New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09

ELECTRICITY WILL MAKE DAY OFT OF
DARKNESS.
FLO>Ts REPRESENTING VARIOUS HISTORICAL
AND ALLEGoRICAL sUnJEcTs-LANTlEN-


r1O>Ts REPRESENTING VARIOUS HISTORICAL
AID ALLEGoRICAL sUnJECrs-LhNTfEN-
! ur,rING BICYCLERs b. THE THoU:ANp
The triumph of electricity over thc powers OF
rirht will be the most brilliant feature oI w"
civic na,adc which will take place on Ncdn''-
1a, n.orino after the marching column, Of
soldicr. have disbandci. The floats VIII shed
ught with the cnulccncc Of suns All the re-
sources of electricity as far as th" existing state
of eccnce has disclosed them. will he brought
60 hcar in making glorious day as the proccs ION
..os tbrourh the streets. The line of march
will I've that of the school and milit1W rnradc'-
fran, thc BATTERY up Broadway 60 Four'l-St, t.
WASHINGTON Square, to Filth-avc., to Fourteenth
- 20 rourtE-avc to Scvcntccnth-st, to Fifth
ave. TO Fifty-ninth-st.
OF course there will be music. Cappa's band
will be in fancy uniforms. mounted polio" VIII
clear the way and then will com" the bicycle
clnhs carving lanterns. There will b" 1000 men
on wheels who will form - column for n mil"
and half. twelve abreast. Isaac Potter will b"
the erand marshal, and his aides will b. repre-
scntativcs Of various clubs.
Twelve lcraldb ON gayIy capar"onch white
horses will precclc Colonel john J. Gnrnott ia"
grand marshal, and Lis sah, who VIII hc III the
uniform of the Austrian Guards, metal helmets ana
white DlumpS, white tunes, cuirasf'S, eoih 'p'"-
lets vi tie trousers, top boots, spurs ana saunt-
lets Then will come the floats, beautiful IN de-
sion and r,eplcndcnt in the clare Of thousands %
electric lichts Each ear Will have IA storage bat
ferry. which will feed the lamps. Thus the oppor-
tunity for a dazzling display is almost unlimited.
The float Car of Fame, typfying the continents,
will follow the brilliantly attircd marshal aud his
staff. Next will come aboriginal cave dwelers and
tribes of Indians on foot. On the Prehistoric
Float will be rock dwellers and Mexican Indians,
tooetl,er with gigantic animals of "A species which
ia fortunately now extinct. Another fioat that
of the Toltec sun worshippers, will show high
nriest of the Incas sacrificing a victim to'an image
of the sun. Many warriors will be grouped about.
Ferdinand and Isabella and richly dressed lords
and ladies OF their court will be on succeeding
float. and then will come the Santa Mara, followed
bv a gallant company Of historic personases, In
clu1iro Pizarro Cortez and Ameiiso Nespuccl The
Goddess of Liberty will typify the settling OF the
ncyy land. and then groups of Pilgrim and Colonial
,i,nes will be seen General Washington and his
.ta0 and other noted men OF Revolutionary days
will lie represented. The press Will have float in
its honor, and so will poetry and romance music
and science The Supremacy Of American
Women" mcars lovely girl Oh globe, and Column
bias car of state. Roman galley, with Columbia
a., the helm, and all the Presidents guests Of
honor.
Electra will have the most gttering float Of the
parade This will be preceded by banner OF Flee
tra. borne OIL horseback, and twenty winged ANA
IONS mounted The car itself will have 5000 lights
about the Genius OF Edison controlling an Immense