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road was formally opened on the 17th day of October, 1896, by a 

 parade under the auspices of the Good Roads Association. 

 Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Luscomb was the Grand Marshal. 

 His staff consisted of Major William H. Eddy, of the 47th Regi- 

 ment ; Major George L. Gillon, of the 14th Regiment ; Major 

 Clinton H. Smith, of the 71st Regiment; Major H. H. Quick, of 

 the 47th Regiment ; Major George D. Russell, of the 13th Regi 

 ment ; Captain Frederick T. Leigh, of the Signal Corps ; Captain 

 John R. Blake, of the 12th Regiment; Captain George W. Rod- 

 gers, of the 13th Regiment; Captain H. A. Williams, of the 13th 

 Regiment; Captain W. K. Van Olinda, of the 13th Regiment ; 

 Captain George W. Cowen, of the 13th Regiment; Captain S. 

 Grant, of the 13th Regiment; Captain H. P. DeForrest, of the 

 13th Regiment; Captain John A.Anderson, of the 13th Regiment; 

 Captain Charles Werner, of the 13th Regiment; Lieutenants 

 Stewart, Hooley, Pierson, Smith, Ashley, Fahnestock, Iauch, 

 Turton, Croffet, Murphy, Lynch of the 13th Regiment and 

 Lieutenant Butcher, of the 47th Regiment. 



Following the military division were the Brooklyn and Long 

 Island wheelmen, led by Mr. A. H. Angell, President of the Good 

 Roads Association, Hon. Joseph R. Clark, President of the Board 

 of Aldermen, E. H. Walker and L. P. Coleman. The unattached 

 wheelmen brought up the rear. 



The line of the parade was from Bedford avenue and Eastern 

 Parkway, over the Glenmore avenue route to the Queens County 

 line and back to the starting point. Here the line was re-organized, 

 and moved down Bedford avenue, past the Union League Club, 

 where the parade was reviewed by the Mayor and other city 

 officials, besides a number of prominent citizens. 



The people of the Twenty-sixth Ward had an individual cele- 

 bration on the 30th of October, to show their appreciation of the 

 opening of Glenmore avenue and also the paving of Bushwick 

 and Pennsylvania avenues, which form the connecting link 

 between Glenmore avenue and the Eastern District. This 

 parade was participated in by all of the prominent merchants 

 of the ward and the local bicycle clubs. It was a very brilliant 

 affair. 



