The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-01
WILL SET RIVERS AFIRE.
GREAT PYRoTECHNICAL DISPLAY
WHEN DEWEY COMES HOME

and the Upper Bay Will BE AblaLe.
Tho practical completion OF another plan for
the celebration OF Admiral Dewey's home
coming was announced yesterday. The Com
mittee on Music and Fireworks, OF which
Lewis Nixon is Chairman held meeting yes
terday morning in the City Hall and the men,
bers discussed in detail the plans for the fire.
works display which 10 to surround Manhattan
Island on the evening OF Friday. Sept. %.
almost Immediately after the naval parade.
which ia to pass up tho North River to Grants
Tomb.
Mr.. Nixon announced that the contract for
fireworks display had been awarded to Pains
Fireworks Company. There will be display
OF fireworks on land at several different points
in this and other borouEhs OF the city. Tho
starting Of the fireworks show will be marked
by simultaneous displays at Grants Tomb
and on Wards Island. Then there will
be two long professions OF boats down the
North and East Rivers. In these professions
the principal boats will be big railroad
floats. which sill carry large stock OF water
fireworks to be discharged all the way down
the river. Four OF these bonts will leave
Grants Tomb and four will start from Wards
Island. and behind each group will como long
procession OF tugs, large and small. which will
burn red fire all the way down the two rivers
At the Battery. where the two fireworks pro-
cessions will meet, there will be anchored six
large floats with 4 big stock OF fireworks on
them, and II permission can be obtained the
Pain Company will also have flrework displays
on Governors Island and Liberty Island. At
several places on the LONG Island and New
Jersey shores there will be illuminations. and
the upper harbor will be ablaze.
Meantime the big electrical sign. that will
spell out Welcome Dewey" will shine from
the Brooklyn Bridge and searchlGhts at diff
ferent points will sweep around the scene.
Private Examinations and fireworks exhibit
tions on the water front will add to the bril-
liancy OF the scene. and the sources OF noise Of
which the committee has heard are almost
numberlesa
Tho fireworks display will cost s14.500. and
1t was said at the ONCE Of tho Pain Fireworks
Company that the company would give the city
q m emorable display. The plans OF the COM
mittee will probably be adopted at the next
meeting OF tho Committee on Plan and Scope
on Wednesday.
Secretary Warren W. Foster was as busy as
| ever yesterday. Among the letters received
was ono from Herman Foster Robinson OF A
West Thirty-seVenth street. who suggested
that Admiral Dewey. at some time during the
celebration. should plant an elm tree near
| Grants Tomb. 30 that memoria! Of the event
may stand In after years. His suggestion will
DO considered By the Plan and Scope Commit
| tee. A batch OF twelve new songs. ali descrip-
tive Of Admiral Dewey's victory at Manila or
| relating to the celebration. were received by
| Secretary Foster yesterday. Tho writer OF one
| OF these songs was so enthusiastic over his
production that he offered to have a piano
brought to the City Hall in order that the
members Of the committee might hear his
| music.
From Cleveland, O.. a letter came to Secretary
Foster asking that q place In the line OF the
| land parade OF Saturday. Sept 30. be reserved
| for the white Escort" an organization de-
| scribed by the writer as company OF one
| hundred and twenty four young women. well
drilled in military and fancy drills and clad In
| reealia OF pure white" Mr.. Foster also received
| two letters from Gen. Butterheld, Chairman OF
| the Committee on Plan and Scope. Gen. But
| terned wrote that he was improving rapidly.
and would soon be on tho scene OF the Com
mittee's work
Several letters have been received suggest
| ing a change In the route OF the land parade
! Several residents OF Fifty-nin street have
requested that tho parade pass through that
| street instead OF Fifty-seventh street. as has
been mapped out In Gen. Roe's plans. 1t has
also been proposed that tho troops march
through 10th street to Fifth avenue. and then
| straight down Fifth avenue to Washington
Square. These and similar suggestions will
be considered at tho next meeting OF the
Committee on Plan and Scope.
| Tho 'scu,ptors aad modellers at Madison
Square Garden are making good progress.
| Tho models OF two largo groups. Tho Protsc-
ton OF the Country" by William Couper. and
Tho Progress OF Civilization" BY Johannes
Gellert are nearly comp lsted and will soon be
| cast In white plaster. These two designs are
for has releis, which will adorn tho sides OF
| the Madison Square arch. Mr.. Couper's de-
sign embraces armed ngures The other
group contains two female figures seated on
the PROV ofths ship OF progress. One OF these
figures carries the model OF a warship in her
| hand and tho other bears minatu re locomo-
| tive. Behind them stands the figure OF Mer-
| curry.
The work on J. Q. A. Wards large group.
| significant OF victory. which is to be placed on
the top OF tho arch. Is being carried on RAPIDLY.
| The group 10 so large that it will be modelled
| In eight separate parts. which can be united
| only when the workmen have carried them to
| the enclosure In Madison Square. The statue
OF Victory itself which is to be the central
| figure In the group. Is so largo that 1t will be
made In two parts.
A committee OF the Central Passengers
Agents Association met yesterday to discuss
| the question OF railroad rates. Tho Same plan
| as that adopted by the trunk lines will be
| adopted. No reduction will DO made in fares
from points within l25 miles from New York.
| For points farther away than that fare Of one
| and one third cents a milo will be charged for
| round trips. and two cents mile for single
| tickets Tickets sold before tho celebration
will be good for two days after the end OF the
| celebration. or until Oct ,.
Tho committee in charge OF the naval parade
has intended to have in the line some floats
bearing singing societies and glee-clubs. many
| OF which have offered their services. No selec-
tion has yet been made Of the societies who
will be asked to partake in this feature OF tho
| programme 1t was said yesterday that the
| committee had been overwhelmed with offers
| OF the sort.
| Tenth Pennsylvania May March in Dewey
Parade.