Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-03-01
THE FLAG RAISED.
First Steamship of Trans-Ati.atfe Lac
-HArrtsoo HOists the stars aud stripes
Above the City OF New York.

Firss Steamship OF Tr.ns-Ati.atis Lin.
-HArrisOn Hoist. the stars aud stripes
Above the Cicy OF New York
NEW YORK. Feb. 23-The ceremon.
OF hosting the stars and stripes 10 the
peak on the giant ocean steamship
which has gained fame as The City OF
New York, but which has been re
christened New York by her owners
on becoming an American corporation.
which was performed Wednesday after
noon, drew some of the most dis
tinguished citizens of the nation
70 this city The programme of
the rebaptiSm and naturalization OF
the New York. which marks the be-
ginning of the building of an American
merchant marine, provided for solemn
and formal ceremonial at noon. At the
close of which the stars and stripes was
TO be hoisted and De saluted by the
guns Of the forts and United States
cruisers in the harbor. The exercises
were delayed by the storm and the &C
cident On the Pennsylvania road
At 1880 o'clock the steamboats, How
ard Carroll and Sam sloan pushed their
way through the ice that lined the
New York shore OF the North river. and
tied up at the New York's pier. At
li:S0 the steamship company guests
came in large numbers and went on
board the steamboats,, which at II
o'clock cast of their hawsers and
dropped down the stream
At HAS the guns on Governors Is
land fred salute of seven guns, and
this was responded TO by the warship
Chicago At y o'clock the steamboat
William Fletcher ran alongside the
New York, and a large party Of men
went on board the steamship. The
police boat patrol steamed around the
big steamship, and the fireboat New
Yorker saluted her with q whistle ) As
the Howard Carroll and Sam Sloan
drew up alongside at 1920 and trans
ferred their passengers 10 the New
York, the guns on Governors Island
fred another salute
The section of the train bearing the
president arrived in the depot at 1857.
rotary of State Foster, Secretaries
Tracy and Rusk, Postmaster-General
Wannamaker. Maj Halford. private
secretary TO the president; Lieut. Par
ker. naval aid; d. NJ Ramsdell, marshal
of the District of Columbia; and F. C
Tibbett, Col Lemley, judge advocate
general of the navy; Henry w Ray
mond, Secretary Tracy's private secre-
tary, and many others equally promin-
ent in national affairs
The president and those with him
were at once escorted to the Sam Sloan,
and few minutes later the steamers
lines were cast loose and she headed for
the New York 1t was 2:l5 o'clock
when the Sloan drew alongside the New
York. The bridge was thrown from
the New York 10 the roof of the Sloan's
upper deck 1t was 2:S0 o'clock when
Congressman Bourke Cochran made a
few remarks, ending with: MIR Presi-
dent, invite you TO raise the American
flag upon this splendid vessel"
President Harrison said; 1T gives me pleas
ure 20 consumrnate here to-day. by the act OF
lifting this Tag. the efforts in support OF a prfr-
ciple TO which give my hearty support ! have
felt a citizen and as president NORTH cation
which every American must feel who examines
into the standing Of the United States in the
merchant marine Of the world believe we have
reached an epoch in our development when we
VIII begin the work Of carrying our share OF the
worlds commerce upon the sea We lift the
iag to-day over one ship, magnificent speei-
men Of the naval art, one Of the best on any sea.
That event is interesting in isself, but it's in
terest 10 me is in the fact that this ship Is the
type and precursor OF many others
Then the president with his own
hands pulled the halyards and broke"
the flags on the peaks of the ship: at
the same instant small flags dressed
the ship. "Old Glory was greeted by
pandemonium of whistling and bell
ringing from the craft in the harbor.
and the Chicago intonated the national
salute of twenty-one guns, the forts in
the bay responding.
After the ceremonies closed there was
magnificent dinner given on board
the New York