New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-20
TROUBLE OVER THE STANDS
WORK on DEWEY PLANS BADLY HAM
PERED.
MORE MONEY MUST RE APPROPRIATED
BEFORE THE STANDS CAN Be
OVERWHELMINGLY THOUSAND
vrN IN THE PARADE.
MEN IN THE PARADE

MEN IN THE PARADE
rh. confusion over the erection Of the ofncial
stands for the Dewey celebration is inconven-
,~-.,na ,hA Committee on Distribution Of TICK
cts as we'll as deranging the plans or the o'"e'
s..u,t,,a.s From the first the Committee on
stands has been backward in its work. ana II Is
almost certain now that unless largely III"
ERASED anpropriation is made 10 the committee
the stands will not be erected at all
When the committee first appointed III
.nnronriation Of $4,000 made for the erec-
zion Of nine official stands An architect was ap-
pointed 10 design the stands. The committee SC
Iected Arthur J. Horgan. Of Horgan x "'d''e'''
70 do the work After delay OF nearly .nie
weeks Mr. Morgan completed his plans ana III
vited estimates from carpenters ana burners
The estimates sent in by seven business nrlhS
showed that stands 10 conform with MI HOT
CAMS designs could not he erected for less IMAM
$4,000 An appeal Is to be made to the MuhiVi-
pal Assembly 70 authorize the Board OF hsu
mate TO appropriate $4,000 for the erection OF
the stands proposed and others. II is not al al
certain that the Municipal Assembly Will make
the appropriations. or that the work can pe oon'
for such a sum If IL is appropriated
Until the stands are decided upon the Wolk
If the Committee on the Distribution OF
me, the committee was instructed 10 pro-
vide for twenty-five thousand persons. Inc
stands for which funds on hand Will
seat less than eighteen thousand ana
large proportion Of those must go to the ke-
oar,ion committee and the invited guests OF
,be city Warren " Foster, Of the committee
estimates that more than six thousand tickets
are thus pre-emptcd. In the mean time applca-
tions for seats are reaching the committee by
every mail and the committee is powerless TO
rarl,, m the applicants because II does not know
how il stands
Governor Roosevelt has sent to Mr.. Foster a
Handsomely enerossed acceptance Of the official
invitation 10 par icipate in the citys reception
n Admiral Dewey. Letters declining the city's
invitation were received from Secretaries Long
md Wilson. Of the Presidents Cabinet Gov
ernor Lowndes and ex-senator Arthur P Cor
man. Of MARYLAND. and Governor Wolcott OF
Massachusetts.
The inscription on the gold loving cup that is
"a be given 10 Admiral Dewey by the city IS as
follows:
Presented TO Admiral George Dewey, United
States Navy by the City Of NeW-York' Septem-
her the thirtieth. one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-nine."
Fire Commissioner scannen has written 10
General Howard Carroll asking for a place IN
the line OF the naval parade for the hreooat
Robert A Van Wyck General Carroll had IN
tended 10 use the freboats assigned 70 him for
police purposes
Commissioner Scannel forwarded 20 the COM
rnittee a letter from Frederick r. Smith, com
nnander. l. s y. incosing a poem by Frederick
A Garrett set to the tune Of America, ana
suggesting that it he sung before Admiral Dewey
About two hundred other poems Of like import
have been received at the committees rooms In
the city Hall
General Roe has received further entries from
the Pennsylvania troops. The total from the
State is now $500
General Roe has made public these assign
ments to Quarters for visiting regiments Fourth
Ohio. hall AZ One hundred-and-twent
and Park-ave. ID New-York. from Troy. 22d
Regiment Armorv; 4th Battalion. y Y from
Albany. 22d Regiment Armory: LIST Regiment,
composed of Hudson River companies Wen
deus Hal. Forty-fourth-st. lst Battalion,
Fourth Brigade. from Buffalo list Regiment
Arnory - and 81 battalions Fourth Brigade
from Runalo 9th Regiment Armory; 65th Regi-
men, Gunalo. list Regiment Armory, 74th
Regiment Buffalo. OH Regiment Armory
Fourth Signal Corps Buffalo DiCkels Riding
Academy. West Fifty-sixth-st Third Brigade
headquarters, Murray Hill Hotel. Third Signal
Corps Albany headquarters on the boat on
which they come from home. 9th Battery Bng-
hamton railway station. West Twenty-third- st.
9th PENNSYLVANIA. Wikesharre. l2th Regiment
Armory: Washington Light Infantry and all
other Washington troops 18th Regiment Ar
mory. Governors Foot Guards Of Connecticut.
Sonntags Hotel Northumberland feminist; "a
and 10Th Pennsylvania Sth Regiment Armory.
4th MARYLAND Regiment attn Regiment ArmOry
(Brookyn) 9th Maryland Regiment. LenOx Lv-
ceum; four companies Florida troops. 69th
Regiment ArmOry. Georgia troops 14th Reg-
nent Armory BROOKLYN
All ex-Confederates who desire % take part
in the land parade must report for their sta
tons 10 John Martin room No. 215 the Park
Row Building
Captain c. J Carpenter. commanding Battery
D. National Guard Pennsylvania has written
the committee requesting that ar invitation be-
sent 10 his command TO participate IN the
parade. This battery was organized he
wrote. for service during the late war and is
composed Of young men who are we'll drilled
and fully uniformed and equipped The letter
was sent 10 General Roe
Governor Murphy Foster II Louisiana tele-
Eraphed TO General Roe that Louisiana would
be represented by one of the justices Of the
Supreme Court. The Adiutant Genera and part
~ his staff
General Buttelheld IS stu sick al his home IN
Cold Spring but IS taking great interest in the
celebration. Yesterday he telegraphed Mr. Gug-
genheimer. who IS acting IN his stead
viii see YOU with pleasure Forbidden by
wife and doctor pitching IN. Expect 10 be al
lowed % visit New-York in a few DAYS Cen
eral Corbn wired me giving exact facts regard
Ing great memorial parade under General Dodge
Procession left Grants tomb numbering $1,000
Admiral Dewey can participate in a short
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