The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-30

masker at the summit and one at each
corner Of the base.
Denis Murphy had eight coal and wood
carts in line.
Appel & Schaul, clothiers, had a beauti-
fully decorated q lat-two barrels profuselY
decorated. aud full of apples. which were
wrapped in advertising circulars and dis
tributed in the crowd, and when the column
was occasionally halted apples were thrown
TO second and third story windows and
some of the best liners were caught by the
ladies. Many miscatches were the occasion
for much merriment.
The Savannah Trunk Factory. monster
trunk and valises. IL.
The Southern Express Company had its
delivery wagon loaded with packages for
transportation.
THE PLANT SYSTEM DISPLAY.
The floats of the Plant System brought
up the rear. and ths display was a master
piece in design and execution. aud fitting
finale to most imposing event.
The floats were coupled together, and were
drawn by five pairs of mules. The trap
pings showed the trade marks of the differ
ent lines forming the system. The drivers
were in trainmel's uniform and the floats
we're accompanied by train hands. The
first float represented the Charleston and
Savannah railway. 1t was a complete
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with all details. The smoke was pouring
| out OF its stack, the blowing of the whistle
and the ringing of the bell and its engineer
and fireman lent reality to the model The
| boiler. stack, sandbox and dome were built
OF sheet iron, with complete fittings, valve
| gear, air pumps, steam and air brakes, in
jectors, whistle and bell. A picture of the
| president of the system, Mr.. III. B. Plant,
| was on the number plate. The number of
the engine, $780," was on the sandbox and
the name of the engine on the cab
/ panels. The engine emerged out of the
| palmettos Of South Carolina, rattlesnakes
winding around them, representing the
motto'of South Carolina: Don't Tread on
Me-" the rear of the float showed the river
| phosphate diggings, with complete digger
and phosphate rock; a darkey hauling the
apparatus. Sacks Of guano completed the
representation.
THE s., F. & WIS FLOAT.
| The second float represented the
Bruins wick and Western railroad and Sa-
vannah. Florida and Western railway in
| Georgia, with its pine forests, naval stores
and spirits of turpentine, cotton and the
darkey's delight-the large, sweet water
melons. A model of Brunswick and West
ern fiat car loaded with lumber showed the
lumber industry. Barrels of rosin and tur-
pentine and bales of cotton consigned to rs.
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| ing its freedom in one of the pines; a darkey
below was eating watermelons and the tur-
/ pentine hands made the float picture Of
| Georgia life. The third float showed the
Savannah, Florida and Western in Florida
| A hunter with game and dog and fisher
man with natural fish; an orange tree on
which was ripe fruit. and q banana tree
with ripening fruit. A number of mounted
| alligators were partly concealed
in the palmetto grass: while large life
alligator was lazily reclining on an old pine
log, under the shades of a large palmetto
with the words "Good-by to McGinty
Above" A polar bear with carpet bag in
hadd ready to take the steamer for Cuba,
as the sign board above seemed to Indicate
was so natural a mark as to create the i'm
preston that it was real bear.
1.-THE oLIvETTE."
The fourth float was a true representa-
ton of the Plant steamship "Olivette," a
| perfect model, complete in all its parts with
all sails hoisted floating on the green waters
of the Gulf of Mexico. The smoking stack
and blowing of the whistle indicated that
there wns life on board the steamer. The
last float represented the life in Cuba of a
young Spanish maiden lady aud her real
| Cuban lover wooed under the shades of a
palm tree, back Of them was native en-
| joying fragrant but monster Havana,
that looked as if it might last him week.
! Facing him was native
| Spaniard with game cock
under his arm and one in a cage on the
ground ready to do battle in the favorite
pastime of Spain. Growing sugar cane and
ali old-time darkey en- barrel of sugar eat
ing sugar cane, completed the symbols.
Three states furnished the material to make
the floats attractive, and the shops of the
| Savannah, Florida and Western spent many
| days in making the Representations true to
life, which they certainly accomplished.
The line of march was strewn with sam
pies and advertising circulars. and the three
bands made ample music. No accident,
other than the crippling of two of the
CentraPs floats, married the march. although
the crowds surged almost under the wheels
of the passing column. The great success
of the trades display is attributed. in a large
measure, to j. c. Shaw, cuairman of the
trades display committee. Capt. G. B.
Pritchard of the Georgia Hussars was grand
marshal of the parade. His assistants were
Henry McAlpin, t. M. Battle, J. L. Wal
thour, Frank Douglass, Beirne Gordon.
j. G. Postell, Gratz Myers, R. r. Dancy, s.
| Sternberg, Arthur Whitehead, Richard
Mcleod, Charles Fleming, Henry Remshart
and G. ID. Russell.
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