New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17

UNION or SOUND AND RIVER.
THE FORMAL OPENING or THE HARLEM
SHIP CANAL TO-DAY.
TWO ma PARApEs AHD piNNER-Two NILES
OF FIREWORKS GOVERNOR wERTs OF
xrw.JrRsrY TO ne PRESENT
CROWDS ExrEcrED TO
SEE THE cERE-
MONIES
Tho Harlem snip Canal vii be formally opened
.ol,v with rornp and ceremony. IN keeping with
tho importance Cd, the completed work Nearly
g. 20 o.. has been spent hi IN" genera '''c'"-
rncnt by authority Of Congress ana under IN"
sunervi-.on 81 United States engineers ih '"'
work o, widening and deepening the chnnne! Of
n. sutiyten Duyyil creek. cutting the great d''ch
,croas the Oil Dyckman Meadow. 40 T"o-hunired-
,rJ-,u.ntle,h-sf and dredging portions OF 'h'
channel II the Harlem River. IN order TO permit
N. free passage 3D., vessels OF moderate 'tauS"'
between iw, great waterways. IL IS believed '"''
This union %. he Hudson River win ~" l""S
island sound VII br %, great and lasting henehi
:, ,re commerce OF the country It VIII he OF
particular benefit 10 the city Of N""-Norh, IN
cr.asn, iis facilities for manufacture ana opening
up new facilities for lhippnS.
General Erbcrt /. Vielc. acting "a the chairman
-, ,oiuf committees % ne North Side board OF
rr,I. has arranged FOR ,wo great parades. ior
dinner and Tor an elaborate display "i fireworks
49, the main features 90 the celebration to-day
Ivlt,fl,us 10 attend the celebration were sent 10
President Cleveland and to the Governors OF the
States but all ~ them have been unable To a'-
cent the Invitations. except the Governor 81 New
l.rs.v Several Mayors OF important cities on the
and Long Island suuil hhHo NliAt's
10 say that they shall b" present mayor 9t'o,s
and many other city officials VIII tax" par III me
resented by Lieutenant Colonel g. l." 'n'Sp''. 81
the United STAT rns'n,ri ,rls' N",' 3D., i,f'i
states cruisers Cincinnati and Atlanta "ill hre 80
ucs on the Hudson isiNrr amI Al oak 'o'"'' ~ '''
The orders u ihe t"o great paradrs 9nr on inni
ana ne other on the water Nsis rnpl'SnS' lny
are 70 T.. timed. 50 that one viii pass over the
V.t. s,r.ay. bridge when the other is passing
under the bridge The hotllla viii pass through the
Harlem snip Canal from the hudson River and
| dnMn the Harlem River and through Hell cate "a
| OAK point The land parade VII. form near tAe
Horh HyrG %SSu' "SG f W FnaSe one
hundrcd-a nd thirty ATHEIST. Mad.s'n ave, across
,hirtv-clehih-st W.llisave. one hundred for
| ~ ninth St, and other newly opened streets &c
| Invited guests have been requested TO be AT
| Nnrtb River and Twenty -sccond-st before II "A. III
,o.nay ~, ,hr S.ccts Of Invitation the Invitations
| are 10 bc used tickets TO the banquet watch
! about T. IN. There also VIII be the exercises I,
mark the completion Of the Celebration Severa
fpccchcs will be made. ana Foriham Morris VIII
deliver the Grafton -, 90
In the evening oak Point VIII be illuminated b,
the fireworks. and for a distance 81 two miles th'
Illumination Will be continued with rockets an,
aerial bombs. submarine" bombs VIII throw col
umns OF water To a hclSat 81 -p feet. ana theI'
VIII bc an aquatic display OF iophsns. water devils
Strong in fire Will DE other features Of the dis
| play.