Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1903-09-08

yacht club ensign. This was the only
set piece, but the revolving silver fire
wheel was great feature and attract
ed much attention. According to the
program there were eagle screams,
rockets, aerial sleighbells, golden
shower, great silver clouds, an erup-
tion of Sinbad's ieweled cave and
many other wonders of light. All
these, however, amounted to the same
thing to the great crowd ashore and
afloat, and were listed under the head
of fireworks. To some the display
was Disappointing and to others it was
a great delight. The general opinion,
however, seemed to be that they were
very good as far as they went, but
they were over too quick. For the
money spent, some thought there was
not enough to show for it. In this,
some members of the general commit
tee hold the same opinion.
The red fire was a decided feature
of the celebration. There seemed to
be any quantity of it and nearly all
the boats had liberal supply. That
there was plenty not distributed, how
ever, was evident from the way it
was burned along the shore and club
house after the carnival was over.
There was great deal of disapDoint-
ment that more boats did not decorate
and get into line. Up to the very
last not one of the committee gave up
hope of there being large turnout.
When 7.3O came, however, and only
one or two decorated boats appeared,
things began to look dubious. Nelson
Macan's sloop yacht Lizzie was in at
VanPelt's dock with Japanese lanterns
strung from the top of the mast to tip
of boom and bowsprlt. Down toward
the bluff was the Margaret, Wight 8
yacht, with her sails outlined with
lanterns, and DR.. Tyrrell's handsome
launch lay at the yacht club float
prettily trimmed. A few other crafts
appeared with some lanterns, but until
8 o'clock this was about all that had
put in an appearance. The bands
arrived and took their positions.
Bohn's band from New Brunswick 60
ing on board the sloop Only Daughter,
and the Tottenville band on a
float anchored just north of the yacht
club dock
Shortly after s O'Clock the tug
George B. Roe, with the Joseph Burns
Association on board, was seen coming
down the sound from the direction of
the steamboat dock. This was the
committees real salvation. The tug
was gay with Japanese lanterns and
with liberal supply of red fire she
quite enlivened the scene. AS she
drew near other tugs got. out into the
sound and the Roe was saluted on all
sides. She looked very proud as she
moved gracefully along and people
then began to think there was really
going to be carnival. The saluting
of the tugs woke matters up Red fire
began to show in different parts of the
sound. Marshal Evans soon had the
sloop with the band attached to the
Roe and the two headed for the bay.
In the meantime the Margaret had
come up to the yacht club float, but
the T,izzie still Law at V1nPeIt,s The
marshal's aides, Nathaniel Pierce and
Louis Rossi, were busy finding boats
to tow the yachts. Finally the Ida, a
little steam yacht from the Passaic
river Yacht Club, in charge of Captain
Robert Martin, who had come down
merely to look on, was secured to tow
the Margaret. Meantime the Rosa,
DR.. Tyrrell's launch, was having
troubles of her own. Her engine re-
fused to work. For fifteen minutes
they worked with 1T when finally it
moved. There was some applause
from the crowd as she crept out from
the dock. The Lizzie had been towed
around and she was made fast to the
Rosa.
1t was then that everything seemed
to be ready and the marshal touched
off the starting rocket. The Roe,
with the band was then down off the
bluff and was heading for Sea Breeze.