New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

tc build sidewalk stands at a lesser
cost. In many instances these side
walk stands front the private stands.
The owners of the latter contend that
the municipal stands will block their
seats and cut them off from legitimate
revenue. Officials of the committee,
replying to this yesterday, said that
IN every case the lowest tiers of seats
In the private seats overlook the high
est tiers of the sidewalk stands. This
contention probably will be the basis
for the committees defence when Cor
poration Counsel William Burr argues
against the issue of an Injunction
Several of the private stands were
found by the Mayors committee to
ployes of various municipal depart
ments. In the case of one stand, seat
ing 1000, at Fifth Avenue and Ninety
fourth Street, it was learned that the
owner was Edward w. Buckley, secre-
tary to Nicholas j. Hayes, Commissions
er of Water Supply, Gas and Electric
ity, and that Buckley had turned over
the entire 1000 seats for the 77th par
ade to theatre ticket agency, which
was selling them at from So to ST each.
The plaintiffs, according to the
papers served on Mr.. Ryan, include
two former army officers, Captain
Charles +. Saleck and Lieutenant Ro-
land N. Schanck The other plaintiffs,
all of whom are said to represent pri-
vate stands on the west side of Fifth
Avenue, between Ninety-seventh and
Ninety eighth street, are
William J. Brohn, Malloy S. Fen
ton, Helen Hammond, Julie Hammond
James Kelly, Daniel F. Shea, John
Mendelkan and John Lambert.
Fear Shortage of Seats
Officials of the committee admitted
that if the sidewalk stands were or
dered removed there would be q short
age of seats. Mr.. Ryan said the Of
fer to the private stand owners, linn
lted to fifty cents a seat, was made
last Monday. Many owners said they
had already disposed Of their seats to
ticket SPECTATORS. The rest made the
counter offer OF So This was declined,
it was said, because the committee
feared that it would be open to criti-
clsm for paying more for seats than
the cost of erecting stands, and it
therefore decided to build the side
walk seats.
1t was officially announced yesterday
that General Alexander would became
commanding officer at Camp Mills as
soon as the 77th Division is mustered
out of service.
Paul Chalfin, chairman of the deco
rations division of the Mayors Com
mlttee. had a conference yesterday
with General Rober' Alexander, COM
mander of the 77th Division After
ward he said several changes in parade
details had been decide upon. Princ-
pal among these was that instea of
having one great gcld-starred banner
for the divisions dead there would be
ten white silk flags, starred to repre-
sent the divisions 1856 dead, carried
at the head Of the marching column.
A palm of victory arso will be carried
IN the parade as far as Forty second
Street, and it was announced that rep
resentatiyes Of the 189 draft boards of
the city would march, each carrying a
wreath which will be laid with the
palm in the Court of Honor.
Taft to Watch Parade
Seating arrangements were prac-
tically completed yesterday, contin-
gent upon the result of the injunc-
ton suit, William Howard Taft.
Charles Z. Hughes, Martin Conboy and
service during the war, will be seated
in the reviewing stand at Eighty-scc-
ond Street.
Four thousand patients of the de-
barkation hospital in the old Greenhut
building will be seated between Sew
enteeth and Twentieth Streets, $500
from Hospital No. in the Grand
Central Palace will have seats be-
tween Forty-ffth and Forty-seventh
Streets.