The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-18
MAnluAGE or r,lE WATERS.
'ihpnhnS Celebration nt tho Opening ul
tho Inrl,u Shin Cnnni

'hpninS Celebration nt tho Opunlnr OF
tho iariam Ship Canal
NEw fonH. June 1.-The Harlem
snip canal. which connect, tho Hudson
river, with long Island sound, was for /.
meIly opened thi, afternoon with n
monster aquatic and land parade, In
which tho United S,a,cs army aud
navy, tho atato militia and naval 70.
serve, city police aud fro departments
and numerous civic bodio, were repre.
sentel.
Ihe wator pageant was the fcasuro OF
ho demonstration.
Al II CLOCK ono OF tho big guns OF
tho warship Cincinnati doomed out the
signal for the divisions Of tho ilotilIu to
take place in line. Tho head Of the
column formed about two hundred
Yards from shore. II little to the north
oil tho onIrancc to tho canal. About tho
same timo tho flagship Elaine hovo In
sight. Sho glided up to tho warship
aud took hor position Just astorn.
The task OF forming tho limo was n
long ono and 1t WAS Just ten minutes TO
O'Clock when tho battery Of tho Gin.
cinnhti was heard again aud tho open.
ing salute oil SIX guns was fired.
There wa, rattling OF chains at tho
railroad crossing at tho entrance Of tho
canal and the big drawbrideo was slow.
ly hauled up.
All tho vessels in tho first division
were IN llne and amid the screaming OF
whistles from tho whole fleet, aud while
the Clncinnatrs guns wero still boom.
ing, tho tug Scandinavian, which Icd
the procession, swept through tho
opening, closely followed by half n
dozen little steam launches, which
came up in double lilo and shot ahead.
lhen came score more OF bargcs. tugs
and excursion steamers. The Elaine.
with the invited guests, led tho second
division OF the parade and there
was another blast from tho whistles as
she went through the draw. Following
her were score or more OF tug boats,
most OF which had been chartered for
tho occasion by various organizations.
Last OF all came tho steam Yachts,
which brought up tho rear OF the pa.
rade with n tine turnout. The last
boat in the procession had passed
through the draw at /: :l5 p. n., aud tho
head oi the procession WAS well down
the river.
In all there wcre seventy vessels in
the ilo:lIia which passed down to the
river and ot those, twenty-five were
naphtha launches.
The rowing clubs FELL in behind the
scandinavian IN the first division aud
went down the river four abreast.
Passing through the Harlem river the
water parade made it, way to the south
OF Wards Island, through the channel
TO the north, past Stony Poin. and
North Brother Island to the rendezvous
Just OF Oak Point. There the land
torces drew up and tho salute from tho
Cincinnati was answered by salute on
land. aud the cheers o! the multitude OF
people gathered in the woods along
East 1iatbor At Oak Point.
1t was here, and ut this timG, that the
members OF tho Young Lady Naval
Guards with much ceremony placed
their hands on the kegs carried BY tho
Elaine containing tho waters from his.
torical spots, while the waters wore
;umbled into the sound and the words
OF the marriage oil the waters were
spoken.
Fully 400 persons attended the
banquet at tho pavilion nj Oak
Point in the afternoon. Addresses
were male by Mayor Strong.
General f. L. Vielc, chairman for
the committee OF arrangements; Z. l.
Stougntou, Fordhnm Morris and others.
The celebration wound I'D with grand
exhibition Of tire-work. in the evening