Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-29
WILL BE A GREAT DAY
Ground to Be Broken for Carnegie
Library on the Fourth.
A FEATURE OF THE CELEBRATION.
Chief Bigelow Still Thinks the President
Will Re Here.
POLICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DAY

A new and interesting feature has been
added to tie Fourth of July celebration at
Schenley Park. Yesterday gang of work.
men put insthe day clearing off the old
buildings on the elevated ground to the
left of the main entrance at the park and in
q couple of days more the ground set apart
for the Carnegie Library and Music Hall
site will be in readiness to begin operations.
On the Fourth of July ground will be
formally broken for the building. 1t is the
intention of the Library Commission to
have this first visible step toward the erec-
tion of the building made ceremony to be
remembered. Short speeches will be made
by members of the commission. and Mayor
Gourley, who is one of the Commissioners,
is likely to be selected to swing the pick for
the formal ground breaking. Other interest
ing features are being arranged for the
occasion.
Keeping the Matter q Secret.
The commissioners have for some reason
been endeavoring to keep the proposed
ground-breaking secret until next Satur-
day, but it leaked out yesterday, and one
member spoken to acknowledged that it
was true. Chief Bigelow has bought out at
a reasonable figure the leases held by the
parties who have been occupying the
ground on which the library is to be built.
The breaking of ground for the Phipps'
Conservatory is to be done within the next
ten days also, but it has not yet been de-
termined whether there will be any formal
ceremony connected with it. It is ex-
pected that the library will be completed
and thrown open to the public in Septem-
Der, 1895.
Notwithsting the published statements
that President Harrison will not be here
on the Fourth, Chief Bigelow still main
tains that he will. The Chief telegraphed
to Washington last night for positive in
formation and expects reply to-day from
c. L. Magee and seems to think it will be
favorable one. One indication that the
President has changed his mind and intends
to come is that his trip to Adirondacks has
been postponed from next Friday until one
week later. The railroad lines centering in
this city are anxiously awaiting positive
information from Chief Bigelow and have
arranged so that on two days notice that the
President is coming they will run big ex-
cursions here on the Fourth from all
points within 100 miles.
Preparing for tho Big Celebration.
Rapid progress is being made in. the
arrangements for the big celebration. The
grand stand has been nearly completed, and
temporary improvements all over the park
are being made for the occasion. Superin-
tendent O'Mara was in consultation with
the Mayor, Controller and Chief Bigelow
yesterday, making police arrangements for
the day. Two hundred men in uniform
will be distributed throughout the park
during the day to preserve order and
perform such other duties as NAV be re-
quired. A number of the officers will be
mounted. At night 100 more men will be
added to the force
Stations where lost children can be found
will be located at the Zoo and at the big
barn near the entrance bridge. Telephones
will connect these buildings and matrons
from the police stations will be on duty to
care for the little ones.
In addition to the Schenley Park arrange
ments, Superintendent O'Mara has issued
an order prohibiting the discharge of Jack
son crackers or fireworks on the streets be-
fore the Fourth of July. On the Fourth
the bars will be let down, and for one day
no restriction will be placed on young
America so long as he puts off his fireworks
on the street and keeps out of back yards
with them.
The celebration fund is still about $500
short. Yesterdays contributions were:
Harry Metzgar, 500; E. J. Laughlin, s.;
L. Broudy, IS. A check for 5000 was re-
ceived, but it had not been Endorsed, posi-
bly, through an oversight