Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-05
SOUTHSIDE IN STYLE.
Citizens Across the Monongahela
- Celebrate by Themselves.
ENTHUSIASTIC AS IN THE PARK.
Brilliant Oratory and Appropriate E1er'
cises Mark the Day.
ILLUMINATIONS HEARTILY RECEIVED

Very enthusiastically did the Southside
celebrate the nations natal day. This was
the first general observance of the day on
that side of the river, and from the patri-
otic observances in the morning to the
grand display at night it was brilliant
success. This was due in great measure to
the efforts OF a few public spirited citizens,
who, in view of the inaccessibility of Schen-
ley Park from that section of the city
thought that the Southside had better have
display of its own. The members of the
various committees were Magistrate c. E.
Succop, Chairman, w. G. Bernardo,
John P. Schneider, John j. Freund,
August Bodenhagen, Charles II.
Goettler, John Eichlay, M. G.. Frank,
Henry Miller, Chas. Breitweiser, DR.. j. D.
Thomas, John Tritzlor, Adam Paf, Nathan
Crone, F. W. Albright and Wilson Beck.
The majority of the prominent business
men subscribed literally to the fund.
Matters were so arranged that those who
wished to do so could take part IN the
jubilee of the citizens of the city proper
and still have their own celebration.
School Children in Line.
The school children of the Bedford
Twenty-ninth ward schools were probably
the first to begin preparations to celebrate
the Fourth. Shortly after o'clock about
70 of Prof. Golden's pupils, who had been
engaged to take part in the singing, as
sembled at the school building, formed in
line, and. led by the Bedford School Drum
Corps, marched to the Birmingham
School on Fourteenth street. Here
they were reinforced by about IS
more children, the school directors of the
Twenty y-eighth and Twenty-ninth wards and
the committee. The next stop made was at
the Humbolt Twenty-si1th ward school,
where nearly 100 more school children
Joined the procession and marched to the
large stand at South Twenty-frst and Sarah
streets. When all the participants in the
exercises had taken their places on the
stand, and nearly 5000 people assembled on
the vacant lot, the NJ g. Frank band
was followed by "Red, White and Blue"
sung by the school children under the direc-
tion of Prof. R. NJ. McCargo, supervisor of
music in the city public schools.
Rev. j. 4. Bailantyne. The next item
on the programme was the singing of the
"Star Spangled Banner by the school
children James E. Finn, the Twenty
eighth ward Councilman, followed by read
ing the Declaration of Independence.
Avery Patriotic Grafton.
Franklin l. Gosser delivered the oration
of the day.
Following this oration was the song,
America" by the school children. The
morning exercises were then closed by the
song, "Yankee Doodle" sung by Prof
McCargo.
The pyrotechnical display, notwithstand-
ing the threatening rain, began at 8:30 P. M.
sharp. The display was composed of "a set
pieces aside from large display of the ordi-
naKy sky rockets. While not as large in
South Side fireworks compared very favor
ably with them in beauty. Fully 5000
people climbed the long steps leading up
Monastery Hill to be near the scene, and by
so doing also obtained full view of the
Schenley Park display and number Of
other smaller displays throughout the city.
Cheers for the Southside Bridge.
The ifluminations were commenced with
the set piece Welcome" in immense
letters, surmounted by a brilliant arch of
colored Jets and radiant suns. Then, the
sideand top of the old mount fairly spouted
fire and sparks and fountains of flame.
Others of the set pieces included Medal
lion of Washington, Flags or America, and
the Goddess of Liberty. These were ali re-
ceived with hearty cheers. But the repre-
sentation of the proposed free bridge at
Twenty-second street brought forth pro-
1onged burst of applause.
Tie majority of Southsiders did not leave
their homes to view the fireworks. On the
cross streets from South Fourteenth to
South Twenty-third streets chairs were
placed in the streets for the entertainment
offriends who wished to view the scene.
The rain did not interfere much with the
progress of the display, as the rain
fall was very light, and hardly
enough to dampen the dust on the streets.
The day was singularly free from accidents
and fires. The Birmingham electric line
did heavy business, the cars being crowded
from morning till late at night.