New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-08
OFF TO MEET PEARY
DUE At SYDNEY. FRIDAY.
Herbert l.. B1dgman Erpects En-
plOrer'S Wife to Make Trip, Too.

Herbert L. Bridgman, secretary Of the Peary
Arctic Club. left the city on the Bar Harbor Ex-
press az o'clock last night his way 20 Sydney.
Cape Breton. 10 meet Commander Peary and well
come him back to civilization Mr. Bridgman car
ried with him packer OF messages for the ex-
plorer. some OF them personal and others from
lecture bureaus and magazines.
Mrs. Peary and her children probably will meet
Mr.. Bridgman IN Portland tomorrow morning and
10 Sydney with him. arriving there at 7s5 O'Clock
tomorrow night Mr. Bridgmen said the Roose-
welt. the Peary ship. should make Sydney in two
days from Chateau Bay and that Peary should be
IN Sydney by Friday morning at the latest
Commander Peary probably will want to rest a
day or go in Sydney. and then probably Will go
down to Eagle Island. of the coast OF Maine. for
a short stay said Mr. Bridgman. As soon as con-
venient Commander Peary will go 70 Washington
10 make formal report TO the Navy Department
AS for making known the scientific data that
he has gathered" said Mr.. BTidgman, Il should
say that Commander Peary would probably en-
body e In report 20 the Peary Arctic Club We
will then make IL public"
Regarding possible controversy with DR.. Cook
Mr. Bridgman said: az am sure that neither Cook
nor Peary wants any controversy. Commander
Peary will his proofs, and IL Dr. Cook has any
10 offer it will be very easy check them UP with
what Peary has. II DR.. Cook has not such rec
Ords he doubtless will be glad TO let the matter
drop"
Mr.. Bridgman said the Roosevelt. after eoalns
at Sydney, probably would sail for New York.
where she will unload the specimens gathered by
Commander Peary for the American Musuem OF
Natural History. AS 20 the future Of the Roose-
welt, Mr.. BridgmRn said she probably would be
disnantled and laid up. 'I think 1t would be a
good thing sell the furnishings at auction he
said, "as undoubtedly many persons would be glad
10 get a souvenir Of the Peary expedition and
would be willing TO pay a good price for it"
RELIEF OVER THE ROOSEVELT.
1t is a matter for congratuIation to the members
Of the Peary Arctic Club that the Roosevelt is
safe. 1t possible TO place $4,000 insurance on
her far the s0th parallel. After she left
that point the insurance expired. There was only
one policy. for $1,000, which picked up the risk
again on her way back at the S0th parallel, and
that covers her from that point TO the time she
reaches this port The Roosevelt cost more than
10000
Just before his train left the Grand Central Sta
ton last night Mr. Bridgman said he had received
news from Commander Peary except the cipher
dispatch announcing the success OF the expedition
and the request 10 forward the news to the geo
graphical societies OF the world.
Regarding report from st. Johns, n. F., by way
Of London. that Commander Peary had said he dis
covered the pole first, Mr. Bridgman said he
thought he would have received such word II Com
mander Peary had made any such statement. Mr..
Bridgman believes that he learned at Etah that DR.
Cook was his way TO Copenhagen 10 announce
the discovery Of the pole. and for that reason made
all possible haste for the coast of Labrador.
The jeanne, the relief schooner, which carried
five thousand tons of coal 10 Etah for the Roose
velt probably will take more time for the return
trip
Among many messages received by Mr.. Brtdg-
man yesterday the following:
Delighted 10 hear OF Peary's safe return Warm
est congratulations Have wired Pea Py,-i At St
President Royal Geographical Society.
Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History, sent this
sage:
l am delighted beyond measure TO hear OF tn
states. Accept nv Warmest personal congratu-
latOns 10 yourself the devoted secretary of the
Walter s. Allen, c. E L s ", Garrison's. N Y.
sent this message:
Hurrah for Peary, the Arctic Club and the Civil
Engineer Corps.
The following dispatch was received from Henry
G. Bryant, president OF the Geographical Society of
Philadelphia, who with Commander Peary in
1893. and commanded the Falcon, which went
north in 1894 and was lost in the Arctic regions:
Your message received also one from Pearv Of
Of well earned success and awaits with eagerness
details Of the supreme victory which has crowned
his career.
Mr. Bridgman said that no deaths had occurred
in the families of the men who went north with
Peary except in the case OF Banks Scott second
engineer Of the Roosevelt. whose wife died last
brlQRnan
had been paying for the child's board in the home
OF Methodist minister in St. Johns
ARCTIC CLUB SPENT 100000.
1t was not generally known MI Bridgman said
that there only ten eleven members of the
Peary Arctic Club, and that less than two hun
dred persons had contributed toward the financial
support Of the expeditions since the club was
formed. The club spent $4,000 It's formation
in 1899 he said.
Il especially glad 10 hear of Comma nder
Peary's success said Mr.. Bridgman for have
never doubted that he would reach the pole In
1899 ! said to him: 'Peary, I think that you are
going 10 win. He shook my hand, and replied:
I think am.
1T is likely that Commander Peary will interro-
gate the EsqUimaus who with DR.. Cook"
Mr.. Bridgman continued. The routes taken bv
Commander Pesry and DR.. Cook were different
and il would not be likely that any records left
the pole by DR.. Cook in 1908 would have been
found by Peary.
Mrs. Peary told that her husband expected
10 be gone two years, and that he did not expect
return until he found the pole. Peary felt far
more confident this time than ever before. 1t was
only natural that he should, for he had eliminated
all the pitfalls OF his former expeditions Each
time he penetrated the pole he learned what
to avoid next time
He had learned Of the eastward drift which had
been such handicap before, and this time he pro-
ceeded in much westerly direction. II DR.
Cook succeeded in reaching the pole he simply
took advantage Of the things that Commander
Peary had pointed out the result Of his other
expeditions"
CANADA's PLANS FOR RECEPTION.