The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-27
PREPARING FOR
BIG CONVENTION
WORK OF ERECTING ARCHES
HAS BEEN STARTED.
Where They Will Be Located and
What They Will Look Like-Big
Reviewing Stand to Be Built on
Wyoming Avenue Opposite the In"
ternational Correspondence Schools.
Individual Prizes - Meeting of
Committees Last Night - More
Committeeman Added.

Committeeman Added.
The work of decorating for the COM |
ing iremens convention was begun |
yesterday when was commenced the |
work of placing the first OF the three |
large arches in position at the corner |
of Washington avenue and Spruce |
street
There are to be three of these arches |
and they are to be located at the fol- |
lowing corners. Washington avenue |
and Spruce street. diagonally across
from Mears' building to Clarke, the
florists; Lackawanna and Wyoming
avenues, diagonally from Jonas Longs
Sons to First National bank; Lacka-
wanna and Franklin avenues. diagon-
ally from the Scranton House to the
Moore building.
The arches are to be made Of wood
and will be thirty-seven feet in height
in the center There will be a tower
at the corner about twenty-five feet
high. The wooden framework. . will
be covered with white cloth and this
in turn handsomely decorated with
flags. There will be about $50 incan-
descent lights in each arch.
There will be also be dozen arches
at various points i'm the central city
made of four ladders each. These will
be trimmed with flags and evergreens
and will be illuminated a night with
lanterns.
As the decorators Of the city are n
New York at the present time deCorat-
ing for Dewey's reception and will not
return before Friday. the work of trim
ming the various buildings cannot be-
gin just yet The Connel, Mears and
number of other large buildings will
be decorated and it is thought that as
fine a general effect as was seen dur
ing the letter carriers convention will
be produced. The entire four sides
of the court house in which the ses-
sions of the convention are to be held,
will also be elaborately decorated.
II has been decided to erect seats
for the general public on Wyoming
avenue directly opposite the Tnterna-
tional Correspondence schools. i'm front
Of which the reviewing stand will be
I built. The seats will accommodate
$500 hundred people. The price Of
tickets has not yet been fixed.
The following companies have sig
nihed their intention OF coming here
! for the parade. in addition TO the long
! list printed in The Tribune:
stckney Fire Co, Nanticoke. % men
and band.
! Lope Hose CO., Nanticoke. % men.
Thos. G. Bacho Hose Co, NanticOke, %
men.
Phoenix Hook and Ladder Co. Potts
vile, 30 men and drum corps.
/ Philadelphia S. +. T.. CO.. Pottstown, 30
mon.
lIibernia Fire Co. Allentown. % men.
/ LchiRh Hook and Ladder Co, South
, Bethlehem, 40 men.
/ Alert Fire CO.. st. Clair, q men.
, Southwark Hose CO., CataSauqua, 40
! men and drum corps.
| Excelsior Hose Co, Reilwood, % men.
Councilman Fred Phillips OF the
| Neptunes and a member of the eXccu-
| tive committee. went 10 Wilkes Barre
! yesterday to learn bow many compan-
les were coming hero from Hhat city.
| but he was received rather haughtily.
WiIkesR Barre firemen informed him
that as the Scranton fireHdepartment
was not represented at the convention
held in Wilkes Barre i'm 1897. reclpro-
cal action would be taken. Only two
conn anes will come here and they ar
coming or their own account,
There viii unduubt edly he more mu-
sicianS in line on Thursday. oct. ..
than We're ever seen in q parade in this
city before. There will be nearly L.
900 of them and some of the best
bands in the state will participate.
The name OF Chief Tohr IT, Walker,
assistant chiefs and visiting chiefs.
should have appeared in yesterday
mornings account of the formation of
the parade after the marshal and aids
Of the first division. The committee
! also desire to state that n carriage will
be provided for Mayor Molr City
Controller Howell, City Treasurer Rob-
inson and City Solicitor a A. NOs-
burg chief Walker will also have
flev carriages at his disposal foI the
use Of any Of the visiting chiefs who
may desire to use them.
The executive and both reception
committees met last evening in city
hall The following names were add I'd
to the mems reception committee
Peter Rosar Jacob Ceiger, George
Wirth. j. w. Han. Zeno Derby, Walter
IIasleim, AlsX Dunn, jr., Or. II. n
Dunnell Or, Geo. +. Hlli, Charles
SChank j NJ. Corbett and Thomas
Milour. 4
Not very many Of the executive com
mittee We're present last evening and
an effort will be made to have q ful
membership on hand at the next and
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