New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-12
COMMITTEE MEETS FRIDAY.
sorTE OF THE DEWEY LAND PARADE
NAY BE CHANGED AGAIN.
nrxrRA1, ROE's DIRECTIONS PHILIPPINE
VETERANS TO MARCH-ADNANCE OF
WORK ON THE ARCH

General Roe who has charge Of the land pa
..ae Of the Dewey celebration. said yesterday
,,orring that AT least 10000 uniformed men will
..ke part in the parade. He is still much OPP
,osed TO the line Of march selected. and when
,na Committee on Plan and Scope meets on
r-,,dsv 70 make its final decision he will appeal
,or a return to the first proposed Ffth-ave.
route.
General Roe'e objections to the Broadway and
Union Square route are grounded on his desire
,or the comfort Of the marchers and the well
,sre ~ the spectators. The line chosen includes
saveral blocks OF Belgian pavement. which is
hard for troops in heavy marching order and
r,l interfere with the operation of several
lines II the route adopted by the Plan and
scope Committee is adhered to the paraders
oil block at the same time the Broadway line.
the Twenty -thrd-et. line. the Lexington ave.
,,re the Fourth-ave. line and the Thirty fourth
8, line At an earlier point in the parade they
14u have blocked the Fifty -ninth-st. line. the
co,urnbus-ave line the Sixth-ave and Amster-
dan,-ave line and the Boulevard line
The only benefit to offset these disadvantages
that General Roe can see is that the Broadway
s,erekeepers below Twenty third-st will have
an opportunity to entertain their friends II
the only desire is that Admiral Dewey may be
CIV Hal TO Claremont. in which Admiral
Dewey viii share an open carriage with Mayor
Van WICK should not take in that part OF
broadway which is omitted in the line of pa
r.ds suggested by General Butterfed and in
dorsed nv Majop General Roe and the other
military men who are interested in the parade
snd in the soldiers
PHILIPPINE VETERANS no BE IN LINE.
General Roe received word yesterday morn
,ne from Colonel James E Barnett that the 10th
Pennsylvania Regiment which has just returned
from the Philippines will take part in the pa
rsde.
There viii he a brigade Of two regiments. one
each from Manhattan and Brooklyn. Of veterans
Q, the spanish-American War. The division Of
The Grand Army Of the Republic will include
twenty representatives. from each Of the fifty
six Grand Army posts in the city
Major r P Davidson Of the Northwestern
Military Academy. of Chicago. has written 10
say that he will Join the parade with his motor
gun tattery. and the Association Of Congress
s.onal Medal ~ Honor Veterans Of New-Yor has
also asked for place in the line.
Arthur J. Horgan. 81 Horgan Slat1ery who
,s preparing the designs for the Official stands.
was a. the CITY Hall Yesterday in conference with
Warren " Foster Mr.. Horgan said that the
offc!al stands will seat 25.3OO and that each
seat will he a separate and comfortable chair.
The stands IN the upper part OF the city Will
tA decorated with flags ard bunting. while the
stands around the Dewey arch Will be fronted
With staff and will conform in design 70 the
scheme - the arch and the COlonnade. Each
stand Will have three or four approaches. so as
% avoid inconvenience or crOvding. and the
series o. stands there will be an aggregate Of
four hundred ushers and other employees All
The decorations Will be paid for from the appro-
Iration OF $4,000 for stands. which is also 10
include the pay Of the ushers. etc.
John Kane. chairman Of the Committee on
Stands has advertised for estimates on the con-
sTuciion Of the stands The estimates Will be
opened and the contract awarded at a meeting
70 be held Thursday or Friday. The meeting
will be a public one in the Governors Room at
the City Hall.
WORK ON THE ARCH
Work on the arch Is going forward rapidly.
The wooden framework will probably be com
yeted by tonight. and then the sculptors and
their men will take charge. Nearly all the sin
gle figures being built at the Madison Square
Garden are finished, and the big groups have
already taken definite shape They are being
constructed in sections. and Will be Joined to-
gethcr on the arch itself They are too big 10
handle in any other way.
Work on the approaches 10 the big arch,
which is being done under the direction OF the
Society # Mural Painters, is also well under
Hav The telegraph poles around which will be
built the framework OF the victory columns.
from Thirty fourth-st. 70 Twenty third-st., are
al in place. and around four Of them the frame
work has already been built Extraordinary
Irecautions are being taken TO guard the en-
closure and structure from fire. Private watch
men are on guard day and night, and the Fire
Department has detailed q man FOR duty there.
On the Brooklyn Bridge men were working
yesterday erecting poles 10 support the big let
isrs that Will read Welcome. Dewey in lines
o. fire thirty-six feet high.
PLAN TO PERPETUATE THE ARCH.
Wellington Ruckstuhi. secretary Of the
Committee of the National Sculpture Society.
which has charge Of the erection Of the Dewey
arch has formulated a scheme for perpetuating
The arch His plan involves an expenditure of
about s. 600 600. but he believes that that sum
could be easily raised
The scheme is 70 make an espanade mar VIII
eclipse that on the Champs Elysees from the
Place Dc Ia ConCorde TO the Arc de Irlompn"
Mr. Ruckstuhl proposes 10 extend Seventh ave
straight through Central Park 10 Seventy-sec
ond-st hv bridging streams and blasting rock
There could be constructed a driveway ana
Promenade lined with trees and statues ana
leading nv gradual ascent 70 seventy second-S'.'
Where would stand a reproduction or the Dewey
arch IN stone and bronze Thence carriage ways
and foot roads would radiate 70 Riverside Drive.
70 claremont TO the Speedway and to Inc
Bronx
Admiral Dowov's triumphant return raises an
Interesting legal uoint concerning the twenty or
more Cinnamon who were on the Olympia when
the American fleet entered the bay 81 Mania
and destroyed ne Spanish ships. and VINO are
stll part Of the hatfleship's crew. These men
were especially reported 10y Admiral Dewey for
Their efficiency ana bravery as powder mon
Keys The Chinese Exclusion act lr"hipi'S
these mon from taking part in the welcome 10
be given 10 Admiral Dewey and the other mem
oers Of the Olympia's crew, and no Official or the
Treasury Department or any other branch OF
the Government has the power to set this law
aside even for the hriefest time.
Al the Custom House Colonel Dudley +.
Phelps chief ~ the Law Division, ana Iecoe-
rized authority On the points involved. said yes
ierday that steps have already been taken 70 al