Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-06
BROADWAY To Be
BLAZE Of LIGHT
MERRYMAKING WILL FOLLOW
ILLUMINATION
LONG PARADE A FEATURE
Sixteen Hundred Electric Arcs Erected
by improvement Association TO
BE Put Into Service
Tonight
LONG PARADE A FEATURE

Illuminating project will be officially
born this evening at $3.50 o'clock, or a
little over one year since the unique
enterprise was conceived.
Mayor McAleer will touch an electric
button and flood of softened light will
ilumine the beautiful boulevard from
end to end. Thousands Of incandes-
a seconds time will chase darkness
into other highways and light the way
from the south end of the Broadway
tunnel to where the thoroughfare de-
bouches into Mama distance of thir-
teen blocks-for the marchers and
merrymakers who have determined
to inaugurate with eclat one of the
most ambitious public schemes ever
undertaken on the Pacific coast.
with burst of light that will come
from the tops of the ornate iron posts
in response to Mayor McAleer's touch
of the electric button, the parade will
start at the intersection of Main and
Broadway, proceeding north on the lat
where 1t will countermarch south on
Broadway to Seventh street. Upon
reaching the latter the procession will
disband and the committee and in
vited guests will be entertained by
Colonel ]. B. Lankershim at the Hotel
Lankershim.
After the procession has disbanded
Japanese carnival in which Jap
anese lanterns, fans, etc, will consti-
tute the decorative feature, will hold
sway throughout the length of Broad
way.
Chairman F. w. Blanchard said last
night:
1.-THE indications are that the celebra-
ton will be a marked popular success;
that from early evening until midnight
an immense crowd will testify the peo-
pies appreciation Of an idea in street
lighting that is only in the beginning
Broadway Boulevard Improvement as
ISOLATION in charge of the details of the
celebration has pursued broad policy,
endeavoring to have 1t thoroughly
understood that the affair is one for
Angelenos generally, and not for those
interested in Broadway alone"
The formation Of the parade is as
follows:
FIRST DIVISION.
Platoon of police.
Catalina Island band.
Major John H. Norton, marshal, and
Mayor Owen McAleer.
F. w. Blanchard, F. M. Schneider,
aids.
Tallyho No. 1-Broadway Boulevard
Improvement association committee,
Major e. F. C. Klokke host; A.
w. Skinner, H. C. Wilmer, Homer
Laughlin, F. M. Coulter, Harry
Chandler, f. T. Earl, o. T. Johnson,
A. c. Bilicke, Oscar Mueller. John D.
Hooker, William R. Burke. w. I. Hol-
lingsworth, ]. B. Lankershim.
Tallyho No. 2-Broadway Boulevard
Improvement association committee,
Glover P. Widney, host; N. Bonfilio,
S. A. Butler. L. Isaacs. John A. Mason,
D. X. Edwards, Charles w. Fleming,
L. F. Moss, c. H. Frost, e. Avery Nc
Carthy, j. M. Elliott, R. A. Rowan,
Arthur Let's.
Tallyho No. 3-Los Angeles City
council, c. l.. Wilde, host.
Tallyho No. 4-Los Angeles City
officials and ladies.
Tallyho No. 5-Los Angeles city
officials.
Tallyho No. s-spring Street I'M
provement association, M. Lessner,
host.
Tallyho No. MAIN Street Improve
ment association and guests, Charles
F. Harper host.
Tallyho No. 8-Hill Street Improve
ment association and guests, Judge
Charles Silent, host.
Float-Hill Street Improvement asso-
citation.
SECOND DIVISION.
Military band
General George S. Adolph and staff
Battalion Uniformed Rank. Fraternal
Brotherhood, under command of
Captain Rhein.
Y. M. G. A. Triangle Cadet corps, T.
M. Perry commanding.
Second regiment Uniformed Rank,
w. o. W., Colonel Armstrong COM
handing.
Los Angeles Military academy, Wal
ter ]. Bailey, principal; Captain George
o. Lockwood commanding.