New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
SWEDES HONOR ERICSSON
NEW STATUE UNVEILED.
Mayor Lo7c accepts 1t for City
Grafton By Colonel Church.


statue of the designer of the Monitor in Battery
Park The ceremonies OF the unveiling were
preceded by parade. which started from Union
Square in the afternoon. the line of march being
down Broadway to the Battery.
The following took part in the parade: Three
companies of infantry from Fort Slocum. under
command OF Lieutenant Colonel L. c. Allen: the
band and two companies OF coast artillery from
Fort Hamilton. two companies of coast artillery
from Fort Wadsworth, under command OF
Major I. H. Walker; two companies OF marines
and two companies of bluejackets. a corps of
naval veterans and the Swedish guard. forty
one Swedish-American societies and unions.
Post No. 516, G.. A. R. and Company G. 14th
Regiment, y. G. N Y The parade. which was
formed in Union Square Park. Fifth-ave. and
neighboring streets. was led by Grand Marshal
Emil F. Johnson.
In Battery Park a great crowd gathered about
the statue. which stood veiled in Swedish and
United States flags. Among those the speak
ers' stand were Major General Adna r. Chaffee
and his staff. Admiral Rodgers. accompanied by
Lieutenant Commander Poundstone and twenty
officers on duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
receiving ship: Christopher Ravn, Swedish-Nor
wegian consult Park Commissioner Young Of
TIE Borough OF Brooklyn, Park Commissioner
Eustis OF The Bronx, Mayor Low. James B.
Reynolds and Borough President Swanstrom Of
Brooklyn. The guests were received by Ernst NJ
Lundgren, the master OF ceremonies. The school
ship St. Mary's, keeping abreast OF the detach-
ments from the United States Marine Corps.
passed the Battery from the Hudson into the
East River with the cadets drawn up at atten-
tion in the forward part of the ship.
Miss Rachel Hartley. the daughter OF ]. Scott
Hartley, the sculptor. who presented the statue
to the city unveiled the figure, and. as the flags
fell away. the United States ship Dolphin. which
anchored in the harbor, fired the national
salute of twenty-one guns, and the Swedish
Sporting and Athletic Associations band played
a folksong from the birthplace of Ericsson
Mr.. Hartley occupied a place the speakers
stand, with members of his family and friends.
and Ernst Lundgren, the master of ceremonies,
spoke for him in the formal presentation to Park
Commissioner Young. of Brooklyn, who pre-
sented it to the city.
Mayor Low. in his address of acceptance, said
in part
1t is a singular coincidence that of my
should have the privilege as Mayor of New-York
SON, tor the historic Monitor. designed by him
which revOlutiOnized the navieS of the world,
IoWeq to Hampton Roads FOR her night with the
MerFimaC by boat called the Seth Low. This
and it bedngsd to he rm which R FOR many years
towed all the clipper ships OF my fathers tieet in
the Monitor was designed in New-York. that She
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joiCe to give honored place to statue OF the
great engineer to whom the city owes this signal
deliverance.
the proud harbor whiea his genius did so Tpueh TO
1I9ise ana the incoming and the outgoins tides as
they pass this spot will shout in turn the chant of
the world-encirclng oceans as they pay tribute to
the deep recognize to earths remotest sea.
The Mayor was followed by Colonel William C.
Church, author of the Life of John Ericsson
who delivered the Grafton of the day. He said
in part:
1t is well that we. should have monument to
John Ericsson In this great city which was the
1t is not we'll, though. that it should have been
Of true artist devotion to his art ideals # each
of those who have profted by the la5ors Of Erics
monument to the great Swede at the capital of the
No recognition that America could give to this
man would exceed the measure of the gratitude II
1t is impossible to determine the relative value
of any link in the chain of circumstances which
Of them all was the most essential TO the continuity
ness Certain 1t Is 4oTeyeT W III that no man eaP tell
and unity on the American continent and ignore
John Ericsson. The stranger and the historian
public will find engraved upon one of its corner
stones the name of Ericsson and the efhgy of his
Imagination fails US in the attempt to determine
short in the work he did so Thoroughly on that
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Monitor and tic Merrimac disappeared the Confed-
alliance The thunder of the Monitors guns as
they echoed around the world. gave assurance that
ser ere To- be inscribed fndeIibIv Up"3 the banners
ever, one and inseparable,"
1T, It is vel: o sTedss and ye men Of Swedish
alone for what he did but for what he was While
America will remember for all time the work he
did for her he 6eloEsed peculiarly to the Swedish
people, for his heart beat in unison with theirs
life in the work of the day left him little leisure
tons We're touched and his heart was moved. it
was through re memory Of his early days in the
I knew the heart Of John Ericsson. and 1 knew
how its protoundest aspirations were realized when
his remains to the keeping of his native land that
ssoeaed With his most to cheTsd ner6o9e Tne scenes %
the protoundest emotions Of his ardent nature
her part in him and in his work and reioices when
there is erected In this city OF his adoption
memorial bearing his image and superscription
At the close of Mr.. Church's address Mr.. Lund-
gren spoke Of the great interest that had been
shown by Borough President Swanstrom Of
Brooklyn in making the celebration Of the day
a success and Mr.. Swanstrom spoke briefly.
Mr.. Swanstrom. who had made an effort 10 IN
duce President Roosevelt to be present yester-
day read a letter of regret from the President
The United States Swedish-American Society.
OF Boston, sent large wreath which was placed
upon the statue by DIR. Richard Hegner OF
Boston. who spoke briefly
The flags on the City Hall were displayed in
honor of the affair.
Forty-two Swedish American societies Of New
York and It's vicinity celebrated the unwilling OF
the Ericsson statue and the one-hundredth an
niversary of his birth by a ''Folksfest last
night at Suffers Harlem River Park About
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