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Show COST . OF NEW YORK'S DEWEY DAY. (Gilson Willets in Leslie's. Weekly.) And what is the cost in money of , Dewey day? New York City itself ap- ( propriated and spent $L'00.000. . More , than half of this went for the arch and for reviewing stands $26,500 for the ' arch and $75,000 for 55.000 seats. The next largest amount was ?31,000 spent , for fireworks. Then , came $20,000 for boats in the naval parade. $13,000 for decorations. $12,500 for feeding visiting .' troops, $8,500 for refreshments for ( guests, $5,400 for bodges for the com- , mittee of 1,200, $5,000 for the loving cup, $3,500 for sundries. By visitors and ' citizens the largest single expenditure was for seats. . The prices for seats , ranged from $1 for a few of the least ( desirable on stands to $.".00 for, a window. win-dow. A fair estimate of the average ' cost of seats is $3.50. The cash expenditure ex-penditure for the 500,000 seats, there- : fore, amounted to $1,750,000. The next largest amount was $l,0u0.000 for deco- ' rations, bunting, flags, fireworks, etc. Nearly 1,000 yards of bunting - were used and nearly 500,000 Hags. Besides ini me soiuier uuj.i c-i'tm nan. a million-dollars in New York for trappings, for refurbishing. New York being the : center .of the military equipment, business. busi-ness. Every visiting militiaman boughtsome new or needed item for his uniform or kit; the Twenty-second New York ordered 500 brand new coats and hats bands fitted out anew from head to foot: $8,000 was spent just for white cotton gloves. Bankers' estimate that at least $25,000,000 was put into circulation in New York by visitors during the week. This is based upon the conservative estimate that the average aver-age amount spent by each of the 2,500,-000 2,500,-000 visitors was $10. |