New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-23
Business of City Almost at
StandStiII as Service Is
Said in Trinity.
THOUSANDS IN STREETS
Procession Wends It's Way
Through Huge Crowds in
Journey from Church to
Greenwood Cemetery.

activity. During that hour the business
NJ the greatest commercial city in the
world was almost at standstiIl. and
many OF its lesser concerns were closed
throughout the day.
The New York Stock Exchange was
closed until noon, and the Consolidated
dn not open at ali. The public buildings
Of the city barred their doors. except
such as we're required 10 keep open by
law on the order of Dock Commissioner
"A. c. Smith. every municipal ferryboat
ceased running from II 80 TO II :S5.
Wall street itself was blocked by the
crowds which surged toward Trinitys
door 10 get a glimpse OF the coffin as il
was carried in or out. Police lines held
the people back to New street. and no
one was allowed on Broadway between
Rector and Pine streets. The subway sta
ton al Wall street was closed while the
service was going on. and no trains made
the stop there.
In every one Of the many thousands OF
windows which gave a view of Trinity
and IT'S ward there were heads-sometimes
IS many as eight or ten 10 a window.
stenographer Joined with Office boy and
utlltlflllIllOlldllt III TIC Stl4NA a. NiANA ~
nav A last tribute 10 one Of New York's
great Mayors. There was hush over
the whole financial district such as was
rrobabl never before felt when so many
OF its inhabitants were there.
Pickpocket in Crowd.
Only one disturbing incident occurred
while the great thrOng waited for the
mourners within the church to finish their
nrayers. This was the arrest Of a pick
pocket who thought the time opportune
10 ply his trade in the crowd at the head
of Rector street. The GOODNESS OF In
spector Titus. who was on the scene in
an instant. prevented the disturbance
from spreading.
II was l2:37 when the white robes OF
Bishops Geer and Burch appeared IN the
dark door Of the church. a moment later
the clergy filed out onto the Sidewalk
Behind them came the honorary pail
bearers, forming a lane across the SIDE
walk. With solemn trudge the active
pallbearers bore the coffin TO the waiting
catafalque.
Six carriages were drawn W 10 carry
the honorary palibearers. and as many
more waited behind for the family and
the two clergymen who were 10 ofnclate
at the grave. EX-President TAFT Mayor
Kline. Commissioner Smith and Mr.. Ad-
smson were in the first carriage. Car
RACES were also provided for the Board
of Estimate. the heads of departments
and few intimate friends or the family
who wished TO 10 TO the grave.
Old Trinity's chimes were just strlhlhB
the three-ouarterS after noon "hen the
procession started up Broadway. Greater
throngs than had seen II 80 down 10 the
church watched its return from every
point Of vantage At Park Row 1t was
shunted off 10 the right by fifteen-foot
wall Of humanity, stretching across Broad
ysy from the Astor House TO the Post
Office The height was attained with the
aid Of half a dozen trucks hidden unoer
the agile youngsters who clung 10 their
sides and tons. 10 the envy Of those in the
roadway below.
Al los o'clock the dead Mayor passed
for the last time the City Hall, which he
had enlivened so often with his wit and
vgor. A number of city employees were
AZ It's windows and few on the rool
watched the Mayor pass. The windows OF
the new Municipal Building. over when
he might have soon have held sway hao
he lived. had not a few spectators IN
them All the other buildings around the
ulaza showed heads at every vantage
point.
Brooklyn Bridge Kept Clear.
Then began the long tramp across tho
Brooklyn Bridge, which the Mayor was
often wont 10 traverse on foot twice d
day The tall stone arches were draped
with mourning streamers and the hags
above them floated at half mast. No one
was allowed on the bridge during the
passage Of the procession save the Brloge
Department employees. drawn up at atten-
ton every ten feet on both sides Of the
south roadway.
The scene as the cortege swung down
the Brooklyn approach OF the bridge was
peculiarly impressive. At the foot OF lhe
incline. in the plaza. fully FIVE thousand
men and women turned their faces up
ward while the catafalque was making
the descent Skrting this peninsula OF
humanity. the procession moved up Lib
erty street toward the Borough Han.
Hardly had the catafalQue entered the
street. paved with cobblestones when the
shrin call Of 6 whistle brought the SIX
teen horses which drew * 10 a stop The
sharp eve Of Lieutenant Kennel march
ing always Just behind the body OF his
former chief. had noticed that the l,VO-
pound coffin VAS sliding backward on us
base hurried investigation by several
Of the active pallbearers who marcheo
beside the coffin. suOWcd that two OF the
small steel pegs supposed TO hoid 'he
coffin on the bier had been looseneo oy
he rOughness or the roadway.
The coffin was pushed forward. but be-
fore ii had gone block another halt was
Necessary. When it shifted the third time
at Fulton and Clinton streets. one OF the
hremen wedgcd the pegs In with his white
gloves. This held for a time, but before
the cemetery was reached the procession
had to halt ten times while the coffin was
pushed back from the edge OF the bier.
Finally, al Prospect and Sixth avenues d
fireman and a policeman were placed upon
the catafalque to hold the coffin in posi-
lion
Down Clinton 10 Montague street the
Procession passed and out TO Court street
and the Borough Hall. Here another
mass OF people wedged II in-rnore than
fifteen thousand. II was estimated The
han was d. aped I'm black and picture
Of the Mayor hung over the main en-
trance Al this point the greater part OF
me procession dlsbanded. leaving only