Show VIEWED BY A UTAH BOY How the JJartholdi Procession Struck a Youujr Correspondent Tac a Utah boy in New York writ to THE HERALD of the celebration which occurred in honor of the unveiling of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty says The weather was all but fine a heavy fog enveloping the bay and city but this did not in any way interfere with the programme as set forth and everything every-thing went along though less pleasant thau if the weather had been otherwise other-wise Exptctmg that the streets would be pretty well crowded we left our boardinghouse at about 0 a mt so as to secure a good place where we might view the Grand Street parade as it paced down town Walking up Twentythird Street which was already being blocked up with wandering humanity wagons etc we reached the corner of iiftu Avenue and Twentythird Street and halted just a little way below the Grand Staud where President Cleveland would review the columns as they passed Getting two empty packing boxes from a cellar near by and a couple of plaukx we soon had a platform erected from whch we could geta good view xilhout having an umbrella up in front of u We were in position and waiting for the parade by 10 oclock and had a good chance qt seeing the manner in wInch the police kept open the line of march As the crowd continued to increase and there was already n jam of people as far as the eye could reach the pressure from outside threw those in from into the road so the police had to use their clubs to drive them back The mounted police did better service in that than the foot men their horses were all tn ned and would back ricnt into the crowd and by main force push ibr people back There was one horse I noticed which would raise his hind leg and gently shove the people back All this to me was quite interesting being such a novel way of keeping the line of march open livery place that person could get to see was occupied the tops of lamp posts telegranh poles trees ana the housetops were all filled This was a bonanza to people who could put chairs in elevated places and sell them for from 2 to > 5 each many persons bem glad to pay that for a seat While watching the crowd below and wondering wonder-Ing how could anything ever get through such a pack I heard an ambulance coming com-ing up Twentythird Street I marveled what would become of it but the crowd just separated and gave it the way like magic and closed in again after it had passec through The mist was now tailing and it began to get quite cold when we heard the band coming down and this announced the approach of the procession It was now ll45a mand the column continued to move past without halts for two hours and fifteen minutes The troops alone were one boar passing This parade to me was the grandest affair I had ever seen and I might say the largest there being 20000 men in line Among the most interesting things was a Statue or Liberty In real flowers and also a life sized fireman in real flowers which at a distance was perfectly beautiful The old volunteer fire department was out in force drawing their old hose carriages and double decker engines There was I one old engine built in 17CO which was a queer looking machine It was worked with cranks on the side and was indeed a most awkward affair The pro gramme of the day gives a detailed description of the whole affair and is more explicit than I could ever be The Tarter end of the procession was brought up by George Washingtons old carriage car-riage and a very peculiar looking vehicle vehi-cle it was The land parade through with we repaired to our boardinghouse for dinner after which we took Sixth Avenue cars for the Battery to witness the river parade and tne salutes from the fort on Governors Island On arriving arriv-ing here we found Battery Park as crowded as it was up town The bay was so foggy that we could not see anything any-thing that was going on and after wandering wan-dering around for about two hours we went home The fireworks were postponed post-poned on account of the rain but will come off on the first clear night This was a great day for Xew York and would have been much greater if the weather had been more favorable By the way I forgot to mention that while the procession was marching afire a-fire alarm was sent out from Broadway and Twentysixth and the engines and carts came light up past the GrandStand Grand-Stand It is a fine sight to see the way the fire department gets around here as crowded as it was before the engines tot there a space was cleared and they passed right trough without stopping The space had closed up and a large wagon loaded with women and men had crowded together when up came the hosetower and in trying to get through we saw it knock over this wagon and throw the people to the ground f afterwards learned that two of the people were killed Thus closed a day which will long be remembered by many who were fortunate enough to witness it |