St. Landry democrat., 1886-11-13
liBERTY'S LIGHT.

The Light Turned On in the area1 h>af-
tholdi Statue-An Imposing Sights
nalized by Brilliant Pyrsteehne h'>
play-The Harbor of New VOTE a hia"s
of Manufactured Fires and screaming
Rockets-A Salute From the Navy.
NEW YORK. Nov, 1.-Ble etricity, TIC
light of the nineteenth century, croWnfH
the colossal statue OF Liberty, the Won
der of the world, last night, and the
coronation of the goddess was eeic bra1ed
by carnival OF fireworks on land and
water. As darkness settled down upoa
the city and bay, steam tugs came down
the North and East rivers, and as they
gathered about the Ii,t!c island in the
harbor they formed Il iioii1Ia gay 10 see
Then brass :hroats and breath OF steam
sent up three shril hurTaha as they
waited for the coronation. The Yahtic
and the Kearsarge. war ships, lay at "a
Choir furong eff Liberty Island. ana
the lights from their port holes showed
a busy scene between decks as prepara-
tions for the illumination went On within.
CommunpaW, on the Jersey coast. lit
The first beacon by kindlipg great ares
fame of Greek fire. 1t crinsoned the
sky, bewildered the stars and was the
signal for deafening huZzah from the
hundred steam whistles. The boom OF
cannon from Governors Island rolled
over the water to the fotila and told
that preparations were ready. The light
from Communicates beacon showed the
yardarms of the warsbips ahve with
Sailors in white trousers, and also
showed against the black sky Barsholdi's
colossal figure The wind and the waves
were Still, and no sound came troEl the
great metropolis sparkling in the ois-
lance.
Suddenly, at half-past seven o'clock.
from the torch in Liberty's apfifted hand
streamed forth 4 dazzling whae light.
Amid shouts from thousands upon the
steamers decks; amid music and iou&
tue whistles Liberty looked out for the
first time over the harbor By night. Al
the moment her torch was kindled with
the lamp of $4,000 candle power, the
Yantic and the Kearsage became eani-
drons of fire. Their black huls bottles
over with an cffervescence OF many col
ored rockets. Fiery serpents came Up,
| wriggled for moment in the air, ahe
fell into the sea. Rockets burst aboys
the statue, and baptized it in showers OF
fire. From every spar tip and masthead
censers were waved, ana their incense
was red, blue green and yellow smoke.
A dense cloud soon gathered about the
feet of Liberty, formed of the fireworks,
smoke and steam from the whistles, hid
ing the base entirely. 1t gave the statne
o new and beautiful appearance. 1t
seemed to stand illumed above the
clouds. When row of lights were lit
about the feet at eight O'Clock, still an
other effect was given to the pedestal.
| At each OF the five points of the star
redoubt, at the pedestal's base, Lamp
| of 5000 candle power, placed in radi-
| ator, threw it's rays up over the statue,
and in the pedestal a dynamo, capable
| of generating 100, 900 candle power, re-
yolved. The whole plant Of electrical
machinery was donated yesterday to the
| American people by Edward Golf, presi-
| dent of the American Electric Mauufacs-
urng Company.
Fire. works were displayed to crowd
| of 1000 people at the Battery where the
| statue was Illuminated. and also from
| Castle William. Governors island. All
| the fantasies of Japanese invention in the
form of rockets and Roman candies, were
| set off, The Field building. the Produce
| Exchange and all the tall buildings in the
| lower part of the city were illuminated.
| and accommodated ON their lofty and
| spacious roofs and in their windows
| thousands of delighted spectators.
The south roadway Of the Brooklyn
bridge was thrown open to pedestrians
early in the evening, to accommodate the
| crowd who came TO witness the fire
works, and fully eight thousand people
were on the bridge during the display.