New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

artists. sculptors paper mache workers. cars
penters. blacksmiths and painters have toiIed
for the last two months The results Of their
work when seen upon the streets promise to
startle New York and its millions Of visitors
and evoke their enthusiastic applause.
The man in command Of the raradcs and Tho
building Of the floats is Captain \ II Stoddard.
The designer was Il. A. Wikstrom. who died ON
April % while at his easel Captain Stoddard
was for nineteen years the captain Of pagcantry
at New Orleans. and Mr.. Wikstrom for mora
than twenty years designed the floats for tho
Mard Gras there
Mr.. Wikstrom q few days before his death said
that the floats for the Hudson Fulton cclcbra-
ton represented his best work. and Mr. Stod-
dard is confident that the paradcs Will surpass
anything that he ever did for New Orleans
Members OF the commission who have seen
tie pageants at New Orleans and abroad and
inspected the floats built and building for tho
paradcs this fan agree that all world records
for magnitude. nagniGccuce and artistic quail
ties will be broken Icy th, llradrs o( the Hud-
sou-Fultou celebration
Tie task oe building the floats Vas a serious
problem for the officers ana members Of ths
commission when the paradcs were decld, upon
Even after tie engagement Of sIr. Wikstrom and
Mr.. Stoddard they Wtre still confronted with
the problem of obtaining men Gtt,d 10y expert
errc 10 do tho peculiar style OF work rrdured-
II Was found necessary &, send to Ncw Orleans
for men skilled In thus class of construction
Using these as instructors school Of noat con-
structou was established. Nitu N-w York s,.ulp-
tors and carpenters Hs rupi'..
Every portion "f th' ilo3ts Has ra,lt lu ths
commissions workshop and painted tl,-r,
II. designs for auIts Mere submitted to 4 -pe-
ciu committee o; tine commission oi which
S'iHur' NrrpAnL Hoffman President Of tho
New York Historical so,irt, is chairman This
committee comprises % its M, uhcrShip men who
az historians ot authority ard artists Of re-
accuracy of the design. bat also is artistic
merit The result of ttiS supervision has re-
suited in "a collection of uoats that show With
historical! accuracy thr principal events in the
EEtor, of New ,rk city and state
Tie parade Will be- q, ided into four reriods-
thc Indian. the Dutch and colonial the English
ana The modern Each division viii br headed
10y S. tnboli-aI ut'" ,Ir. and each float will h,
manned and escorted by guards OF honor from
'' membership "f the various. ORGANIZATIONS OK
all rat"naHtes 2, presented in Nea York
me line OF th' rartd, wJ> sclc, t.,l ,,ith tvo
main objects iu .iru Tho Gfet ,,s =, ,.;,
th' greatest number .f p.r-ur- to- ..,, h. I'M
'he iei'st lno''ni "Iicu,. AMI tI, other ,-,- tts
necessity oi pt"HH; -.it route that ,,oiIIi ro,
'''N' IL necessary for th, floats Ia pas, ,.,,,,.-
'''"l'u railroad structures or other l,,, ,h-
80 '.'". Ih. H"at~ viii bc from .u tn N
''' "'T' - ic"t long and - feet Wild. Tts
cr"''aI I1radcs viii proceed from Ccptr.,i t.,r,.
''u li''H street down Central Parh >yest
- v''h street to Fiith avenue and down tirtb
-, I'''.e 10 anu through Washington Parl, to
80 S"''' "A'fe they viii disbaud