The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-07
HALF MOON COMING
Duplicate Of Mudson's Ship on Wa,
to New York,

London, July 1.-THE duplicate of
the Half Moon, which is Hollands S
contribution to the Hudson-Fulton
celebration in America, will reach
! New York not under sail, but aboard
a steamship.
The original Half Moon was lost
in 1911. No drawing or picture of
the vessel is in exist, nee, so that the
designer of the duplicate has had to
rely on information gathered from
various sources. An old record of
the Dutch East India company, still
preserved at The Hague. gives the tom
mage of the vessel, and from Nicholas
Witsers old book on ship building
1t is deduced that the craft which bore
Hudson across the Atlantic was a sort
of three-masted yacht.
| This is the design adopted. The
vessel is rigged with hand-woven
sails, will carry hand-worked flags
and is antique enough in her fittings
to confuse the best seaman afloat.
Old Ship Prison Restored.
| On deck there is a carved figure
head, to which ropes can be fastened
Roughly carved heads ornament the
woodwork, and wooden pump lends
an ancient air to the vessel. Forward
is a raised deck. and in front of that
the prison, whose inmates got drench-
ed every time the vessel dipped its
nose under water.
Two cannon are mounted amidships
on the tween decks. whose ceiling
is SO low that one has to bend nearly
double to get along, and portfolios on
either side allow these weapons to be
used. A library. or, rather. a book
shelf, has been fitted up. 1t contains
the books which Hudson took with
him-a Bible, prayerbook. and books
of voyages. A chart is spread out OH
the cabin tables. and near at hand are
compass and measuring instruments,
sand glass. and the rough nautical
instruments Of the time. A gun or
two in rack and a pile of shot and
bags of powder are shown, together
with copy of the supposed contract
which Hudson had with the Dutch
East India company. The original
contract is lost.
The Old Dutch East India COM
pany, which had its chief Office in
Amsterdam, caused all it's vessels to
be marked with the initial letter of
the port from which they sailed. On
the stern of the duplicate Of the Half
Moon the letter A indicated this Gus
tom.
Name in Dutch.
Other signs painted on the vessel
includes starry heaven with comet,
planet and large half moon. Below
this is the name on scroll in Dutch.
de Halve Maen," while underneath
are the arms of Amsterdam and those
of the company.
Hitherto great secrecy has been
maintained about the vessel, and even
now no photographs may be taken of
her.
Next month the Half Moon will be
taken to Rotterdam and shipped
aboard the steamer Soestdyk of the
Holland d-American line. When she ar
rives in America she will be fitted up
afresh and manned with seventeen
hands from the Dutch war vessel
Utrecht. which has been ordered to
proceed to New York from South
American waters. The Utrecht will
form part of the procession which
will sail up the river from New York
with the Half Moon and the Clermont,
Fulton's first steamship, at its head.
The man who will play the part of
Henry Hudson aboard the duplicate
Half Moon is Lieutenant w. Lam, of
the Utrecht. He will be clad in the
style of captains of such vessels in
the beginning of the seventeenth GEN.
tury. and the men under him will
be dressed in the style in vogue in
Holland at that period.