New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

booth they surged up 10 il and asked for tickets
FOR the stand, which then packed TO its
capacity.
tall man whose high hat bobbed over the
surface Of the crowd like a buoy that had been
cut adrift on an ebb tide was a mark for those
in search OF unpurchasable tickets current
OF humanity flowed behind him he steered
his course fer the telephone booths.
y say there, ticket seller I'd like five tickets.
please" be shouted 10 the operator within.
What you asking for them? I'll go as
high SO apiece"
Sorry, sir" said the operator; this is only
telephone booth There are no tickets sold
here"
The silk hat and the man under it turned
around q few times and drifted with the gen
cral tide south.
Stands all along the line OF march filled rap
Idly The seats in the 18th street stands be-
tween Columbus Circle and the Hotel Plaza,
were mass of humanity. They were occupied
IN the main by members of patriotic societies,
including the 81. Nicholas Society. the Sons of
The American Revolution the Society of Colo
NAL Danes and the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Hundreds Of persons who had
occupied the stands while the other parades
were in progress attempted to gain admission.
but were turned away by the police and forced
10 seek other points of vantage The private
stands in front Of the New York Athletic Club
end the Hotel Plaza filled early.
Ticket holders TO the aldermanic stands. on
The east side Of Fifth avenue from I'D to 2Gth
streets. We're shut of on the southern end at
7:45 O'Clock. The middle entrance was closed
five minutes later and al S.05 o'clock announce
ment was made that the stands had been filled
their capacity. There was almost a riot at
The 26th street entrance. the last one to be
closed, and the police had TO drive hundreds
away.
STREETS AS LIGHT AS DAY.
Elsewhere there was little trouble The
crowds at the Worth monument were orderly
and were as large as those which turned out for
the other parades. Twenty-third street was
jammed, and the throngs We're held back in the
middle Of the block. Searchlghts top of the
Hoffman House Illuminated the Metropolitan
and the Flatiron buildings and made the streets
as light as day. Automobiles and Fifth avenue
stages were allowed 10 run until fifteen minutes
before the parade started.
Inspector Daily had three hundred men at
Washington Square, even hundred more
than were found necessary 10 handle the crowds
gathered there Thursday 10 witness the pa
rade as il passed under the arch and disbanded.
So great the crush around the arch that
ropes were stretched along the curb. precau-
lion that was not taken before. The police con-
fiscated all boxes found in the crowds. The
youthful speculators and their customers OBJ
5ected vigorously. but without avail.
AS s o'clock drew near Central Park West,
from the starting point down, became so crowd
ed that Inspectors Kelly and Hussey allowed
the spectators 10 overflow on TO the rocks and
hills of Central Park Promptly at s o'clock
The parade got away schedule time Mayor
Mcclellan and Herman Ridder, vice. president
Of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission,
led the way foot.
During the afternoon the floats lined up in
10th street were visited by hundreds, and in
the early part Of the evening the throngs in
creased so that when tllz parade started about
six thousand persons thronged the plaza. Major
General Rove grand marshal Of the parade
followed Mayor Mcclellan and Mr.. Ridder Six
teen aids on horseback headed the sixty noats
which were swung into the line according 10
schedule by Colonel John G. HOwland and Lieu
tenants Charles A. Ahearn and John F. Smith.
As the line proceeded down Central Park West
societies and organizations which had been rest
ing in the side streets fell into the places as
signed 10 them between the floats. There was
only one hitch and that did not delay progress
10 any extent. Five hundred men in red uni
20 81 had been equipped with gasolene torches
and had been assigned 10 positions near the
floats in order that the latter might be illu-
minated. The men were massed at 1O6th street
waiting 20 fall into the line. simultaneously the
torches began 10 leak, and few minutes before
= O'Clock there was a stream OF gasolene run
ming down the plaza, where the floats were
awaiting the signal 20 start
Fearing that some OF the torches might ex-
piOde and set fire 10 the himsy decorations OF
fhe floats, Inspector Flood ordered them ex-
finguished. The parade started in comparative
darkness, but later il Was decided that the
torches might be relighted. and with the red
lights which were burned along the way the
column continued in blaze Of fire.
CROWDS TAX EFFORTS OF POLICE
Meanwhile the crowds lining the route further
downtown were taxing the efforts Of the police
20 restrain them. Although they abided by the
commands OF the police, the throngs were 50
dense that Inspector HeTlihy massed seveDtv
1ive extra men at the lower end OF the alder
manic stand 20 hold the crowds back al the
end OF the parade
Madison Square was regarded as q particu-
barry dangerous place, and Deputy Commissioner
Bugher had personal charge OF the police there
sse said IL was the largest and orderly crowd
that the police had ever been called on 20 handle
he said his men had been ordered to be as
gentle as they could In regulating traffic and
oppressed his appreciation OF the attitude OF the
spectators in conforming 20 the rules. He added
that the police duty in Madison Square were
ElEnost worn out by their exertions at the chill
dren's carnival
Governor Hughes and his stan arrived at tue
reviewing stand, at szG street, at s:z5 p. m.
The line of automobiles wss preceded by a