The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
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Fully Fifty Thousand Per
sons See the LuSitania.
SIXTY POLICEMEN ARE NEEDED
EntcrprIsinE Yankee, Despite Irish
Sentiment of the NeighbOrEOOd,
Miniature British FIaEs-COnsideT-
able Table Silver Disappears.

/ New York, Sept B-Never has such
/ multitude streamcd from all the boroushs
of the great city TO any show, marine or
otherwise than that which kept sixty
cops. under Inspector Russell, active all
! of to-day between the rising and the set
/ ting of the sun, at the foot of West Thir-
/ teenth street, where the giant Cunarder
/ Lusitania is locked.
! The duty of the bluecOats was To keep
the throng from pushing some Of the
members over the string piece of the
great pier just to the north of the turbine.
Many OF the young people in the crowd
manifested a tendency to sit down on the
very edge Of the street bulkheads of the
pier, and the sixty policemen saw that
/ they did not do so.
The wide publication of the fact that
/ the ship would not be open for inspection
to-day did not prevent venturesome young
people from butting through the lines
/ just in front Of the entrance of the pier
shed They were invited to go back and
when they displayed reluctance in doing
so, they were promptly hustled To the
rear. IL was necessary only in a few
/ cases TO make insistent ones. by threat OF
actual use of force, 10 get back of the
line. The lofty proved Cunarder was 80
+ close 10 the street that she appeared as
| if she might be contemplating sailing
across the city, as the distinguished
/ Wabble is reputed TO have done.
No One Permitted Aboard.
Not even the most intimate friends of
the agent Of the line, Vernon II. Brown.
could get permission to-day TO go aboard
the ship. An ancient regulation OF the
company prescribes that there shall De
no visitors 10 the vessels Of the line on
the Sabbath day, except when she has
just arrived in port.
The great throng, which it was csti-
mated numbered more than fifty thou
sand between sunrise and sunset. at
tracted many of the many vendors 10
the neighborhood They hawked postal
cards of the ship also the tallest tow
cred building in the town. and vast guam
titles of lemonade and imitation lem
onadc, and carloads of peanuts.
one enterprising Yankee. regardless IF
the Irish sentiment OF the ncighhorhooI
carried on pretty good business in mini
allure British flags. He sold other flags
and invited folks 10 take their choice,
but he put particular stress on the fact
that he was disposing Of the kind of
flag that was carried over the stern Of
the Lusitania
The ship seemed TO be particularly at
tractive 20 the Brooklyn contingent
/ Perhaps this is because they live closer
to the sea. Every car crossing the VIII
/ liamsburg bridge bound for the foot OF
/ West Fourteenth street was jammed,
and men We're hanging on the rails Of the
rear platform, all eager 70 see the latest
/ triumph OF marine architecture II was
the most orderly assemblage that ever
! gathered az a water-fron: show.
Many Girls and women There.
More than three-quarters of the sight
seers were women and girls. They could
see practically every foot Of the exterior
of the ship. as the temporary pier-shed
is Comparatively SO insignificant that it
I was hardly observable The shedIess pier
TO the north, somewhat longer than the
ship. enabled the crowds TO take IN every
detail of her port side Launch and row
boat owners reaped a small harvest Of
silver by taking visitors under the stern
OF the ship. They swapped sentiments
I with the members Of the crew and begged
for souvenirs. 1t is said that on the trip
across considerable small table silver dis
appeared
There will be no visitors permitted 20
/ board the ship tomorrow Tuesday there
/ Will be a luncheon given to the news
/ paper men, vino will be shown the rnys-
teries of the machinery On Wednesday.
/ between the hours of 9 a. m. and noon.
and from . p. m. to . p. m. about 2.0U
/ persons viii be permitted to inspect the
/ ship.
All Of these will have cards Of admis-
/ sion.
The general public may be allowed to
go aboard the Lusitania on her return
trip TO this port Capt. Watt and the
ships officers have a distinct impression
that before that period she will have
! broken all sea records and Will there
fore be better worth looking at than she
1 is even now.