New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
MANY ARTISTIC FLOITS
GOUcrnOr to Rcviezc PGGdeS at 4ISt
Street and Fifth Aycnue.

The three land parades which are to take place
this week form one of the most important feat
urcs Of the Hudson Fulton celebration. Upward
Of a quarter of a million dollars has been spent
In preparation for them, and those who see them
will ne able to say that they have witnessed
spectacle which, of its kind, probably has never
been cxceIled in this country. and, possibly any
where The parades which viii form the cen
tral occurrences of the week, are the historical,
to take place on Tuesday; the military, on
Thursday. and the carnival on Saturday
One of the aims of the Hudson-Fulton com
mission has been to give the celebration an artia-
tic setting and finish This has been attempted in
every way Iractcable-in the illuminations, the
decorations and the parades. This effort will be
particularly noticeable in connection with the
land parades Artistic excellence has been sought
In the designing of the floats of the historical
and carnival displays. A court of honor In
front of the reviewing stand, specially designed
shields and flags on sidewalk stands, harmonious
schemes of decoration and miles of festOons of
electric lights along the route of the parades
Jill dinerentiate them from other parades of a
Nimilar character.
The different parades will follow the same
fDute No persons need fail of an opportunity
10 witness at least one of them, for the carnival
parade is take place in the evening. starting
West the starting point for ali three, while
sclock T. m. is the hour fixed for the start OF
lhe day parades The route will be down Cen
ira! Park West To- the plaza at the southwest
torner of Central Park. where the lines will
swing toward the east along 59th street. At the
Park Plaza they Will swing once more, this time
toward the south. down Fifth avenue. The great
stand where Governor Hughes viii review the
three parades will he in front of the new
library. on the west side Of the avenue. AT 41st
street The parades viii disband after passing
through the arch in Washington Square. at
Fifth avenue. General Charles F Roe, Of the
New York National Guard is u be the grand
Gharshal Of all the parades. As he has a reputa-
lion for getting parades started promptly and
Keeping them moving. it is probable that the
military parade on Thursday Will so off with
ginger. and the historical and carnival parades
with as much snap a parade made up Of
pondcrous floats towering from twenty t. forty
feet into the air ana thirty-two feet long can
be made to show.
1t is expected that each parade win he three
hours in passing a given point and that the
head of the lines viii reach Central Park West
and 59th street just before 2:3O o'clock in the
afternoon and $50 in the evening and the
reviewing stand at 41st street and Fifth avenue
about 9 and 10 o'clock respectively.
The historical parade viii Ice made up Of fifty
four floats, thirtyfour bands and approximately
eighteen thousand men. representing the various
races comprised in the population of New York
The line Of floats viii illustrate different periods
In the history Of the State and City of New York
each Icriod being introduced by float sym
bolizing it, and the whole parade headed by
float symbolizing the Empire state The periods
Illustrated are the Indian, Dutch Colonial and
United States and modern the line being closed
with float representing Father Knickerbocker
Washington lrvings creation, receiving the rep
resentatives of the nations who have come to
New York TO make their home
The military parade will be made UP of two
thousand United States regulars, four thousand