the bridge, country people were
in entire possession Aha .ey ysons 80 m Rroadwav
and FIftLi-avs. lost the most beautiful and PFC
tuIesque part Of tho march, From snvcunr, anc
seconI-st' 10 Observation-Disclosures ST
the view afforded was Of the most, If not the
most srrking to be seen, at least near any centre
of large population III thus country, and TINS
magnificent sight was the great and the absorbing
theme of the thousands OF people scattered along
the drive The curvlng Hudson with ITS gllmpscs
Of water sparkling through the trees, the men-oi
war and the plying steamboats,, all In view on
most beautiful day and in delightful atmosphere
were enthusiastically praised. why" exclaimed
the most beautiful drive In the world ana
the monument of General Grant csnnot but oecopie
% Mecca"
adns dhs ths most route e's'atS Was that Collected On
knoll az Eighty six th-st The knoll rises
abruptly as aSd do%mands ,sDa vie" Of the route for
quarter of d mile to the south and nearly as iar
to the north. Those who percbed mere among the
rocks beneath the gracious sky aud under the
lemperIng breeze, were the most fortunate OF all
the sightseers At 10 o'clock the knoll was bee,
hive without 9pz1ng Many sope S"Sae
were drawn up there. At the sweep OF the TUCSON
at One e-hundred-and tenth list one of tho most
interesting collections Of people was seen; neio
Suddenly the number Of sight-seers was enlarged
the noble river swept away in . magnificent curve,
the riverside walk overlooked beautiful stre,cn
of scenery, while below IN the river men-of-war lay
ike sIlent sen lines At few minutes past 10 the
firing of minute-guns from ihs war-ships told OF
the starting Of tho procession.
Along tbe drive near the tomb people began as .
sembling as early a. . o'clock some were even
earlier. They came mostly tnrough One-hundred-
and-twenty -fftb-st.; thence climbing the steep
aud newly upturncd road to the summit at One
hundred-aDd twenty -second-st. where huge stands
were erected. The multitude ignored nose anu
gathered in quiet expectation along the drive.
Many could only the cross rising from the tomb
yet they appeared content with 80 much. Inc
standing space was narrow, and great
many were obliged tO retreat to
lower ground where oobble-stOncs and
..avai at3nrJed n scarcely agreeable foot hold. |