New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
urOSON AND FULTON
SHIPS ASCEND RIVER
,uGHTY ARMADA GREETS
TNT CRAFT OF ED.
rrnIoits of Sail and Steam Cele-
brafed by Water Pageant While
Millions Look On.

,-soryo New NCrkers that there a narade
.hs Hudson from New Brighton 10 Spuyten
. -, Yesterday would be like telling them that
- ss, starts AZ Bowling Green.
:, sferent words, il is supernuous to say that
-,sbinc that can float and he moved from place
-isce did hoat and was moved during the great
's,bihition Of shipping that Manhattan or even
ss.,,ors from foreign maritime nations ever saw.
- ~ hours 10 move II. and. although the most
,-sssiye part remained in digniied position OF
bni;v the most useful part proved its true char
- by keeping the go in the presence OF MILL
- n SPECTATORS on both sides Of the river
,r,-,e- himself, had he been Compiling ''Cats-
,rrs AZ the Ships' for the newer Ilad would
.avs found himself in difficulty when he came 10
ssscrbe certain Of the vessels that participated in
~ rrocession for II they go by any earthly names
.s,se are unknown 70 any one but a harbor skin
- The keynotes Of the procession were the Half
Woon and the Clermont. Who cared 20 look at
-ver steamboats,, launches. steam yachts from the
q, s,ooter 10 the ocean-goinc turbine lighters tug
AIS and on and ad libitun. when there were
nrsadaouGhts and curious antique craft in the
river?
ANY ship that Henry Hudson ever sailed in would
n. doing wonders TO lead for miles procession OF
fourteen hundred non 3escript craft receiving tho
esrspi;t!nE gunpOWder salutes OF nearly eighty
r,en-of-Var and all a Saturday afternoon after
scrirnnaEe win the first steamboat TO navigate
TIE Hudson The old Dutch navigator pottered
around New York Harbor long before such a per-
son As Robert Fulton was even heard OF hut he
made a botch OF it in the Upper Bay when he
tred 70 assume dgniaed position near the vessel
ina; was 10 share with him the honors Of the dav
UPsETs HUDsoN's DIGNITY.
lust Wty the Cleimont picked out that particular
moment II which 10 block the passage Of Nynheer
Hudson ana his hish-pooped curiously painted little
shin Il is not FOR chronicler who is not
slsirvoyant 10 tell; but the coincidence happened
and Il was slightly disastrous to both floating
crios i also gave the Of both ships some
thing 10 relieve The mOnotony OF being merely popu-
lar and feted. and afforded them an opportunity 20
show that they could work well look hand
some.
The two ships were manpuvrfng TO reach posi-
tons or Stapleton in order 10 receive the burghers
rom Richmond Borough, when the Clermont's en-
gines got 10 ba king and working both ways at
once IN the same old way that used 10 make pas
sengers wish in The days Of Robert Fulton they
had taken sailing packet. instead of the pesl1y
nsv-fanged steamship While the entire crew
looking IL the dizzy paddlewheels and wondering
what the crazy things would do next. and while
he piratical look.ng crew of the Half Moon Henry
Hudson voci,erously commanding them from the
lofty poop. were trying 10 set the main topgaIlant
sail of the toy shiI-while these trifling incidents
we're gong on. Robert Fulton apparently forgot
hat there were other boats On the Bay and Henry
imagined hiuselt back in the days when the Ind
ans thought il would not be good policy 10 let him
get TOO near, since never before had they seen such
monstrous canoe with white wings.
And So as easily as you please, the Half Moon
gided into the Clermont though the two boats
were ch!ldren's paper toys floating IN a bathtub
Everybody gasped and expected the parade to end
right there but il didn't. The tug Fred b. Dalzel
dragged the Half Moon of her victim, and while
various craft were picking up souvenirs of the
wooden Dutch ship the quantity dressed crew Of
The Cermout repaired the broken rail The Half
Neon The darling OF Amsterdam, the prize ex-
hibit Of the Hudson-Futon commission for the
celebration, after the Dutch commissioners had
-FrgH~c NalrT TirTrrT aF7e49n
OFF TO THE PARADE.
After while the Dalzeline which was acting
IS Dig brother 10 the Clermont, cast loose the tow
line and Captain Ulster David. OF Albany. the
successor OF Captain Winan. the commander Of the
original slip, ordered his engineers 10 start the
engines going again. and the wonder Of a hun
cred years ago plodding away from her
anchorage IN the XIII van Kuu opposite New
Brighton and around the point of St. George into
view Of the waiting thousands on the slopes Of
Staten Island hills
The Half Moon likewise started of again under
the protection Of her faithful tug, and in making
senIcircle II The bay in an effort 10 reach South
Brooklyn narrowly missed ramming the naval
transport Prairie. The Clernont remained behind,
and near the New York ferry took the official
guests, nearly all of whom were dressed in the
fashions ~ Futon's time Among the guests were;
The Re. c. s bullock. Of stratford, Conn, who
the Rev aud Nr~ Robert Fulton Crary Miss Amy
Crsr. Miss Corneia Fulton Crary Robert Fulton
Siaf{- IT. Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Taylor Sutclihe
CChar.es Frauklin Crary, Mr. and Mrs Hermann
....ann!ann NJ. and Mrs. Edward c. cammann.
y sehlyler Cammann, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Full
,,9h Ludlow Mrs Robert Fulton Blight Mr. and
Aff John Henry Livingston, Mr. ClarksOn fde-
scen1srr II Chancellor Livingston Robert Reg
mad Livingston. Alr. Hunt descendant Of Chan
S..5I i-lElD-sfaLJ. Nj and Mrs James b. Ludlow,
2,ss M,ss Dorothy u. amp, Miss Louise See Schuyler.
Miss Georgna Schuyler Henry c. Pickering, Mrs /
snseph = Winters. Miss Mary Ray Winters, Fran
- Lewis Gould Miss Evelyn Bullock Frank F.
sh,r1y, j. ". Nillard, Miss Anna 7. Van Santvoord
J..
S!fs Charles Vaudeville Reynolds and Alfred r.
nance le descendants Of Pilot Mandeyille Of the
% .Iom one n Jhe early pilots OF the original Cler-
lloA' and Joseph +. Weber
FULTONs MUCH IN EVIDENCE.
There three Robert Fultons on the CIer-
mont committee, so the ship must have been well
p-At William J. Baxter, L. S. n, was the con-
sTucior, and The others OF the committeeman
@eFe Frederic y. DalzeI, Stevenson Tayler, r. f.
Doot', Robert Fulton Cutting, Robert Fulton Lud-
10" Robert Fulton Crary, jr., and aids, Alfred V
Stanton
NeanNhile the Half Moon was receiving the
lIooEiln delegates opposite the Crescent Athletic
-llo after having passed through the feet Of tor
e1o Doas, destroyers and submarines and receiy ed
~ salute Size had made the circuit Of the bay.
ao been auted ~ Tompknsville and admired by
~ Hrookyrites along the Bay Ridge shore and
h - welcomed everywhere with cheers and the
ooang Of whistles
a. IonpEnsyne the Richmond delegation had
D., - us representative into the anchor chains OF
-iy huosons boat where he shook hands with