Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-05-23
PREP PARAT|ONS
FOR THE COLONEL |
The Organization Arranges
to Care for Crowds.
CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER
Everything is in Readiness for the
Reception of +. R When He
Comes Here Friday.

Harold J. HoWland, Chairman of the
Roosevelt New Jersey Touring Com
mittee, yesterday sent the schedule for
Cumberland County.
The changes from the time original
ly given are slight. 1t is as follows;-
A speech from the rear end OF the
train at $50 mt VineIand. Miliville
2.45, leaN inc there mt $3.50, arriving at
Bridgeton by automobile at 490
O'Clock, and leaving Bridget0n by tr n
at about 4.ij.
The day, Friday, the 34th, is un-
changed MIR. Howland said that the
Roosevelt party would comprise about
fifty people These will have to be
transported by automobile to Bridge
ton.
Mr.. b. B. Ware, Chairman of the
Committee on Transportation, report
ed at the meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Bridgeton Roosevelt
League, that thirty automobiles. had
been Offered and today Mr.. Ware and
his committee will meet with Mr..
Kurtz, OF Millyille and arrange for
the parking of the Bridgeton cars in
Millville and take up with Mr.. Kurtz
other detail arrangements.
Mr. McAllister suggested that be-
cause OF the great crowds at the Hip
podrome it would be impossible for
the hundreds OF smaller children to be
there with any safety, and suggested
that the sidewalks from Church street
to Pine street, be reserved for the
school children. Mr.. Thomas Martin,
a member of the Board of Education,
was appointed to take this matter up
with superintendent Neal with the
idea of having the various teachers
bring their pupils in proper order to
the location mentioned and it will be
arranged that the automobile carrying
Mr.. Roosevelt will proceed through
these two blocks very slowly, in order
that all children may have an oppor-
tunity of seeing and greeting Mr..
Roosevelt.
Commissioner of Public Safety,
George Hughes, was in attendance at
the meeting and reported that he had
arranged to have number of special
officers in attendance and would en-
deavor to cooperate in every way
with the Committee of the League so
far as the safety of the public is
concerned.
Mr.. MCPHERSON reported that the
grandstand, which will be reserved for
ladies' will seat about $50 people and
in order to prevent a rush, which
would be exceedingly dangerous, it
was decided that tickets of admission
shocld be issued for these seats and
that the fairest way of disposing of
same would be to give to each member
of each committee of the League in
BridgetOn five tickets. Tickets will be
printed and sent to each member in
accordance with this motion The
members of the Committee receiving
the tickets should see that they are
used, and those not given out by Fri
day morning should be returned to the
Committee, which was termed the
Emergency Ticket Committee, and is
composed of Henry Maier, William
Martin and Theodore Edwards.
Mr. 7 NJ Towle was appointed to
select necessary ushers and direct
their work on Friday. Mr.. McAllister
was appointed to represent the Exec
utive Committee and make necessary
arrangements with Commissioner
Hughes regarding the police arrange
ments.
Work of erection of the stand for
the Presidents party will begin this
morning. There will be a good dis
play Of flags and bunting. The stand
and decorations will remain until the
visit of President Taft on Monday.
The stand will be opened at three
O'Clock, and the committee recon-
mends that those who are to occupy
same should arrange to enter it as
soon after that time as possible in
order that the crowds that are sure to
be present may to some extent be
avoided.
A member of the Committee report
ed last night having seen letter writ