Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-25
MERRY PARTY
ON EXCURSION
Delightful Day Spent With
the Baptist Sunday School
Up the Hudson.
LAND AT WEST POINT
Nearly 900 Were on Board
ARRIVED Home at 10 O'clock
Last Night.

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soon after the boat left the dock
rain again until reaching New York
city on the return trip when little
squall, the tail end of a shower that
had passed over earlier In the even
| ing, was encountered. Every one of
the nearly 900 passengers on board
pronounced the outing a delightful
one, and the day all that could be
desired. 1t was little after
| o'clock when West Point was reach
ed and nearly everyone took advan-
| tage of three-quarters of an hour on
shore to climb the hill and get
peep at some of the buildings and
| the parade ground of the famous
| military academy. The start on the
return was made at 4 O'Clock. The
| tide was running strong against the
boat both ways; this, with the half
| hour delay in getting started IN the
| morning, caused the late arrival
home, it being Just 10 o'clock when
| the people came ashore. 1t was
| plain to everyone the minute they
stepped foot on land that the wealth
| er here had not been so favorable.
Was Raining Hard.
When the people opened their
| eyes yesterday morning the outlook
| was anything but favorable. By 7
| o'clock the rain was falling in tor
| rents and strong southeast wind
was blowing in a way that seemed
| to indicate a genuine storm. The
wind shifted to the south, however,
and the rain came more like showers
with bright streaks In between and
shortly after o'clock the streets
leading to the steamboat dock were
lined with people, all carrying dinner
boxes, determined not to be disap-
pointed. Everyone was surprised
when they got to the dock to find so
many others there. Alhsst $50 came
over from South AniHYGsss AniHYGsss by trolley
and fifty more came from Metuchen
while about the same number came
across on the ferry from Tottenville.
When the gangway was lifted aboard
and the boat cast off, the govern
ment inspector, who had kept care
| full count of all who boarded the
vessel, showed Just 878. The tickets
collected showed so5, tho diffopozaee
| being the small children who did
| not pay, but who are included by law
in making up the boats capacity.
| Cheers 2Nr the Sun.
| 1t was about off Elizabethport
when the sun first appeared and It
decks. Tugs, factory whistles and
locomotives saluted all the way up
| the sound until the captain of the
Sirius got tired of answering them.
Guttman's orchestra soon tuned up
and enlivened the occasion on the
after deck. New York harbor was
quickly passed and the great pile of
masonry which makes up New
York's skyscrapers attracted their
usual attention. Grants tomb was
the next object of interest as the
boat headed up the Hudson and then
the palisades on the Jersey shore
were the feature all the way to
where the low hills of the Catskills
| began. There were hundreds Of
campers under the palisades and
many of them waved salute as the
excursion passed.
| Yonkers was the only town of any
size noted from the river although
many places were seen nestled in
between the hills with here and
| there a church spire sticking up
above the cluster Of trees.
Entered The Highlands.
Finally the gateway to- the High
lands" was passed and the steamer
nearly scraped off the end Of An
thongs Nose. The mountains SEEM
ed to close in on all sides, exposing
their great, broad sides to the rays
of the sun, broad sides fitted across
the sky casting their shadows on the
forest covered slopes, all shades Of
the beautiful green were con-
stantly passing before the eye.
Suddenly, turning another bend
in the river, Storm King
loomed up ahead, sticking his majes-
tic peak heayenward in all its gran
deur Here and there on the noun
tains were seen beautiful summer
residences perched so high that one
wondered how the occupants ever
reached them.
Shortly afterward the fortress-like
appearance of West Point came into
view and the boat slowed down,
waiting for the arrival of the Hen
dric Hudson, the queen of the river
| fleet, bound from Albany to New
York. 1t was due at West Point at
that time and the conditions under
which the excursion landed we're
that 1t would not interfere with any
of the regular steamers or carry any
thing ashore. In about ten minutes
the Sirius reached the dock and tied
| fast.
Homeward Bound.
The trip down the river was un-
eventful. Those who sat on one side
of the boat going up were on the OPP
posite side going down, so as to miss
nothing. Perhaps the most beautiful
sight was the sunset back Of the
palisades.
The Baptist Sunday school had Sc
cured every concession on board and
quite sum of money was realized
IN this way. The Ladies' Aid Society
sold ice cream, sandwiches, tea and
coffee; the Philathea Society had the
candy and peanuts, the Baptist Ush-
ers' Association had charge of the
soft drinks and Mrs. Joseph F. Wal
ker's class had charge Of the check
room. The banner class for selling
tickets was the Dorcas class, of which
Mrs. W. w. Davis is teacher. They
raised $40 in this way.
Expenses Were Guaranteed.
The advance sale of tickets had
guaranteed the expenses of the trip
before the morning for the start, so
CONTINUED on pass ..)
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