St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-31
ARRANGEMENTS BEING RAPIDLY
~, PERFECTED FOR THE b.
CYCLE PARADE.
OCCURS ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
COMMITTEE MEETS AND AR
RANGES DETAILS AND ROUTE
OF PROCESSION.
yPLENTY OF PRIZES IN SIGHT.
EST mated That Twelve Hundred
) Persons Will Join to Make
: This u Great Feature.

The committee having in charge the
bicycle parade ito take place next
TUESDAY night met at the CONNER
fciaI club last evening and decided
upon the line of procession and the
detail incidental to the parade, in
ycluding the matter of prizes to be
awarded.
Z, The programme mapped out will
ensure a brilliant display. The Wheels
will carry all conceivable kinds OF
decoration, and the riders will wear
every variety of costume from the
beautiful to the grotesque. The prizes
will stimulate their ingenuity in de-
vising quaint and curious" designs
The result of the committees DELHI
erations is the following programme:
The parade will form at 1880 p. m.
on Sixth street, with the right wing
resting on Franklin street. 1t will
be headed by a. platoon Of St. Paul
policemen on bicycles. This feature
alone will be worth going miles to
see. The st. Cloud Bicycle band
will follow Immediately behind the
policemen. Then will come the body
of the procession, comprising all the
wheelmen and wheelwomen of St.
Paul who wish to join the ranks.
How many, it is impossible to esti-
mate at this time. The route will be
as follows:
At 8 p. m. the procession will move
down Franklin street to Seventh;
thence to Seven corners; thence
down Fourth street to st. Peter;
then to Sixth street; thence down
Sixth to Sibley; thence to Seventh;
thence up Seventh to Sixth, and
thence to Exchange street, thus COM
p1eting the parade of the down
town streets. Those who so desire
may drop out here if they desire,
while the remainder will proceed up
the hill by the following route:
Along Exchange street to st. Peter;
thence to Martin; thence to Rice;
thence to University; thence to Kent:
thence to Summit avenue; thence to
Western avenue; thence to Dayton
avenue and thence to Summit ave
nue., where the procession will dis
band.
The grand marshals of the occa-
sion will be T. L. Bird and M. l..
Merrill. In order to simplify mat
ters, it is suggested that the riders
form into clubs or squads and Sc
lect commanding officers. These Off
GERS should report to T. L. Bird the
IlQ1 Of r-il1
commands, whereupon each rider
will be assigned a place in the line
and furnished with Chinese lantern
with which to decorate his wheel. It
is expected that the riders will bring
the wires and other appliances need
ed to attach the lanterns to their
machines. ]. c. Kennedy, the chair
man of the committee in charge of
the parade, will request that all arc
lights on the line of the parade be
extinguished in order to heighten
the effect.
A committee of three will award
the prizes, most of which the mer-
chants Of the city have contributed.
Prizes will be awarded to the ladies
for the following achievements: For
the wheel most tastefully decorated.
Tor the handsomest costume, for the
ladies' club having the prettiest cos
tune and for the most original Co.'S
tune
The gentlemen will receive prizes as
follows: For the most unique dis
play. for THE most comic display.
for the handsomest costume, for the
bicycle club turning out the largest
number, for the wheel most effective
ly decorated, and for the rider astride
the Oldest old-time wheel in the par