The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-13
COLUMBUS DAY
New Jerseys Excellent Ap-
pearanCe at the. New
York Celebra-
tion.
ABBETT'S POPULAR OVATION.
Cheers For General Sewell and the
Essex Troops---JerseYmen
In the Night Parade.

Jersey City was practically deserted
yesterday. The stores on the principal
| thoroughfares were closed and all busi-
ness was at standstilI. AS early as
seven O'Clock pilgrimage to New York
set in, and from that time until well to-
ward noon steady stream of men, wom-
On and children poured through the gates
OF all the ferries. Every horse car which
came to the depots was crowded as it had
not been In many day. Passengers
were crammed in the interior and on
the platforms in manner that would
cause sardine packer 30 turn green with
envy. Men and women were content if
they could get one foot on step and
enough OF the railing to cling to. while
young men and bows rode on the hook the
horses are attached to and even on the
roof
This state of affairs was not confined to
the horse cars alone. Every train which
arrived on the Pennsylvania, the New
Jersey Central, the Erie, the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western and the other
railroads which terminate In this city had
extra cars, which were packed TO the ut
most extent, while it made ones blood
run cold to see the manner in which the
men and boys clung to the platforms.
All the roads ran extra trains.
1t was the same good natuPed American
crowd OF which SO much has been said
and written, but it was noticed Just the
same that there were plenty in it who
threatened ito knock de head orf yer' or
break jer jawr" If you were luckless
or0uEe or osts to ons tread ID Ser 'hss saoa feet
Those who passed down Exchange place
about nine o'clock saw a number of tall,
fine looking fellows astride powerful
chargers. The men were dressed In q
very snowy uniform sof black and white
n @Il
with immense bushy planes. They
were the celebrated City Troops of Phila-
delphia, once the command and the pride
II not the joy of General E. Burd Grubb.
They had come on from Philadelphia
and stopped to get their breakfast at
Taylor's Hotel.
AT THE FERRIES
The arrangements for getting the peo-
pie over the ferries were excellent and
the crowds were carried. lunch baskets
and all, safely over the river, where they
helped to make up the largest crowd that
ever congregated in the streets of New
York. As the procession passed they
saw sight to fill them with pardonable
pride. One of the features Of the show
was the New Jersey contingent. There
was going to be no mistake this
time as to what State boasl ed
that intellectual looking gentleman in
close cropped beard who rode ahead;
those fine looking men in cooked hats
and gold lace, and those soldierly looking
young men in the regular army uniform
that followed. So two spruce young
militia men walked ahead carrying
guidons, which bore the words New
Jersey" The Governor always looks
well on horseback, but yesterday he
looked particularly we'll All along the
line of march his presence was the signal
for the waving of handkerchiefs, clapping
of hands and storms of cheers. The Gov
ernor was one Of the most popular men
in the procession, and he was obliged
to keep his hat in his hand all along the
route. Beside him rode AdjutaRt GEN
eral Stryker and "the staff' followed
General Heppenheimer and the poet
Colonel Van Cleef, riding side by side.
Next came martial figure who bestrode
his black charger in manner that car
ried one back to the days when the su-
perb Hancock used to lead the Regulars
up Broadway. The broad gold sash across
his breast and the two stars on his shoul-
ders proclaimed him Major General, while
the short mustache. p lain bowed eye
glasses, and Just the rakishest angle to
that it was our own William J.Sewell. He
was attended by soldierly staff. Then
came the Essex troop ana New Jersey
has every reason to be as proud of her
Newark cavalymen as Philadelphi has
of her city troop. They were a handsome
in their uniform of blue and yellow, FASH
foned after the Regular Army dress, they
looked more business like than the gRudy
Philadelphians.
SPLENDID SHOWING.
The troops that followed were q credit
to the State and won much applause by
their soldierly bearing. There were many
Jersey veterans and f1remen in the other
divisions, and in the evening pageant the
Hudson County Wheelmen attracted
much attention. The Jersey City Ath-
letic Clubs cry was heard as the wheel
men went skimming by.
When the last batch of modern Red Men
had passed Union Square shortly after
midnight break was made for the Ele-
waited Railroad stations and the crowds
of Jersey men began to journey home-
ward. They found that the Elevated
road was running trains almost on top of
each other, and as they dropped their
bodies into the seats they were congratu-
lating themselves upon getting home in
such good time and so comfortable. But
when they reached the CortIandt Street
Ferryhouse they found that some one
ming only one boat, and that under
the usual midnight schedule of
every thirty minutes. Those who Just
missed a boat were Obliged to stand and
waits half hour while the two waiting
room became most tuncomfortRbly packed.
Then when the boat did come those who
had climbed the stairs to the upper wait
ing room found that they could not board
the boat from there and would have to
climb down stairs again. II the ferry
officials could have heard the hard things
that were said against them, they would
not sleep easy again.
The Jersey City and Bergen Railroad
made arrangements for handling the
crowd and succeeded very well
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