New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

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pitch pine under the boiler, stretching far in her
wake. Crews Of sloops the decline OF the pros
perity of which she had come 10 bring, trimmed
their sails franticaIly to get ont Of the way of
the smoke and fire breathing monster. Some
Of them jumped overheard, headed their
craft for sh 1re farmer III his harvest field
dashed home to his wife. shouting that he had
seen the devil his way UP the river in a
saw mill" while his frenzied oxen disappeared
over a hin. following in fright
THOUGHT IT a MILL
All this was high sport for the elated Ful-
ton and his passengers who hocked abou; the
successful young inventor and pledged his
health an wine They greeted with hilarty
man, with meal whitened clothes, who r"wcd
cut in q skiT when the Clermont was in Haver
straw Eay and asked permission 10 come
aboard Fulton ordered line thrown to him,
and the miller climbed over the buwarks, cX-
planning that he had come to have look at
the mill going up stream" He stared open
mouthed at the machinery and the devices for
throwing the "milr in and out Of gear
But where are The millstones2' finally asked
the miller.
"Oh. that is Il secret which Mr.. Fulton has
not yet shown us" replied the mans guide,
come back from Albany with corn. Wen show
you the meal flying. If you'n come aboard"
BY ! o'clock on Tuesday Fulton brought the
steamboat 10 rest at CIermont Chancellor Liv-
ingston's country place. after which the craft
had been named by Fulton, in honor Of his
patron. Clermont 10 miles from New
York. The distance had been covered in just
twenty four hours, at an average speed of 40
miles an hour
There great donFs in the stately Iiv-
ingston mansion that night the guests toast
I'd Fulton and the dignihed. smiling host ON
Tho following morning, Wednesday. the voyage
was resumed Albany, forty miles away.
reached at o'clock in the afternoon. The run
ming time for the hundred and fifty miles
from the salt tide OF the North River TO the
fresh water reaches of the Hudson at Albany
was thirty-two hours average speed ot
nearly FIVE miles an hour
Albany ftted Fulton that night, and gave the
Clermont and her inventor 4 rousinr nd-off
or Thursday when the trip down the river back
10 New York was begun New York was
reached in thirty hours, AT an average speed Of
five miles hour. The wind was against tie
boat both ways.
Although the appreciation and recognition he
slowed upon Fulton were ample from his stand
point, the Clermont and her first voyage did
not create the public stir warranted tv the i'm
portance Of tho achievement and its meaning
10 commerce and the development Of the United
States. This WAS eyinccd hy the exceedingly con-
serVative announcement of FultCn's return
which was printed in THE American Citizen"
on Saturday. August - II was contained in
thirty-eight words. as follows:
We congratulate Mr.. Fulton and the Coun-
try on his success in the steam boat which
cannot fail Of being very advantageous We
IN uflfsrG rl...f
is felt IN the boat either from heat or smoke
FULTON TO LIVINGSTON
From New York Fulton wrote 10 CIanc.uor
Livingston on the subject Of the Clernont ae
follows.
New York, SATURDAY.
The 29th Of August 1907
Dear sir; on Saturday | wrote Won tbat 7
arrived here on Friday at 4 o'clock which md.
my voyage from Albany exactly thirty hours
w had a niue wind on Friday morning but No
""Vrs which produced effect I have been
making every CXcrton 10 get off ON Niond,v
morning, but there has been much work 10 do
N""rdlhS All the sides. decking over the hoiler
I-oFkS' hhlshlng each cabin with twelve berths
- make them comfortable. and STRENGTHENING
many parts OF the iron works So much to dc
and the rain, which DELAYS the cauIkors will
rear not let me off till Wednesday morning
Ihen, however, the boat will be as complete as
she can be made. all strong and i'm good order
and the men Will organize and | hope nothing
20 DO but run her for six weeks or two months
me hrst week that is. If she starts on Wednes-
day, she VIII make one trip 10 Albany and back
every succeeding week she will run three trips
that Is, two "a Albany and one to New York or
IN han al,.r