The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-27
The Crowds at the Hudson.Ful.
ton Celebration.
Turn Their Gaze SkyWard for
the Time Being.
THE WIND is STRONG.
And Anxious Watch Is Kept on
Signal Stations.
Race to Albany for $4,000
Prize Likely to Be Deferred.


ment in the Hudson-P'ulton celebra-
ton The dazzled eyes of New York
and her million guests turned from the
naval display in the Hudson toward
the blue skies above the tall buildings
where. before the day was over, they
hoped to see the aeroplanes of Wilbur
Wright and Glenn H. Curtiss.
Lacking the aeroplane flights, the
holiday crowds still had plenty of at
fractions Palisades park, stretching
for IA miles along the New JERSEY side
of the Hudson north from Fort Lee.
and the tall shaft erected in memory
OF Henry Hudson on Spuyten Duyvil
NIL in the Bronx. We're dedicated to-
day. The park dedication furnished
the first chance New jersey has had
to participate in the general ceIebra-
ton, for it occurred at Alpine Landing
opposite Yonkers- Governor Hughes
OF New York and Governor Fort of
New Jersey were the principal speak
ers.
The ceremony about the Hudson
monument took place early in the
afternoon at the conclusion of the ex-
ercises at Alphine Landing. Governor
Hughes spoke here also. other speak
ers were General Stewart L. Woodford
president of the Hudson-Fulton COM
mission; Mayor Mcclellan of New
York and Archbishop Farley of New
York The American warships an
chored In the Hudson near this point
HIeu sdIuteSs and the Half Moon,
which had sailed up the river from its
station at the foot of 10th street,
dipped her flag in honor of the daring
navigators who had pi1oted her origin
al up the river for the first time.
Watching for Airships.
Early in the day the movement of
s1ghtseers began toward the southern
extremity of Manhattan, Governors
Island, being their goal From the
fat, sandy acres recently made by fill
i, frAr1 10 <@kA
the aeroplanes of Wright and Curtiss
were expected to rise for their trips
about the harbor and up the Hudson
1t had been announced, however, that
the flights would not be made TODAY
unless weather conditions were favor
able. and the stiff breeze from the
northwest out to sea made the pros
poets for the aerial exhibition today
far from encouraging. Wilbur Wright
had promised, however, that he would
try to get UP toward evening if the
wind would allow
On the streets thousands watched the
towers of the SINGER the Metropolitan
the Times and the Brooklyn Eagle
buildings and the tall abuttments of the
Brooklyn and BiackweIs island bridges
for the code flags which would tell
likely to fly and at what time they
should be looked for
The adverse wind made it practically
certain the race of dirigible balloons
d.
600 prize offered by a New York news
paper would not be started TODAY. The
;lirsnips of both Captain Thomas s
Baldwin and George L. Tomlinson were
ready for the race.
Balloons Compared.
Baldwin's balloon is made of grav silk
and rubber and is SO feet long with a
diameter tapering from II feet to Is
feet The car, Of bamboo. spruce and
metal is 80 feet long Tomlinson's ma
smaller than Baldin's-s7 feet long and
from 16 to IA feet in diameter, with a
car 90 feet long. While Baldwin has
the stronger motor and the advantage
of greater speed. Tomlinson's machine
Is lighter and offers less resistance to
the wind.
Students of history had their oppor-
tunity today when exhibitions bearing
in some manner upon the days of Hud-
son and of Fulton opened at eight diff
ferent places IN the city. The American
Museum of Natural History displayed
a collection showing the life and habits
of the Indians of the Hudson river val
ley and Manhattan island.
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art
more than $50 works of old Dutch mas
tiers had been added to the collection of
paintings. In the botanical garden of
Bronx park, every plant that grew here
when Hudson arrived was marked with |
the letter III and at the ZooIogicalI
garden. the Hudson-Fulton flag drew
attention TO the animals indigenous to |
the Hudson river valley
The New York public library disnIav-
ed prints and books relating to Hudson
and Fulton.
While the warships had no official !
part In today's program their officers |
and men were not idle Elaborate plans
have been made for their entertainment |
throughout the week. Today General |
Leonard Wood was chief host at a re- |
ception to the naval officers given ar |
the Headquarters of the da1o rf1,ar+ of
the east on Governors Island
This evening the Metropolitan onera |
house Will contain a distinguished gath
ering. when the celebration commission |
holds its official reception. There will
be literary exercises. and the delegates
of foreign powers and representatives
or the diplomatic corps and the various
government will be present
Seats Sell for $40.
Although the prices asked for seats
In the many miles of grandstands before
the celebration began was Considered
exobitant they have been steadily in
creased until today seat in a choice
AIDES is quoted at so. Five dollars q |
seat for each parade is the average de- |
ssanded and it is reported that specuIa-
tors are doing an enormous business
The minimum estimate of the num- |
Der of visitors in the city is one mill |
lion Other authorities give as high as |
z. 100000 persons. The hotels are taxed |
to their capacity with many guests
sleeping on cots in the halls and with |
the office sending surplus customs to !
the ocean liners at their piers where |
they are charged 81 for a berth
As it was believed that many thou |
sands of persons had been unable to /
get to New York in time to see the |
spectacular illumination of the great |
fleet Of international war vessels on
Saturday night it has been ordered that