The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-11

desire to send their children to see the
| Fourth of July parade and to participate
| in the festivities in Golden Gate Park dur
| ing the afternoon, communicate with
him as to the number of children they
desire to send. Transportation and infor-
nation will be sent to them at once.
/ The grand marshal reports that stable
men are holding up prices for horses and
requests parties having horses for hire al
| reasonable rates to report to him.
The printing committee met yesterday
| and resolved to invite proposals from the
| leading printing establishments for fur
nishing 10, 600 souvenir programmes for the
Fourth OF July, the programmes TO be
| 6XS19 inches in size, 16 pages, front and
back to be illustrated in colors, made OF
| 60-pound coated book paper or S. S. d. c.
| tint. Bids with and without advertising
| privileges.
Also simple programme without adver-
| tisements.
Also 500 and 1000 full-sheet posters in
three colors. Proposals to be opened in
| committee on June ID, at P. NJ, and to be
accompanied by certified check for q
per cent of the amount of the bid.
AT the meeting of the committee on dec
| orations yesterday afternoon bids were
presented for the grand arch which it is
proposed to erect on Market street, be-
tween Third and Fourth, and also the in
w
wards Garden, where the literary exer-
cises are to be held.
George G. Brookes submitted a sketch OF
an arch whose chief feature is to be statue
of Washington on top of the center
of the structure, which is designed
to span the street from curb to curb, dis
lance of eighty-tive feet.
Flohr IL Sons, the sculptors, present ed
designs for an arch which is to have fig
ure of Columbia in the center, and the
height of the arch from the ground to the
top of Columbia's head is to be thirty
feet. The fair goddess is to be hanked on
each side with grizzly bear.
Laist & Schwartz wanted to provide an
arch to span the entire street and with q
height of twenty-five feet. On each side of
the top of the arch is to be statue-one of
Washington and the other of Lincoln.
The front is to have panels of historical
scenes.
William II. Hamilton of Percy & Hamil-
ton, architects, proposes to make an arch
with unique features. The main structure
is to be divided so as to have TWO center
arches, each eight feet wide, and two outer
arches, each about twenty feet wide. 1t is
TO be. three stories high, having three bal
comics across its width. On the lower it is
proposed to have groups of children, who
will sing patriotic songs while the parade
IS passing underneath the arch. On the
DdICOIN Will pe II pldlIOTm
tableaux, and on the upper will be a place
for band of musicians or q trumpeter, or
q fife and drum, The whole is to be illu-
minated with 500 electric lights in red,
white and blue arranged so as to flash any
color separately or all together.
Herman jain submitted designs for two
arches. One was q huge single arch and
the other had one large central arch and
smaller one on each side.
The bids ranged all the way from $500 to
S2lO0, including the cost for one nights
illumination. No decision was made as
to which would be accepted but Mr..
Hamilton's proposition met with the most
favorable consideration.
W. J. Mckay offered to furnish suitable
decorations for the pavilion in Woodwards
Garden, where the literary exercises are to
be held, for $3.50.
The next meeting of the committee will
be held next Friday evening, when the
written bids that have been requested from
all the foregoing will be opened.
At the meeting of the ladies' finance
committee the following stations were
established, where books will be opened
for popular subscriptions: Womans Edu-
catlonal and Industrial Union I03 Van
Ness avenue; w. c. T. U. headquarters,
132 McAllister street; Searby's drug store,
Suffer and Stockton streets; Miss Mason's
art store, 943 Valencia street, corner
Twenty-hrst; e. n. Cameron's stores, 351
and 1926 Devisadero street; Wakelee's drug
store, Suffer and Polk streets.
The finance committee will meet Friday
evening