Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-23
tooth ANNIVERSARY
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George Davies, Mrs. A. w. Flood.
| Finance Committee-W. T. Haines, f.
A. Knauff, c. f. Johnson, w. H. X.
| Abbott, Cyrus w. Davis, Martin Blais-
dell, Gedeon Pitcher.
| Invitation Committee-E. r. Drum
mond, A. A. Plaisted, Walter Getchell,
w. b. Arnold, Mrs. j. II. Hanson, Mrs.
! n. G. III. Pulsifer, Mrs. S. S. Brown.
| Trades Display Committee-E. C.
| Wardwell, l.. II. Soper, George Over
end, G. w. Dorr, ]. F. Eden, S. Z.
Whitcomb. II. r. Durham, w. G.
Hawker, o. G. Springfield, Z. d. Noyes,
Harry Haskell.
! Literary Committee-Rev. e. q.
! Whittemore, A. J. Roberts, H. d. Bates,
/ F. w. Johnson, Mrs. r. w. Dunn Mrs.
Ii. d. Eaton.
Decoration Committee-Frank Red
| ington, Hascall S. Hall, Daniel Berry,
s. S. Lightbody, d. NJ. Bangs, Mrs. c.
F. Johnson, Mrs. II. E. Judkins, Mrs.
Geo. West, Miss Eva Getchell.
| Entertainment Committees. S.
| Brown. p S. Head, Fred Pooler, Frank
Walker. T. f. Ransted, Mrs. c. A.
| Flood, Mrs. w. 3. Arnold, Mrs. F. c.
| Thayer, Mrs. George II. Boutelle.
Parade Committee-W. C. Philbrook,
W. f. Reid, DR.. A. Jolly, Dana z. Fos-
| ter, DIR. l.. G.. Bunker, l.. G. Salisbury,
| G.. S. Dolloff.
| Equipment Comittee-B. p. Wells E.
f. Decker, F. E. Brown, G. E. Barrows,
| Frank Paul.
| Transportation and Military Commit
tee-Dr. j. F. Hill, R. w. Dunn, Ed
ward Ware. r. l.. Proctor, w. f.
Dodge, A. 3. Reny.
| School Committee-E. T. Wyman,
| John L. Nelson Horace PurintOn, D. 5.
| Wheeler. j. w. Black, Sara Lang, Fan
ME Angle.
/ Church Committee-Rev. E. L. Marsh,
Dr. Charles l.. White, Rev. n. Char
land, DR.. G. d. B. Pepper, Rev. A. A.
Lewis. Rev. G.. B. Nicholson, Rev. a. G..
| Pettingill.
| Advertising and Printing Committee
| C. F. Terry, c. E. Matthews, j. H.
| WEIGH, c. A. RedingtOn, ]. N. Weber.
AS soon as this organization was
effected every committeeman set to
| work in earnest. Each committee laid
/ its plans and then submitted them
| to the executive committee for APP
| prevail. When approved the commit
| tee was at liberty to go ahead, make
contracts, perfect its plans and work
independently of the others. The
! chairmen made reports at the regular
meetings of the executive committee,
so that the president and its members
were familiar all the time with the
| progress being made. The executive
| committee was also liable to make all
parts of the work fit and to keep each
| committee at work in its own field.
| When all had completed their arrange
ments every part fitted to a nicely
and the whole work was Symmetrical
and true.
In this way the tremendous amount
of work necessary to such an event
was equitably divided and performed
| without confusion. The start was
made early enough to allow plenty
of time for everything and as a result
| everything will be in readiness, to-
day, and from the sunrise salute of
| 100 guns to the close of the reception
in the evening and ought to move
smoothly and doubtless Will
A prominent feature Of the celebra-
| ton is the decoration. Several decorat-
ing firms from New York and Boston
| have had representatives in the city
| taking orders for weeks and large
crews Of men have been working night
and day to fill the contracts made
| The result is one of the finest spec
| tacles ever seen in New England. On
Main street nearly every business
| block is covered with bunting. Thou
| sands of dollars and thousands OF
yards of decorations have been used
| The people and the decorators they
| have employed have We'd with each
other in producing novel and beautiful
| effects and the effects are a constant
delight wherever one may go.
A very generous appropriation was
made to the decorat ting committee for
the streets over which the parade will
pass, and the public buildings, but
much more than this has been eXpend-
ed from private purses.
The central feature of all the deco
rations is the huge arch at the junction
of Main. Elm, Center streets and Col
lege avenue. This is a very fine piece
of work. commemorative of the progress
that has been made by the city during
the past century. 1t passes over the
street and both sidewalks and is deco
rated on the upper side with scenes
finely painted, Of the Ticonic falls old
Fort Halifax, and with a city seal on
a mammoth scale. Hundreds of electric
lights have been scattered over it and
at night the effect will be charming.
1t will be illuminated for the first
time. this morning.
Electrical illumination plays a very
prominent part in all of the decorations
Special wires have been laid in all di-
rections and thousands of electric
lights have been used. The streets over
which the parade will pass have pairs |
of wires suspended over them at short |
intervals. On each pair, over the CEN |
ter of the street, there is large Ameri- |
can flag and on either side of this ban |
ners of various shapes and gay colors |
have been neatly arranged. The mass
of bright colors against the green Of |
the trees, now at their best, makes Il
delightful picture by day. but the eff
feet by night will be even more pleas
ing, for on every pair of wires there