The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-06
PLANNING TO GREETDEW
AL THE COMMITTEES HAVE GREAT
TASKS BEFORE THEM.

ihh huu oCOpo We"D0Th may ASK lot m
Additional OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wants
to Know About the Celebration - Re-
quests for Seats on the Municipal Stands.
The various committees having the ceebra-
ton OF Admiral Dewey's return In charge have
now only little more than three weeks In
which to perfect tho many details and plans
which have already been mapped out and sew
eral OF which have already reached tangible
shape. With to-day's meeting OF the Commit
! teo on Plan and Scope the hardest part OF all
the work will begin. At this meeting 1t will
probably DO proposed to ask the Municipal
Assem- bly, for an additional appropriation for
| the maintenance in this city OF troops who will
| come here from other States to participate In
| the great land parade OF Saturday. Sept. 30
| Maj. Gen. Roe is dissatisfied with the amount
| allotted to the committee on the land parade for
that purpose. and several thousand dollars
| more would be gladly received by the commit
| tee. every member OF which is DESTROYS that the
! land parade shall be in every way represent
| alive.
Another matter that may possibly receive the
attention Of the Committee 10 the question Of
the erection OF stands for the land parade.
Tho members OF the various com NJ ittees and
| In particular. Secretary Warren W. Foster,
have received every day number OF requests
| for seats on the stands and many have asked
| where the stands to be erected by the city
| were to be placed and how many would be
| built The chairman OF tho committee on the
| erection OF stands Is John P. Kane. 1t has
| been said that Horgan and Slattery. the Tam
many architects. had been selected by the
committee to design the various stands for the
| city. At Mr.. Kane's Office 1t was said that he
was out OF the city and would not return until
Sept. II, and at Horgan and Slsttery's Offices
| all information was refused. Apparently
none OF the other members Of the COM
mittee understands how far the matter
has gone. One Of tho members OF the
| Committee on Plan and Scope said yesterday
| that the State Committee. OF which Senator
Raines is chairman, had selected Horgan Il
| Slattery to design a stand for the State off,
| cias. to be placed at Madison Square. near the
| reviewing stand and the arch. At Morgan Il
| Slattery's offices all inform alton regarding
| this report was also refused.
| The Committee on Plan and Scope has not as
| yet actually appropriated any money to any
committee. and 1t was said yesterday that a
| re-apportionment might be made at this late
day. 1t may be decided to cut something from
| the estimate Of the committee on stands
which was allowed the $4,000 called for in its
| original report.
| Gen. ButterHeld. who Is still at Cold Spring
| N Y. sent word yesterday to Secretary Foster
| that he would probably not be able to attend
| the Meeting OF the committee to-day. At his
request. however. Secretary Foster went last
night to Cold Spring to have an interview with
| Gen. Butterfeld on some OF the questions that
| will come up to-day. among them being the
| several proposed changes In the route OF tho
| land parade.
BENJAMIN Northrop. General Director OF tho
| Educational Alliance. sent yesterday to Secre-
| tary Fostera formal request on behalf OF Su-
| perintendent David Blaustein asking that at
| least 1000 seats be provided on grand stands
| for the use OF tho east side children who are
members Of the Alliance. Acting Mayor Gug-
| genheimer has become interested in this re-
| quest and he said he would do his best to see
| that 1t was granted
An anonymous writer suggested to Secretary
| Foster that the Olympia on her arrival should
| be crowned with laurel wreaths. Among tho
| poems sent in was ode written by James
| Davies. a Congregational minister at Bowdle
| South Dakota.
| That active interest In the celebration has
| spread to other States was shown by letter
| sent by Edward w. Wheeler. excursion agent
| OF the Maine Central Railroad. to Secretary
| Foster. Mr.. Wheeler requested that a full
| programme OF the celebration be sent to him
as soon as possible in order that excursions
| might be adequately arranged He added that
| he had received Information which led him to
| believe that the excursions from Maine would
| be very large.
Concerning the proposed changes In the
| route OF the land parade the managers OF the
| Majestic Hotel wrote asking that the line
might be changed so as to take in at least
| section OF Central Park West.
| Troop OF Brooklyn may be selected as the
| escort OF the Admiral while he is In this city
| and II the Admirals request Is obtained the
troop will escort him from place to place. tho
most important occasions requiring such ser
| vice being tho drive to the City Hall for the
presentation Of the loving cup and the journey
to the breakfast at the Claremont.
The work Of The sculptors who are making
| the parts OF the triumphal arch went on yes
terday Under the personal supervision OF Carl
| Bitter. the sculptor. who gave up his own
| work and went at tho work on the arch with
enthusiasm. Only four groups have not yet
been sent to the garden for modelling. These
are the groups symbolic OF War" that OF
| Peace" the Call to Arms" and the Victory"
| OF Niehaus. One new group was rem owed yes
| terday and the work was so far advanced that
Mr.. Bitter ann ounced that to- day or to- m orrow
the actual work OF placing the figures on the
arch In Madison Square would begin.
| Gen. Howard Carroll is busy making up a
list OF the war ships and other craft that will
| join In the naval parade on Friday. Sept. 30
| He has received promise from the Navy Do
partment that at least eighteen war ships will
| be sent here. Gen. Carroll expects that at
| least 200 other vessels will be in line. and he
Intends to publish the exact order OF the parade
| In the official programme. so that spectators
| may know just what vessel 10 passing them at
| any time during the parade.
MANcHEsTER. N. H.. Sept. 5.-Capt Charles
B. Bodwell went to New York to-day to make
arrangements for tho reception OF the New
Hampshire troops at the Dewey celebration
he will secure forty horses for the officers The
| National Guard from this State in the parade
| will be LOCO strong.