New-York tribune., 1909-07-11

CIermont- There was no waiting, sno C.,S Ce e.
the coming celebration. 49,, ,.,,
There vas .g RF2yeF ana Of tsen ocapa Mer
troduced General Woodford. Hs spoke very Orieny'
saying:
This IS glorious occasion The events We CON- com
memorste with our celebration tnis year s nob. men
who worked under great obstacles Futon. t Isre a.
hose " sfe enG5 pyeRtor ' The great country whose
material prosperity he gave so n1pcn sh%uta Scr
vices which he performed for her but alsS o. as sn1
true neryeH 16b Might lessen her strength in war
or her happiness In peace
Then Eben E. olcott. chairman OF the Clermont
commission presented the ball which rang pasSen-
gers aboard the old Clermont. and Mrs, r 3,
Bowler a descendent OF the inventor puheo ING
rope and rang few strokes
NOW FOR THE LAUNCHING.
A Young man leaned over the side OF the plat
form and shouted to the workmen below;
Get your saws ready, there"
The men. crouched close TO the blunt gray wedse
of the bow, laid their sawH across the tEaoers on
which the boat rested and there was a minutSs
wait
Now cut Easy"
The saws bit rapidly down through the eight
inch nine tIrnbers and the crowd waited silently
nalIet blow knocked each timber apart, and stin
the Cleruaont did not move Then came the noise
OF hammers knocking wedges into the sawn spaces
Still she hung in the ways The young man shoul-
dered his way through the crowded Launching pat
form and shouted back:
Bring your engine on. now. Go slow"
Then the crowd saw for the first time that on the
railroad track which ran back from the Clermonts
bow there was hoisting engine. with long steel
boom swung out in front Tho engine pufred and
clanked and Iurched forward
There were some moderate feminine cries and
much dodging as the boom showed itself souarely
across platform and bumped Into the ClerTnonts
stem post II swung aside and left scar in the
gray point. They adjusted and pulled and lifted
rba unit
backed or few feet and drove II against the
stem The craft shook and stirred back a few
inches
I The boom pushed her three times before she
moved al last Then IL was SO slowly that the
crowd could hardly SEQ It But It her
movement Then Mrs. Arthur Taylor sutcline.
great-granddaughter OF Robert Fulton. broke
against the stem a slender higreed vase of water
from the well the estate of Chancellor Living
ston. Eulton's patron Mrs 6utclihe said:
I name thee Clerrnont and again auspiciously
proclaim TO the American people the sentiments or
friends Of mankind: Industry viii give abundance
TO a virtuous world and call mankind TO one un-
liberty Of the seas will be the happiness Of the
earth"
As the glass broke the Wasp fred the first gun
sixteen-gun salute, one for each Of the sixteen
states of 1907. The whistles OF the tugs took
alarm at the time and shrieked out such a
trnuit nothing but excited steam craft raise.
The shock of the Wasps stxpounders hardly struck
through the din at all and nobody but the nusi-
clans In the band knows what 1t was they played
while the Cier1nont crept down to the water.
She was six minutes the ways. and hoated
clear at last at p Six carrier pigeons were
released from a basket her stern post and car
ried the Robert Fulton message 70 Manhattan and
UP the state.
A tug caught the ~Ierrnont she ,noated free
and towed her to e shpyard pier. where she Will
take on her engines and equipment The fleet re-
ceiyed its passengers again and made a long race
OF It back to the Battery.
The CODY of Henry Hudson's boat the Half Moon.
started from Rotterdam yesterday morning on the
steamship Soostdyt of the Holland-Americah Line.
and will arrive In New York Thursday, July 22
1t is an exact reproduction Of the sailing craft IN
which the explorer sailed into the mouth OF the
Hudson River three hundred years ago. The Half
! Moon will be up at the Brooklyn navy yaro
and r,rAseuted TO the Eudson-F1llton Celebration
| Commission on the first day of the celebration
| ,,,,- rrIv 1oNo decision has been reached yet
hy tb. German government to whether 1t will
bs represented at the Hudson-Fulton festiviues
| which are to be held IN New York next SepteIn-
Der. On receipt OF the invitation to paruipate ene
Foreign once recommended that suitable repre-
s.ntafon Of German vessels be sent to the ceebra-
ton The matter then referred 10 inc EN-
peror and while his majesty has not yet taken ac-
| ton It II believed that Germany will be repre-
sentsd boy aevsFsl warshipa
St Petersburg. Ha1y 10.-At the Russian Admiralty
| It waz said to-day that far nothing has been
| decdded oE Win regard tc sciioihs ANoS0''-A
ships TO participate In ths Hudson-Fuiton oeeors-
| tion next fall
Paris. July 1o,-The French government mas not
yet decided whother IT VIII send squadron OF
war vessels 20 ;oin IN the Hudson-Futon feslViues
70 be held al New York next autumn.
| Stockholm. July 1o.-As yet ths Swedish govern
rlent has replied TO the invitation to participate
| In the Hudson-Futon celebration. IT is believed
| however. that Sweden win not be able 10 seno
| warship.
| Christianis. July 1o--Norway Is not senons
ship u take payt u ths Hu6spa- 9esnxAkaot