The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-11
Flags and Streamers Rem.
der All the Streets
Bright With Color.
HOLIDAY CROWDS ABROAD
Every Point of Vantage ThrOnged
With People Viewing the
Splendid Naval Parade.

not the supply of bunting and flags held
oy the manufacturers given out,
the profusion of decorations would
have been even greater. Every store
OF prominence has been put into gaia at
tire and nearly all of the smaller ones,
Dwelling houses in all directions have
flags waving from windows and many
will be illuminated tonight with Chinese
lanterns. People who do not have to
work today have on their Sunday clothes
and seem full of patriotic enthusiasm, A
number OF them paid ten cents for each
'enthuse."
THE DECORATIONS.
Among the buildings more Dromently
decorated was-noticeable the big store of
John M ullins & Co. Flags of different
sizes duttered from each window in the
double building, and great flag was un-
furled to the breeze from the fla gstaff on
the roof.
Doyle's Old Stone House is picturesque
In It's appearance and bunting and small
nags are tastefuily intermingIed ali over
the exterior of the building.
Louis Fischer's store is almost hidden
from view by the red, white and blue
bunting which decorates the front.
Inc double building occupied by John
keane and Perlmutter Is tastefully
dressed. Strips of different colored bunt-
ing reach, from the top OF the building to
the windows on the first floor
and are secured by huge red.
white and blue Yosettes. MANY
flags come from the windows, o. Law
renee contented himself with preparing
for an illumination and tonight many
Chinese lanterns will be lighted in front
of his store.
Marshal! & Ball have a large flagstaff
on the roof of their store. From this pole
three strips OF red, white and
blue bunting fall in graceful
folds to the roof where others
bunting secures 1t and Is hung across the
of flags are distributed about the front of
the store.
Inc building occupied by the p. II.
O'Nelu Association Ia attlred in the same
fashionable manner that characterizes
the standard bearer. Long streamers of
bunting fall gracefully over the bay win
dow and descend to the windows of the
first floor. These windows have board
er OF red, white ana blue bunting and the
roof is surmounted by a flag.
Clerihew's building is also handsomely
dressed. Broad strips OF red, white and
blue adorn the front of it, and flags are
waving from the windows.
THE BosToN'S TABLEAUx.
The show window Of the Boston" are
elaborately trimmed. Each window has
background Of star spangled
banners. and set place in
wax. The first represents Columbus
planning m bis voyage of discovery.
evidently watching the tracings Column
bus Is making on an atlas. The second
SHOWS Columbus In a rowboat. He is
preparing to step for the first time on the
soil Of America. In the boat
with him are soldier and two sailors.
The third window has Colum bus making
a treaty with the Indians. The great Dis
coverer is dressed in pea green suit
OF silk. and the Indian well,
he is not dressed SO much.
The savage is seated on
stump while Columbus is making a
speech. The fourth window in this great
store contains representation of the
Army and Navy. General Washington
stands for the army and vigorous old
tar represents the navy. Between them
Is America in the garb OF woman.
P. II: Hanly's furniture store is COW
cred with bunting, and large flag flies
from the roof while numerous smaller
ones decorate the awning.
THE DISMAL CITY HALL.
The City Hall has not a single decora-
tion about 1T except flag on the roo. .
IL is the worst looking building ON New
ark avenue.
Brown s. Van Anglen have made the
exterior OF their two buildings exceed
1ngly handsome. From the flagstaff on
the roof of the original store Large flag
is unfoldad. Leading from the roof to
the summit of the pole are two
strings of small flags. Down the front of
the building to the windows on the first
hoor are large wide strips Of bunt-
lag ~afH artistioaiIy nanR drspsd sIssifaS extends
across the front of the building just be-
meath the caves and another flag is
draped across the building beneath the
third floor.
Watson's building is decorated by
plumber Of small flags, and the Singer
prettily trimmed with red, white, ! 1e
and yellow. Meschutt's Hotel has
streamers of bunting extending from the
roof to the first floor and numerous flags
at the windows
The Title Guarantee Company's build
bunting gracefully draped from the
top of the building to the windows
of the first floor and over
these windows are folds of red and yel-
low extending across the front. Snaffer's
hat store has the windows dressed in
bunting and Taylor's hotel front is
covered with small flags.
DEPOT DECORATED.
The decorations in the depot of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad are extensive.
From the huge chandeliers In the
centre OF the room eight strips
of bunting representing the colors
of America. Spain and Italy extends to
the sides of the room and OUTSIDE where
on the iron gates great strips of bunting
have been tastefully placed.
THE GREAT CROWDS.
To accommodate the extra travel on the
Pennsylvania road all local trains have
beeu doubled as to the number OF cars to
each train.
Crowds began early in the morning to
come from the towns on the road to wit
ness the naval parade, and the docks
along the river front are crowded.
On the Hill along Palisade avenue and at
Eldorado, thousands of people congre-
gated when the great river ex
hibtion began and all of the
movements of vessels ccnld be seen from
there plainly. There was not so many
people this morning as yester-
day, who left this city for
New York, but the travel never
theless was enormous. It seemed as il
every one wanted to go on one of the
excursion boats to watch the
parade. The naval procession formed
in line at half-past twelve O'Clock in
Graves End Bay, and the mauoenvres
weie watched by thousands of people
on the hundreds of boats
that hoated on the bay. Many of
the excursion and private boats arrived
at the starting point before ten O'Clock
and by noon the bay was literally COW