Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15


merce yesterday paid tribute to the
memory Of Columbus. The vast busi-
ness of the second seaport of the world
was practically suspended and more
than 300 steamers and tugboats, the
smallest Of them larger than the seven
ty-fve ton "Santa Maria," the fifty ton
''Pinta" or the forty ton Nina" in
which the great discoverer and his COM
panions made their adventurous voyage,
dropped their ordinary avocations and
formed in majestic holiday parade to do
him honor
With every favoring condition Of
| skies and weather, with the crisp cleat
air of the early fall bringing out in
sharp outline every object on the dane.
ing waters and along the shores Of
| New Yorh's matchless bay and harbor,
the naval pageant was spectacle to
be once seen and always remembered.
| From the green heights Of Fort Wads-
worth, on the western shore at the en-
trance to the Narrows, eastward to the
| shoals of RoclSaway and the sandy
reaches of the Hook, southwark to the
| highlands of the Navesink and north
ward to the dim blue outlines of the
Palisades and the grassy slopes of Riv-
erside, afar up the Hudson, the scene
was one of marvellous life and beauty.
| And all New York was there to see 1t.
Every one of the $50 steamers, tugs and
yachts forming the escorting fleet, as
well as each of the vessels composing
the naval militia, was crowded with
guests. New York became for the once
a city on the sea.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the steam tug
Howard Carroll left the barge office,
| hevino on board the committee on naval
| parade and their distinguished guests
Their invited guests included Vice Pres
ident Morton, Secretary Charles Foster,
of the treasury; Secretary Tracy and
Assistant Secretary Solely, of the navy;
Gov Flower and his personal staff and
other dignitaries.
At 1880 the signal to start was given
and the column formed. First came the
naval militia of the state of New York
under the command of j. w. Mill, con-
sisting of the tugs of the Pennsylvania
and Erie railways, of the Bee trans
portation line, and of the New York
Lightage Company. These, divided into
four squadrons, formed the patrol line
of the parade.
Every tug as it fell into line sounded
it's shrill whistle and the deep-voiced
fog signals of the larger steamers bel
lowed response. These We're but the
police to clear the way. Swiftly DART
ing through the water came the torpedo
boat Cushing, the flagship of the pa
rade, Commodore s. N. Kane on board,
and its three attendant vidette boats,
the steam yachts Aida, Allegra and Hell
vetia. Next in order was the steamer
Howard Carroll with the distinguished
guests of the naval committee. Then
the visiting warships and the United
States squadron escorting them, with
the visitors in the center. The flagship
Philadelphia headed the starboard
column, followed by the Dolphin and
the Vesuvius; the Miantonomoh headed
the port column, followed by the At
lanta and Blake.
The three steamers of the committee
of one hundred fell in after the war
vessels and headed the column of the
escorting fleet. So they moved, the long
double row of gaily decked waiting YES
sells, bands playing, whistles blowing,
flags dipping, yards manned and every
possible display of enthusiasm being
made. When the last boat of the war
fleet had run the gauntlet of this peace
full holiday making aotilla, the escort
ing vessels weighed anchor and fol-
lowed in set order in their wake.
As the warships passed Forts Wads-
worth and Lafayette the guns of those
forts doomed out q national salute of
twenty-one guns, which was taken up
by the Philadelphia and under its lead
by the other vessels of the squadron
and returned by the visitors. The roar
of the great guns was deafening and
continuous and the smoke lay over the
water in such dense masses that steer
ing for time became difficult. Passing
Governors island another national well
come of twenty-one guns burst from
the rudely constructed walls of Castle
William and again was echoed back in
thunderous reverberations by the fleet.
The warships, of course, were Of
most interest to the sightseers. At in
tervals of $50 yards in three columns
300 feet apart sailed after the Mianto-
nomoh Philadelphia and LArethusa,
nine other naval engines of war. The
United States steamships Atlanta and
Dolphin escorted the French gunboat
Hussard.
, Slowly the ships moved by, passing
, slowly up the North river, past the
crowded docks and piers, flags flying
, and the glistening sides rejecting the
sunlight, making the occasion memoir
, able one to those who witnessed it, The
/ escorting fleet brought up the rear. 1t
was in ten divisions, divided into two
| squadrons, port and starb ard. 1t num-
bered a great many craft of all descrip-
tions, but sailed in line with something
: like the procession of marching SOL
, diers For an hour the scene was con-
tinued, the last vessel passing the Bat
terry at 2:30.
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