New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-30

usual attendance of bankers and brokers. But
the financial business community worked in unison
TO reduce every matter Of this sort TO minimum,
and rhe utmost libcrnlity consistent with SAFETY
was exercised by the institutions which form the
Clearing House Ample warning, too, hao pc'h
given for the arrangement Of obligations ra'inB
due yesterday and they were carried out with a
minimum of friction.
While the banks were kept open during the legal
hours their officers were more anxious about the
attire of their buildings and, where they fronted
the line Of march, about providing accommodations
for friends who wanted to see President Harrison,
than about tho details of the banking operations
nrccssitatcd by their open doors and counters.
There was ono blaze of red. white and blue, the
colors united in an interminable variety of de-
signs Frightening each side of Wall-st., from one
end 70 the other with flashes from the side streets,
which proved that the patriotic spirit did not
wait upon the accident of POSITION. Along the
river front the profusi9n oynags banners and
bunting made broad bar of color to face the
admiration of the Presidential party when they
landed at the river pier The shields which
blazoncd the platform Of the Sub.Trcasury were
rivaled by decorations opposite exhibiting the
coat-of-arms Of the original States of tie Union,
while the numerous representations of Washing
ton lent variety to the general display, even If
they failed to reflect historically accurate pictures
of the ti.s, President of the Nation.
Not Il building failed TO present front adorned
with the National emblcms and colOrs, and the
early strollcr-by had to decide only question of
which facade bore the most gorgeous tlnts or tho
most graceful drapcres Mighty folds of giant
nacs and great stretches Of tricolored bunting
yelled the Custom House in brillancy that
seemed TO be welded with dignity appropriate
TO the gloomy grandeur Of the building. In ar
ranrmcnt they were the simplest OF the adorn-
,, ments with which Wall-st. was apparclled, but
they won the full need OF admiration, even if
the eye turned with qualification TO the more
vuried decorations that beautifed the stately
buildings that reared their fronts near by.
Even the splendid attractions of the marine
paradc had not drawn all the sghtscers TO boat
or Battery, or house-top. Before 10 o'clock in
the morning Walst and every street leading TO IL
were filed with moving throngS, and as the hour
| of noon approached every rooftOp and window
down 10 the East River was loaded with piles Of
humanity. As noon approached the drift of the
| throng was toward the foot Of Wall-st. but their
| places were not left vacant IN instant by the
men, women and children who pressed upon them
! from the rear
| Down on the covered East River pier, ut the
| foot OF Wall-St committeeman and police officials
| in charge OF the arrangements were early on hand.
Members Of the Centennial Committee people
who were TO take part in the Presidential escort,
| police officers in spcil-and-span new uniforms,
and reporters soon made considerable crowd.
The river front on the Brooklyn side sent over
flashes Of color when tn shot ont its rays
from the halfhaze which at times dmmed the
sky, but strange appearance of lone illness was
worn by the docks and piers deserted by the Graf
that usually attend them. And while tn people
on the pier were waiting for the signal of Presi-
dent larrsonS arrival, occasional notes from the
| bugle or trumpet we're waited in from the street,
| where dozens Of bluccoats We're keeping outside
Of the police lines thousands of spectators, and
whcr the regular troops and the veterans Of the
militia end the Grand Army of tie Republic were
forming in files that lined both sides of Wal-st.,
ready TO wheel into position for tie escOrting OF
the Centennial guests to the Equitable Building.
Occasional cheers rent the air, if the waiting
| multitude sought for some variety TO its long
| test Of patience.
Signs OF TIE PRESIDENTS APPROACH.
| At about half-past Il o'clock the river scene
changed and life and color were spread over the
water. The police patrol boat swooped down upon
Pier IG and Inspector Byrnes District-Attorney
Fellows and a number OF others nmbly lcaped
upon dry land Then the rush of saucy look
with bunting and women, passed before the spec.
tators on the pier in bewildering confusion. The
guests at the early afternoon reception, who had
met the President nj Elizabcthport, were hastily
hurried off thair vessels, which then pushed on tc
the northward BY the time the last boat hat
T been relieved Of the special guests the spacious
pi'r found that its roomincss had been weltaxed
Goverors Of StttcS, commissions Representing
various legislative bodies and members of com
mcrcial organizations were jumbled together fo
a time until order was restored by the directing
aides
1t seemed like a marvel for the steam barge
from the Despatch, which carried the Presiden
and his immediate party, TO pick it's way through
the maze Of vessels that now thickened the sur
, face Of the river like jam of trucks in Broad
way, but il dashed up to the hundSo mely deroratc
float on the north side of the long pier with al
dir Of confidence and landed the Governor O
New-i ork and the Mayor of the city, amid tn
shouts Of thousands in the streets, many of whom
q could not see who they were cheering. Lust
cheers saluted the gallant old seadogs of til
. Marine Society when they debarked 10 bring III
a President from the DESPATCH and cheering was i
: order as each boat-load of guests was brought i
by the steam barge. But the biggest din wiz
heard Wien, about o'clock, after all the guest
had been landed, the President and the Vice
President were rowed into the slip and broug
10 the doat where already Governor Ill., Mayo
Z Grant, members Of the Presidents Cabinet an
b the Chief Justices were gathered. Whistle
, that had seemed TO have exhausted themselvc
a outwhistled all previous efforts by fresh OK
Q ertion, and the thousands of people on shOf
l. cheercd with vigor which showed no ngging G
c vociferons patriotism.
h THE Police BOAT CLEARS THE WAY
: While the head OF the marine procession was SIT
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