New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-08
HARLEM SHIP CANAL.
IMPOSING CEREMONIES AT ITS FORMAL
OPENING.
LAND AND WATER PARADEs ON GRAM
sCALE-INvITATIoNs SENT TO PRESIDENT
CLEVELAND AND THE GOVERNORS OF

LAND AND WATER PAEADES ON a ""N>D
scALE-1Nv1rArIoNs SENT TO PRESIDENT
CLEVELAND AND THE GOVERNORS OF
ALL THE STATES.
PrenaratIons for the formal opening OF the Harlem
Ship Canal on June II well advanced ana IL ~
now certain that the celebration vii. be most I'M
posing and magnificent. General Egoert l.. Niee'
who is at the head OF the joint committee OF ar
rangements has opened special bureau OF infor-
NATION about the celebration in Room No 2 at NO
50 Idber,v-st in charge of Dr. T. f. Johnson Beau
tfully engraved invitations for the event have been
prepared and they viii, be sent 10 the President OF
the United States and members OF his Cabinet 10
the Governors OF all the States. TO the chief ocias
O, this city and the Mayors OF the chief cities
along the Hudson River and Long Island Sound
President Ceveand has signifed his intention TO De
present at the celebration With each invitation VIII
be sent note Of which the following is part;
1t is the desire of the committee thal you
Will accept the inc.osed invitation, as the ope'n ~
OF the Harlem River for the general PURPOSES 81
commerce is matter of interest TO me couiI.is
large since il largely increases both the commerclsi
and manufacturing faces OF dne hnn r ne Special
steamer at Twenty second st ana the .>or'" H"''
before u A. on June H.
Two imposing parales. on land ana the o'hei
on The water VIII be features OF the celebration
The land parade will form near the North RIVER
abou; noon ard Will proceed through one'hunufeu
and-twenty-ffth-s,.. Fifthave, One-hundred-ah"-
thjrtv-ffh-st Madison-ave.. across the Madison
egh,h-st Nillis-ave one hundr dand-forty-ninth-
st. and other newly opened streets to oak POINT
The Gotla VII pass through Inc har'eih 1i''P
Canal from the Hudson River ana doWh tne mar
lem River and through Hell Gate to OAK fom'
The two parades will be timed so that the land pa
rade will be passing over the Madison Avenue
Bridge when the noua IS passing under IT,
The land parade will be on scale Ike that OF
the great Centennial parade in this city Nearly
every trade and manufacture will be represented IN
larg
,,ocession and some of them will be huge ana
costly affairs one will carry an ice machihe' run
by a powerful steam engine, and ice VIII DE Niaiu-
featured and distributed to the peope along 'he
route as the parade advances The process OF
brewing beei will be displayed on another hoat
S,eom drills VIII bore holes in rocks on another
float while hand drills Will be worked oy way u
contrast other floats will display MANUFACTURE
or appliances in the same way fotters VIII worn
cav into various shapes. wagons VIII be pulIt j"
,ch, of the multitude pianos will be put together
and PLAYED upon. ire-escapes Will De tes'eu anu
furniture of various kinds will be constructed curing
the parade. The several departments OF the Guy
government and some of the societies Will be rep
resented in the land parade There VIII De po"oe
patrol wagons. fire engines. ambuiances ana street
c'ean,ng carts Several companies of school boys
NAV be in the procession
Navor Strong recently wrote letter, which Cen
eral Viee carried to the Secretary or " ar HNitns
the cooperaton OF the United States Government IN
The ce,ehration General Viele also saw the fresl-
den, on the same occasion. and II was arranged
that two warships should be sent one 10 ~ S
Yjoned In the Hudson River near the entrance ~
.he ship canal and the other to be stationed IN 'he
East Harbor near Oak Point one snip VIII ''e a
.a,u,s uhen the fotlla starts through the canal
and the other will fire salute when the Ho'i'a
reaches Oak Point. Three Government stream Nes
sells will be in the fotilla under the coHlnia'u VI
Lieutenant Colonel Gillespie. United states Eli
gineers who supervised the work on the canal
arade
eo.,lla will be many steam vesses OF moderate
draught boats and barges from the Erie O"'"''
Champain Canal and the Hudson RIVER, !"'"'S'
,uchoats and launches There will be about one
hundred naphtha launches in use as patron 'esSS''
Rear-Admiral b. s. Osbon. Of the National Assoc
citation Of Naval Veterans. who was seiec'eo ~ "a>o
charge of the arrangements for the water pdid"e'
Yesterday issued order directing the Ioilla'o"
follows: .,o,
The water parade fotlla will assemble prompt
" at II O'Clock on Monlay. June Il, at the hul-
son River entrance to the canal. with rs ris"'
resting on the left hank Of the Hudson hVe' d,
Spuyten Duyvil station and extending nor'n"''u
and stemming the noo1tiie. \ United states man
ofwar vessel Will be anchored in the river in me
abreast Of the canal opening, and at the start
ing Of the fotia will fire National saint order
Tinted states Engineer Corps Division. acting as
guide piloboas; Lieutenant-C olonei -, -, "a
Ger commanding United States Engineer steamers
Engineer, Mary ana Aub: a,es vava, Veterans
na,rol fee, ADMIRAL b. 5 Osbon commanding;
86aeshp A. Starbcard Division. Captain samuel
Captan Walter F. Jacobs commanding. Fagsnlps
will be designated by flying the Naval Huarl nag
white flag with red diagonal cross Patrol pickoI
boats, consisting of about !" naphtha and steam
launches in charge Of Surgeon Or. r F. John
and Assistant SnTge9n d. Hen1y WS
nag with red cross in centre.
Second Dlvision-Flagshp canal nee; Iontalnhe
th,s and reiehboring States, Mayors Of cities lying
on the several canal routes. Harlem snip Cana
chests Steamers conveying invited guests.
Third Dvison-The North Side BoaIl OF dtaq i
steamers escorted by steam vessels e'pio'eu III
'i Eonrah Division-Barges and canal-boats engaged
IN trade on the Erie and Champain canals, in tow
o. Fifth pvision-Towboats and steam canal
S,xth Dvision-steam yachts excursion steam
The sneed of the hotla will be regulated by the
fagshps OF the patrol hotila. ana is no, 20 eh-
keen each vessel under perfect control OF helm
The aot.lla viii sail in single line except IN the
case Of the patrol picket launches, which VIII be
ASter The land and water parades arrive al OAK
Point on the afternoon of June H. the'e WI De ne d
Grand ba nouet in the pavilion owned by INC iiar-
lem Railroad Company the use OF wlaoi nas ~
tende,ed r rE min deliver an grafton and there viii
be other speakers POSSIBLY fresllen h e, d,
among them In the evening rneagi T sbn Harlem
Ri,yer and an the entrance 10 Long Island SOUND.
Az IyHERITAyCE TAX FOR ILLINOIS
S,r,,gee,d ILL., June by a vote OF 81 to a. the
House to-day passed the Senate bill taxing in
beri,ances gifts and legaces. The general scope OF
IN. measure is 10 place tax OF ! per cent on
.yory Individual inheriting 10000 more. where