The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-04
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ana wood, and Mayor Carlton Me-
Besarthy
BUNTING TO FLOAT
q FRO IN EVERY HOUSE
'erfcct and Most Elaborate
Preparations Being Made q
to Decorate City.

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sssSS to Decorate City.
a5 Al a session yesterday Of the stub
S2connnlttee appointed Monday hig q, .4ue
gtfn citizens meeting held In the Cham-5
$ Der Of Commerce. elaborate prepara.
Hltions were made for the decorations OF
TStheS entire city In honor of the coming
VI Visit of ,Presdent Roosevelt Particular
#nttcntion will be given to the streets
5covered by tho line Of march OF me
Bpscsldential party along when II ~. 10
s%io,ed that every house and store VIII
SIC benutlned with flags and bunting
83b,t II will nlso be tic endenvorg OF the
69eentlen,en who have undertaken this
Mwork ITO secure co-opernticn from the
citizens at largo SO that wherever the
President may go In his drive through
@tho city his eye will be met by the M e
5tionalS colors. 45
##7i1,hc decoration will probably be on a
9scale seldom, IL ever, cqualled here TIC
a system adopted by the committee is rs
#thoro,igll as O political machine, and ~
win get down to work instantly. me
cbAirr,,af1 Of The committee. Mr. Robert
#Iecky, and the secretary Mr.. 70. Le ts,n
Il Spence Jr., along with several gentie-
men known as the General Decorations
&jr,om,nittee. viii huve supervision oyer
the work as a whole Under them VIII
he 1hree or four other committees
which will be held responsible for tho
condition OF tho several streets along
which tho president will pass. Each OF
these committees will have under IT, IN
turn, subcommittee for each BLOCK
within It's territory. Finally the COM
88r5t+tees for each block Will organize the
tenants, so that a complete system VIII
%bcBworked out. Tho ground floor ten
ANTS viii be called upon to arrange Win
those occupying upper stories for Il the
&sderorntion Of the entire building, alncc
#it&is particularly desired that there DC.
8ino gaps III the decorations.
s8 Business men generally arc RESPOND
~ IL 1he movement and every indica-
Sstton points to f. notable success for TINS
feature of the entertainment. One mcr-
E4cl,ant Yesterday ordered 1000 United
States flags for use upon his oulldlng'
On Monday at least twenty orders were
turned in to decorators. The virginia
Passenger and Power Company WI! VIII ~
much to make the decoration scheme
.ss,,ncess yrhe buildings of the company,
the street cars und the cross wires ui io'tt'
a the streets will be decorated. NV
Appeal to Public.
3 The meeting Of the Decorations Com
5ssn,ittee was held at 1890 p NJ. yesterday
8ilnsthet office of John j.. Williams y sons
8tn the Chamber of Commerce Apart
&Srron,@ \ Tho adoptton Of system OF COM
8s,,oittees tho chief work was the issuance
Hnf the following appeal to the public
5ssTo the Public:
#s.The Decoration Committee Of the
#8 r1+fzcnsR Committee of Three Hundred
,nakes the appeal to ali citizens to
f38t dec orate their business houses and ",
f$E residences on the occasion OF the
. Presidents Visit to Richmond.
8 All business houses on MAN ana
o., chm decorated
1545ss. I,ecomlnu manner, and should In
s clude the entire 'front.'
RuIldlnas occupied by more than
slnole tenant can be best Handled oy
8sSE al, tenants sharing In the enterprise
II and e We A. respectfully request the
I'M around floor tenants TO arranae s VIC !
matter at once. III
.Ssrf Va especially urge the decoration II
Of the private residences OF the city
The committee has been SUD-
@35s dIvlded into smaller committees, VINO
are placed In charge OF certain busl-
&3aness blocks, streets and 8residentla'
sections. DO not delay, however Z
until this committee calls on YOU -2s
0 beuIn the arrangements now.
4 there are a number Of flag staffs
3.-5In the city which are seldom, "
35 ever. used TO the owners or. ten y
3sSf ants Of such buildings as may have
these flaqstatfs,. we urge that on oc.
tober 18th they Will fly the United
@a states fag, ,o., ~,
lne ae, Who viii be in charge OF th'
work, was announced as follows; :, n po,,
General Broad street relheimsn ". + Ryan
General Main Street Commit tel &c ~ NJ, p M
s nG ~ Watkins a and lqss pam IS
General Committee on 81 Treyers =
y9ynes LqnshIF1%S c pavnSS e Colonel 4 nu
FORA. oscar Swineford, G; W. Mcleod, W =
oysl Rsseae SAsSin Eshf'sjs 4 %atoGr
= ca M1tsI1 BLOCK cohmit p P!zzini Ere
pieasa.ts; James Is%s /, An Wabe 1,den, "
Broad Street Committee Westo to to le gso
% Brauer, Simon Sycle, II. s. WrlEht' Ishn
4 Eoheh Samuel f.. DuEgins, T. L. Petit o.
iIopk!ns,. = W 4 A. A., Mann an \, and rallnun.
s6o TO s1D-G. r. !, Th9 3,rIa a,a W u Had.
40 to 5oo--Jos. NJ. Kahn and Elba liardwar
III to 30 and wes,,--A Greenwad, IL Broom
sG Esasto to 1oS1E. i, Faulkner ana T. sltterd
'a 100 to GOV. A, Hammond. J. A, Griss an
Burnett Lewis ), mani. " II. schwarz
3chIlS and y. Mittedorfer,
So to 4eo-C i. Cross. +. ". Dabney I'M
4ro e 20 e 5SGmI. Renach, j. NJ, Fourqurean,
III Kaufman and + Jlreens, r,..,., y
5o5 70 6.o--J, e, Bowman, !. Thah'mer'
45g 1NeiG 10 7Oo--,M MAY and NJ. Greentree,
no to SVv--r NJ. Iiundley a. Greehtree an
East Of Eighth sreet--chnrles !. Mckee
Frank Cunningham. John Murphy, j. o. liar
an Main Nh Street Committee, Eas--o to lol--A,
ErIsgs, ID S. Mccarthy, Dr.. d, Coleman
Isl 10 to aJO-'R- j. ii. Moesta ana j. L. su'hci
land. ,.
so TO TO OIL. M Shield and pr. g a, Mercer
10 to Gov, d. Willis, J., II. cowaTdin an
zoo VI 10 CIV. A, Green, G. H. Rudd and n
sa 70 7cp--s IS, HUFF W, II, jerks and
roo 70 Sod T. Lumsdon s. e. Bishop.
III Gloves and y, Myers =
Sfs 800 10 VoC--W. j. I.cake, Gordon wallace, Po
Miller, {. T., Doyle and ". D, Crenshaw.