Evening journal., 1914-10-15
PARADERS COMPEL
chance IN route
Rush of New Entries in In
dustrial Line Forces March
ers Over Other Streets
CHIEF MARSHAL
EXPLAINS POSITION

Owing 10 the congestion Of French
street from Fourth Go Front streets
Yesterday afternoon by owners and
drivers OF vehicles. the Industrial parade
was compelled to move west ON Fourth
street from French street to Market
and up the latter thoroughiare. This
change in the route caused much COM
ment by thousands of people who had
waited Tor the parade in lower Market
street and also on East Front street
The business firms along lower Market
street who had gone TO great expense
in decorating their properties, being
disappointed, drew up the following pc
tition which they sent to the local
press:
I'VE, the undersigned merchants or
Market street, from Front to Fourth
desire to protest against what we
deem gross mismanagement ON the
part OF the committee having in
charge the industrial parade of the
Old Home Week celebration this.
Wednesday, afternoon.
Apparently the fact that the mer-
chants of lower Market street have
spent several thousands Of dollars in
decorations, advertising, and in the
preparation of floats, for this demon
strauon, has been lost sight of by this
committee. We have made our prep
arations based on the idea OF the
route of the parade as advertised by
your committee. bringing people from
all sections of Delaware and Mary
land to view this parade this after
noon. only small section OF tho
parade passed our places of business
els it not possible that the future
parades be routed by way of Front
and Market and out to Delaware ave
nue.. rather than having this. VIII
mington's most important retail sec
ton, sighted as it has been sighted
today
Samuel VOTERS and Bro; Samue
r. Price, David A. Hay & Company
Speakman Supply < Pipe Company
per II. p. Croney; A. J. Hart & Com
pany. e. H. Hart Francis Kelly 4
Co., Inc: +. G. Barrett, p. p. Free
man, Levy & GlOsking, Mike Ben
nett. II. Fisher, David Fisher
Jacob p. Strauss, Isaac Miller, Her
man Miller y b. Danforth, NJ
+. Ponicki. Wilmington Hat Company
2O4 Market street; Ignatz Roth. 200
OF Market street. Capelle Hardwar
Company. PIP Market street; Davi
Roth, PA Market street; eide
Podolsky, PIC Market street, Samue
Harris, 21S Market street; Lyri
Theatre. 22O Market street Mrs. l
Jacoby. 224-26 Market street; Edwar
J. Iawler, 224-26 Market. street; &c
hen & Finkelstein 228-3O Market
street: Miller Brothers Company, q
Market street, by Nathan Miller, sec
rotary and treasurer: Frank O'Dor
nell. 313 Market street; c. /. Fell, 81
Market street; John j. Gilbride, 30
Market street; Max Breuer, 300 Mai
ket street. Morris Levy, 223 Mark'
street: Lippncott and Company, Inc
306-14 Market street.
Samuel Greenhaum, Manuel Rotf
No. 239 Market street. Joshua Con
nor. No. 235-37 Market street; Josep
r. Emory. No 23l Market street.
\. Montgomery. No. 229 Marke
street: f. Welsh and Company, NJ
227 Market street Bennett Levy, NJ
225 Market street; estate of Edwar
II. Brennan. Nos. 219-2l Marke
street: L. NJ. Oppenheim, No. q
Market street; j. Berman, No. q
Market street: j. Morrow and Sol
No. 211 Market street: Delaware Nc
ton House, No. 2O9 Market street
L. Godenberg. No. 217 Market street
and Harry Kenyon, No. POS Mark'
street.
Many merchants called the Chan
Der of Commerce officials by phon
yesterday and protested against tn
change of the route Neil B. Sir
clair, secretary of the Chamber
Commerce. informed them that III
Chamber of Commerce had nOthin
whatever to do with the parades
the week or the routing of them.
j. Writ Willis, chief marshal of Il
parade. this morning, when spoken
about the matter. said: NO one feels Il
disappointment of not being able to ha
followed the route mapped out mo
than ! do as chief marshall The trouh
was that so many entries were receive
at the last minute that it was necessai
TO send all the new entries to Fren
street between Fourth and Front street
When the time came for the parade
move. it was impossible for the para
90 get through lower French street, {
congestion of the teams being so gre,
The committee thought the next be
thing TO do was to have the right of 1
parade swing into Fourth street to Ma
kct street and then mp that street.
"There was no intention of slight
any one and we regret the circumstanc
as much as any.