The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-29
side of the river past the Vice-Admiral's
flagship off Governors Island, and dis
narepd
THE PRESIDENT LANDS.
Formation of the Line to the Equitable
Building.


Formation of the Line to the Equitable
Building.
New YORK, April 80, 1ss9.-On the ar
rival of the Dispatch in the East river off
the foot of Wall street, barge manned
by crew of shipmasters from the Marine
Society of the Port of New York, with
Captain Ambrose Snow, president of that
society, as coXswain, put out to meet her
and row the President ashore:
The crew. of the barge that rowed
President Washington from Elizabeth
port to the foot of Wall street were MEM
bers of the same society.
Captain Shows crew consisted OF James
Harding, William b. Hilton, w. II. Al
len, G. ID. S. Trask, John r.. DeWar, w.
A. Ellis, George A. Dearborn, Samuel G.
Fairchild, James Parker, Albert Spencer,
Stephen Whitman, George l. Norton,
Benjamin f. Marsh, Richard Luce and
w. w. Urquhardt.
While the President was being taken
from the Dispatch into the barge the
Erastus Wiman and Sirius landed their
passengers at the foot of Wall street.
Then came the Presidential barge,
manned by a sturdy crew of grizzly haired
men, many of whom had not pulled an oar
in years, but whose strong, steady stroke
attested that the proficiency they had at
tanned generation ago had not been lost
BY the intervening years OF resting on
their oars.''
Pier 16, where the President landed, was
one of the most brilliantly decorated spots
in the city. The roof was one hutter1ng
mass of flags and streamers, and the in
terror, usually so sombre, was brilliant
with all the colors of the rainbow. To
the left of the pier was attached the float
at which the boat containing the Presi-
dental party emptied its distinguished
passengers. The float was handsomely
carpeted and the stairs leading to the pier
were covered with q canopy of bunting.
Streamers were strung across the water
from Wall street (pier 16) to Pine street
(pier11).
The President was received as he
stepped ashore by Governor Hill, Mayor
Grant, Hamilton Fish, president of the
Centennial Committee, and William q.
Hamilton, chairman of the Committee on
States, and with the other guests, in car
riages. was escorted to the Equitable
Building, where a reception and collation.
was rendered them by The Committee on
States. The procession was formed as
follows
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Floyd Clark
son, marshal; band, Fifth Regiment,
U. S. Artillery; three foot batteries,
Fifth Regiment, U. S. Artillery; New
York Commandery of the Loyal Legion
of the United States; Commanders of
Posts of the g. A. R., in counties of New
York and Kings; Cappa's band; Uni
formed Battalion of Veterans, Seventh
Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y; Uniformed
Veteran Militia Associations of New
York and Brooklyn; Band of the General
Service, U. S. A.; Society of the Sons of
the Revolution.
First carriage-The Plan and Scope
Committee, Messrs. James NJ. Varnum,
Cornelius N Bliss, Frederick S. Tall
madge and Samuel D. Babcock
Second ct.rriage-The Governor of the
State of New York on the back seat, with
the President of the United States on his
right hand; on the front seat the Mayor
of the city of New York and the President
of the Centennial Committee.
Third carriage-The Vice President of
the United States, the Lieutenant Gov
ernor Of the State Of New York, the chair
man of the Executive Committee and
Chief Justice of the United States.
Fourth carriage-The Secretary of State
and the Secretary of the Treasury ON the
back seat, the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy on the front seat.
Fifth carriage-The Secretary of the
Interior, the Postmaster General, the At
torney General and the Secretary OF Agri-
culture.
Sixth and seventh carriages-The Asso-
ciate Justices of the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Eighth carrlage-The General OF the
Army (retired), the Admiral of the Navy,
the Major General commanding the Army
and Senator Evarts.
Ninth carriage-Ex-P x-Presidents Cleve-
land, r. B. Hayes and Senator Hiscock.
The Governors of States, taking prece-
dence in the order of admission of their
States into the Union; the official repre-
sentation of the Senate of the United
States, the official representation of the
House of Representatives of the United
States, the Governors of Territories and
President of the Board of Commissioners
of the District of Colu bia, taking prece-
dence in the order establishment of
their Territorial gov, raments; the Ad-
miral of the Navy, General Sher-
man, the Major General Commanding
the Army and the officers of the
Army and Navy who by name have re-
ceived the thanks of Congress; the official
representation Of the Society of the Cincin-
natl, the. Chief Judge and Judges of the
York, the Presiding Justice and JUS
State of New York and Judges
of other courts of record within the CITY
of New York, the Legislature of the State
of New York, the State officers of the
State of New York, Judges and Justices
of other courts in the city of New York,
the Board of Aldermen of the city of New
York, heads of departments in the city of
New York, Mayor of the city of Brooklyn,
the Board of Aldermen of the city Of
Brooklyn, the foreign consuls at New
York, and officers of the Army and Navy
of the United States, invited guests, with
Out Snpcial order of nrncpdenpa