New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
PARADE FROM SHORE
orT OF A SEA OF BOATS
EMERGE THE TWO SHIPS.
Escorted by Hundreds of Modern
Craft. They Make Their Feeble
Way Up the RiUer.

-, coward the Battery yesterday afternoon
.he raUest newcomer 10 New York was point
~ right way and knew instinctively his drec-
- hundreds Of thousands OF eyes. perhaps there
. ' -nllions looked for the coming Of the great
..e,nhlace Of craft, in point OF numbers and
.,,, of shape and use that perhaps was ever
0''Alea in 50 compact area OF water. II the
S. 0-as fortunate enough 10 be up In one Of the
- nests that gave him glimpse OF the Bat
N ~ saw what looked like a Sargasso Sea
u, there is water &c be seen between the
=. ~ Manhattan Island and the Jersey shore.
,,ssterday the onlooker what looked like a
' 80 that stretched endlessly in the haze in
- s,rection dotted with hunks Of mud that
ises themselves enough 10 give footing to q
forest Of maS's'
~, mt Of this Tnorass il would not have
..er,ed surprising 10 see the real Henry Hudson
&c in his Half Moon. II Liberty hadn't been
- there on the left the audience could we'll
tore imagined that something strange was going
= ,snnen and the strRngeness didn't wear of as
..-vbosv about kept saying: Isn't il weird-'
.rorls Hudson have felt any queerer?" Then
- 5-oa-1ers looked straight across 10 Jersey saw
- craft Of everyday New York Harbor and
woke VI
Oourtiess we're the craft Of every shape and de-
s,rin,ion that fitted up and down and across Tor
sso boats and gunboats. and lighters and tugs.
a,s excursion steamers and launches and motor
tos,s and even here and there a daring ordinary
-ovhost that went along with much compla-
,,,,y as the rast-they were all there. How could
t5rsson ever have thought this was passage 10
ne Northwest" II the Hudson itself rather
Than the replica of the Half Moon or that Of the
,~ls-rnont that was the sight yesterday afternoon
and last evening
Pu, ths whistles Il the ferryboats and the few
rsf, that were going down the river gave the sig
nal They're coming: They're coming" out from
beyond the end OF pier came drab looking
enough tug that struck the onlooker as nothing
,-orderful except that II showed a remarkable re
gard as tug 20, for avoiding unnecessary offence
10 the ear
Back 70 the Go1yanus.' exclaimed a facetious
rs-son het-aytug the first a later degree Of
knowledge Of Brooklyn Poor old thing, she's
sged enough far the houseboat stage, and, oh
there she !s.
Craving hundred Yards so behind the tug
came into view small. hgh-setting thing. awful
" high n The rear. as one spectator phrased il.
Even voice hasJened 10 he first in the exclama-
ton That's the Half Mooni"
Think OF Hudson crossing the ocean in a boat
Ike that" says one.
7 would never think of such thing" says
other. 8 woman.
But isn't she Eigh, and so frail? What pity
she hasn't her sails set"
Nevertheless this little craft. with the high
rear" moved along with dignity that was dis
t,ncve OF her age and footed II evenly and grace
fully BY. Before she was out Of the minds OF her
audience there followed a low, grayish craft,
putting out of its tunnels dirty, brown smoke.
The latter suffered al first from a likeness 10 the
nondescTipt craft that had been passing up the
river for az hour or more and eyes turned back 10
follow the fran replica OF the Half Moon. But
then somebody caught sight OF the peculiar paddle
wheels and everybody chorused in unison, The
Clermont." There was q feeling Of compensation
when Il vas seen that she going up against
a strong ebb tide under her own steam, though
there wes smart looking tug at her side. as first
AID ss Il were, 10 the weary. There was rush
% the upT1ver side 10 look al both the craft while
heavily crowded ferryboats crossed smoothly
through the long path Of the parade and excited
favorable comments as 10 their usefulness.
Did that thing" asked a young woman. pointing
70 the Clermont, but with her eye a Pennsyl-
Fsnis ferryboat, ''ever get from New York to AL
bsny IN a week."
why. yes she's going a little faster than she
used 70, FIVE miles hour"
Why, il would take that thing a thousand days
70 80 anywhere. ] should think! But. then she
added sen-eurioUsly, she looked out upon the
swifter up-to-date coastwise steaDsrs, Il sup
pose people didn't live so fast in those days as
they do now They must have thought they were
going terribly fast"
THE CLERIONT'S WHEELS WENT ROUND.
The speaker admitted that the wheels Of the
Nlton Steamer were going Al pretty good clip,
almost as fast they did on serryboats. What
aroused the curiosity Of the crowd most was the
unusual structure q tie unprotected paddlewheels
They worked with an evenness and regularity that
ago.
In marked contrast 10 the Clermont, and greater
!et 70 the Half Moon, followed the coastwtse
Steamers. the excursion steamboats,, the steam
gsen;s, the motor boats. the tugs and steam light
eS the launches, the naval cutters and other
hooern craft All OF them were gayly decorated
10Y The occasion but beyond this al seemed TO
have taken oI a sedateness that it Was a distinct
elort Tor The oUlooker 10 excuse until he rernem-
Defeo that everything in the line Of a vessel in
he haroor vas giving precedence 10 age and
adapting itself 10 ages pace.
Op from thar Enorass Of the Battery came the
PROCESSION. miles long. every Of the boats
l"O''Lg IN stately fashion carefully regulated
intervals, but sun there seemed 10 be dimnu-
uoh OF fhe now s0nlhre looking that stretched
o"aFa Staten Island and Jersey. II said
theg 81 got started. but nobody knew when
"O~ many there we're all told. Nobody stayed 10
Jun anyway; = was too dinner time. and
NC @r4e Dggest part OF the first day OF New York's
Dg cee1TatoH too close AT hand.