Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
OFFICIALS TO Join
IN BRIDGE OPENING
Prince of Wales, Dawes and
Kellogg to Speak at Buf-
faIo Next Sunday.

Special international importance at
taches to the formal dedication next
Sunday afternoon Of the international
Peace Bridge, connecting Buffalo. N.
l.. with Fort Erie. Canada, designed
to commemorate the unbroken con-
tinuance OF peace between the United
States and Canada for a period Of l13
years.
High officials Of tho United States.
Great Britain, Canada and the State
Of New York will be present and take
a leading part in the ceremonies. The
United States Government will be
represented by Vice President Charles
G. Dawes. Secretary of State Frank
y. Kellogg; the British government by
the Prince of Wales, his brother.
Prince George. and the Right Hon.
Stanley M. Baldwin, Prime Minister
of Great Britain; Canada by the Right
Hon. Mackenzie King, Premier Of
Canada. and members Of his official
household; the State of New York by
Gov. Alfred T.. Smith and members
Of his staff. and the municipalities of
Buffalo and Fort Erie by their prin-
cipal officials.
According to the official program,
these diGnitaries and their attendants
will assemble at the middle Of the
bridge and exchange greetings. follow
ing which the British and Canadian
delegations will b. escorted by the
United States and New York delega.
tons to a decorated platform erected
a. the Buffalo terminal of the bridge,
where the formal ceremonies Of dedi-
cation will be held.
Prince to Make Address.
Short addresses will be made by the
Prince Of Wales. Vice President
Dawes. Premier Baldwin. Secretary
Kellogg, Premier Mackenzie King
AMI probably by Gov. Smith. The ex-
ercises will be opened and closed by
religious services, and the program
also includes the singing Of the ma
tional anthems of the United States
and Great Britain by large choirs.
Following the benediction, the United
States delegation will return the call
of the British and Canadian delega-
lions by recrossing the bridge to the
Canadian side and visiting the Brock
Monument in Fort Erie.
Though the bridge will be known as
the international Peace Bridge. to en-
phasize the long continued friendly
relations between the peoples OF the
two countries, it's real name is the
Buffalo and Fort Erie Bridge" 1t was
built by company Of that name, or
which Frank B. Baird is president and
the entire stock is held equally by
Americans and Canadians. 1t cost
about S3,500,O00 supplied entirely by
private capital. With its approaches,
the bridge Is about a mile long and the
over-Water structure is about 1920 feet
III length, with a capacity of about
$500 vehicles an hour. 1t Is the only
vehicular bridge connecting the two
countries between Niagara Falls and
Duluth, and it's completion marks the
realization of strenuous efforts extend
ing over a period Of more than half
century. to provide adequate physical
connection at the western end of the
Niagara frontier.
Approaches on Historic Sites.
Both governments showed their deep
interest in the enterprise by providing
the necessary approaches at either
end. TO supply the Buffalo approach,
the United States Government discon-
tinued old Fort Porter as a military
post and sold the site to the bridge
company, and the Canadian govern
ment acquired the site of the Canadian
approach by the assertion of the right
of eminent domain and transferred 1t
to the bridge company. The Canadian
approach is on the Fort Erie reser
walton, where the English and Amer
lean troops met in battle for the last
time at the close of the War Of 1872.
1t is considered happy coincidence
that the commemoration of the long
era Of peace between the two great
English speaking nations should fol
low so closely the recent establish
ment Of direct and intimate diplomatic
relations between the United States
and it's immediate neighbor on the
north. The ministers Of both coun-
tries, William S. Phillips of the United
States, and Vincent Massey of Can
ada. will attend the peace ceremonies
at Buffalo.