Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-21
DISCUSS PLANS
FOR THE FOURTH"
Lack of Funds May Prevent
Erection of Stand at Mil
itary Park.

The question of erecting a large
stand IA Military Park to. be used in
the Fourth Of July celebration is not
settled. At the meeting of the Fourth
of july committee of the Common
| Council last night it was declared
that there was not sufficient funds
to erect the stand.
1t was decided that the committee
would try to get additional funds. 1t
| was the purpose of the committee to
| have school children occupy the
stand and render patriotic songs dur
| ing the celebration.
| When the members entered the
committee room they were surprised
to find upon the table a miniature
| grand stand of the portable type. 1t
| had been placed there by Robert
Sellick and is model of q stand de-
signed by him and which has been
used twice in the New York Hippo
drome at musical events. 1t seats
| 1854 children or lisa adults. The use
of this stand was offered to the COM
mittee for 1850. Later it was stated
that as it would be an advertisement
for Mr.. Sellick to have the stand used
y
to make the rental an even $500.
Alderman Hahn, chairman of a sub
committee to secure estimates for
platform, said that he had spoken to
several contractors as to what would
be the probable cost of a stand to
seat 1000 children. lone contractor
he said, told me that 1t would cost
81. 400 to build such a stand and the
lumber would be worth $500 less after
-. J., ita1y 1afc n
be much beyond our limit. Another
man told me it would cost 81 200 to
81 500, and | found no one willing to
spend time to give a close figure UNI
less he was sure we intended to erect
such a stand"
Alderman Cam submitted several
estimates which had been received
through him. One was Mr.. Sellick's,
while the others were j. w. Vliet
Company, 1856, and James S. Shaw,
$500. Both were for stands to seat
1000 children.
Alderman Hahn said that the ex-
penses thus far without the stand
were about $1,000, leaving but SIS or
300 for other things planned. On
motion of Alderman Bleicl1 the mat
ter of the erection of a grand stand
was then allowed to go over until
the next meeting.
Chairman Schuck said that he had
selected Rev. Henry 6. Coyne, of the
Sacred Heart Church, Vailsburg, to
deliver the grafton; Assemblyman
Frank A. Foley to read the Declara-
ton of Independence. and Rev. James
II. Macdonald, pastor of st. Lukes
M. E. Church, will make the invo-
cation.
Mart King. supervisor of band con-
certs, said that at the next meeting
he would have ready a complete re-
port on the programs for the Fourth.
He stated that feature of the pro-
gram in the afternoon at Weequahic
Park would be the folk dancing by
children from the public school play
grounds under the direction of Ran
dal Warden, physical instructor
There will also be relay races and
games by city playground children
The Boy Scouts will be seen in drills
wall scaling, etc, and there will be
race track meet by the New Jersey
Road Horse Association. In the
evening there will be concerts in East
Side, West Side and Branch Brooly
parks and in the Prince Street Play
ground. There will he the usual con-.
cert at the almshouse grounds the
night before the Fourth.