Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-12-31
PHILA 4 READING r. r.
THE new YEARS
Big PARADE

Dlu L ultnUu
A large and enthusiastic meeting
was held in the Washington Hose House
last evening for the purpose of max
ing arrangements for the New Years
parade. All the committees reported
progress. while sufficient has been aC-
complshed to make it evident that
those back of the event are determined
that DanviIIe shall see a mummer's
parade this year that Will eclipse any
thing of the kind ever witnessed here
before
D. @. Williams, Wesley Hollobaugh,
Elijah Morgan, Seth Lormor, K. w.
Fetterman and 4. c. Roat constitut-
ing the committee of arrangements
were present at the meeting. The first
named, D. G. Williams, Chairman of
the Committee, presided at the meet
ing.
The committee on music reported
that in addition to Stoes' Band and
the Washington Drum Corps, whose
services are assured, the Mechanics
Vile Band will also in all probability
be in the line Of parade. An invita-
tion has been extended to that band
and favorable response is expected.
1t is plain that the industrial feat
ure of the parade will be by no means
the least interesting. The merchants
are devising all sorts of methods. or
iginal and unique in their way, to ad-
vertise their goods and at the same
time to add to the interest Of the par.
sde
The idea is to have a detachment OF
the military to lead tha parade along
with delegation of thu biggest fire
men Of the department, four chosen
from each fire company
Robert Pursel, Marshal, with Will
G.. Brown, r. W. Fetterman, John
Freeze and James Jones constituted
the committee ON Route of Parade.
The committee made its report last
evening, which was On motion adopt
ed The route selected is as follows:
Form at Washington Hose House
March up Market to Mowery-to
Grand-to Nassau-to Front-to Mill
to Market-to Chestnut-to Mahon-
ing-to MiIl-to Bloom-to Ash to
Center-to Mill-out Mill to Farmers
Hotel and countcrmarch - Mill to
Invention Said to be Successful.
After exhaustiug experiments last
ing over a period Of ten years made on
the lines of the Pennsylvania Rail
road in the vicinity Of Altoona, Pat
rick II. Delaney, an electrical invent
or o. South Orange, y. J. has perfect
ed telegraph system which is destin-
ed to supercede the post office 1t Is
capable of sending messages at the
rate Of 5000 words a minute, and
company is TO be formed to compete
with the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph Companies in the sending
OF bulky matter TO the principal cities
Of the country.
The machine telegraph Is designed
principally for use on wires running
between the most important cities,
over which large volumes Of business
have TO be sent each day. These wires
are now taxed to their utmost TO carry
even the limited volume of business
under the present system. BY the De-
laney system it is claimed that at the
least forty times the quantity Of mat
ter can be transmitted in given time
1t Is Mr.. Delaney's idea to make his
system take the place of the mails for
business correspondence. He says the
day is near when it will not pay
business man to mail letter to Chi
cago at cost Of two cents and wait
two or three days for an answer when
for little more expenditure he can
send letter as far and receive an an
swer In a few hours.
With this system a stenographer in
any businessman office may punch
out letters on tape on a machine re-
sembling at type writer, send the mess
age to the telegraph Office, where it is
put on its way at a S0O0-word clip and
lie received on a chemically prepared
tape. This may be translated and
ready for delivery within an hour Of
the time it was written, all at a cost
far below telegraph rates. The New
York man may get an answer TO his
communication in a quick time