New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-05
NATIONS PARADE TO Do
HONOR TO AMERICA
Chinese Dragon Delights Crowd
at City Hall, Whose Centenary
Is Also Celebrated.
MORE THAN 500 MEETINGS
Gen. Garibaldi Speaks at Null
berry Bend, and Washington
Square Holds Celebration
Fireworks at Night.

. Yesterday 70 MAKE enc OF the most DICT
uresque and probably one of the shortest
4 parades the city has ever seen. and "a
pass In review before the Mayor and the
CITY officials IN the plaza OF the City Hall
With the exercises which preceded and
succeeded IL IN and around the City Hal
The parade marked double celebration
the sane Fourth and the centennial 81
I the occupancy Of the present City Hal.
/ Elsewhere around the city. az the prir
/ cipal parks Fairgrounds and schoolhouscs
+ representatives Of the various nationaliie:
which Participated in the ioint parade held
/ ether celebrations OF their own or as a.
/ Washington Square, Joined with the rep
/ rcsentaG~es Of two or three other nation.
ai!tes whose quarters" adjoined them
/ Hundreds Of athletic carnivals in all me
I boroUgrs filed IN the programme Of the
Ga for Young America" and the night
f time brought equally numerous displays o.
F fireworks. handled by experts and provided
bv the city and Mayor Gaynor's sane
Fourth celebration committee SO the
youths who were forced 20 forego their. old
fashioned personal celebration were re-
Iieved also Of the chances Of powder burns
and other injuries. and had Al the same
time enough excitement 70 make them re-
member both the dav and the night OF the
second safe and sane Fourth IN New
York
The chief exercises Of the dav centred
around the CITY Hall and began az g
o clock n the morning with a commeno-
ra.,ve meeting OF the Board Of Aldermen
in the Mayors reception room-the same
room IN which. one hundred wears ago
ctlmen met IN honor Of the nation birth
day.
Mayor Gaynor opened the celebration
yesterday. and then turned the gavsl over
70 John Purroy Mitchell, President q the
Board Of Aldermen. who conducted the
1ldernanic session.
Inside and out. in all the exercises about
the City Hall, the symbolic story Of the
c,tye birth and growth was irtertwined
with the celebration Of the Fourth OF July
TO make one story and one gala occasion.
The original minutes % the first meet
ing II the Common Council of the city n
the present City Hall We're -ead ar the
commemorative meeting Of the aldermen
and the city officials and guests listened
with interest 10 architectural addresses
from Edward s Wilde, grandsor-in-law OF
John Macomb who designed the building
and from Grosvenor Atterburv. the archi-
tect Of the CITY Hall reservations
Borough President McAneny added I'm
petus 70 the restoration movement with
the announcement that the work Of restor-
ing the rotunda and dome 70 a close ap-
Proclamation OF its original form and finish
together with the work OF restoring all the
rest OF the building as nearly as possible
10 IT'S original form, would be provided for
and started within q short time
Through the gift Of Mrs. Russell Sage,
who first undertook the expense OF restor-
ing the Governors Room in the City Hall
work On the rCtunda and dome will De
begun under the plans which have Just
been completed. The west wing Of the sec
ond floor has been remodelled 70 conform
with the original finish and fittings. and
the city Itself will undertake the expense
Of the similar restoration OF the rest Of
The building Mr. McAnenv announced that
Mayor Gaynor was heartily IN accord with
him on the proposal
CITY Fathers One Hundred Years AGO.
Probably the most interesting item OF the
centennial exercises in the Mayors recep.
ton room. 20 the crowd which hlled that
room was the reading OF the minutes OF
the first meeting OF the councilmen in the
present City Hall
The address Of Edward Wide had
prepared the crowd in a measure for the
quaint items in The reading Of the century
old minutes
he explained that N the year 100 the
city government was housed in a hall near
~ upon the present site Of the Sub-Treas-
my. al Wall and Nassau streets.
The cornerstone Of the present hall 90
M- Wilde continued was laid May D..
1909 In 1911 considerable progress had
been made toward finishing rooms for the
accommodation OF the Common Council.
Mayor. Clerk and Controller. and in that
vear the city fathers celebrated the Fourth
OF July in the new hall" Mr. Wilde con-
r.nued
on the second Monday in August the
aldermen babe adieu 10 their old quarters
and met for the first time IN the room IN
tended for the Mayor. The Controller and
Street Commissioner moved IN at the same
time In October the roof was complete,
rne window sashee about 10 be put IN, and
caDirals 70 com lete the cupOla.
The largest annual outlay was made IN
running
mostly upon the inside finish and embellish-
0ent The following. never before
published I copied from one OF the memo
-sndum books OF the architect.
Money paid from 1902 70 December I,
1872 on account Of City Hall. SSs So 81.
Furniture FOR Council room, charged in
The above. &.S02 q.
From The minutes Of the first meeting.
phiIip Baer the city librarian. then read
OF the doings Of the city fathers on Au-
g7,s, u 1871. The 1911 audience apparently
evtnced the keenest interest in the hnan-
cial activities Of the 1871 Councilmen and
city officials. and they were rewarded with
this.
The Controlle- reported cash in the
treasury 20 the amount OF Sb.ZZs o. war
rants not paid. but voted al previous ses-
sion, Sl.5O.
Followed then various authorizations for
the having out Of city money, for all OF
which the Mayor. De Witt Clinton. was
reouested 10 issue his warrant. among
them an authorization 70 pay John Man
5eson. donation for extinguishing the IRE
goal 18Th OF May last, so" and another 10
James Richardson. cleaning wells IN Isl
and 4th wards 1923
Item followed item. until the Common
Council finally left a balance Of but SO q
IN the treasury put adjourned with the
citv's bills al paid and provided for
They sure couldn't have built many SUD-
vysvs with that So balance was the com
ment Of one Of the 1911 audience
Not 10 be outdone by their brethren OF
1911. the 1911 aldermen then passed reso-
luton. in which, after giving due need OF