Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-25
HALF MOON AND CLERfONT
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its engines snort their waste energy into
the open air, while in the submarine depths
of the great hulls around its whirring
turbines do the same work with an eff
cheney and power undreamed of by Fulton.
The bell the original Clermont carried on
its first trip hangs now in the pilot house
of a great sidewheeler thai daily makes
in less than twelve hours the same dis
tance that Robert Fulton, for whom it
has been fittingly named, took from Mon
day morning until Wednesday night to
cover.
This Is a very good land to fall with
and a pleasant land to see,' wrote Robert
Juet in his diary of the voyage of the
Half Moon, 1903. The magnificent oaks.
the poplars, lindens and blue plum trees
that Hudson and Robert Juet, his clerk,
saw then, have been replaced with soaring
skyscrapers on the shores Of that pleas
ant land" but Hudson and his crew on
the Half Moon, and Fulton and his men
on the Clermont, will walk their decks in
the same dress that they wore, the one
800 years and the other 100 years ago.
over their mastheads during the week will
fly airships and under their keels will bur
row daily the tunnel trains of the Nc
Adoo system.
Progress of Three Centuries.
This is the way I'm which the Hudson
Fulton celebration proposes to teach his
tory and commemorate the share that
America has had in the making Of II. 1t
will show by pageant and parade and visual
demonstration what we were and what we
have made ourselves. The nations of the
world have been invited to witness. Dele
gates are in attendance from the govern
ments Of Abyssinia and the Argentine re-
public, from AUSTRIA Hungary. Bolivia.
Brazil, Chile, China, Columbia Costa Rica.
Cuba, Denmark. England, Haiti. France
and so on down the alphabetical list of all
the nations of the world, with especial en-
phasis allotted the Netherlands, because Of
the prominent part they played in forming
the early history Of the territory in which
the celebration is being held. With the ex-
ception Of our own, England and Germany
have sent the most notable contributions to
the fleet of war vessels that will assemble
in the lower harbor. In this connection
General Stewart l.. Woodford, president of
the Hudson-Fulton commission, has said:
I'VE are now assured Of the largest col
lection OF war vessels, aggregating at least
eighty. that has ever been assembled in
one place, with the exception Of the rem
devious Of British ships in the English
channel. It viii be the largest collection Of
war vessels ever brought together on this
side OF the Atlantic and the laragest col
lection OF an International character ever
assembled anywhere.
supplementing the parades by land down
Fifth avenue, past a great white court Of
staff erected opposite the new Astor-Lenox-
Tilden public library and the naval pas-
eants Of historic and Illuminated floats op-
posite the Riverside park. there will be
thrown open during the celebration a great
number Of private and public collections Of
historic interest. The masterpieces gath
cred by the late Maurice Kann will be
shown here by Duveen Brothers, and the
private purchases from the old Flemish,
Honand and German schools made by J. p.
Morgan and other oonnoisseurs have been
assembled and are now open to public view