The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1899, Page 21

~N THE HEROIC SIZED STATUES forR S ABCH IN THE BASEMENT OF MAD)SON “RoEN HEN George Dewey, admiral sails into New York harbor late t month he will be the most d. of man in the world and the best loved man in America. Only Dreyfug occupled so large & share of public thought dur- ing the months since Dewey left Ma- nila, and Dreyfus’ prominence has been that of notoriety, not fame. “If the money that to be spent on d ba weighed istical flend, rly as heavy as the shot he up in "het r not is of no oesible cc ce, but it 15 certain- y & fact that America has never so nearly approached a national fit of af- fectionate eria as she will on the day the hers of the Phillppines comes bome. It will be like New York off and on for a good vears, it has been my bu 3 to see its big events. There has nev een a lebration in honor of any one man @ Dewey reception every gre m the the he millior and_ getting thelr unting ready to fly from every in town which can offer holding for a waving, colored rag. DBare ugly timbers hide the, fronts of of houses and business bulidings which the great parade will pass; ulators have staked their all in renting space. Streetcar companies are figuring out ways by which they can keep their cars away from certain crowded str and still transport the crowds; cabmen are reckoning on a great harvest in the glorious twenty- four hours of Dewey's day; hotels are furbishing up their rooms and restau- rants are buying food supplies long in advance; all New York is getting ready BACKGROUND EWEY ARCr URMOUNT rations are being made by tens of thou- sande to land in the metropolis’ at the same time the admiral does, zo am to help in the clcering. The New York Central, the Pennsylvania, the . Erfe, the Lehigh Valley, the New England lines—indeed ev, leading to New York Is I s and ar- ranging to get oft its tracks so as to be able to handle the day’s enormous passenger business. Not less than a mlillon people will be brought Into New York from the sur- rounding country according to the es- timate of the general passenger agent of the New York Central. Hundreds of thousands of people will be disappointed in their efforts to see the admiral as he passes along the line of march. The arrangements for stands are not as complete as it was hoped they would be. Mayor Van Wyck'r private secretary, Mr. Downs, who hai had much to do with the arrangements for the celebration, says that not more than two million people will be able to see the parade if every inch of space alonk the line is occupied. “At least twice that number will try to,” he added. Windows from which the show may be seen are of course in great de- mand. The great feature of New York's preparations will consist of the col i arch nd colonnadé on Fifth avenue. where it will be flanked by the famous Madison equare and the Fifth-avenue Hotel. T is the ou v £ patriot- d simple. a was put C. R. Lamb, a well-known 1t fo/ J. Q) AL ptor. ish the money If the sculptors will do the wor said Mr. Lamb. 3ut T don’t suppose the sculptors w do the wor “The sculptors will do the work.” sald Mr. Ward, “but the city will not fur- nish the money. TI'll talk to the sculp- tors about it if you will start the money end of the plan.” Mr. Ward did suggest the plan to the Sculpture Soclety. They took it up with a good will that carried it through in one night. The city government was scarcely less prompt in appropriating the money for materials and workmen. There was a hitch in the issuance of the bonds, but it was caused by a com- plication and did not indicate lack of enthusiasm over the arch project. The Bculpture Ward, KARL RITTER ONE of T DEDIGNERSD OFTrE DENVE Y Amcrt 1NV HeEES T STHO DING AT \NvE ST HoBoREN, NU. SCULPTER NIERAUS AND 15 GROUT YTRIUMPHANT +OME _ COMING - CNE OF THE PRINCIPAL FEATUORES OF THE DEWEY ARCrs