The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10
SHIP PARADE WILL BE FINE.
THAT FEATURE OF DEWEY CELEBRI-
TON Grows IN SCoPE

TON GROWS IN SCOPE
Certain Now That the Naval Pageant Will
surpass Anything of the Kind Ever Seen
in This Country-Line VIII be Seven
Miles Long and Take Three Hours to
Pass . Given Point-Gratifying Reports
of Progress Made in Other Respects.
The Special Committee which 10 working on
the plans for ths naval parade OF Friday Gent
20, that Is TO begin the official celebration in
honor OF Admiral Dowey's arrival. met ysstsr-
day morning and various features OF the
demonstration were discussed. Gen. Howard
Carroll. the chairman OF the committee. 10 con-
adsnt that the parade will be the greatest
event OF the sort that the country has ever
known. 1t 10 expected that the line OF shipping
will be at least seven miles long. and that It
will take about three hours for 1t to pass q
given point. The members OF the committee
have been assured that beside -. ~1rshlps
there will be o big division offs N
line. Following the Corsair it'd
steam yacht OF Com odore J. PicI. ~. .;un
OF the Now York Yacht Club. will com, the
steam yacht Erin with Sir Thomas Upton on
board. The letter which Dir Thomas wrote in
acceptance OF the invitation to Join In the line
10 rs follows.
DEAR GEN. CARROLL: 1t was with feelings Of
your etter and read adj Of the honor which your
committee proposes doing me in connection
H 20 81 tRs .s.ns
yo s saiise, ASmlraI and S.ys S-ssh.d vitS
the great tos x witch he undertook in Manila
Ills therefore highly gratifying to me that
OF taking position. Whatever it may Be. in the
parade. and OF thus doing honor to the Admir-
al Of whom the whole world OF to-day is Justly
might mention that it will also afford me
great pleasure TO make an electrical illumina-
tior OF the Erin in the Admiral's honor on the
night.
Again assuring you Of my keen appreciation
mittee. to whom I would ask you to kindly
'''''' NY ''' Yours T iSsi,s,slIy i.ros
shipowners in Portland. Boston. New
Haven. New London. Bridgeport. Newburg
Poughkeepsie. Albany. Baltimore. Washing
ton. Philadelphia and other cities have already
applied for places in the line. and the division
OF big steamers will be very large. Howard
Gould has cabled to the committee from
Europe that he will bring his steam yacht
Niagara over. The Presto. owned by F. Adolph
Nollenhaur. will be used as despatch boat for
the formation OF the parade
The committee will prepare q map OF the
bay and the North River. showing the exact
route OF the parade and giving the position
OF the warships and the boats in the other
divisions. II the list can be prepared in time
Gen. Carroll has not received a list from tho
Navy Department OF the warsbips that will be
assigned to the parade; but he expects to MI
out that part Of the programme within few
days.
Secretary Foster OF the Plan and Scope Com
mittee received a letter from Cold Spring.
N. Y. yesterday. saying that General Butter
field. the Chairman OF the committee. had
worked so hard over the plans for the celebra-
tion that his physicians feared he might suffer
a relapse. A meeting OF the committee will
however. be held some day Of this week. Sec
Rotary Foster received a letter yesterday from
John A. Sonntag. proprietor OF the Park Hotel
at Lenox avenue and 10th street. offering to
house $50 or 200 hundred troops with their
horses at his hotel free Of charge for four days
at tho time OF the celebration. Another COM
munication which Secretary Foster will place
before the proper committee came from Harry
P. Mawson OF 211 West 106th street. who sug-
gested that messenger boys should carry in
front OF each organization In the land parade
banners which would show their names to the
spectators.
The offlcial invitations we're sent out yester-
terday to the members OF the Cabinet and the
Governors OF States. One had already been
sent to the President. The invitations are
NcEy pldlu tho OniJ utloupt ~
being seal stamped on the paper bearing tho
motto. Reception OF Admiral Dewey. City Of
New York. 1899" The form OF invitation
reads as follows:
The Mayor OF the city OF New York. as Chair
man OF the Municipal Committee appointed for
presence to witness and participate In the the
naval parade and reception and the military
90 nnd 80 In on and Of
Dewey. on the occasion OF his arrival at and re-
ception by the city OF New York.
The names OF the members OF the Committee
on Plan and Scope appear at the end OF the
invitation.
At the Madison Square Garden the scrlptors
and modellers are making great progress with
the arch that is to stand in Madison Square.
All the work at the Garden will be completed
in a few days. An interesting incident
occurred at the big workshop yesterday when
Sculptor Lopez came down to view his group
THE East Indies" which Is to occupy a
q prominent position on the arch. Mr.. Lopez
had completed his group and summoned q
number OF sculptors to pass upon its merits.
The other sculptors agreed that It was an ex-
cellent piece Of work. but Mr.. Lopez, after
looking at tho group, again came to the conclu-
sion that the central figure was not we'll done.
and without saying anything he took Ratchet
and smashed the figure. He then began
modelling 1t anew.
The large group OF Victory" designed BY j.
Q. A. Ward is gradually taking definite form.
Tho group was cut up into q dozen or more
pieces for modelling and the parts arc all
large. One modeller has already worked for
two days in fashioning with STAFF" and other
material. the leg OF one OF the horses in the
great quadrga. and his work 10 not yet COM
pleted Work has Just begun on the group en-
titled Return" by Niehaus. and Carl Bitter's
Combat" is not far advanced.
Bay Ridge to Have It's Own Dewey Celo-
bration.
A movement has been started by tho Citi-
GEMS Association OF the Thirtieth ward OF