New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
WATCHING IT FROM LAND'
.orxrs ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE A""
At THE BATTERY
,,,.,,ntvGs DOWNTOWN cHowpEp VIII
sIGnrsErRs- GREAT THRoN'S
xr.n THE STARTING roINT ANp N

.,.,..,., rovNrowN CROWDED WITH
...-.,.,.r,s cprAr rHRoNGs SWARM
xr,p THE STARTING POINT AND -
rur LOWER ESD oF THE CITY
Tre MINER West side OF the ci'y mas '",,'
orc visitors than last night anu p'o"""' -,
=, s,,cb a picture OF brilIancy ana "''"'''
~ y 49,, ,oonl. who made up the vast cro"d
-, ,,,,. long remember the great SCUM" "''"''
.r p.r,de The Published prosrah''"' So"
"a. = m 40 the time for the water p'" 90, , ~,
,bc starting point opposite 'fh' io"D -. ,,o,,,a
,houch IL was well understood 'h"' Wv ,,,.no
49, Ill. ,n start exactly on time, the P's'l'''e
w - ,o,g the river front from when th'
-, ,,i,,,t bc seen was begun "afN III INV '''''
, and at o'clock the places aIohs i',,
r,,,c from which a View out on 'h' ""' -
10 ,a,ued were occupied, ana coh'''"o'' 49,,
~ uconIe incurred In from the side s'iee'N W. VIZ" -
- 80, Drive Men and women stood elsh' ""' ''''
~ 81" ,h ,.rk vail small boys were pefch"d
- = ,.rv noint in Riverside PARK "h're 'i'''
and shrubs did not obstruct Inc ""''' ,'a1
croups of men and women. man! o ""''., ,r
.,d chattercd while they ""l'" .'' ~ -
,,,col,peu and whecwomen In gr'h' nun"
, ,,,ri.d along the Drive. and the huhdtenS o'
" w ,,,o, sped In all directions seemed 10 Nv
" ,,,,s IRON, the dancing lights on the "a'e''
r,,poxcs ABOUT GRANTS TOME.
Grants Tomb was black with waiting '",'n n
,or AN hour before there was any 'o . ,,
,d craft which moved up ana do"" u''
''"'''' ,,....,, dovces blowing whistles. senu-
i'"' 80 ..si.,ol rocket and furnishing music io'
mo- ttccatton Of those who looked down upon '"'''
from the river banks. - . boa, uar,n
r.n,.,. inst moving around to Keep ""',''
,d onc impatient little fello" WIZ" w ~
room do nv same A.. f,,or.uon,
.rh ,iotire from the porches OF the ''"'e"""
- ,n voter and the OF posite shore was one oi
,yvl,ng brillIancy IN the New-JerSey S'o'e So"
,ch.s and squares OF monster eiec'r'c i"'''P ~
minated large areas OF space "''u ''.
ro la,nps OF all sizes and colofs. each P'''e' '
rd,ese of It's neignbor and each de'erh'heu "
.,,i,s all for itself. Lower down, nearer ''e ""'
49,, r. more lights and on the whteT he" '"e
.,oro were noats in which coiored hres "''e ~
hrrninr and from which. even before 'ho sih."' ""9
,,.o,, an occasional rocket or bonp "ouu "' ''
,o the air as though those on board were I'M
.'v ,i. IN, waiting multitude TO have the snow
begin. -
,,,t1T DANCING on THE WATER
| tc,w,en the shore and the New-f orh sue w.
.',a was q great tumble Of light dancing anu
/ scene Voc - direction Great searchlights were
| ,., from moving craft to all points Oh ',e
, ,,oss Presently the lights, great anu '''a'
! saemed 10 move about with purpose o,'' Wv
r,ch points II looked as II sohie o'e " ~ ~, .
enor, TO get them into some So'' "
/ .. ,h,ch they covered grew less ana 'hen oes"'
! 90 .,,.,cb out I'm IL line with IN" river boi"oH anu
- =, ,a,,.,n ~ ascend with great rapidi'y from
| ,t oo,ts the sky became a. brigh'y iin"""'eu
as The water the brcczes brought 'he s'r'',S y,
| uatriotic music to the shorc anu e -.
f''' - echoed from the beats and taken
| nm b,, the people Oh the oppoS"c s"o''' WV "'"
| ,hs ,reo, pageant had started
The floats bcched forth O 'n"m'n'"i nrf' wn"e .'s
| ,,,,,.,o, no,ts passed in review. cheers greeted
.ycry boat which had any special or a''r"c'Ne
| ,.,ior and when the last Of the unique pro
'.,s,or had PASSED beyond Geneial Grants Iomp
- ,, ,,,. down the river. the fireworks noats sent
! -. ,o,her instalment Of bombs and rockets TOT
/ - r,.asure The streets leading from the DriVe
| - ~, r,,road lines then became thronged win
tho thousands who had gore to witness the snow
| d orc might have believed. like one OF the the
! .u,h,.iss,s that there was no one left downtown"
IN THE LOWER PART OF THE DRIVE
The scene In Riverside Drive and Riverside fark'
| .or e.venty- -second-st. to One-hundTeo-ano'
i! c,ghtbsst under the brilliant moonlight win
carriages driven rapidly along and bicycles run