The morning times., 1897-03-03
These Stands Are Seating
Thirty Thousand People.

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The reviewing stands along the avenue
vary n seating capacity from 100 to
5000. The inaugural stand adjoining the
Senate wing of the Capitol, where all the
Presidents since Thomas jefferson have
taken the oath of office and delivered
their inaugural addresses, was constructed
with the view of seating about $500
people, made up largely of Senators and
Representatives, Judges OF the Supreme
Court, heads OF the various bureaus of the
departments the newspaper correspondent
the officers OF the District government,
and prominent guests from the states with
their families. This stand and the re-
viewing stand in front of the White House,
from which newly installed Presidents have
reviewed the parades, are the only public
stands where free admissions are per-
mitted but then only upon cards OF inYt-
tatiOn.
Almost the entire distance OF the park
front of the Botanical Gardens reaches q
stand with seating capacity of about
$500 Fronting the equestrian statue OK
Gen. Hancock, at the corner of the Ave
nue. and Seventh street, is another large
stand, which seats $500, while immedi-
ateIy across Seventh street is another with
a lesser capacity, seating perhaps 1000
on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue,
fronting the Rawlins statue, another seats
upward of 1000. At the intersection OF
Ninth street, Louisiana and Pennsylvania
avenues 500 people find accommodations.
The stands on the reservations on either
side of Pennsylvania avenue, between
accommodations for 6,00O people
The stand az the south end OF the Treas
ury building was built with the idea OF
seating fully 5000, not including the ele-
vations erected on the gallery OF the main
| building behind the great pillars, which
was constructed to accommodate possibly
| from zoo To l 800 more. At the north
| end of the Treasury perhaps as many as
| 1 800 persons are able to see the parads
as it rounds the corner.
Facing the Presidents stand In the
White House yard the largest stand in the
city extends the entire length OF Lafay-
cite Square, with a seating capacity OF
| 5000. 1t in this stand that Marx Hanna
| selects $50 seats for the members of the
national Republican committee and theiK
| families.
| Farther to the west, in front Of the
War Department, another stand, more for
| the accommodation OF the clerks in ths
| State, War and Navy departments, num-
beriDg about 1000, completes the list.
But the list has not included some forty
or more of the smaller stands with seat
ing capacity anywhere from 20 to 100
each. In front of the new postOffice
building stand OF considerable dimen-
sions was erected by Judge Parsons OF
Vermont for the exclusive use OF citizens
from that State This stand was built
with theidea that there might be as many
as 200 from the Green Mountain State who
would come to witness the inauguration
The stand at Lafayett Square cost al
most SS, 900. OF this amount, however,
$500 was paid to the inaugural COMMITTEES
for the privilege The cost OF the others
ranges from So 1000, including privileges,
down to $500. At a conservative esti-
mate, the stands OF all kinds, private and
public including the inaugural stand Rs
the Capitol, and the reviewing stands at the
White House grounds, accommodate an
least 80, 900 or $4,000 people The ad-
vance sale OF seats, it is estimated, was
larger than that recorded at either the
Inauguration OF Mr.. Cleveland four years
ago, or that OF Mr. Harrison in 1889.
Stands without roofing are naturally the
least popular with advance purchasers, but
those where coverings were not provided
were willing to take q gamblers chances
on the weather, and in order to compete
with the covered paviIions a less price
has been charged. In some OF the stands
the prices for seats have ranged from
So to 75 cents. If the stand at Lafayette
Square could be filled to its capacity at
the ruling scale OF prices OF from So TO
$3.50. the net profit to the builders would
be in the neighborhood OF $4,000 The
other large stands present possibilities OF
anywhere from $4,000 TO 81 900 net
revenues, depending very largely, OK
course. upon the size OF the crowd. In
some cases the advance sale was suffi-
cient to let the builders out whole, but
in the case OF stormy weather there
are others who will find themselves heavy
| losers At the second Inauguration OF
Mr.. Cleveland there were stand contractors
who did not make expenses.
When Mr.. Harrison was inaugurated in
1889 it rained all the day before and the
day OF the inauguration. and thousands OF
people did nOtsti from theirrOOms. ThOss
who built stands on that occasion losS
| nearly all the money they had spent