The Washington herald., 1909-02-07
Fireworks Committee Lets Contract
End Chairman Rudolph Describes
the Evenings PTOgrHmme-Atlants
VIII Pay Expenses OF state Troops
and school Cadefs-Other Facts

Commissioners the measures determined
upon 10 guard the city from fire during
Inauguration week. especially al the Pen
sion Office on the night Of the inaugural
ball.
The has visited the Pension Building
and taken requisite action for providing
the proper amount Of FIRE hose, extin-
guishers. and other appliances A detail
from the fire department, IN charge Of
Capts T. O'ConRor and H G. Eglon,
viii be on duty in the building from Feb
ruary 3 until the night Of March 10.
Thirty temporary firemen win be ap-
pointed 10 Ill the vacancies in the regular
ranks caused by the detail al the Pen
sion Building
Programme of Fireworks.
Cuno H. Rudolph. chairman OF the
fireworks committee. has authorized
statement Of the general lines of the pro
gramme Of pieces arranged for in the
contract with the Pain company. OF New
York, in the contract which has just been
signed.
The programme contains fifty numbers
many Of them new and unique.
The programme wiz consist Of 100
rocket bombs. so batteries, go colored
lights, tons Of eolored fire. % bal
looms. 1000 candles. and 80 bombs, rang
ing from z 10 60 inches.
Among the novelties viii be patent
rocket bombs. which have ali the beau
ties Of rockets without the danger Of the
falling sticks, and the sun cluster ef-
fects, the unique fireworks invention Of
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unfurled 100 feet in the air. and the let
ters, A T T. VIII be written in letters
Of FIRE on the heavens. This feature viii
be accompanied by a salute OF twenty
one aerial guns.
One Of the big things Of the evening
VIII be a pillar OF light 100 feet high.
which has bafied experts IN chemistry
and electricity and which viii give a
daylight effect 10 the heavens for a dis
tance Of several miles
Then there viii be batteries Of lightning
candles, with 5000 flashes. and wonderful
crescendo repeating bombs. marvels IN
themselves. AS the number OF shells ad-
vances. so does the number Of discharges.
The first shell viii explode but once: the
t77euty-frst viii explode twenty-One
times.
One Of the humorous features viii be
call them 'possums-and another 1sos
fireworks novelty VIII be the aerial de-
vice. released from an immense shell
$50 feet IN the air
Magic City of Fire.
The spectacular event OF the programme
will be a battle in the skies" an i'm
nnense set piece This VIII be the only
set piece outside OF the FIRE portraits Of
President Taft and Vice President Sher-
man. The scene shows a typical up-to-
date city, with its towers and lofty build
ings. An sirship is seen TO pass near The
city. followed by smaller aerial craft
They turn and tack, and are met by the
opposing aerial feet A terrific encounter
ensues. the ships burn and explode, and
Crumble In the meantime other airships
not directly engaged in the aerial battle
have been dropping high explosives uDor
the doomed city. The towers and tai
buildings crumbIe and burn and fai
until all are utterly destroyed
The exhibition OF fireworks VIII com
rnence promptly al 80 and finish sbou
O'Clock. Il win cost many thousand
OF dollars
Pain has been ordered 10 go ahead snt
prepare the finest fireworks display eve,
seen IN the United States. While the dis
play is in progress on the White Lot. TIT
whole downtown section Of the city vii
be Illuminated BY coloTed flames
Big Contingent from Georgia.
According TO a dispatch from Atlanta,
subscription Is being taken there TO rais
6 fund Of several Thousand dollars 20 pa
the transportation expenses Of about s5
men who VIII come from Georgia 70 III
Inauguration. The contingent VIII con
tain part OF the National Guard OF tn
State. the Firemen's Fife and Drum
Corps. Of Atlanta and the Cadets OF thre
military schools. A public meeting wa
held, and a committee appointed 10 cir
culate the subscription list and az th
Initial meeting $3.50 vas subscribed.
Independent Of the National Guard an
the cadets II IS probable that a camp o
Confederate veterans, and the celebrates
Atlanta Grays. commanded by Claud
Smith. viii be IN line
Beside this large contingent OF mIIitar
and patriotic bodies from Georgia. Mort
Carolina is preparing TO send several com
panies q the State Infantry and VIr
ginia win be represented in the parsd
by three Of its crack regiments OF tn
National Guard.
Public Comfort Committee.
Following IS the personnel Of the com
mittee on public comfort named yeste1
lsy by Chairman Weller:
GENERAL COMMITTEE
f. ?. Adams. 2. s. Adams f. I. Adams. 4
Addison. n J. Adler, E Allen. ". c. Allen. v
g. Allen, L l. Apple. J. B. Archer, Z. Z.
Arnold. S. Ashford. 5. 7. AtLee. E. Aueez
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Saltz. = &. Barbour. " Barnum. 2. Bs7rsf &. v
8ary. J. ". Barley. II. Bsrtoa. F. BeaIi
BecEer. B. Benjauin. c. c. Bennett. J. BeTrT
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BrIdshaW. A. Brand s A. Breen J. Brennan
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Clements F. G. Coldren. c. ". Collins J.
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