The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-30
MARCH OF THE TRADES.
A MAGNIFICENT EXHIBIT OF SA-
VANNAHS COMMERCE..


Thousand People-Tne Trades Pro-
cession the Finest Ever Seen in sa-
vaunsh-The Branches OF Business
Represented, and Some Of the Floats
An Example OF What Savannah Can
Do in Two Weeks Time.
No grander street parade was ever be
fore witnessed in Savannah than that Of the
trades display yesterday, which required
one hour and quarter to pass giver
point. and whose march was witnessed by
10000 people
The wonder grew as to where the masses
came from, for every street from the Bay
TO Liberty was densely packed. The
marshals had to urge the crowds
back out of the streets as they
overfowed the sidewalk along the line OF
march. Not only were the streets and side
walks thronged, but public buildings, hotels
and storehouse windows and balconies
were black with people, and in many
instances the roofs OF houses afforded an
excellent point of view which was not lost
sight of. On BroEghton street men and
boys climbed awning poles and viewed the
parade.
STREETS TANNED WITH PEOPLE.
Those who saw how densely packed Lib
erty street was while the line was forming,
and when it began to move, did not expect
to see the Jam as great anywhere else along
the line, but there seemed to be no diminu-
tion of the people. When the procession
reached West Broad street there was not
room to move along that thoroughfare I'M
til the marshals had cleared the way, and
the Jam was experienced on the eastern
march along Broughton TO Absrcorn street.
Some idea of the crowd may be had when
all the streets from State to the Bay, run
ming east and west and all the streets rum
ming north and south from Abercorn to
West Broad were a mass Of people, with
hotels, Altmayer's, the Oglethorpe Club
balconies and the windows Of all the build
ings occupied by sight-seers.
The rains of Monday had settled the dust,
and the temperature was pleasant. A few
clouds, white-fecked, fioated over the city
and tempered the heat. The trades process
sion formed ON Liberty street and began to
move at 10 o'clock.
A carriage drawn by four white horses
led tho parade. In the carriage were Mr.. II.
w. Palmer, chairman of the general COM
mittee of Merchants week; J. G. Shaw.
chairman of the trades displayscommittee |:
Capt X. g. Fleming, of the committee, and
committee, followed by mounted marshals
THE FLOATS.
The first float In the line was the Palmer
Hardware Company's, semi-pyramidal in
shape, and on which was ranged on either
side an extensive exhibition of the line of
goods and mechanical implements and arti-
sans tools handled by the company. The
float Was a characteristic one and was well
gotten up.
Reppard & Co.'S lumber float, drawn
by eight mules, and with a jolly crowd of
maskers, came next. An immense painting
represented the bull and the bear of the
lumber market, the bear having the bull in
rapid retreat.
The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
Company had two vehicles.
Teeple & Co., house furnishing goods,
two vehicles, one float having minstrel
troupe which afforded the crowds an infinite
fund of amusement.
The Savannah Steam Bakery, drawn by
four horses, with girls in costume and
the placard, ''We Employ 200 Hands," was
the fifth float in line.
Buffers Pharmacy, with its attaches wear
ing wigs, and whose grOtesque character
acts kept the spectators il q roar of
laughter all along the line of march
B. II. Levy & Bro, clothiers. had two
fine floats characteristic of their business.
The floats were handsomely gotten up, and
were thoroughly representative of one of
Savannah's ivest business houses.
THE LUMBER TRADE REPRESENTED.
Bacon, Bryan & Co. had timber wagon
with a fine saw log, followed by a float
which was one of the most attractive in
the line. 1t was a miniature house made of
Georgia yellow pine, the frame being com
posed of doors, sash and blinds, with veran
das of scroll and turned balusters. The
windows were marginal lights of cathedral
glass, and frosted and figured glass. showing
the many styles and varieties for different
buildings The house was finished in hard
oil. The interior design was beautifully ex-
ecuted In panel work. The roof was made of
skylights with fancy pieces of scroll work
artistically arranged. The structure, which
did credit TO the designer and the artisans,
was 20 feet long, feet wide and IL feet in
hight.
Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Company had a
display of fertilizers.
The Savannah Mattress Company had n
float representing the company's employees
engaged in the manufacture of the Georgia
moss mattress as the float moved in the
march.
M. Boley & Son had two teams of furni-
ture.
The Savannah Carriage and Wagon Com
pany had four floats. followed by a carriage
drawn by richly caparisoned horse gar
landed with evergreens and roses and a ban
ner, upon which was the motto, "Our
Famous 400"
THEN AND NOW.
j. s. Collins e. Co. had five vehicles
The first was street wagon somewhat the
worse for use, and drawn by q horse of
doubtful age and pedigree, covered by a
canvass on which was painted, ~. 8. COL
Inns & Co., in 1880" This was followed by
a spanking team and modern delivery
wagon drawn by four horses and five car
riages. Ga one Of the delivery wagons were
the words, ~. s. Collins in 1907 1t was
not dificnlt to see the point the compar
isons sought to draw out
The Empire Steam Laundry had three
vehicles
S. Rich 81 Co. had one wagon.
A. Falk q Son, clothiers, had platform
float representing the past and present.
The past was represented by three gentle
men in colonial costume, the present bv
young America dressed in the latest fash
iol.
Joyce Cold Storage Company had one
vehicle
Lloyd & Adams had float with DISPLAY
OF paints and other goods in their line
The Robinson Steam Printing Company
had float with compositors at work sat
the case" and printers operating the
'jobber."
THE SHOE TRADE.