New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28
STANDS FOR A MULTITUDE.
SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACES TO VIE"
THE PARADE.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES IN "i'ENA
hBUNDANCE-MANY THOUSANDS ~
NJ, ,ccCvNoDATFD
BE ACCOMMODATED.

pI-HLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES IN "hENA
AEUSpANcE-MANY THOUSANDS TO
BE ACCOMMODATED.
For several weeks the carpenters ana Iunpcr
arcnts have been busly engaged IN making ar
rangcments for the erection Of the puohc s'ahis
10 accommodate part OF the great hordc thaC vi,
resemble n migration Of peoples, ana "hich wiz
view the two parades Their work Is comPle'eu'
Tho annearancc of the streets ana public squares
o,or, which the immense column will pass has
boon Transformed and thousands of feet of lumber
royv block the pavementS Provision has been
made for seating about 10000 in this way. Inns
Will be naturally but a small percentage oil 'he
masses who will throng the thoroughfareS anu
desire TO view the display from points oil au'
vantage.
Recognizing this fact, since privilege ms oeen
riven 70 the property holders to erect private
stands many citizens have made arrangements 10
| build stands at their own expense. All along 'he
| line of march, front yards, back yards sheds'
trees. steps. stoops, doorways, windows, FENCES
and cook houses have been utilized for this pur
| nose so that, at a rough estimate. fifty or SIXTY
| thousand people will be accommodated. PUBIC
stands might have been erected to advantage
| and for the comfort of the people at many other
points
| The demand for tickets to the stands as they
| were built, the rapidity with which they were
sold. and even before the people from the country
have arrived, prove what n business couh nave
| been done in this direction. memorial luhu
could have been raised from this source alone
| Pcople would have been glad TO pay the prices
| The rooms in the Fifth Avenue Hotel where the
tickets to most of the stands were Sohi "'Ic
bcsieged from the time of opening the doors tn
| they were closed, and il Was difficult often 10
| I, TT,,fA Soil
where the tickets to the stands in that ncighbor-
hood were first offered to the public on W"dhcS.
doy morning long lines of eager purchasers formed
| ia front Of the counter at an early hour, ana
hundreds upon hundreds Of tickets were sold be-
| fore noon It was natural that the spectators
| purchased and gained control of many
| Al the Fifth Avenue Hotel the number to be
| purchased was limited to five for each individual
but there was nothing to prevent an ardent
Gnancicr from employing scores of respectable
locking people and thus get possession OF SeVer'l
hundred. This was done Although the price ut
HEADQUARTERS was - for each day on the sta IDS
| AZ Madison Square, the spectators sold numbers
| about the Worth monument for sl5 ana so edcr'
Still higher prices will be asked, in all prop.
ability, Oh the important days. and they VIII
| he paid ,,.,er
1 WV
Sub Treasury building, at Wall and Nassau SITS,
| where the literary exercises viii take place. lhc
stand extends about half the length of the build
| inc in Nassau-st.. and along Wall-st, covering
about onc.half the space in front of the Assay
| Office Here the President and his party Will
sit during the literary exercises. 1t might have
| heen advisable 20 have protection
overhead from the sun rain for the party, pu'
This seems to have been overlooked. small
stand is also erected the opposite corner, De-
longing to private persons , .
The second public stand, foIi9wihg tne COLTS COLTS
of the procession, is at City Hall Park, WHOSE
| western front is entirely lined with seats. ABOUT
900 people will witness the parade from bh'l
point, or rather that part of 1t which VIII pass
| that way The industrial procession Will NOT
lmarch below Canal-st. The prices are only .,
lccnts each, and even the spectators cannot get
more than il for the best
SEATS AT A PREMIUM.
| The case is different with the stand on the north
side of Washington Square, the next in order, FOL
lowing the course of the procession. IL cAtehu'
ulong the south side of the street, from University
Place to Fifth-ave. This stand, which VIII seal
Iabout 1000 people, is one of the most desirable
III the city. -
Union Square is greatly altered III appearance
| From the outside it seems TO be made up OF Se','
extending, they do, around 1t on al SdeS' ~
far AS nm. show goes the SghtSecrN at that POM
are peculiarly favored. There, too, VIII be th'
Greatest number of people On the tOurtt-aNr
. side will be $500, the Broadway SIDE @,"Vo
lon Scvcntreuth-st $500 and on FourtecntI-St
labout 1000. \ small forest Of lumber has peer
jusrl in the construction of these benches alon'
The square will he vast amphltheatre on the day
of the parade from which 10000 hands VIII Souno
applause
| THE LARGE REVIEWING STAND.
The reviewing stand is on the east side OF tltth
lave. on Madison Square, extending from twenty
lthird-st TO Twenty -rixth-st. No seats have beer
sold for the reviewing stand the guests of homo
viii have places there. Opposl" 1t, mn extend
ing from Twenty fOurt-St. to lWhnty-hithSl.,
4 public stand the tickets for which are III th
grcltcst demand One reason for tins i, OIL course
the possibility of viewing. in addition TO the pa
| rdr the people on the rryicwns stand
Around the Stewart Mansion, Il; lhlrty-tourtl
81 and Fifth-avp. q stand haS bean hnllt for IN
alderncn It. extends along the pavement IN flfti
r ave. and about halfway along IN" yard IN ihlriI
fourth-St The position Is excellent, ana the 81
, fathers have reason to be happy. The last pun
lie stand runs along the rcS'rN cir on the ives
.de of Fifth-avr, from Forticth-St. to Forty
,ccoud-st II will seat about $500 people. IN
u street. owing 10 the encumhrancr. is marrow Il
6 front Of the reservoir, and is place where accl
9 dent, might easily Beyond the reservoir
r are private stands alone, from which eAcellen
i views OF the procession can be hat