Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-09-28
Picturesque Cliffs Saved from Stone
cutters by Two States.
HUGHES AND FORT SPEAK
Both Governors Urge Further Co.
operation in Conservation.
CORNERSTONE OF MONUMENT
Statue of Explorer VIII BE Placed
on Towering Marble Shaft Near
spot of His First
Landing.

NEW YORK. Sept. 27.-Although rain
today forced the larger part of the Hud-
SON Fulton crowds TO make the day one
of rest within doors and necessitated the
postponement of the aeroplsne flights and
the balloon race to Albany, the more for
NAL part OF the morning and afternoon
program, including the notable dedication
of Palisades park, the new Interstate pre-
serve along the lower Hudson; the dedica-
tion of an imposing monument to Henry
Hudson in the upper part of New York
City. and the afternoon reception to the
naval visitors on Governors island, went
off without a hitch marking the day an
important and significant one in the
weeks festivities. The exercises at Pali-
sades park celebrated the saving of these
picturesque cliffs near the city from the
vandal hand of the stone cutter and the
turning over to the people of New York
and New Jersey OF a strip of beautiful
park, stretching for fourteen miles up the
west bank Of the river. Speeches by two
governors proved a drawing card, which
attracted many thousand New Workers
and Jerseymen to the spot
Hughes and Fort Speak.
Governor Hughes found the occasion a
fit one for urging upon the people of the
two states the conservation Of their rivers
and forests.
II hope that this is only the beginning" +"
he said. "of efforts which may Jointly be
made by these two commonwealths to safe
guard the Highlands and waters in which
they are both deeply interested. The en-
tire watershed of the Hudson should be
conserved. to become the peoples country
side for common recreation"
Governor Fort, speaking for New Jersey,
declared that the 500 acres of this Palisade
park are destined to become the most i'm
portant public preserve in the United
States.
THE work here is only begun" he said.
The unsurpassed beauty of this park
must be made easily accessible by means
of boulevard and roadways, and the thous-
and and one important historical spots
along it's fourteen miles stretch, must be
marked by suitable inscriptions and monu-
ments.
There is a great opportunity here, too,
to aid in the study of geology. Every man,
woman and child who visits this spot should
go away with a new realization of the
meaning Of the wonderful strata and rock
formations of these 3O-million-year-old
rocks"
Monument for Hudson.
The cornerstone of the monument to
Henry Hudson on Spuyten Duyvil Hill was
laid later in the day in a drizzling rain.
The storm kept down the attendance, but
did not bother Governor Hughes, who had
come over from Palisades Park to deliver
eulogy on the discoverer of the Hudson.
The governor stood bareheaded in the open
and declined all offers Of umbrellas
The monument will be a towering marble
shaft crowned with statue Of Hudson.
| Its location is close to the spot where
legend places the first landing of the dis
coverer on his trip up the river. The me-
mortal will be made more impressive by
stone approach and bridge over Spuyten
Duyvil creek. The cornerstone contained
besides the usual current mementoes, a
| complete record of the Hudson Fulton eel
ebration.
Historical Parade Today.
| Preparations for the great historical pa
| rade which will start early tomorrow aft
| ernoon went on unhindered by the rain
| The weather forecaster stilled the appre
| tensions of many by assuring the publ
! tonight that the rain would not cOntinu
and that fine, fair autumn weather coul,
be counted on for tomorrow.
The line Of march OF the parade wa
tonight a mass of waving color and brigh
lights. The cost of the decorations alonI
/ Central park west on Fifth avenue amount
into the tens of thousands; while even
greater sum has been spent In the erection
of the grand stands which have been bull
into every available nook and Granny.
Big Demand for Seats.
In preparation for the largest crow
which the city has even seen, shopkeeper
along the route have shuttered their plate
glass windows with boards and house
holders have barricaded themselves benin
strong picket fences. which the crowd
will be unable to scale. Grandstand ticket
sold tonight at prices running from s. t
S25 a piece. Hotel rooms fronting on tn
line Of parade are worth S75 to 500 eacr
Four hundred officers of visiting war
ships were entertained on Governors islam
this afternoon by Major General and Mr..
Leonard Wood.