Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-10-16
PARADE AND 0THER.FEATURES 0F F|RFMFNS
DAY PROMISE TO ECLIPSE FORMER EFFORTS
Visitors Begin to
Arrive This
Afternoon.
CITY is EN- FETE.

Arrangements for the firemen's
parade and carnival tomorrow are
now complete and the indications
point to the biggest day in this city
for long time.
At the meeting of the general
committee last night, the entertain
ment committee reported that two
prizes had been secured for the cake
walk, gold headed cane and a silk
umbrella.
They also reported that arrange
ments had been made with the Pub
lie Service Corporation, for .ilumin-
ating Smith street, between King and
High streets. Five strings of elec-
trio incandescent lights will be placed
at equal distances and will be stretch
ed across the street which will be
closed to traffic.
The committee has asked the diff
ferent companies to furnish men to
keep the police in keeping the crowds
confined to certain limits at the time
of the cake-walk.
The chairman reported that the
streets had all been attended to by
the street commissioner and that a
new steamer fire hydrant had been
placed at Maple street and Fayette
street for use in the fire contests.
The printing committee reported
that all bills had been paid, except
a few small ones that we're brought
to the notice of the committee at the
meeting last night The programs,
so the committee reported, had be-
come well liked After all bills are
paid, $176 will be cleared by the pro-
gram committee.
The Program.
At 10 o'clock one tap of the fire
alarm will notify the companies to
form. Two taps at 1915 will signal
them to leave for the start, and three
taps at 1890 will start the process
sion s- '--e ~ g
The contests will start at O'Clock
band concert of five selections will
be rendered during the contests.
There VIII be steamer contest, hose.
company contest, hook and ladder
contest and factory brigade contest.
Ex-Chief Thomas Cluney will be the
starter.
The band concert in the evening
will begin at 1880 o'clock at the
grand stand at Smith and King
streets. The cake-walk will COM
mence at o'clock. The contestants
will go to the stand before the event
and, secure their numbers from the
committee. The judges of the cake
walk will be Alderman William r.
Van Pelt and Former Chiefs Louis
FRANKIE and Thomas Cluney.
Visitors Arrive.
The opening gun in the big demon
stration will be the arrival late this
afternoon Of Monhagen Hose Company
and the Charles Higham Fife, Drum
and Bugle Corps, of Middletown. N. Y.
These organizations left Middletown
at $40 o'clock this morning over the
Ontario & Western railroad for Corn
wall ll-on-the- Hudson. where. at $3.50
O'Clock, they boarded the steamer Com
modore for a sail down the Hudson
through New York bay to this city
where they are expected to arrive
about $3.50 o'clock or perhaps a little
earlier. On arriving here the organ
izations will give a short parade, at the
conclusion of which the Monhagens
will put up at the Packer House until
morning. The corps will be
quartered at Hartmann's Hotel.
During this evening 1t is expected
that the corps will enliven the occasion
by serenading prominent men. or. if it
can be arranged. they may give a con-
cert. The Middletown fremen will be
here tonight, all day tomorrow and part
of Friday. Friday morning they will
board their steamer at 0 O'clock for
the return trip, and they expect to
reach Middletown about o'clock Fri
day night.
At Reviewing Stand.
The reviewing stand at Smith and
King streets will seat about 225 people
Each member of the Board of Alder
men will receive twenty tickets for
seats on the stand. and others have been
issued to city officials, clergymen and
Others. Two ffremen in uniform will
act there as aides to Mayor Bollsch-
weller in receiving the guests. Two
firemen will also act as aides in re-
guests at the Packer House and
will keep in touch with the mayor in
case any messages are received for him
or are to be sent during the parade.
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