The Evening critic., 1885-01-29
THE INAUGURATION.
street lumInatIons ana Decors
0tnna.

HANNtA ANlunlnHttOuh HaAA DecOfhs
tiOps.
AT the meeting of the Decoration Com
mittco last night Mr. o. G.. Eckstcin ex-
planned how tho Pension Office building on
the corner Of Twelf6h street aud Penusyl-
vaDia avenue will bo decorated. IL will
be d0ne at cost Of $1,000, which will bo
borne by the clerks Both fronts will be
covered with bunting, arranged in va
rlety Of designs. Mr.. Dickson stated when
the question of street decorations came up,
that gentleman who had recently seen
Mr. Cleveland, was told by the latter that
he did not like tho idea of arches as smack
ing somewhat Of royalty. There will be
no arches.
Subject to the approval Of the Executive
Committee, tho contract for street decora-
tions was given to Mr.. John G. Schneible,
Of Pennsylvania, at So, $50, the work to be
finished by noon, March 2, and the docora-
tions will extend from the Peace MOnu-
ment to Seventeenth street, on Pennsyl-
vapia avenue. There will be rows of poles
on both sides of tho street and row around
the Peace Monument. Upon these poles
will be flags, oscutcheons aud eagles. There
will also bo poles along Il from Fifteenth
street to Filth, around the whole OF Judici.
Rry Square, and down Four-and.a-halt
street 10 the Avenue (tbe last being added
at the cost Of $3.50. Gaspipe standards
fourteen feet above tho pavement will be
set along the curb line whore gas lamps are
not available, with ropes strung from one to
the other, making two or more spans, ac-
cordiDg to tho length Of the squares. Tho
gas posts will also be decorated and there
will be bright-colored pennons swinging
between them. At the head of the Avenue,
fixed above the huge gateposts Of the
Treasury grounds, will be q large trophy,
Is by 1S feet in size, having above the coat
of-arms of the United States, from each side
of which springs sheaf of United States
flags that meet below an oval, in which
will be portrait of President Cleveland,
six feet high.
At the White House-for the decorations
there no change will be made--the commit
tee will furnish tho flags, arches will be
sprung over the two gateways, surmount-
cd with eagles In relief, and draped with
flags. All the windows on tine north front
will be draped with large garrison flags the
central ones and the doorway with silk
flags, while great pendants of rich plush
with fripges eighteen inches long, will hang
down along each of the great columns ol
the portico.
The contract for lighting the streets was
given to Edwin +. Brooks of this city. The
gas-lamps will be removed and the supply
pipes run up three feet higher. At the top
will be clusters of banners. These clusters
will be of three-cornered arms, with an
other light above, with rich colored en-
graved glass globes, and these extended
posts will be utilized by the decorator in
giving additional room for this display
This illumination will be at cost of So 10
| for each of 264 clusters, and Mr. Brooks as
sumes all risk of breakage
The contract for the plumbing work at
| the Pension building has been awarded to
Mr.. John Mitchell, his (S625) being the
| lowest bid.
Mr.. John Kelly has written to the secre
tary Of the jackson Democratic Association
Mr.. Nat Sardo, thanking that association
for Us tender of an escort 10 the Tammany
| Hall Society on the 4th of March.
Treasurer Glover has received the follow
| ing additional contributions to the iDaugu
raj fund: George W. Cochran, $50; Johr
| W. Thompson, $3.50; James d. Cleary, $25
r. p. Flower, of New York, 5000. Total t.
date, $16,463.
The Jefferson Democratic Club at ii
meeting last night decided not to take par
| in the parade, but to adhere to JefIersonar
| principles Of simplicity. They will, how
ever, assist in receiving visiting bodies.
Mr.. Kraus Koff is the representative here
| of Mr.. Cowdery, of Brooklyn, who will fur
| nisb the official programmes. Mr.. Cowdery'
| publication will be the only official pro
| gramme issued. Mr.. Kraus Koff is solicit
ing advertisements for the programme.
The Remington Company have furnished
| free of charge typewriter for use at head
| quarters.
The Executive Committee will meet to
| night, when it is expected that the suppe
| question will be finally settled.
| Suggestions as to the best way of manag
ing the carriages on the night of the bal
are in order. One is that the hired con
veyances shall approach and depart by on
entrance aud the private equlpages by an
other.
1t is proposed that each vehicle shall hav,
| q number, and when it is wanted by thos
leaving the ball for their homes, an illumi
mated check showing the number of tn,
| particular carriage in request shall be ex
hibited. The driver of that carriage Cal
then drive up, take in his passengers, AM
then drive away.
There are incipient signs that there will
be some jealousy and rivalry as to whicl
body shall be Mr.. Cleveland's escort.
| A gentleman, who did not give his nam
or the name of the company, was in tn
city to-day looking for quarters for a militi
organization Of thirty men from Mort
Carolina.