Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-04-29
GOTHAM'S GALA GARB.
RID, WHITE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS
CROWD THB STREETS
New York Covered With Bunting-Ths Sabbath
Shattered BY Decorators in Every Part
Of the Oity-Evsrythiug Ready
for the Centennial.

New YORK, April 2S.-The Sabbath
was sadly broken on Fifth Avenue to-day.
There was the sound OF hammers all along
the line of the march of the great centen-
NAL parsdes, for the heavy rain of the past
two days had put stop to all work of
preparation and decoration and when the
clouds began to break away to-day the
work was resumed without a moments
loss of time In the afternoon Fifth Ave
nue. was full of sight-seers. There was
something of disappointment in the sensa-
tion first experienced for the decorations
were few and far between, but, yet taken
as a whole, the scene, as the sun came out
from time to time was very pretty.
The chief interest seemed TO centre
along the Washington square, eDd Of the
avenue, where the first great arch extend
ed from curb to curb between the AleXan-
der residence and that OF ex-Mayor Cooper
The arch is built entirely of wood and is
ornamented with friese of garland and
laurel wreaths in papier mache II Is
painted ivory white, aud is surmounted
by carved wood statue OF Washington,
ten feet high. This is the statue that is
said TO have been first erected on the bat
terry of 1892. At the foot OF the statue is
large trophy of national flags, and from
the four corners OF the arch streamers are
extended to the cornices OF the neighbOring
residences.
There are stands in front Of almost every
house, however, as far mp as Clinton Place.
The BrevOOrt house has standards in nearly
every window and bunting along the cor
nice The First Presbyterian church ysrd
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, has
been utilized for one immense stand. The
Presbyterian building on the other side OF
the way presents very brilliant front.
TIE piano people in the neighborhood
Of Chickering Hall have put up some very
pretty decorations. At the corner OF
Twenty-frst street, the South Reformed
Church yard is filed with stands. The
Union Club is beautifully decorated. The
window ledges are covered with hanging
flags, the cornices are bright with banting
and long streamers extend from the top Of
the building down to the balconies where
the stands are The Lotus Club over the
way had not decorated nor had the Fifth
Avenue Hotel at p. m.
The Hoffman House people have been
lavish in the expenditure Of money and
talent. The entire front Of the house Il
covered. A portrait Of Washington ard
one of Harrison occupy prominent positions
in the display.
Nothing is visible at the Vanderbilt
houses except the sheathing Of the brown
stone ratings against injury by the public.
The residences of Mr. Russell Ssge, Mr.. ID.
0. Mills, Mr.. Sloan and DR.. Webb are very
neatly decorated. Such crowds az are on
the streets to day were never seen before
in New York on Sunday. Fihh ayenue
and Madison Square are almost impassable
while lower Broadway and Wall street are
packed. The crowd was drawn to Wall
street and vicinity to view the scene OF the
decorations of the Sub.Treasury building
and the Custom House.