The Portland daily press., 1899-06-28
Street Parade, Sports
and Fire Works.
Cars For Windham and Naples
Road Arrive.


July celebration in westbrook, held a
meeting Monday evening and another
Tuesday evening, at which time the plans
were perfected and the following pro-
grampie for the observance of the day
given cut;
In the morning the sunrise guns are to
be fired, accompanied by the ringing of
bells.
HOREIBLES AND FANTASIES.
The parade of the horribles and fantas-
tics Ia to start at s o'clock, The prizes
for this event are to be: First, $40; sec.
ond, S. third, So; fourth, So.
The procession is to move over the fol-
lowing streets; Starting from the old
North schoolhouse and march to Bridge
to Main, down Main to Warren block,
down Cumberland to Brown, up Brown
to Bridge, over Bridge to col ner of Main
where the procession will be dismissed.
STREET PARADE.
The grand civic and trades procession is
to start promptly at 10 O'Clock. The pro-
cession will form at the corner of Main
and Saco streets and will march down
Main to Warren block, over cumberland
to Brown, up Brown to Bridge. over
Bridge to corner of Main and dispense.
The order Iof the procession is to be as
follows: Bicycle. division; chief marshal
and aids; platoon of police; Presumpscot
band; fratsrnal orders and floats; fire de-
partment Westbrook City band; trades
division; school children in bargss.
SPORTS AT WARREN PARK IN AT
TERNOON.
The sporting events are,to take place
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon at Warren
Park when the following events are to
occur: 100 yard dash, professional, prizes
So. 81; 100 yards dash, amateur. suitable
prizes to be awarded for this event; sack
race, prizes 50. 81; potato race, prizes, 50,
81; three-legged race, prizes, So, ST. hop,
step and jump, prizes, So, 81. A ball
game is to he played at 1.-THE park between
the Westbrooks and Presumpscots. The
Presumpscos band will give concert
during the sports and between the in
pings.
FIREWORKS AND CONCERT IN THE
EVENING.
In the evening from to O'Clock the
Presumpscot band will give a concert in
front of Warren block. AT the same hour
from the band stand at the corner Of
Central and Main streets, West End, the
Westbrook City band will give concert
After O'Clock there are to be fireworks
from the city lot, Main street, West End.
During the display of fireworks the Pre-
sumpscot and Wsstbrook City bands are
to furnish q concert.
The prizes for the best decorated wheel
in the bicycle division are to be SIS, 50,
50.
Mr.. R. c. Holaston has accepted the
appointment as chief marshal OF the pa
rade.
All bicyclists interested In the parade
to be given on the Fourth of July, are
| invited to be present at q meeting for or
j Ranization to be held, this evening at Z
o'clock at the Maine Central depot, East
J End.
CARS FOR W. W. & N. ELECTRIC
ROAD ARRIVE.
The frs; two cars to be used by the
Westbrook, Windham and Naples cleo
! trio railroad company over the first five
miles of their road. arrived by freight
over the Portland 81 Rochester railroad
Tuesday afternoon. The cars are the
| open ones and are beauties, ana it is safe
] to say that nearly every one in Westbrook
was appraised of the fact that the cars
{ had arrived and lost no time in getting
onto the ground for the "irst view. :"
The cars are now in waiting on q long
freight car built purposely for the trans.
portation of such cars by the Laconia
Car company, the builders of the cars.
The cars are painted in Aurora red with
white and green trimmings, and are in
deed beauties. The cars are finished in
the natural colors on the interior, and
the braces at the ends of the seats are
handsome brass ones. The name of the
road is iettered at the top of the car in
handsome silver = letters. The electric
headlights are to be used, and the usual
cash registers are to be adopted. The
cars have leach tee seats and will seat
about so people. The cars are numbered
and 2. The Westinghouse motor is to be
used and will be attached tosthe trucks
so that VIXEN received this week they
viii he in readiness to attach to the ,ars.
She cars are to be lighted by ten incandss-
cent lights of 10 candle power each. The
trailer cars are expected this week.
n. B. Lowell, c. A. Smith and Harry
Il. Pride compose the committee from the
order of American Mechanics for the
Fourth of July celebration.
Mr.. and Mrs Ansel Fl Porter and
daughter Ethel, left for a carriage drive
TO Springyale Monday.