The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-23
BUNTING AND LIGHTS.
Buffalo People Expend Much Money
and Good Taste.

Buffalo, n. Y, Aug. 22.-The decora-
ttog1 of the city with bunting and cleo
trio lights is elaborate. Nearly every
building in the business section is be-
decked. On Main street, opposite St.
Paul's church, in the business center of
the city, stands the Welcome" arch.
It is a monster structure in the form of
& monogram composed of the letters
&c. a. R." This is surmounted by two
shields standing, en- which is a golden
eagle, bearing ON its back an electric
device With the word Welcome" AT
night $500 incandescent lamps illum-
innate the arch
In Lafayette park are displayed %
designs representing tine various army
corps badges.
Across Main street, looking north
ward from Lafayette square, stands
the trlumpfiaa arch. The structure is
built to represent a piece of solid
masonry, standing high above the
street.
The large center arch spaEs the street
at a sufficient width to admit the pas
sage of the columns and on each side
OF the center arch are smaller arches
of the Same design. A block beyond
the triunpllal arch, at the entrance to
Chippewa. street, stands another arch,
At the circle at the injunction Of
Fourth street with Porter and Rich
1nond avenues, are the reviewing stands
marked by the national colors. There
are two of them, placed one on the
north and the other on the south side
of the street. Their total seating ca
pacity is 1900. President Mckinley and
other distfng uised guests viii review
the parade from one Of the stands.
nd in
of the mayor Of Buffalo. is
situated at the front. a broad
plaza on the city park system adjoining
Fort Potter and overlooking Lake Erie,
the mouth OF the Niagara river and the
Canadian shore.
At it's entrance on Porter avenue a
few blocks below tine reviewing stand,
is another arch. It is made TO resemble
granite, and forms an imposing en-
trance.
The tents in Camp Jewett are mostly
of the Indian tepee pattern. They are
arranged in streets, the central avenue
being NAMED in honor of General
Grant On the north the streets are
named after Generals Sheridan, Nc
Clelland, Meade, Pope and Burnside
Those TO the south side are Sherman
and McCook. The cross avenues are
Franklin, Porter, Hancock, Roseerans,
Hooker Mcdowell. Scfofield. McPher-
son, Stanley, Logan, HalleclS, Ben,
Thomas and Granger.
At the exit from the camp and on
the line of the Fort Porter ramDarts
stands the fifth and last arch. 1t is in
the form Of a horseshoe and finished
in imitation of iron
One of the most brilliant features is
The living shield which will be pro-
duced ON wednesday, the day of the
parade Four thousand children from
the schools viii form the shield which
will stand on Chippewa street below
Delaware avenue at the point where
the line of the march turns from Chip
pewa street into the avenue. It's posi-
ton will be such as to face the march
ing columns for the two blocks. The
children have been on rehearsal for
weeks,
The platform upon which the chill
dren win sit win be built squarely
across Chippewa street cutting off all
traffic, II is to resemble a large grand
stand, the seats grading upward as the
elevation increases. This win give the
shield The appearance intended, name
~, of resting on an easel. The seating
capacity VIII be square and the figures
dressed in red white and blue, will be
so arranged as 10 form the outline of
shield, with red and white stripes,
and with white stars in a blue field.
surrounded by a border of black
Boys IL black garments are TO form
the black back ground, while boys and
girls dressed in red, white and blue