Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-21
FOR THE sEMI.CENTRNEIAL.
ALLEGHENY CITY PEOPLE TO HAVE A
Bla TIME,

cemmiitses Appointed 10 Make the A..
rnnsemenis - Old Fire Enainss and
Relies 10 be Features OF the Parade
$1,000 Wanted 10 cevsr Expense.
Initial steps were taken last night by the
general com mIttee OF counellmen and cltI-
Gems Of Allegheny, TO further the proposed
semi.centennial celebration Of that city,
The meeting was held In Common
Council Chamber, and very few
OF those appointed by Chairman
Mech were absent. all Of them seeming to
be considerably interested In the matter.
Mr.. Mech presided when order was called,
and read communication from City So-
licitor Elphinstone, in which the latter
stated the committee had power to expend
public money to the extent of the appropria-
tion given them by Councils. He suggested
that 1t would be best to have an ordinance
presented asking for what money would be
needed.
Mr.. Speer then moved that an ordinance
be sent to Councils asking for S5 900 for the
purpose That amount was agreed on and
the motion was carried.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Mr.. D. B. Oliver moved that an executive
committee be appointed to arrange pro-
gramme for the ceremony, and that they
have power to appoint subcommittee to
carry out the programme when 1t is arranged.
The motion prevailed and Messrs. Scaife,
Speer, Oliver, Hax, Smith. Stockman, A.
Hunter, Hon. Henry Gerwig. Beilstein,
Cruikshank and Trimble were appointed.N
The committee then adjourned and the
executive body went into session.
The latter met in the City Clerks Office
and at once got down to business. Mr..
Scaife, as chairman OF the body, called the
meeting to order. It was definitely fixed
that the exercises would last all day. Be-
ginning In the morning, they decided to hold
q parade OF all the school children Of the
city, all the military andcivic organization
of the city, the Grand Army posts and mu-
steal societies. The afternoon will be enliv-
ened by mass meeting In the parks, when
the musical societies and school children will
sing and speeches will be delivered by tho ora.
TOR. tors Of the occasion. ln the evening a grand
what 10 Is thought will be nttIng celebration
of tho city's fftleth year
TO COLLECT RELICS.
Colonel Stone, OF the General Committee, ,sug.
gested that hall be secured for the purpose Of
collecting any relics or object Of interest whose
identity 10 linked with tho history Of tho town.
He said IL would be OF undoubted interest TO
many Of the citizens as we'll ~ tho strangers
Wno Wouiu DC III tno city NJ lue timo, ana
he believed the exhibition would be
highly proper on tho occasion. Tho
suggestion met with hearty approval aud II was
accepted. A subcommittee was appointed to
take charge Of this feature. Mr.. speer said
that some OF the old fire engines In use long
ago could be secured, and Mr.. Mech had been
told by Chief Engineer Jones that le would
ascertain where some Of them wero and have
them brought to the city. After deciding on
what sub.eommittees were necessary TO carry
out the work, the committee adjourned. Chair.
man Soaifs, OF the Executive Committee, and
Chairman Mech. of the General Committee,
then made up the subcommittee as follows,
the chairman of each being the one ffst
hainedi
Fihahee=W, W, speef, ID. n, Oliver, A, NJ,
Byets, J, II, Lindsey, James Hunter,
TfAhsp6ftati6h=Hon Henry uefwig, A,
II, Mercer, Amos Beehef, John q, Walthef
Decorations and Neutrality-suspicious. q,
W, uefwig, ], W, LAhngh, j, u, Horne,
Arthur Hunter, August Snyder, Hon, Henry
ueFwig,
Invitations and Reception - Captain 4.
u, HubsV, Hon, W, H. Graham, II, W, MiHBer
nyef. I, H. Morris, Henry bteekhian, A, NJ,
Byefs,
History, ofatiens and Literary Work-James
Hunter H. ~ Mercer, deoFge j. Lappe, T. q,
lam q, Langhorst, NJ, Hannah, Hiehard Mil,
ard, Charles w 0eIwig, Arthur Hunter, y,
D, iubley, A, u, smith, August Snyder, Joseph
Musio-HenTy stoekman, Anton Roethlsin,
q, y, HaK, w, a, OTuikshank, Joseph Kaiser,
Relics and Reminsoongas-A u, Smith,
Colonel w, A, Stone, w, w, hpeer, James IL,
Lindsay, James Hunter, William v. Trinible.