The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-01
FLAG FOR DEWEY
Committee Has All Arran-
gements Completed For
Its Unflrling.
WILL Be 4 GREAT CELEBRATION
Prominent Men Will Speak
and School Children
VIII Sing.

The Dewey Flag Pole committee o.
Greenville held an enthusiastic meeting
last night at Columbia Hall, Ocean and
Gator avenues. Vice president Edward
Ery was in the chair in the absence or
President B. L. Stowe. At a special meet
ing held last Tuesday night It was de-
cided to award the pole contract to the
Jersey City Ladder Company. They nave
agreed to furnish for 500 pole, the bot
tom mast of which viii be of Oregon pine.
95 feet long. "a inches in diameter at the
butt and 16 inches at the top The TOP
mast will be of spruce and will be 90 feet
long, which makes a total Of loo feet
When the connections are made and the
pole is properly placed in position, It viii
extend 1871 feet above the ground. The
pole will extend 10 feet in the ground,
and will be embedded in cement as an
extra precaution. The trucks will be of
lignum vitae, and the whole will be sur
mounted by a 10-ineh gilded copper ball.
Ii win be painted white and viii be equip
ped with two sets of haiyards
According to the terms of the contract
the pole is to be placed in position by
September g. The contract has been
prepared, and viii be regularly signed and
witnessed, next Tuesday night.
MIR. William Rose, chairman of the
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s,n,afea \ s,,hserintion box will be placed
naar tba aag ana ali those Uho have not
,s vet contributed 10 the f,ind win have
an onnortunity to do so.
Rohert carey. A. A. Langer and Ed
yard Fry were appointed a committee to
arrange for the celebration. which Will
be held Saturday. September %. A feature
of the celebration will be the partieipa-
tion Of a number of school children. who
will sing patriottc songs during the cere-
naonv Director of the Board of Educa-
ttou George witt has agreed to take
charge af that part of the celebration A
number af nronlineut sneakers will be in
vited 10 deliver patrfotic addresses. 1t is
exnecfed thai Mayor IIoos will omen the
ceremony. The selection Of speakers rests
entirely with the Arrangements COM
mittee. which it is expected viii endeavor
TO obtain the services of Governor Foster
N. VOORHEES,. Governor Theodore Roose-
welt ana ex-Assistant Secretary of the
NAVY william AqcAdoo.
# was decided 10 request the press to
n,,hlish the name of each subscriber ana
me amount subscribed. There was con-
siderable onnasition 10 this motion on the
grounds that a number of people who had
s,,bscrtted small amounts wo,1ld not be
,,lessaa Al ;ts nnhlication rhe motion
was carried however and The Secretary
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