The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-07
Viewed BY A UTAH BOY.
How the BarthOldi Procession
struck a Young Correspondent.

| SITuCh d 1OuuS Correspondent.
"Tac, Utah boy in New Yor K. writ
TO The HERALD of the celebration which
occurred in honor of the unwilling of
the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty says:
The weather was all but fine, heavy
fog enveloping the bay and city, but
this did not in any way interfere with
the programme as set forth and every
thing went along, though less pleasant
| than If the weather had been other
wise. Expecting that the streets would
/ be pretty well crowded we left our
| boarding house at about o a. M, so as
| to secure a good place where We might
view the Grand street parade as it passed
down town. Walking up Twenty third
| Street, which was already being blocked
/ up With wandering humanity, wagons,
| ETC., we reached the corner OF Fifth
Avenue and Twenty-third Street and
halted lusI little way below the Gran
Stand where President Cleveland would
review the columns as they passed.
Getting two empty packing boxes from
a cellar near by and couple OF planks,
We soon bad a platform erected from
which we could get good view Without
| having an umbrella up IN front of u.
We were in position and waiting for tie
parade by 10 O'Clock, and had q good
chance OF seeing the manner IN which
the police kept open the line OF march
As the crowd continued TO increase,
land there was already q jam of people
as far as the eye could reach,) the
pressure from outside threw those IN
from; into the road so the police had 10
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mounted police did better service in that
than the foot men; their horses were all
trained ana would back right into the
crowd and by main force push the
people back. There was one horse !
noticed which would RAISE his hind leg
and gently shove the people back. All
this 70 me was quite interesting, being
such q novel way OF keeping the line Of
march open. Every place that a person
could get 10 see was occupied, the tops
OF lamp posts, telegraph poles, trees ana
the housetopS we're all filed. This was
bonanza 10 people who could put
chairs in elevated places and sell them
for from 81 TO So each, many persons
being glad 10 pay that for a seat. While
watching the crowd below and wonder
ing how could anything ever get through
such pack heard an ambulance COM
ing up Twenty-third Street Imaryeled
what would become OF IT, but the crowd
just separated and gave il the way ike
magic and closed in again after il had
pasSec through. The mist was now
falling and il began to get quite cold
when we heard the band coming down
and this announced the approach Of the
procession. II was now 1O.45 a. m, and
the column continued to move past
without hats for two hours and fifteen
rnfnnFaa Thu afnpa
hour passing. This parade to me was
the grandest affair had ever seen, and
l might say the largest, there being
O,OO0 men in line. Among the most
interesting things was a Statue OF
Liberty In real flowers and also a life
sized fireman in real flowers, which az q
distance was perfectly beautiful. The old
volunteer ire department was out in
force drawing their old hose carriages
and double decker engines. There was
one old engine blilt IN 1760 which was a |
queer looking machine. 1t was worked |
with c-anks on the side and was indeed |
q most awkward affair. The pro-
gramme of the day gives a detailed |
description of the whole affair and is
more explicit than could ever be. The
later end of the procession was brought
up by George Washingtons old car
rage and 3 very peculiar looking vehi- |
Gle il was. The land parade through
with We repaired to our boarding-house
for dinner after which we took Sixth
Avenue cars for the Battery TO witness
the river parade and the salutes from
the fort on Governors Island. On srriv- |
ing here we found Battery Park as
crowded as IL was up town. The bay
was so foggy that We could not see any
thing that was going on and after wan
dering around for about two hours we
went home. The fireworks were post
poned on account of the rain, but will
come of on the first clear night.
This was a great day tor New York |
and would have been much greater If
the weather had been more favorable. !
By the way / forgot to mention that |
while the procession was marching q |
fire alarm was sent out from Broadway |
and Twenty-siIth and the engines and |
carts came hight up past the Grand |
Stand. Il is q fine sight to see the way
the FIRE department gets around here;
as crowded as IL was before the engines |
got there, q space was cleared and they |
passed right through without stopping. |
The space had closed up and large
wagon loaded with women and men had !
crowded together when up came the |
hose-tower and in trying 70 get through |
we saw il knock over this wagon and !
throw the people to the ground. I
afterwards learned that two of the
people were killed. Thus closed q day
which viii long be remembered by many
who were fortunate enough TO witness
il.