New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
THE WATER PARADE ARRANGEMENTS.
AN ELABORATE ILLUMINATED PROCESSION AM
DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS FROM GRANTS


DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS FROM GRANTS
TOMB TO THE BATTERY
Admiral ]. W. Miller has completed the details
or the Sound Money Shipping Parade to be held
on Saturday evening. and has appointed for his
staff Fleet captain c. w. Woolsey: flag lieutenant.
Richard Deming: feet signal officer. F. b. Ander-
son; heet engineer j. j. Boyd; fleet surgeon John
Nanderpoel: commodores w. F. Dazel. f. NJ.
Timmns. j. G. Emmons. George Eisman Alonzo
Aldrich. J, Moore. Robert McCreery j. d. Schoon-
maker. John F. Baxter. Frank w. Boyer and w.
j. Tice. Commodore Michael Moran will be In
command of the flying squadron.
There will be 200 vessels in line. which will he
formed In the North River off Onc-hundred- and
thlrtie,h- moving south at 7;45 p. m. Opposite
Grants Tomb, at One-hundred-an nd wenty -ffth-st
fla boats will be stationed from which n salute OF
10, aerial guns will be fired and other fireworks
set off. At the Battery other fatboats will be
moorcd from which another display of fireworks
will be made when the parade reaches the review
ingboat at that point. 1t is expected that Garret
A. Hobart will be this boat. with members OF
the National Campaign Committee
Admiral Miller sent ont a request yesterday that
all vessels which could not reach the starting
point by p. m should anchor off Liberty Island
and wait for the column in order to keep the route
down the river clear He also asked that all tugs
which have to carry tows up the river on that
evening will do so before o'clock. not to In
terfcre with the parade. All persons cau-
toned against the of fireworks along the piers
Of the river. Their discharge by patriotic citizens
must be confined 10 parks and other open spaces.
Some idea OF the character Of the fireworks dis
play may be had from the programme. which is as
follows:
Salute Of l0l aerial guns fired from three points:
illumination of the harbor with 800 colored fires
red. white and hlue-for hour; ascent Of "a
balloons. carrying magnesium lights: display OF 200
Congreve rockets: colossal fire picture OF Mckin-
ley. mile high; l0 batteries of coored candles.
red. white and blue; display of 100 bombs: rayonet
tourbillions. or umbrellas of fire; separate flights
OF 200 bombs 30 of gold 70 red white and blue. and
100 golden clouds. studded with Jewels. fired by
electricity: illumination of the harbor with 200
floating lights. display of % Pains bombs: ascent
OF 80 eight-pound rockets floating fcsioons of FIRE:
salvo of 800 Saucisson mines colossal aerial motto.
mile high. Honest Money" and picture OF
Hobart; flight of 100 rockets liquid gold: illumina-
zion of the harbor with 200 pounds Of chemical
compound display of 10 ffty-inch bombs: flight OF
go rockets in an aerial wheatsheaf, Peace and
Plenty: illumination of the harbor with 20 mag
nesium lights; display of mammoth sixty-inch
bombs containing upward OF 5000 stars: salvo OF
90 magnesium star shells "a aerial searchghts;
flight OF 100 bombs. THE Starry Cloud: display
Of mammoth rockets. hanging chains OF iridescent
FIRE; flight Of 81 bombs of illuminated gold "Old
Glory" mile high: submarine explosions: the
Mckinley Bouquet produced by the discharge OF
1900 colored rockets and Grand Feu de Joie."
Upon eeven-story building the Jersey City
waterfront twenty powerful projectors and search
lights Will be operated producing beautiful effects.