The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-22

TIL hall. which At midday Is as dark As
night in many parts, will be lighted with
1900 ~incandescent lights. Outside. on
the avenues and street. will be hung forty
arc lights. Aspecial feature OF the dec
GRAFTON will be the arrangement Of the
lights. In the side panels. that are very
large. there will be a row Of stars male
Of eighteen incandescent lights each. In
the center Of the north panel Is 70 be
placed q portrait OF Lincoln eight feet
across the face. and in the opposite panel
. portrait Of Grant. the same size.
The apex Of zach arch. twelve in num-
Der. will be . star Of twenty-five lights.
and on the sides OF the hall will be nu-
merous brackets and clusters Of lights
On the front OF the speakers stand that
is draped with flags. Is aportrait Of WASH
ington. II rs not a frst-ciass picture, but
bears in the cut Of the hair a resemblance
near enough for Identification Over the
speakers will be hung an immense shield
made up OF red. white and blue incan-
descent lights 10 represent the National
shield Of the United States Beyond this
the decoration is by flags and bunting,
every inch OF space being covered
In the space allotted newspaper men IL Il
calculated to place 90 chairs with tables,
and 800 chairs without tables for the
sknee workers." The Western Union
and Postal Telegraph Companies will be
stationed at the ends OF the press space,
the Associated Press and United Press
also being included in this arrangement.
There will be twenty-four entrances to the
hall, and all are narrow and dark, when
not ~arti6cially lighted. and winding. Ths
gallery ~cupan National COMMITTEES
and newspaper men will 90 in from
Michigan avenue. the delegates and al
ternates from Congress street. and the
west gallery people from Wabash avenue.
The decorating Of the hall i being
pushed for all there j. 10 IT, Over one
hundred workmen are scattered about
hustling at their respective duties The
decoration is but little over half done,
but a fair idea il given Of the scheme q
ornamentation. Overhead Is covered
with stripes Of red. white and blue. with
festooned fiags and stars OF incandescen
lights. In addition 70 tie large panels on
the side walls Is q spread OF red, white
and blue stripes crossed AZ intervals with
bars 81 blue. relieved with white stars.
The front OF the upper west gallery il Gov
cred with plain stripes Of the National
colors. On the lower gallery front
are the coats Of arms OF me l.ferert
states, with q draped flag AZ each side
and bordered by ncandescent lights. Ths
east gallery front has a broad white strirs
with blue borders and cross-bars Of bius
with white stars. Looking down upon ths
speakers platform at the respective end
are boxes. These are draped with Gags
ano bnnting.
II Is proposed to have the hall ready foi
opening. with the exception 81 plariul
the chairs on the main floor. by Satur'
day. a. in the evening there u
to be = private inspection by o.
invited party OF citizens and viz
itors. The incandescent lights were giver
their first trial last evening. The sigh
was an attractive one, but IL seemed 20 b'
. prevailing belief that the hall would nc
be sufficiently lighted unless n good man
more were put in The lights overhead
are eighty feet away. and they are moi
strong enough 10 do what seems neces
sary. Under the galleries. in the gloomy
cayernous depths, the incandescent light
looked lost. They we're like candles 10
cellar. so vast Il the space thes are ~
tended to illuminate.