Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-19
AN ALTAR OF LIBERTY
To be Erected at the Entrance to
Picturesque Panther Hollow.
LEMONADE In sPRINKHNG CARTS
An 0ld-Fashioned Fourth of July is Now
an Assured Success.
SCHOOL CHILDREN EAGER FOR TIE DAY

The subscription of funds by patriotic
citizens is alone wanting to make the Fourth
of july celebration in this city grand. old
time success.
: Yesterday afternoon Mayor Gourley, Chief
Bipelow. Chief Brown and Controller Nor
row visited Schenley Park and selected the
site for the celebration. They were driven
out in one of the wagons of the Department
ofPublic Works. Chief Brown had never
before visited the park and he had only an
indefinite idea of its location. He did not
know how it could be reached. He was de-
lighted with what he saw.
It was decided to locate the speakers
stand at the mouth of Panther Hollow.
There the gorge widens into a pretty,
level valley, clothed with thick sward
and shaded by some fine old trees.
In a shaded spot Chief Bigelow
will have a temporary platform erected and
seats constructed. The location is easily
accessible from Boquet street, either by pc
destrians or persons in carriages. A good
road runs down the valley of -Four Mile
run alongside the Junction Railroad.
From that road the Department of Public
Works will have carriage road made up
the hollow.
BEAUTIFUL AND CONVENIENT.
The site for the celebration is only about
300 feet from the Junction road. The Bal
timore and Ohio will be asked to run
special train from the city depot. There are
prettier places in the park: but none OF them
are as easily reached. The locallty seiected Is,
however, beautiful one.
To-day Mayor Gourley will organize a
Finance Committee to raise the q, 600 necessary
for a good time Battery b will be invited to
fire several rounds, and two bands will be hired
TO fill the woods with music. City Attorney
Moreland. Colonel W. d. Moore and other gen.
rlemen will be asked to speak.
1t is doubtful whether any money will be ex-
pended for fireworks in the evening". Those
who attend the afternoon festivities will hardly
remain in the park after dark. Besides, there
will be display of fireworks by the people OF
Oakland Square, just across the valley of Four
Mile run.
superintendent Luckey will be asked to-day
to cause invitations to be announced In all the
schools for the children to take part in the SER
vices in the afternoon. The schools will close
next week and a number of the teachers will go
away for vacation, but the Mayor is confident
that several thousand of the youngsters will
flock to the new park. The place has already
become popular resort, especially on Sun
days. One of the men living in the park est-
mates the number of people who visited there
last Sunday as 5000
LEMONADE FOR EVERYBODY.
One of the.odd features for the Fourth pro-
posed by Chief Bgelow IS the making Of lemon
ade by the wholesale. He proposes to turn out
several sprinkling carts belonging to the de-
partment, and to have them filed, not with in
sipid hydrant water, but with ice-cold lemonade,
which will be given free to every thirsty man,
woman and child.
Superintendent Luckey was seen yesterday
with reference to the proposed attendance of
children in Schenley Park on the Fourth Mr.:
Luckey said: "All the children have been in
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that occasion. am sure that they will come
in crowds. and even fOrego the pleasures of
frecrackers and other patriotic explosives to
take part in the celebrations. The schools
break up on the 9th instant, and most of the
teachers 60 on vacation after that date, SO ir
would be difficult to get the children into any
regular procession on the Fourth. However, 1
don't think the. little ones will be sorry on ac-
count of any lack of formaltty attending their
visit to the fete grounds. Children, especially
boy children, do not care to be cribbed, ,cabined
and confined in any procession ON the glorious
Fourth. The invitation has been conveyed to
the little ones through their teachers. and all
have been asked to wear their very best
PREPARING FOR FUN. VI
II suppose some little girls will bring baskets
of flowers bouquets and wreaths; in fact, GER
tain diminurive bird informed me that
such was the intention. don't know whether
Chief Bigelow would like an amateur pyrotech-
mic display in the park he is making so much out
of, but fear he must expect something of the
sort in penalty for his hospitality. I heard
quaint little miss say this morning that she
was collecting lot of butterflies, moths, etc..
for Mr.. Bgelow's zoo. 1t wouldn't be bad
idea for the Chief to accept the little ones gift
so as to form a nucleus for good local entom-
illogical collection. Rev. Mr Holland, of the
East End, could give some really good advice
on the subject. But 1 suppose Mr.. BIgelow
has more suggestions of this kind than he
knows what to do with.
Yes; Ishall be at the Schenley Park cee-
bration on the Fourth, if possible. imagine
that most OF the teachers and superintendents
who have not started on vacation tours will
also put in an appearance at the park"
A suggestion has been made that the various
street car lines of the city make some conces-
sious in fare to the children on the Fourth The
officials of the different companies will be
sounded upon this point.