The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-18


with electric lights.
Secretary Chadwick. o. The general
committee. said last night: Il have never
seen such favorable Indications for .
great celebration ~ those which now
point toward the coming Fourth Of July.
unparalleled In the pfepArAtion0 for any
similar demonstration tn the history OF
the city. The 6aance commfttee. though
Il has had new demands 70 meet. has
had easier work and larger success than
ever before.
The chairman Of every committee now
planning for the great celebration - con-
bration WITH which he 10 charged win
be the best We have ever had This
means total grander than any pro-
gramme We have ever had. Excursions
are coming In from all parts Of the coun-
try. not only by railways. but from Coast
and Sound ports by steamers ~ we'll
r. GORGE l. COURTNEY, tramc man.
u ager Of the Esquimale 4 NanAimo
came over from Victoria 70 discuss mat
tiers OF transportation with the committee.
To Post-Intelligencer reporter he said:
Vast crowds are coming to Seattle
from British Columbia to help you cele-
brate mo Fourth. All eyes are turned to
this city. and nobody is thinking Of going
anywhere else for the Fourth. Our chief
difficulty II going to be In finding ade-
Quate transportation facilities for the
crowds that wish to come. We are going
70 run the Joan from Nanaimo, and we
are going to run the City Of Nanaimo
from Vancouver. Each Of these steamers
will carry several hundred passengers. but
there will be many more people who will
wish to come here. The steamers will
leave those ports on the evening OF July
8. arriving here early on the morning OF
the Fourth and returning on the NTH.
There will be a cornet band from Nanai-
mo. Great interest is manifested through
out our section. and all information about
the celebration Is eagerly sought for"
There are few buster men In the city
just now than Chairman Edsen. who Is
methodicaliy outlining his plans for the
big parade and for the competitive mill
tary drill. He has up his sleeve some
pleasant surprises for the public. includ-
ing some historical representations Of re-
cent naval and land warfare. He II keep
Ing an eye on the civic and fraternal or
ganixations. and Is also promoting q
gantic Industrial parade which will At.
tingly displaye the manufacturing and In
dustrial resources Of Seattle Among the
earliest and most enthusiastic promises
ne has received for participation In the
paT0o0 - ono from Iue VoOOIueu "a tAto
World. who will send 1000 men into the
line OF ...e procession Col. Edsen said
yesterday:
IT have every reason to feel encouraged
over the outlook for the big parade. OF
course some OF our plans are yet incom-
plete, and some OF them we wish to keep
quiet about for the present. But We are
going to have great parade.
Right at the top Of the column. that
n md tp
Inteiligencer would take UP the matter
OF helping US keep the crowd OF spectators
on the sidewalk so a. to afford the pro-
cession room in the street. We all know
how this has been In the past. The
crowds, mainly through pure thoughtless-
ness, have surged out into the street to
such an extent that the procession has
had barely room enough to edge its way
along This absolutely prevents any
thing like panoramic effect. I hope the
paper will see its way clear to urge the
people to stay on the sidewalks. I am
going to do my best toward that end.
am going to have force OF mounted po-
lice. or failing this. number az mounted
aides. who will ride up and down the
street on each side OF the line OF parade
and urge the people to stay back out OF
the street.
II received a letter yesterday from a
lady who signs the name OF A 4h-Foot
Woman, as follows:
".why can't the crowds be made to
stay on the sidewalks and not crowd and
jam into the procession and nj! up the
street so as folks on the sidewalks can't
see a thing what's goin' on? Last Fourth
OF July parade was spoiled by the same
thing am a woman four and a half
feet high. and there are hundreds just my
size, and when the crowds get on the side
walks and line up along the car track.
how can we see? We can't see thing.
for oil the good the show does US.
SSnN Monday the committee VIII visit
~ the merchants and manufacturers
Of the city for the purpose OF ascertaining
what floats can be depended upon to take
part In the Industrial parade. and we are
prepared to offer three cash prizes for the
three best floats In the procession, the
award to be made by disinterested Judges.
There is another thing I should like to
suggest through the Post-fntelligencer. ]
have sent out 100 Invitations to civic and
fraternal organizations. While the re-
sponses to some OF these have been very
prompt. others are delaying. evidently
thinking there Is plenty OF time. In all
such cases I should like to advise those
replies at once. as the planning and proper
grouping OF the parade Will greatly de-
pend on their prompt replies. In this re-
spect I would commend the example Of
the Woodmen OF the World, who have
promptly pledged US TO place 1000 men In
the parade"