New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26
HOBOkEN'S FIFTY YEARS..
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In it's museum may stin be seen the model Of
the famous Stevens battery
The appreciation of Hoboken for what the
Stevens family has done for it viii be shown in
the celebration next Tuesday when Colonel Ed
win A. Stevens. son of the founder Of the insti-
tute. will be grand marshal
At the present time Hoboken boasts chiefly Of
its commercial progress. It possesses a harbor
front where the largest ships afoat can dock
In proportion to its size, Hoboken is indeed the
greatest port for European traffic in the United
States. Although one-sixtieth the size OF New
York. it handles about one-third the number OF
transatlantic passengers. 1t is in HOboken that
the North German Lloyd Steamship Company
has built the largest and most modern piers in
this country They three in number. and
extend nine hundred feet into the Hudson In
consequence of the fearful lesson taught by
the fire of 1900 which consumed the company's
piers and in which more than two hundred per-
sons lost their lives. and property damage Of
100000 was caused these structures are Of
steel and concrete, and in the framework Of the
great bulkhead structure which connects the
piers like the back of a comb there is not so
much as piece of wood
Besides the North German Lloyd. the Ham
burg American Steamship Company has ex-
tensive piers in HObOken. and here, too, the
Holland-America and the Thingvalla, or Scandi-
navian. lines dock their ships AS the officers
and crews of the great German lines are almost
entirely Of the Teutonic race the river front of
Hoboken has come to be a veritable reproduc-
ton of the Vaderland-
In art and architecture Hoboken is ahead Of
many communities of far greater size. II pos
sesses one church which is not only the largest
in the State of New-Jersey. but which Is Of es-
peciaI architectural merit. 1t is the Church Of
Our Lady OF Grace. and 1t measures IN length
the entire width of an average New-York city
block 1t is richly decorated after the fashion
Of the thirteenth century. The church also con-
tains a painting which is of especial interest
because of the subject 1t represents and the
story of how it came to Hoboken. II is an ex-
act replica of the Madonna of Fongno. by RAJ
phael, now in the Vatican Gallery. 1t was paint
ed by order of Charles Felix. King of Sardinia
who beQueathed it TO the Duke OF Genoa, brother
OF King Victor Emmanuel The duke wanted
to give the picture to some mission church. and
the Rev. Father Cauvin. pastor OF the Hoboken
church. learning of his purpose. secured the
painting
In politics Hoboken is Democratic OF all the
ex-mayors alive only one is a Republican. and
he was elected more than twenty years ago
Yet the Democrats themselves do not allow ono
clique or one race to rule them long. Although
the majority of Hoboken residents are Germans
nevertheless the Germans do not entirely dom-
nate the city. A while ago. for example the
Board or Education, eager to win the German
vote. made the German language compulsory
study in the public schools; but the Irish and The
Italians kicked so hard that the subject was cut
out of the regular course.
In numbers. however the Germans rank far
In the lead OF the 10000 inhabitants. IS 4SS
were born In the Old World. and OF these 1888
came from Germany. 3,SO7 from Ireland and
$50 from Italy or the 81 500 HOboken rest
dents of foreign parentage 2O9OO are OF German.
SsS6S or Irish. and 4301 OF italian extraction
only about one-tenth Of the inhabitants were
born OF American families