The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-26
THE MAGNIFICENT SHIPS.
A Remarkable Scene as the Men-of-
War Pass Up the Riyer-Great
Turnout of People.
MAYoR's orEIcE, CIrY HALl.

The ships of the great naval parade
passed up the river at eleven O'Clock to.
day. The last ship passed the Cortlandt
street ferry at 11:40. The start was made
from the lower Bay on signal from
Admiral Gherardrs flagship, the PhiIa-
delphia, at 9:45. Tne thousands OF
spectators who had gathered TO
wltuess the spectacle from the Navesink
Highlands and the heights of Fort Wads-
worth and other points of advantage on
Staten Island hac hardly taken up posi-
ton before the guns of Forts
Hamilton and Wadsworth doomed
their welcome to the advancing
feet, steaming neck and neck. The two
Admirais and their hag-ships led the
way at rate of between s and 9 knots an
hour. A brisk breeze curled the waters
into white capped breakers, but the mag
nificent ships glided along so smoothly
that their motion scarcely seems percep-
tibIe. A cable and q half length 600
YARDS separated each ship from the
other and this distance was maintained
with absolute precision. The contrast
presented by the snow-white American
fleet and the dark hulled foreigner was
very percepticle as they moved along
side by side, each heightening the effect
Of the other.
THE ODER OF THE SHIPS.
The starDoard, or right-hand column,
looking towarps the bows of the vessels.
commanded py the British Admiral Sir
john Hopkins, consisted Of foreign ves-
sels in this order: British. Blake, Austria
lian, Magicienne and Tartar; Russian.
Dimitri Douskoi. General Admiral and
aRynda; French. Arethuse. Hassard and
Jean Bart; Italy, Etna. Bausan and
Dogoli; Spain, Infaata Isabel, Reina
Rsgente and Nueva Espana; Brazil,
Aquidaban. Tiradeatades and Repub-
iica.
The port or left hard column, COM
manded by Admiral Gherardi, consisted
OF the American feet. with some of the
visitors thrown into balance, in
the following order:-American-
Philadelphia. Newark, Atlanta,
San Francisco, Bancroft, Bennington,
Baltimore, Chicago, Yorktown, Charles
ton. Vesuvius and Concord; Argentine,
Nuevo de Julio; Holland, Van Speyk;
German. Kaiserln Augusta and Seeadler,
with the American monitor Miantonomah
bringing up the rear.
THE SCENE ON THE wHARvES.
The wharves. ships and buildings on
each side of the river presented q hardly
less remarkable scene than the ships in
review. Flags and sireamers of many
devices and colors hosJed everywhere
in profusion. The ferry stations
were magnifcently gay. Jersey City
and Hoboken were right in it with New
York In this respect. On wharves, house,
tops and in windows were swarms OF
sightseers. Of whom many were ladies in
pretty spring attire, aud IL goes without
saying they Were the loveliest spectacle
of all. The roof of Tsylor's Hotel, the
nhRncery cbsmber windows and the roof
of the ferry stations and depot were
utilized by railroad officials and their
fair friends and other invited guests.
AT ANCHOR.
Tt was JUST fifteen minutes to twelve
when a single gun from the Philadelphia
annouscsd that the anchorage ground had
been reached and answering almost
instanf ely gun doomed on the Chicago
aud the anchors of twelve American
ships dropped as IL released BY electric
ity.
POSITION OF THE SHIPS.
The British ships extended down Co
about Eightieth street aud the Russians
to Sixty-fifth street. The big black Jean
Bert Of the French Navy Is opposite
Sixtteth street.
The Italian flagship Etna isoff Fifty