The Washington times., 1905-03-07
CLEARING AWAY
INAUGURAL DEBRIS
Obliterating Signs of Cere-
monial in Quick Time.
WORK IN PENSION BUILDING
Removing Decorations and Woodwork.
Tearing Down Grand
stands
WORK IN PENSION BUILDING


In another day or so there will be 10
clue to indicate there has been an in
auguratiorl. The reviewing stands are
rapidly disappearing. Only a few of the
buildings remain decorated.
Tomorrow the great force of clerks in
the Pension Office win return to their
work, forgetting that the scene Of the
daily labors was so recently the gath
ering place of tens OF thousands of per-
sons. The rooms in which weary strang-
ers rested will again hum with the rattle
Of typewriters and the rush of clerks.
Restoring Conditions
All day long the wagons of the Knox
Express Company have been hauling the
furniture and file cases back to the Pen
sion Office. Before tomorrow morning
everything will be in its accustomed
place. t will take a day or SO, however,
to remove all the deeora tfons and take
out the electric wiring.
The hat-box contractor has practically
removed the 1000 hat boxes, which Were
filled Saturday night. Flowers and vines
were removed today.
The work of tearing down the review
ing stands goes on despite the rain. Not
much work was done on the President s
stand and the stands across the street.
The entire Presidents 8 stand has been
sold TO the Chevy Chase Club. 1t will
begin work this afternoon or tomorrow
tearing it down. The stand Will be re-
constructed at Chevy Chase.
The stands across the street were sold
by the contractor yesterday, but no
work could be done on them until the
chairs were removed They were sold at
public at ction today, there being half
dozen purchasers.
We're sold, the larger part to Charles
Hoilander, OF Baltimore. The Capital
Traction Company any also purchased lc,S a
which viii be added to the fund in the
trelSUry.
Crowd Was Small,
Chairman Weller said today that he
thought most of the Inauguration crowd
was out Of town. Il guess there are
5000 or I 1000 people in town yet. but
they will leave in a day or so and then
we will settle down to ordinary life.
Il must confess continued Mr.. Wei
Ter, that l was somewhat disappointed
in the crowd. Three weeks ago L fully
expected 2O0, 600 people [ was not how
ever, getting near so many applications
for quarters as four years ago. / had
enough room to accommodate %. 600 more
people, About twenty private halls were
not used, and some ef my best boarding
houses were not applied to.
There may have been as many people
| here as there were four years ago, but
L
| think a safe, conservative estimate
would be 125,00o or 1909 people.
Il have not talked with all my COM
mitteenen yet Their reports may show
such numbers from neighboring towns
as to swell the figures to $4,000, equal
to four years ago.
Treasurer Ailes reported today that
the receipts from the sale of ball
tickets would amount to over $40, 900.
showing that over 1000 tickets were
sold. Only a few tickets were not
used. so it is safe to say that the in
auguraI ball was attended by 5000
people.
Just about 200 supper tickets were
sold. The committee paid the caterer
S., 900 to furnish the supper, thinking
there would be thousands of supper
tickets sold.
The total receipts, according to Mr..
Allies, will amount to something over
$50, 900, which will more than cover
the expenses. The exact amount of
the surplus will not be known until
Mr.. Allies submits his official report
to General Wilson.