The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-09-25
FULTON AND HUDSON
REVISIT new YORK

New York. Sept. 25.-The boom OF
the sunrise guns awoke New York
this morning to the celebration honor
ing Henry Hudson and Robert Full
ton. IL was toward the river Hudson
found and on which Fulton launched
his steamboat that five millions OF
people turned today. Two millions
lined the shore from the Battery to
Spuyten Duyvil. two millions more
lined the Jersey shore and one million
saw the pageant from Brooklyn and
Staten Island.
The ceisi5ration opened with the
assembling Of the naval pageant IN
the upper bay. Four American cruis-
ers and five submarine boats acted
as an escort to the Clermont and the
Half Moon and net in Kill Won Kull
while the Clermont and the Half Moon
met of ST. George. Then with the es-
cort trailing 10 the rear the two craft.
duplicates of the originals in every
respect. cruised along the Brooklyn
shore. Meanwhile the rest of the nav
al parade was assembling and as the
Clermont and the Half Moon entered
the mouth of the river they fell in be
hind.
AS the Clermont and the Half
Moon met off st. George. the Cler-
mont ran-ned the Half Moon. doing
slight damage.
With smoke pouring from her anti
quated funnel. the Clermont proceed
ed. puffffing and grunting, under her
own steam. The Half Moon was towed
for some distance when she struck
n favorable slant of wind and pro-
ceeded under canvas, with Lieut.. Lam
of the Dutch Navy. costumed as Hen
ry Hudson, on the poop.
II took hours to strlighten out the
mass of boats and il was after one
O'Clock when the formation was conf
plete. First came the police scout
boats. patrol boats and torpedo boats,
then the Clermont and the Hal:
Moon with an immediate escort OF
cruisers and submarines, then five
sauadrons of steam merchant craft
and ferry boats. motor boats. tugs
lighters and sailing craft. Then the
procession, which was fifteen miles
long. moved up the Hudson. When il
reached the line of warships. the
Clermont and Half Monn passed close
to the Jersey shore. When the little
vessels passed a roayl salute was fir
ed The Clermont and Half Moon wen
only to 10th street. where the land
ceremonies took place. These includ
ed speeches by Governor Hughes and
others.
Tonight a parade will go over the
same route. brilliantly lighted, amid
the greatest fireworks display evel
seen.
New York. Sept 24.-rhe man whs
discovered the Hudson River and me
man whose invention made 1t of tht
greatest service will he horored dur
ing the coming week here at the seen
OF their achievements. Three centu
ries ago Hendrix Hudson sailed pas
Manhattan Island and up the river tt
the head OF navigation. Two hundred
wears later Robert Fulton made th'
same trip in the first successfu
steamboat The Hudson-Fulton cele
bration. which opens here tomorrow
will visualize their achievements
For the next eight days the peopl'
of New York and visitors from al
parts of tie world will witness ne
r;es of pageants surpassing anything
hitherto attempted In the way OF MS
toric commemoration. The crownlni
attaiunents of the twentieth centur
will be exhibited to set of those
the past. The leviathans of tn
worlds navies have gathered to homo
the two little ships that made histor
cne and three centuries ago. Abov
the waters where eighty warships II
at anchor the conquerers OF the al
will exhibit their mastery. Airshi
flights naval parades, military pa
rades and historical pageants will a
contribute to the anniversary ever
important nation Is represented. A
ter a week in New York waters, TN
floating part OF the exhibition WI
move up the river. where the cNie'
whose settlement and growth follow
ed Hudson's discovery and Fulton
invention will spend the next wee
In performing their part OF the eel
brafion.
At 10 O'Clock tomorrow the Ha
Moon and the Clermont-accura'
reproductions of the little Dutch sha
lop I'm which an English master an
a mixed crew first ascenfed the HUI
son River from Manhattan Island
Albany. and of the ungainly nonste
belching smoke and kissing vapor.
which Robert Fulton. an American ]
venfor. made the same distance X
the first time propelled by steam, vi
move from their quiet anchorages
the lee of Staten Island to salute Il
vast bulk of the assembled A'merics
and foreign ships of war in the low
harbor
The Clermonf viii move under n
own steam. Her clumsy engines W
rattle and groan in her open hui
ner unprotected paddle-wheels W
snatted foam on her decks. and 81
will push slowly through the waite
at . speed of little better than 10