The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-29
TOWN IN ITS GALA DRESS.
ALI LBLAzF BY SIGHT AND BRAVE
WITH BUNTING III DIY.

lne Oily nhu on us luH Rhlh uTehs III nOnOT Ol
Admiral Dewey last night and until long after
midnight the streets were filled with an id
miring multitude.
From the Battery upward the principal
streets and avenues we're ablaze with tho Grim
son and blue and white from hundreds Of IL
Illuminated signals OF welcome.
South street. usually as placid after O'Clock
at night as Trinity graveyard. was a buzzing.
yibratory artery OF life A multitude sought
the ferries and the East River piers. most OF
which are public. to view the welcome to Dewey
emblazoned on the sky above the bridge. and to
sec tho great searchlights pierce the air.
picking out from the shadow along
shore the fantastic outlines Of cord
age and spar on many craft. The
destination OF the crowds that filled the side
walks OF Broadway and packed the cable cars
was the Battery. and their object was to see the
display OF red fire along the shores OF the
bay. Most Of them were from out-oftown
places. and they dalled on their way to look at
the electric Examinations and the stream U e
bunting.
The red fire began to glow OH the bay shores
at O'Clock and continued uninterruptedly
until afterD Nine red lights were touched off
at Pier A and a lot more in front OF the Aqua
rum facing the anchored warships.
Answering lights Glowed from Staten Island
ulu lToul polnI near DhyOnue. new jersey.
South Brooklyn also contributed YER
million, to the. flashing waves OF the
bay. Two searchlights from the Jersey shore.
two from Montague Heights in BROOKLYN, two
the searchIights OF the squadron united their
rays over the head Of Liberty just after
pole Then Governors Island contributed
to to, The he. display by, burning GEanas a lot Of
Tam Ts wss against oaI the
glare and vapor clouds. and looked as II it
might be undergoing bonn bardment. as lust
The crowds on the Battery wall, ten deep
and showed "s .sd there asq
OF them, and to the IN an who walked
n pg mar m o n9s to .sp Snd
the street TO avoid the down com In K avalanche.
the estimate didn't seem too large; After the
nnd looked at tho lights Of the squadron twink
ling far down stream.
around the warshps from the Battery landing
pier from the time darkness set In until after
Until midnight, especially in the lower, part
illuminated with electric lights -, in all
and Broadway. was blaze Of light.
coq aS toWeg on the Sew YORK Lie buidinS was
illuminated with hundreds OF electric lights
aS Wa. ufn ns 0 Ud f.. Ban sHSs %n
HsS s.STas esSsS q, e. GS or "a, 4 ho
trio lights which decked the Staafs- letting
building and brought out wildly the coors OF
The Edison Electric Light building on Pearl
street was lighted throughout and the two big
OF whe and & with
There was a big crowd all evening in front OF
the American surety Building at 80 Broad.
thick fringe of red. white and blue lights
while down the front hung six long testoons OF
red. white and blue incandescent lights
TOO, some, Of them business buildings in
Ssfh the S10 Crowds Ss' a to he wes sw
colored lights they wandered toward them
TO SEQ what nearer view would disclose. The
spirits OF the visitors.
Of Which are especially si1eetfvs at nIs6t the
Eden Musee last evening attracted the alton.
:Sn IS ass sr BESIDE .Sp az % s9
Over Owe, sh, t centre Of the root .hlp's
fighting or military top in, which. two men
ssssrvs the rapid Are guns Below. from near
from sponsors and the whole front. Of the
R&GlldiiI I is filed with suggestions OF Dewey's
All Over Manhattan from 't Manh hiatt fnIW
to the battery. men, women and child.
the decorations Of the public and iN prISa H
buildings, and the faces OF every ono OF
were evidently Intent GTon hassess Sq Snkef
a., though the peoples hearts were singing
CHEERS e: HsmE x. rS9 and vD ayoa Tf
crate decoration at Madison square. whore
art has been paramount. did not by any means
attracting the largest single interest.
eass at the t pfG9g az the looking na
in the DISPLAY q the nationqI, colorss, national
reminders both OF Dewey and his fleet. ami the
spectators were SO much in the spirit OF tho
decking themselves with the colors that
the sunlight about them. BicycIists carried
pinned 10 their coats and waists; BUSINESS ness
them tucked into the brails Of their hair. "''"
=, walk N ALMOST any OF the street. in the
moments that those people who, selected that
portion pInd. No OF the city for their rsmbes
%a's no %s.ts tA'; T RR'pGsS T ss
Il q o the old XVI Sailaines around he south
as great profuson as on tho newer and larger
buildings at least as liberaiX within the com
not vacant and their window stills and balcony
isdge sSa sustain IN many instances all tho hunt;
INK lnty eau tlUctnllp display, whitehall
street Is subdued In comparison with
broadway but only as her more or
less antiquatei piles are overshadowed by the
Bkyscrapers. The Cheesboroueh building, the
new State street landmark. rising where until
recently only the blue sky was to be seen from
the Battery, Ia decorated simply but effec-
lively with tricolor streamers run YER
tically up, the front wall for ten
OF its eleven stories in continuation
OF the columns OF the portico
Two aags are Iooped over each Of the three
arches OF the main entrance OF the Produce
Exchange, and smaller flags are draped
over gold eagles and shields under the lesser
arches beneath, From ealh corner OF the
SQUARE tower. stlll smaller flags are run on
ropes up to the point OF the main flagstaff and
hutter in the breezes visible from every dircc-
tion to people approaching the Battery from
the bay or from the andward.
The Battery place front OF the Washing
ton building at ] Broadway. haa in every
window OF the main floor OF the building.
STANDARD on building Just q tho curve
Green PARK; fairly blazes with flags and
ihed again the gray stone walls by the liberal
use OF blue and white bunting free from red
Jacks or Unions and admiIals ponnants
On the Hudson building next door the red. white
and blue bunting. each stripe spangled with
stoTs-whlte stars on the red and blue ground
and blue and red ones on the white ground
presents almost a fantastic aspect after tho
more diRnihed spectacle Of the Standard oil