New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-26
STREETS CROWDED ALRBAD l'
INFLUX OF VISITORS TO SEE DEW i
RrGINs TO MAKE ITSELF FELT.

INFLUX OF VISITORS TO SEE DEW ~
BEGINS TO MAKE ITSELF FELT
Like great serpent. although there probably
never was a serpent u such changeful colors' the
great crowd Of sightseers IN the city ranges over
the entire route Of the parade.
The strangers who have come 10 see the paran9
are taking time by the forelock. and In theH uese
to see all that e. TO be seen they are covering 1''
ground pretty thoroughly 4 good many OF thrm
seem to realize hat there is a possibility tha' %"
parade DAYS they will not be able TO make their
way about the city and those who are here alrea'y
making 1t point to take In as much as poSsl-
bic while the opportunity still exists Al an cary
hour they may be IN Riverside Drive as lUr
W as Grants tomb. which s an objective point Tor
some. and beginning 10y others IN theF WINS
and drives and rides about the city.
Many Of the sghtseers are taking advantage %
the fact that they are here ahead Of Tine 10 look
about and decide what will prove to be the post
points from which to view the parades. ana '''s
probably accounts sor the fact that the strangers
do not confno themselves TO Broadway and Twenty
third-st Fourteenth-st. and Fifth-ave.. as If inc
ordinary custom OF many az those who are III INC
city Tor brief periods The crowds tina, are IN Now
| York shift from Riverside Drive 10 seventy
second-st, thence across TO CeHtral Park west 10
! F1fty-ninth-st.. and east to Fftn-ave. Ihey pass
/ down the avenue taking FL al the sights along
the way and at Twenty-fourth-st. where the aFch
IS taking shape. the congestion u ALREADY 30 se"'
that one wonders what II VII! be IKE 4 rev days
later OF course. tho crowd does not confne Nseli
absolutely TO any one route or TO any particular
thoroughfares. though IN general the ones men
toned may be cited az examples. Broadway gets
its full share and at all hours OF the day there Is
a pageant Of moving color
All classes Of people enter into the quickly
changing thrones and m.sht be supposed,
there is a succession OF brilliant hGe5 IN gowns
and millinery. not always satisfying in an artistic
sense, but sufficiently varied 10 relieve the picture
of any suggestion Of monotony.
The stages and the surface cars carry good
natured crowds OF people. who Aock and scranoe
for the top seats in the former vehicles and the
end ones on the cars. where they may De aoIe 10
see everythins that Is going
For once at least. the motormen on the cars
have found more than their match The crowds
/ that throng the more conspicuous crossings nave
things much their way. and lines Of cars
/ were frequently stalled In Broadway and Fourth
/ ave yesterday because the crowds In the streets
were too mick TO be dispersed hurriedly
Fourteenth-st and Twenty third-st, viewed from
the elevated stations. interesting as ihustra-
tons Of the seeming fallacy OF the law OF physics
I which declares that no two bodies can occupy
the same place ar the same time. In these stIee's
and others too. for that matter. great many
bodies seem 20 he occupying the same place ~
the same time. The crowd filters in and out Of the
shops where crowded alsles and the lively nun
of traffic suggest holiday times. In fact. y oo
Santa Claus should happen along he would prob
ably rub his eyes and wonder Il he had not over
slept himself. believing that Christmas must De
near al hand. Most Of those who come 10 ne
city from out Of town will have sometning iith e'
away I'm trunk or val!se for the little man or tl'
giric at home. who could not come 70 sec me "A
frtral and the shops reaping the harvest
The number o. tegcars IN The streets seems u
have been somewhat augmented by the prepara ions
and Inc presence ~ sympathetic and lnkao~in,
+ strangers will make their traffic peculiarly pront
mai foats into the stream AZ such time as tn
is what for a better name. may be called m
crowd followers These men are already 20 Do
seen wandering carefully after the throng. but un
| Ike H. cooking neither ~ the arches. the aecora
tons nor the high buildings Their eyes are elue'
10 The ground and they arc 10 find tho stra,
iewelry coin or bits Of hnery hat have been lost
At present there g. cOmpa ativev little 20 recon-
pense them FOR their efforts, out as ne crowds grow
ihckcf and parade days. whel the pushing
struggling masses Of humanity forget everything Il