Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
TWO MILLIONS
SEE PARADE ON
HUDSON RIVER
ENJOYS OF II NATIONS ALSO
WITNESS PAGEANT
ALL PARTICIPANTS EXCEPT Po-
LICE WERE ON FOOT
AdmiraIs and Princes and Noted Men
of United States Review Big
Celebration Marching
Force
[By Associated Press. !

N
people today saw a parade of
\ 10000 men and ffty-four floats
which passed before the envoys of
twenty-one nations participating in the
Hudson Fulton celebration.
Mayor George B. Mcclellan and Her
mann Ridder, vice president of the
Hudson celebration commission, headed
the line and covered the entire distance
afoot There was no military show, no
distinguished personages in vehicles, all
with the exception OF the platoons OF
police being afoot
1t was before a distinguished. gather
ing seated in a court of honor on the
grounds of the new public library that
the paraders pas jed. Vice President
James S. Sherman was tlanked on
either side by Admirals De Pord and
Seymour of the French and English
squadrons, respectively.
Governor Hughes, Seth Low, Prince
Kuni of Japan and the German Grand
Admiral Won Koester were seated near
by.
Rain Threatened Parade
The probability that rain would cause
the postponement of the great historical
pageant scheduled for this afternoons
contribution to the Hudson-F Fulton Gel
ebration made the plans of the commits
sion indefinite. 1t was announced that
if the rain continued as heavy and the
weather as cold as during the night
and the first of the morning, the spec
tacular land parade would be put over
until another day, possibly tomorrow or
Friday.
Spectators IN f'e,.nts fo. private
stands along the line of march were
dealt severe blow by the inclement
weather. Foreseelng a slump in sales,
many spectators began to cut prices
and tickets which were bringing So to
$40 each Monday, were offered at ST.
Correspondingly, the prices of windows
went up and these sheltered points or
vantage which, a few days ago were
quoted at $780, Immediately jumped to
$50 and $50.
Believing the rain would continue,
owners of stands along Fifth avenue
and Central park had carpenters rig
ging roofs over them all night. Among
the hotel foyers, the frightened specu-
lators worked persstently to get rid
of their holdings with as little loss as
possible The rain having driven most
of the out of town guests indoors, the
hotel managers had an opportunity to
count noses and after doing so they
decided that they had plenty of room
left for all visitors who may come to
New York before the celebration is
over.
Garden Spot Ruined
The hundreds of thousands of per-
sons who invaded the steep slopes of
Riverside park Saturday, Sunday and
Monday completely ruined one of the
city's most beautiful garden spots.
trees and shrubs were broken down and
the terrace lawns dug up and many
thousands of dollars and a years time
will be required to reconstruct the
park.
Much interest is manifested in the
eight-oared races to be run by the best
crews in the British and American
fleets, probably on Saturday for the
Battenberg cup. The crews of the
English war vessels had their elimina-
ton contests yesterday, and the crew
from the cruiser Duke of Edinburgh
will defend the cup against crew of
the American battleship Minnesota.
The crew of the British ship Argyll
won the cup from the American crews
during the jamestown exposition.
BY the deed of gift, the cup remains
in the possession of the American navy,
the winner having the glory of an in
scription on it's side.
Historical Pageant Attractive
The center of the Hudson-Fulton fes-
tivities today was the route chosen for
the historical pageant of commemora-
tive floats.
It comprises Central park west and
Fifth avenue, extending almost In
straight line, with slight elbow at
Flfty-ninth street, from One ,ndred
and Tenth street to Fourth street at
the foot of Washington square.
The celebration committee has at
tempted to illustrate the periods of
American history made famous by the
achievements of Henry Hudson and
Robert Fulton.
The day opened with a drizzling rain,
but this stopped before s o'clock. AL
though there was a chance that Wilbur
Wright and Glenn Fl. Curtis might
make brief trial flights over Governors 8
island, the sightseers were too occupied
with the street display to flock to the
Battery as they did yesterday, when
these flights We're the only outdoor
feature of the celebration to be expect
ed.-
1t was announced, however. that if
the aviators flew at all their most
spectacular efforts would not occur
until tomorrow.
Little Interest in Balloon Race
For the same reason comparatively
little interest was shown in the New
York Albany balloon race. AS high
northwest wind still prevailed there
seemed little chance that the dlrlglDle
balloons would rise.
Today's pageant really represented
the supreme effort of the commission. I
For several months 900 artists, carpen- |
had been at work preparing the wood
and plaster figures which today deco |
rated the ffty-four floats in the pro-
cession.
Nearly 10000 men, women and chill
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