Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-06
2 Cities Join Hands
in Bridge Parade


Barlow. Of the commission. In the
third car rode the Rev. DR.. Joseph
krauskopf, Very Rev. Dean w. j.
Fitzgerald. of Camden, and the Rev.
Carter Helm Jones. In the following
cars were Bridge Commissioners Smith
Snyder, Lewis and Adams; then Com
misSioners Weglein. Stevens, Jeffrics
and Shay; in the sixth car Commis-
sioners Gallaher, Noyes, Boteeger and
Boyle.
Counsel for the Bridge Commission
occupied the seventh car: in the eighth
were Rear Admiral Mutton commau-
dant at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
his executive officer. Commander Simp-
son. and United Suites engineers. Then
came the bridge executive staff, the
engineers and their assistants. the as.
sistant engineers and consulting engi =
neers.
y. j. State Police Nattily AttiIrd
In the very last car were Colonel
Schwartzkopf and Captain Kimberling,
Of the New Jersey State police, smart
in their new uniforms of natty blue and
crossed with black Sam Brown belts.
They were making their first appear
ance at a public function.
Then Came the tiremcn's band fol =
lowed by Il simmer of gay guIdops and
the national, State and city colors. to-
gether with the float showing the COM
pleted bridge. Every feature Of m.
huge pageant represented pride in a
victory dearly won, and a determine
tion--bv n display of forcc-to hold
that victory.
Directly behind the float and the
Firemen's Band plodded the only ma
tional representation in the parndc--a
battalion of sailors from the League
Island Navy Yard. Proudly beside the
ensign who led this contigent marched
n boy Of seventecn--a music" hut n
| full hedged marinc--thc only reprcscn-
tative of his corps in the line Of march
AS the colors of the naval contlgent
moved up the street hats were removed
with deeper reverence as II there was
present some psychic force that made
the people-thousand of them-fcel
that there was just n little something
more TO this demonstration than is at
| tached to the hundreds that take place
! in this city yearly.
National Guards IN Line
, Then came the tramp Of heavier feet,
the sight Of war Scared trench hell
NETS and the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey National Guard contingcnts
swung past. Pennsylvania was repre-
scented principally by the First Rpgi-
nent, Gathering artillery unit. whose
grim guns, were uncovered as If Chal-
lenging the world to prevent the Cul-
minHtiOn Of the dream of years.
After them Clattrrcd and bnrked the
united COnstabular!es of PENNSYLVANIA
sNd New Jersey. Everything in the
parade was in pairs. There was as
much sense of joining together in the
very formation of the pageant rs there
was in floats which depicted William
Penn and Lord Camden gripping hands
across stream which has divided them
for years.
Camden's bridge dreams came true
when the parade passed through its
streets.
All the lore and legend of the old
State were symbOliZed In that parade.
and floats portraying a great future for
Camden and its suburbs brought cheers
from the crowds that lined the route of
march.
Children were out in thousands, for
the day was proclaimed holiday in the
schools. The courthouse was closed
also.
Long before the Philadelphia and
Pennsylvania section Of the procession
reached New Jerseys shore the meme of
jersey we're lined up and waiting.
The blnre Of bands and tho huttcring
of flags at the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
ferry entrance about 10 80 o'clock told
the crowd the Pennsylyauans had ar
rived.
Down Federal street from the ferry
house they came, at their head in auto
mobiles the full membership Of the
Bridge Commission, with executives on
the staff, the Board of Engineers, the
Governors and Mayors and special
guests.
After them came the military, the
police, futtering guidons OF red, ma =
tIOnal and Pennsylvania State colors,
and the big float representing the com
pleted bridge.
Charles Sehemp, driyerNpf the truck
bearing this lengthy $500 )model, haS