The Portland daily press., 1892-10-11
Thousand Parade To Do
Honor to Columbus.
MANSION AND TENEMENT ALIKE
GAILY DECORATED.

Bought Up Store Windows at Hum
dreds of Dollars Each-The First Pa
rade Magnificent Success.
New YORK, October 10.-New York is
in gala dress. Its streets, its public
buildings, it's stores and warehouses, its
homes, are gay with flags and bunting.
Even the trucks and wagons passing
through it's streets, the cars that roll up
and down it's avenues, the trains that
puff along the elevated roads, and
the horses, are decked with flags in hon
OF of Christopher Columbus. Today be-
gan the series of imposing pageants with
which the city for the coming three days
will honor the memory of the great dis
coverer. To the children, to the youth
of Gotham was given the honor of begin
ming the civic and military displays.
From public school and from private
school, from parochial schools, from in
stitutions and from asylums the children
were marshaled thousands strong, and
their older brothers from colleges
marched with them.
The day dawned with unclouded sky,
with smiling sun, with clear, crisp, invig
Grating air. With the first peep of dawn,
the work of completing preparations for
the parade began. On Friday, Saturday
and yesterday the decoration of the city
with flags and bunting and garlands of
green had been diligently pursued, but
many had waited until today, fearing
lest rain might rob the decorations of
their brilliancy. On every side through
out the city, alike in the sections filled
with brownstone or marble mansions,
and in those where threnged tenements
are crowded together, was there lavish
Display of Flags and Streamers,
but especial attention was given by city
officials and private citizens to the de-
coration of the streets and houses along
the route selected for the parades. Fifth
avenue from Central Park to the Cen
tennial arch at Washington square is a
blaze of color. Church and club, hotel
and hospital, business house and private
mansion, vie with each other in display
of flags, in festoons of bunting, in wealth
of bright hued shields and streamers.
The Columbia arch at Fifth-ninth street
and Fifth Avenue, with its statues, it's
flags and bannerettes, was complete in
allIits bravery. From Thirty-third street
to the Worth monument, on either side
of the avenue, stand poles, painted and
surmounted by golden balls, from which
hang flags, streamers and gonfalons. At
Twenty-second street and Fifth avenue
another archway 100 feet in length,
covered with flags aud wreathed with
evergreen, smilax and palms.
At 10 O clock nearly every point from
which view of the parade could be had
was taken and the stands capable of ac-
commodating several hundred thousand
people. were well filled. All of the store
windows on Fifth avenue beyond Thir-
teenth street, brought from $3.50 to 5000
apiece. In each store a table was set
for luncheon, and those who rented it
made it their home for the day.
At IL o'clock Col. David S. Brown,
grand marshal of the school and college
parade, gave the order to march, and
nearly
$4,000 Pairs of Legs
were soon executing the command. The
immense parade started at Fifty-seventh
street and Fifth avenue and marched to
Seventeenth street, then across to Fourth
avenue and through Fourteenth street to
Fifth avenue. AS the long line of march
turned into Fourteenth street loud
cheers went up from the Union Square
free stand and from the dense crowd on
the surrounding ground and
in the buildings. The roofs
of the Morton House and other
buildings were packed with spectators.
Alongside the marchers, and some dis
tance apart, were the doctors who had
volunteered their services. After passing
place the procession went on to Fourth
Avenue, where it disbanded. John Win
fieldScott was Grand Marshal Browns
Major George M. Barry was Assistant
Adjutant General, and George Lawrence
Myers was Chief Aid.
works on Brookly bridge tonight. Great
crowds gathered at points of vantage on
the river front in both cities and hun
dreds of craft loaded with passengers
anchored in the river. Among the set
pieces was qstatue of Columbus and a
representation of his ship. One of the
most striking displays was the represen-
tation of Niagara Falls in silver fire, 625
feet wide and 200 feet high.
Not since the three days celebration
of the centennial Of the Inauguration of
Washington have there been such crowds
in the city as now. One of the amusing
features to visitors is the display of diff
ferent pictures of Columbus in Broad
way. It is said there are 1000 different
pictures of the discoverer.