New-York tribune., 1909-07-20
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clad guard. who hurried up ani pat broad
shoulder 70 the back ofthe booth Another one
came 70 his assistance and together they braoed
the booth against the crowd until the pressure
was relieved and they were able to wheel II
back into place. six seven Yards ahead
The huge concourse floor was flooded with
people Immediately Before ans body could re-
member seeing n single feminine person in the
crowd the marble soda fountain down the con-
course had taken on fringe of white and pink
summer wear. Elsewhere. whore an automobile
company had rented Auor space to show "a Dig
black Limousine car. there was a knot ~ very
young men. cith very silkcn shoe ties and very
sharply creased trousers who stood with hats
raked back q little and shook their heads very
positively as they sounded the tiTes with ex-
cessively shiny walking sticks
Mr. McAdoo left lis post Tor "a few minutes
Just before the rush came. went 10 a window
and bought the first two tickets one ne kept,
and the other he turned over To- .Plny Fisk.
head OF the firm OF Harvey Fisk x sons who
have acted as bankers for the Hudson * Man
haitian Company. The first train pulled out two
minutes after the public was admitted. 1t was
TANNED 10 the doors. The crowd had a glorious
time. shouting: and singing all The way over, ana
the train rushed into the Jersey City station
with the whistle screeching and the passengers
swinging their hats inside,
BIG CRUSH on JERSEY SIDE.
The crush on the Jersey side far heavier.
and as the station there is much smaller the
police had to interfere and keep the crowds in
line All along Exchange Place for two long
blocks back from the tunnel entrance the side
walks were packed with people. and thousands
more stood out in the street There was very
little showing. however. and no disorder. The
first man 10 buy a ticket at that end was Joseph
Chapman. of No I3I Mercer street. Jersey city
and the first to Zip one into the box was Thomas
F. Burke. Of No. II Greenviile avenue. The first
train got away at one minute past o'clock
The trains ran every two and one-half minutes
after that according to the regular schedule. and
practically every train made good Jersey city
boast Three minutes from Broadway" II was
nearly o'clock however. before the thousands
who had been waiting i'm Exchange Place had
been able TO provc the declaration 10 their own
satisfaction The trains continued exactly as
the company promises in its green covered CIR
culars running either two and one-hat or three
minutes apart until o'clock in the morning
when the night schedule Of train every half
hour wen. on 10 last until early traffic began at
4: 80 o'clock.
An officer of the company made a rough estl-
mate that from TO 5 O'Clock yesterday fourteen
thousand persons rode one way or the other
Manv Of course did not leave the trains at the
end of the trip. but they were in such a minority
that the guards did not disturb them About
twenty-five hundred are supposed TO nave traN-
elled on Pennsylvania Railroad tickets Com
Ynuters mostly left their offices at the uSual time,
and felt moderate thrill. If not thrill OF sur
Yrise at finding themselves in their trains six
good minutes before they could possibly nave
heen there by ferry. The ferryboats ran rather
light as a result.
ELABORATE CELEBRATION.
Tho celebration at City Hall Park in Jersey
Ctt, showed what that town thought OF its gain
in peiehborliness. Three immense grandstands
held perhaps seven thousand Inhabitants. and
almost twice as many more packed the broad
square The City Hall itself was swathed IN
hunting So was the big stand which held the
oficial guests. between the crowded grandstands
and the crowded square. Overhead were end
less strings of signal flags. running everywhere
from the tail staff on City Hall and from every
corner and post that could be found In the
neighborhood
II Otto Wittpenn Mayor of Jersey CITY,
greeted the incoming party and acted as presi-
dent Governor j. Franklin Fort said in his
address,
This is a great day Jersey city. 1t is quite as
tr1iv a great day for New Jers ~ We cannot
dissocate our interests from those of the great
commonwealth across the Hudson, nor do we WISH !
10 do so Jersey City has suffered N the past from
tbat neighborhood. for she has been city OF Ter
mini and the great railroads that end here nave I
cilrred the population back from the river SO tat
you have lost IN taxation and the advantages tha'