The evening times., 1896-07-02
FOURTH Will Be NOISY
Thousands Of Applicants for
Permission to Celebrate.
MAJOR MOORE ovERRUN
His Office Filled with Patriotic Men
and Women, Boys and Girls, Who
Want to Observe the Day-Maiis
bring Many Requcsts-New Hamp-
shire Avenue Lot Withdrawn.

The procession OF liberty loving descend.
ants OF the patriots OF '76 filled the cor
rdors OF the first 1loor of the District
building promptly at O'Clock this norn-
ing, and from that hour down TO the moment
when this issue OF The Times was put TO
press, there was but slight variation in the
numbers.
Very many ladies were in the crowd, and
in numerous instances they brought their
boys and girls along as an evidence OF
good faith.
Inc clerk regularly assigned to the work
of receiving the applications, was oyerrun
ut an carly hour, a nd another desk was Inn
proyiscd and an assistant temporarily ap-
pointed. The asss tant sat in view Of an
open door in the Eoiice board room, and
here the overflow was directed.
Several hundred written applications lay
on the desk Of the regular" and these
were being constantly augmented. As rap
idly as received, they were added TO the
pile.
"They all came in this morning. he
remarked to a Times reporter 1t was
all he had time to say, for with the next
breath lie exclaimed:
"All Fight. Permit will be sent by mall"
PERMIT CLERKS KEPT BUSY.
4hiS scittbtiohs oGutCuSS vas AVlVoUSu
sixty times a minute as long as the re-
porter remained within hearing.
Adults who came to be registered were
without a written request, and their names
were entered in a little book, but tile boys
and girls who hustled to the front were re-
quIred to show the written consent OF pa
rents or guardians. Those who had failed
TO titus provide themselves were turned
away, only to return suitably equipped.
Some of the requests were suspiciously
alike as to chirography. and many were IN
paper of the same quality, color and finish,
but all were passed. There was no time
for debate-scarceiy time to say "allright-
sendbymaiI'-and IL investigation be neces-
sary 1t will be made later.
The superintendent's mail this morning
brought a bulky budget of requests for
permits. Many OF these were of the hufnor-
Gus order, and some plain, matter OF fact,
as for instance: i-t
Please send permit to me for two for
lorn kids. Ruth and William"
Another read:
Dear Major Moore: Ny kids appeal TO
you now as they do to Santa Claus at
Christmas. They want a nrecracker per-
init, and they want II bad
Here is one who is an invalid in all
but his patriotism, for he writes:
MY Dear Major: Please put your in
firm friend on your list for permit to
fire crackers on the Fourth of July In
front of his premises" 1sa
A boy petitions:
"Mr. Police Chief: Ny crackers is bot,
and 1 wont to permit. Please mall it TO
my ma And lie gave his mas address.
A suburban parent writes:
II respectfully request permission for
my two kids. aged respectively seven and
eight years. to do their celebrating on the
large vacant space north of Columbia
road and west OF Fourteenth street"
SOME WRITTEN REQUESTS.
Another requested a permit to enable his
1.-TWO small girls to bdmbard the atmos-
phere in the vicinity of their home, and an
other wrote:
Please send permit for two distressed
little shavers, who will be carefully watched
by their mother"
Major Moore declared this morning that
if the demand Keeps up he will be obliged to
use one of the reservations set apart for
the Fourth day exercises rs a refuge for
his office force until the delivery of per
mits shall be accomplished. His present
quarters, he says, are quite too small for
ordinary office purposes, and this extra
ordinary demand for space cannot be met
without detriment to the routine work.
The major desires it made public that
owing TO the illness OF a nearby resident,
reservation 14o, comprising one-sixth of
an acre, ut the Intersection of New Hamp.
shire avenue and NJ street, has been with
drawn from The list of places where fire.
works Will he permitted The public
will be governed accordingly.
Five thousand applications for permits
had been filed up to noun today, and Chief
Clerk Sylvester this afternoon started ten
clerks on the work of writing out the per
mits. The chief clerk believes that by Sat
urday 2. .00Upermits will have been issued
and he doubts not that some people will have
the courage to celebrate without a per-
NIT.