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372 THE MARINE REVIEW October, 1909 HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION HE scenes. displayed in New York har- bor *-on ~ Saturday, Sept. 25, the open- ing day of the Hud- son-Fulton celebra- tion, will probably never be forgotten by those who wit- nessed them. As a marine has certainly never been equalled in America, thoughin purely naval features of course far inferior to the famous jubilee review at Spithead. The Hud- son-Fulton occasion, however, was symbolic of peace and commerce, sci- ence and. the arts, and the national and universal progress, while the lat- ter was, and intended as, a demon- stration to all the world of Great Britain's preparedness for war. . The day was without a flaw. The skies were clear and a crisp breeze. spectacle it. gave a temperature just cool enough to be enjoyable. During the forenoon craft of every sort and description were making their way down the bay. Big stately pas- senger steamers, coasters, ferryboats, yachts, tugs and lighters; anything with motive power and on which a foothold could be had, and many an- other besides, contributed to form such a mass of shipping off Staten Island and Bay Ridge as had never before been witnessed in New York harbor, Not a craft there but had its passenger list. The steamboat in- spection laws went by the board with a crash but nobody cared. All. the inspectors in the service could not have. created even an impression. What have steamboat inspection rules to do with such an occasion? When the Half Moon first breast- ed the river, Hudson had never heard of steam, and when Fulton and is Clermont. made their trial. trip © in- Photos by Edwin Levick, New York spectors and rules were alike unborn. The only casualties reported resulted from the ramming of a ferryboat by one of Uncle Sam's own revenue cut- {EES, The scene was set on Friday, Sept. 24, when the long line of naval ships, representatives of the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Hol- land, Italy, Argentine and Mexico anchored in the North river, with the Mayflower at the lower end at Forty- seventh street and the Birmingham at the upper end at 222nd street, almost at Yonkers. The line was eight miles long and included, in addition, the Salem, New York, Montana, Georgia, New Jersey, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wisconsin, Missouri, Ken- tucky, Connecticut, Vermont, Kansas, Louisiana, . Minnesota, Othio, New Hampshire, Mississippi and Idaho, of the United States navy; the In- flexible, Duke of Edinburgh, Drake and Argyll, of the British navy; Lib- erté, Justice and Verité, French; Dres- THE Harr Moon,