Evening star., 1897-02-10
SAWS AND HAMMERS
Their Din Will Soon Envelop Parks
and Reservations.
BEGINNING WORK ON VIEWING STANDS
The Civic Portion of the Parade
Looks Very Promising.
IMPRESSIONS ABOUT TICKETS

Piles of lumber on the sidewalks in the
vicinity of the various parks and reserva-
tions along the line of the Inauguration
parade indicate an early beginning of work
upon the construction of the reviewing
stands, and in another day or two the
tunes of the saws ard drum of the ham,
mers will be heard from the Capitol to the
White House. There is nothing now in the
way of preventing the erection of the
stands All the contracts will have been
signed by the time The Evening Star ap-
pears on the street today, and Secretary
Lamont in a letter received at headquar-
tiers this morning addressed to Chairman
Bell notified him that authority was grant
ed for permits to build the structures in
accordance with the provisions of the joint
resolution recently passed by Congress. AS
soon as the stands are completed Chairman
Louis d. Wines committee on street deco
rations will proceed with the work of their
adornment, which will be effective in the
extreme and present more harmonious
Picture than ever before attained on
slmlla- occasion.
Very PrOmisinE Outlook.
TIE civic portion of the parade promises
TO be more important in numbers and
attractiveness than was regarded as prob
able couple of weeks ago. There was a
considerable falling off ct that time in
the notifications of prospective participants,
but in the past day or two there has been
a renewal of receipts Of communications
from clubs and associations which propose
taking par, t,and so far forty organization
aggregating over 1900 men, exclusive of
the sc having membership in the National
League of Republican Clubs, have definite
ly declared their intention of coming.
Council, No. of the Union League of
America located in Baltimore, will have in
line $50 men, wearing blue mackintoshes
and black slouch hats with gold cords.
They will march to drum corps of twenty
pieces, and be commanded by George W.
Washington. The organization is COM
posed of colered men. The parent league
is secret organization, of which Repre-
sentative GrosveEor of Ohio is president.
The Young Mems Republican Club of
Wilmington, Del, will send from 100 to $50
men to participate in the parade. with
band of twenty -one pieces. The marchers
will wear dark overcoats light soft hats
and gloves and will carry canes. The
marshal in command will be Major E.
Mitchell, jr. The organization will arrive
here March 3 and will be quartered in the
Houghton Co. building, No. 1214 F street
northwest.
Wish Deadhead Tickets.
There seems to be an impression in many
sections remote from Washington that the
Inauguration ball will be an invitation af-
fair strictly. and that those participating
in its pleasures will not be under the ne
cessity Of parting with any of the coin of
The realm for the privilege of such enjoy
ment. Many persons cherishing this idea,
and inspired evidently by the wisdom of
taking time by the forelock, have begun
sending requests for the tickets already
and some Of them ask for the accompany
ing souvenirs. One of these epistles came
this morning from Rising Sun, Ind. 1t was
dated February s, and addressed to The
Inaugural Committee The writer signed
himself wv. G. Suit, N c. c." which let
ters are taken by Secretary Fred Bracket
to mean No cash customer" The missive
read follows:
please send me two tickets and two SOU
veniers for the coming inaugural BALI
March i. l want them for myself and wife
l will be there, SO don't fail to send the
tickets"
AS the X-ray optics of Secretary Bracket
failed to discover ten large dollars any
where in the Enclosure, Mr.. Suit will prob
ably be in precarous condition if he holds
his breath until he gets the tickets.
Want to Take Photographs.
Mr.. Pierre Waggaman, in company with
several artists from New York, had i con-
ference with the Commissioners this morn
ing, the object of which was to obtain GER
tain privileges during the inaugural cere-
monies to enable the gentlemen to carry
out business scheme. The object is to
take series of artistic photographs,
historical in character" representing the
presidential party leaving the White
House, the trip up Pennsylvania avenue
and the administration of the oath of office
on the Capitol steps, we'll other
views of the principal features OF the ccre-
mony. They wanted permission to erect
stands at certain points to enable them to
carry out this idea. The Commissioners,
however, informed them that they mad no
authority to graft the requisite permission
and referred them to the proper inaugural
committee.