The times., 1899-05-05
THE PEACE JUBILEE
COURT OF HONOR
The Bids for the Construction
Are Accepted.
The Presidential Reviewing Stand
a Magnificent Structure.
A Good Meeting of the Decorating
Committce-Thc Pageant Is he
ing Widely Advertised.

The magnificent Court of Honor for
The National Peace Jubilee will be one Of
the grandest structures ever conceived for
celebration Of this kind. Bids for con-
structicn were accepted last night and
many matters of Importance considered.
The material tor the canopies is in course
of construction and will soon be erected
The committee on decorations and
illuminations held well attended meet
iLg last night with Chairman NJ Dyren-
forth presiding and Arthur ID. Marks as
secretary. About thirty members were
present Chairman Dyrenforth reported
that the subcommittee on bids for the cen
struction of the Court of Honor rad
acted upon several of the bids received.
These ranged from IS. $50 to S4,SS0 for the
entire court, or $2,410 for the canopies.
The latter bid was that of Koch G. Martin
and that for the canopies alone was &C.
cepted. The contractors are now at work
upon them. The canopies will be thirty
six feet high and twenty-six feet facing
at the base. The report of the subcommit-
tee was adopted.
II was stated that the bid does not in
clude wiring for incandescent illuminations
nor any Of the decorations. The commit
tee will supply these aside from the present
contract.
Bids for the balance of the Court of
Honor were then opened and read. That OF
the Capital Building and Repair Company
was 1854, with decorations. Koch G. Mar
tin bid s2,547. with decorations. A subcom-
mittee of five was appointed TO act upon
the bids at once and TO report at the c.ose
of the meeting.
The offer of c. H. l. Macdonald the ar
tist, to paint the four canvases of peace.
progress, liberty. and prosperity for the
canopies, was accepted. The pictures will
be G l-2 by 10 feet, and will be done in oil
a committee was appointed to act upon
the bids for the incandescent illumination
of the Court. The committee will act this
afternoon.
Major J. L. Smiihmeyer, architect of the
Congressional Library and the Court of
Honor, then submitted his design for the
Presidential reviewing stand. The idea is
very original, and the design one of great
beauty, and is in harmony with the Court
of Honor and the surroundings. The de-
sign was approved and will be referred to
the committee on stands and privileges for
approval apd construction. The design will
be presented to the executive committee By
Chairman J. c. Hornblower.
The matter of the construction of other
reviewing stands in the Court Of Honor
was discussed at length and it was decided
10 leave the question in the hands of the
committee on stands.
Chairman Rudolph reported that the sub
committee on searchlights had decided to
substitute calcium for electric lights, and
were at work on the matter.
Chairman Buseher. of the subcommittee
on the decoration OF buildings, reported
that he had visited nearly all of the local
hotels and had been informed that the
buildings would be decorated. The hotels
who have promised SO far are the Grafton,
Normandie, Chamberlin's, Shoreham,
Vendome, Reuters, Metropolitan, St
James, National, Willard's, Riggs, Raleigh,
and Rauscher's.
The committee then adjourned to meet
on Thursday next at S p. m.
The following members were present:
Nj. Dyrenforth, Joseph A. Burkart, H. C.
Browning, J. y. Buscher, John L. Burk-
art, Samuel Boyle. William Boron, Phil
ander Belts, Robert Castelberg E. D. Ca
rusi, J. W. Carr. r. F. Craig, F. Clarke,
r. Collingsworth. II. Cunningham. J. ID.
Ergood. r E. Emerson, George E. En-
mons. ]. J. Forsythe, Charles Fleischman.
Charles Goldsmith, /. Goldenberg Nathan
GODDARD, F. Geisking. Charles Howard,
kins. p. H. Heiskell. ir., Charles Heilbrun,
Joseph Harvey, Heo. Hoffman, C. E.
Huck, A. Kaufman. z. NJ. Knott, Harry
King, Harry Kraft, Joseph Kimmer. E. B.
Kimball. E. W. Koch, J. W. Lee, Simon Ly-
on, Z. ]. Lewis, Julius Lansburgh, Arthur
Marks. L. Mayer, C. A. Mason, Julian
Marceron, Thomas Marshall. Mr.. Marina
duke, C. J. McCubbin, o. A. McCIain, r.
b. Nixon, p. ]. Nee, Fred Newman, s. d.
Nesmett, Maj. r. A. o'Brien, NJ. b. Par
ker. F. Pierce, E. i. Petit, J. II. Pick
ford, J. z. Powell, w. G. Peteis, C. Ru-
dolph, A. c. Rogers, ]. E. Ralph, Joseph
Strasburger, c. H. Syme, Lewis Shrader,
n. II. Shea, ]. G. Smith, A. Steinbrenner,
Captain Smithmeyer, G. A. Tracy, G. o.
Totten, ir., II. T. Wheeler, y. Wallerstein,
J. r. Wright, Wash B. Williams. W. B.
Wood, Robert Armstrong, Joseph Auer-
bach, r. =. Andrews, and Snowden Ash
ford,
The subcommittee appointed TO act upon
the bids TO complete the Court of Honor
held q meeting after the adjournment of
the regular committee The features of the
two separate bids were fully discussed and
Major j. l.. Smithmeyer was instructed to
accept the bid of Koch & Martin for the
Sum Of s2,5f7. This sum includes all decor
ations except few flags and the oil paint
ings.
c. C. Dulin has been appointed a mem
Der Of the committee on decorations and
illuminations.
A special meeting OF the executive COM
mittee was held yesterday afternoon to act
upon several matters of importance Chair
man W. s. Knox presided, with Judge X.
+. Thayer as vice chairman, and Barry
Bnlkiey as Secretary. 1t was decided to ap-
propriate sl,245 for band concerts, and the
following bands were selected for that pur-
pose: Marine Band, Haley's Washington
Band, and the National Guard Brigade
Band. II was decided to do away with the
proposed concerts al the east front of the
Capitol.
A meeting of the advertising committee
was held yesterday afternoon, with Chair
man f. A. Sebring presiding. 1t was de-
cided to send out four men to cover all of
the important towns and cities within a
radius Of 1000 miles from Washington
10 look after the handling of posters and
10 thoroughly advertise the Jubilee. The
ENJOYS VIII call upon and interest and
aid the passenger agents of the various