Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-02
ARCH Of LIGHT TO
BLAZE WELCOME
TO NATIONS CHIEF
Merchants Plan Elaborate Dec
OratiOns for Presidents
" Visit.

| A movement to carry out a general
plan of city decoration, embracing the
building of great stay topped arch at
the -Four Corners supported by eight
white columns, and an extra illumina-
| ton of Broad and Market streets. to
be executed in honor of President Taft's
visit to the city on February 20, to at
tend the Board of Trades annual din
ner was set on foot today at meeting
of representatives of the Board of
Trade and the three merchants asso-
Citations, held in the Board of Trade
rooms. Funds for the decorations are
to be raised by public subscription.
The lighting, current and wiring will
| be supplied by the Public Service Cor
poration.
The sense of the meeting was ex-
pressed as follows:
| Resolved, That this committee, rep
resenting the Broad Street Merchants
Association, South Broad Street Mer-
chants Association, Market Street
Business Mems Association and the
Board of Trade, appeal to the people
of the city of Newark, and particularly
to the business men ON Broad street,
Market street and Springfield avenue,
to display the flag and decorate their
buildings in honor of the visit of the
President Of the United States to this
city on February %.
| Resolved That the committee arrange
for a general plan of decoration and
illumination of Broad street. Market
street and Springfield avenue, on that
occasion, and that the funds necessary
to defray the cost be raised by popular
subscription.
! Resolved, That an appeal be made to
our public officials and the people of
the city to make this the occasion of a
patriotic demonstration worthy in all
respects OF the great city in which we
live.
| S. Lcschziner reported that he had
| interviewed the Public Service officials
| and had received an official promise
THAI electrical illumination of the high
est order will be provided at the ex-
pense of the company Strings of cleo
trio lights will be suspended acro& the
street from pole to pole; electric lights
and decorations will also be placed
around poles and on the arch, with rows
of bulbs eXtehded on Market and Broad
! streets as for as may be arranged. Ali
i these were promised. A, subcommittee
consisting of MIR. Leschziner and Mr.
Reilly, was appointed to look after the
dissertations. Those present agreed to
| constitute the committee in charge OF
the affair In general. Frederick t
Ward was appointed treasurer of the
funds to be raised to defray expenses.
! Before the close of the meeting, Mr.
Ward had collected $500 by subscrip-
tion officers of large mercantile
houses, as soon as informed of the
concerted action of the Board of Trade
and the merchants associations, had nc
hesitation in putting their firms on the
list. AS received, the subscription list
is as follows: George r. Reeve, presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, $780, L.
Bamberger & Co., 500; S. Leschziner
$780,; L. s. Piaut & Co., 800; j. j.
Hockenjos & Co, s25; J.. V. Aronson,
$40; Theodore L. Keer, $40; Aaron Ward
a. Sons, s25; Hahne & Co., 800.
Those present at the meeting We're:
| Theodore f. Keer president of the
South Broad Street Association; George
d. Smith, Siegfried Leschziner, Freder-
ick T. Ward, Theodore S. Fettinger, rep
resenting the North Broad Street Asso-
citation, James M. ttellly, secretary OF
the Board of Trade. Mr.. Leschziner
and Mr.. Reilly represented the Board Of
| Trade.
| The, matter of a triumphal arch was
enthusiastically discussed at the an
! nual meeting of the Market Street Busi-
ness Mems Improvement Association
in Eisner's Hall last night. Members
Of the association all declared them
selves in favor of the project, and a
committee willAbe appointed later. The
association pledged itself to work in
conjunction with the Board of Trade
4 and other organizations throughout the
city.
1t was also decided to ask the mer-
chants along Market street to decorate
and do all in their power to make the
day a gala one. A committee will con-
fer with the Pubic Service Corporation
with view to getting the new type of
excello lamps installed before the night
of the banquet. The lamps, which will
be placed two on pole, have already
teen installed below Mulberry street
ard have given general satisfaction