The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

features in the way of floats. Six or eight
have already been prepared. The nature
OF the floats is a close secret and will be
divulged only on the night of the iollifi-
cation.
The Imperial Club will turn out over
200 men with every wheel decorated.
The Vallejo Club has asked for an as
signment in line and the committee has
decided to put this club, with the Acme
and Reliance of Oakland. together with
the other clubs of the suburban bay towns,
in one division.
The parade will be headed by children
riders. 1t is said that San Francisco has
the smallest bicycle riders in all the world,
and the City intends to demonstrate this
in the parade. The youngest wheelmen
will be only years old.
The committee on parade purchased
5000 lanterns for decorations yesterday,
and will place another order for as many
more before the end Of THIS week.
Judge Campbell has been requested to
lead the unattached wheelmen.
The electric light company has agreed
to furnish electric lights for the grand
stand. As regards decoration, the COM
mittee has decided to concentrate flags,
buntings and illumination at the corner
of Fourth and Market streets.
The prize for the best-mounted aid to
the grand marshal will be handsome
gold medal, the size of silver dollar. with
the head of horse in bas relief on one side
and on the diverse the words: Awarded
to South Side improvement Club, July 25.
1896" The Merchants Association has
joined issue with the cyclers and the South
Side clubs.
The executive committee of the Cycle
Board OF Trade and the South Side I'M
provement clubs met last night at Is Nc
Alllster street, and made considerable
headway with arrangements. Various
committees reported, and the reports were
acted upon at once.
The outlook Is that next Saturday night
there will be at least 1000 wheels in the
parade. All will be decorated, and many
OF them will be elaborately ornamenIed
Some revelations in the way of decora-
tions OF wheels are promised. The most
sanguine, active workers in getting up the
parade predict that there will be any
where from 1000 to 5000 decorated wheels
in line. and this would make one of the
most novel and gorgeous illuminated pa
rades San Francisco has ever seen.
Reports OF the committees last evening
show that platoon of police will head
the parade; that the Superintendent of
Streets will be requested to clean up on
Friday the streets over which the parade
will move; that outside clubs from VAL
Ieio, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Napa and
other surrounding towns will be in line :;
that there will be an immense bonfire at
Market street and Van Ness avenue; that
bushels of redfre and fireworks galore
will be set off; that Illuminated banners
will be carried showing the inscription,
"Repava Market Street,; that there will
be numerous beautiful illuminated floats
of unique and wonderful design; that
there will be four or FIVE brass bands in
wagons 10 stir the air with music, ana
that there will be other interesting feat
ures, the particulars of which are kept
secret until they astonish the admiring
public IN their debut.
| One of the most attractive divisions of
! the parade will be composed of the Alpha
| Ladies' Cycle Club. The ladies will ride
at the head of the procession. They in
! vite lady riders who are not attached to
| the club to join with them.
| The South Side Improvement clubs.
while cooperating with the general parade,
have made arrangements to do little inde-
| pendent booming of the South Side on
their own hook and at their own expense.
| For instance, they have leased a vacant
lot across from the speakers stand, at
| Market street and Van Ness avenue, end
around this lot Will be letters composed oi
Japanese lanterns, reading as follows
Finish Folsom Street and Repave Mar
ket." Besides this they will send up count
less paper balloons ali over own bearing
the same demand.
a brass band will play between speeches
on the stand, which will also be deco
rated.
1t is understood that the cycle clubs