New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

Of Mr. BARLOW IS here in America in the posses
sion of one of the artists grandsons.
Among the prominent men whom Fulton met
while in England and France were James Watt
whose improvements on Newcomes devices
made the steam engine a success. and the Ear
OF Stanhope. a scientific student and inventor OF
the printing press which bears his name Nhlle
Fulton was pursuing his art studies he was also
turning his mind to practical devices OF coii-
,renience and in a letter to the Earl Of STAN
hope written in September, 1f93 he spoke OF
steam navigation. His first attempt IN TINS OIL
rection was in 1903 when a steamboat designed
bv him was launched on the River Seine ms
was small. and sank Immediately. but Fulton
WAS so enthusiastic over his experiments that
he ordered an engine built in England ana sent
TO America where he returned in 1876 ana I'M
mediately began the construction Oh Ile Niei-
mont.
..E,ulton,s Folly was the name given the boat
hv outsiders while the inventor was at work
The hull was launched early in the spring or
1867 and on August IL the trial trip was maze
According TO Colonel II. o. S Heistand. a MEM
her of the committee which is arranging Tor the
Fulton Day celebration at jamestown, this trip
was marked ''by a ludicrous apprehension on the
part of many incredulous persons who resaroeu
the craft as monster moving on the waters
belching flames and smoke and defyins the
winds and the tide and the laws of God"
The compass used by Fulton on this voyage
up the Hudson and the drug chest whlch ne
took with him are still in existence. A large
ri Of his friends were invited 10 lldht Niic
trim among them being Robert r. Livingston
the first Chancellor OF New York, through whose
generosity Fulton enabled to carry on MS
early experiments.
According to Colonel Heistand, Fuitons fnlno
was forever working TO overcome practical limita~
1ions while both his ideas and methods in this
direction were almost revolutionary Fulton, he
saws. constructed torpedoes for submarine oe-
fence but for some reason the invention did not
aDpeal 10 the governments of either the Unlteu
! Prir2
many wears after his death before they came
into general use. He also invented submarine
boat A stone saving machine, a max spinning
machine. rope making device, dredging ma
chine and introduced iron bridges A cable cut
ting device which he first invented for his own
use is still preserved.
About a wear and a half ago the Robert Full
ton Monument Association formed to erect
an enduring memorial TO the famous inventor
The association has decided that this memorial
shall take the form of water gate on the f1uo-
son. at 114th street with a museum ialee
reception building. and stairs leadlng up 10
Riverside Drive where il is planned TO erect
tomb for Fulton's dust. which rests at present
in the graveyard of Old Trinity These plans
will be carried out as a lasting celebration Oh
the centennial of the sailing Of the Clermont.
Meanwhile a celebration OF the occurrence TINS
year will be held at the jamestown exposition
on Robert Fulton Day. September 23- Cornelius
Vanderbilt president of the association. VIII SAIL
from New York his yacht. the North star
followed by Samuel l. Clemens (Iarh I"diN'
who has had H H. Rogers's yacht placed at MS
disposal Joseph H. Choate, who will make the
principal address of the day at jamestown, ana
Mrs Choate will be the guests of Mark Twain.
and it is expected that number OF other mem
hers of the New York Yacht Club, of which Mr..
Vanderbilt is commodore will join the cruise
TO Hampton Roads.
A Yacht race for cup offered by Sir Thomas
linton Uilf be one of the chief naval attrac-
tions of Robert Fulton Day. Every vessel IN
the Roads is 10 be requested TO fly a flag that
day bearing the name of Robert Fulton beside
the Stars and Stripes. Major General Frederick
n Grant a member of the association. has charge
of the military features. while in the evening
reproduction of the Cermont will be displayed
nv fireworks in the basin of the government pier
All the descendants OF Fulton who are able TO
attend will he the guests of the association