Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-16
R0OSEVELT'S DRIVE
Committee on Arrangements Sc
lects Route He Will Follow.
EVERYONE CAN SEE PRESIDENT
Drive Will be on Main, Second and
Fourth Streets Between WapeIlo
and Jefferson streets-Tent Will be
Erected Near Union Depot.

From Wednesdays Daily.
AT meeting of the committee in
charge of the arrangements for the
reception of President Theodore Roose-
welt, held Tuesday afternoon at the
Wapelio club, the route of the Presi-
dents drive about the city was de-
cided upon, and the committee in
charge of the arrangements for secur-
ing tent reported upon its progress.
The committee on decorations held
separate meeting after the larger gath
ering had adjourned and discussed the
work which lies before it.
Route of the Drive.
The President and his party will
be driven over part of the city which
will give them view of the residence
and business districts as well as any
drive of similar length could do. Leav-
ing the Unoin depot, the carriages will
proceed westward along Main street to
Wapello street, north to Fourth street,
east to the city park on Court street,
south on the east side of the park to
Second street, east to Jefferson street,
south to Main street, and west along
Main to the corner of Main and Wash
ington streets, near which place the
big tent will be located.
The Decorations.
1t is desired by the committee that
the homes and bushes houses along
the route of the drive be decorated
with electric lights and in any other
way that the occupants see fit to show
their admiration and respect for the
nations chief executive. Several pub
lie buildings will be passed on the
drive, including the postoffice, the pub
lie library and the court house, al
SO the Wapello and Ellls' clubs, and
these will be profusely decorated in
honor OF the city's distinguished
guest.
At the Tent.
President Roosevelt will deliver the
address of the day in the huge tent
that is to be erected on the vacant
space opposite the union depot on Main
street, and here the reception commit
tee will escort him after his drive about
the city. A platform will be erected in
the tent for the speakers party, and
a hundred chairs or more will be used
for the audience near the platform.
The remainder of those who wish to
hear the addresses will stand, the COM
mittee having adopted that plan be,
cause a great many more can thus be
accommodated than if seats were fur
nished for all. If the weather permits
the flaps of the tent can be raised and
thus very large audience will be
enabled to hear the President.
All Can See Roosevelt.
Although the crowds in Ottumwa on
April % will be great, everyone will
have an opportunity to see President
Roosevelt while he is here Although
everyone may not get to hear his
speech all can find room somewhere
along the line OF the drive to see his
face. There will no doubt be great
many visitors from outside the city
and they, added to the thousands of
Ottumwans who will crowd the streets
to see their chief executive, will make
| a huge assamblage. but all can be ac-
comodated along the line of the parade
while thousands upon thousands will
| be able to get either in the tent or neal
enough to hear the President when he
delivers his address. His speech will
not be long and it will not be hard.
ships for those unable to get seats tc
stand.