The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-08-30
HUDSON RIVER MADE
EARLY DAY HISTORY

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the town is 10000. This is 80 miles
from the heart of New York and is
one of the prosperous suburbs. The
Ossining state prison is located at
this point on the river bank. The
New York Central trains travel in a
tunnel underneath the prison.
All on board were anXiously await
ing to get a glimpse of New York's
famous sky line. For miles and
miles are beautiful homes, education
al institutions, converts, hospitals,
and clubs. New York's famous Riv-
er Side drive runs parallel with the
Hudson. We passed Grants monu-
ment about 109th street and landed
at 48th street dock shortly after 8
o'clock. Most of the party were
CHARTERED at the splendid Pennsyl-
vania hotel during their stay in New
York.
After arriving in New York City
Friday evening, the Herald editor
was one of a party of four newspa-
per men who went on a sight seeing
trip to the lower East Side and China
town. The night was very hot and
oppressive and when one sees the way
the people live in the tenements in
this section of New York, he does
not need much in Minnesota to be
pretty well contented with his lot.
People were attempting to sleep on
fire escapes, in doorways, and even on
the sidewalk.
Chinatown from all reports, is
quite respectable at this time to what
it was several years ago. In fact this
is true of the entire lower east side
of New York. During the reign of
Theodore Roosevelt as police COM
missioner, the start was made to clean
up this section, which was the rem
desvouz for criminals of all sorts.
The lecturer at Chinatown stated that
there were over 10000 Chinese in
the district and only "a Chinese wo-
men, but that there were many de-
PRAYED white women in this section.
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Saturday morning, July FL, the
party left by subway and tube across
the Hudson to Hoboken where the day
was spent. This portion of the trip
was arranged by Dixie Ansger of the
Hudson City News and was one Of
the really enjoyable features of the
entire outing. The points of interest
visited in Hoboken were the Colgate
Soap Works, where each visitor was
presented with dainty and valuable
souvenir the big arena where the
Dempsey-Carpenter prize fight was
staged; the oldest Dutch Colonial
house in America; the Standard Oil
works.
At 100 o'clock the editorial party
were guests of the United States
Shipping Board on the magnificent
steamship George Washington, the
flag ship of the United States lines
fleet. The George Washington car
ried thousands of Yankee soldiers to
France and after the Armistice was
signed the great liner carried
President Wilson and the United
States delegation to the Peace Con-
ference.
The vessel is 1872 feet long and the
general registered tonnage is 23,78S
tons.
The George Washington ranks as
one of the very finest ships on the
transatlantic run. Triple promen-
ade deck, two smoking rooms, well
equipped gymnasium and sumptuous
presidential suite are among its
many unique features. The decora-
tions and furnishings of this wonder
full ship are not only expensive but
are in wonderfully good taste.
The George Washington is whal
is known as a three cabin ship, car
rying passengers, first, second, and
third class, there being no Storage
One can travel very comfortably
third class on the George Washing
ton, and enjoy as good food and ser
vice as you will find in many hotels
The Herald editor has attended
banquets at some rather large func
tions but the service and the food a
the luncheon given the newspape
men on the George Washington wa
decidedly different from the averag
function, and the service was per
feet. In this connection it may b
Of interest to note that all waiter
and stewards on the George Wash