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 Hon. Stewart L. Woodford 
 
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 Hon. Robert H. Roosf.vei.t Hon. Levi P, Mokton 
 
 Andrew Carnegie William Rockefeller 
 
 Bkig.-Ghn. F. D. Grant, U.S.A. William B. Van Rensselaer 
 
 Morris K. Iesup Hon. Andrew I). White 
 
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 J. P. Morgan & Co. 
 :3 W.t!1 Street, New York 
 
 Secretary 
 
 Henry W. Sackett 
 Tribune Building, New York 
 
 Hssietant Secretary 
 
 Edward Hag.\man Hall 
 
 Tribune lUiilding, New York 
 
 Perm.inently Organized, December 5, rqo5 
 
 ITIiiiutcs of Jan. 24, Jan. 26 and Feb. 7, 1906 
 

 Executive Committee 
 
 Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, CJiairmaii iS Wall Street, New York 
 
 Hon. Frank S. Black Troy, New York 
 
 James M. Beck . . 44 Wall Street, New York 
 
 Hun. J. Rider Cady _. Hudson, New York 
 
 Henry W. Cannon 10 Wall Street, New York 
 
 Andrew Carnegie 2 East gist Street, New York 
 
 Hon. Joseph H. Choate 6'j Wall Street, New York 
 
 William J. Curtis 49 Wall Street, New York 
 
 Hon. J. Sloat Fassett. . . Elmira, New York 
 
 Theodore Fitch.. , 120 Bioadway, New York 
 
 Fredeiick de Peyster Fosltr 18 Wall Street, New York 
 
 Thomas Powell Fowler 56 Beaver Street, New York 
 
 Hon. Chas. S. Francis Troy, New York 
 
 Hon. William VV. Goodrich 49 Wall Street, New York 
 
 Brig.-Gen. Fredk. D. Grant, U. S. A Governor's Island, New York 
 
 Edward Hagaman Hall.. ..Tribune Building, New Yoik 
 
 Hon. Warren Hit^ley 68 West 40th Street, New York 
 
 Hon. David B. Hill Albany, New York 
 
 August F. Jaccaci 7 West 43d Street, New York 
 
 Col. William Jay 48 Wall Street, New York 
 
 Morris K. Jesup 44 Pine Street, New York 
 
 Gen. Horatio C. King _ --375 FuUon Street, Brooklyn 
 
 Dr. George F. Kunz Tiffany <S: Company, New York 
 
 John La Farge 51 West roth Street, New York 
 
 "Dr. Henry M. Leipziger . Park Avenue & cgih Street, New York 
 
 Hon. Seth Low 30 East 64Lh Street, New York 
 
 Frank D. Millet. 6 East 23d Street, New York 
 
 William J. McKay... Newburgh, New Yoik 
 
 Emerson McMillin 320 Riverside Avenue, New York 
 
 Hon. Levi P. Morton 38 Nassau Stree', New York 
 
 Eben E. Olcott Desbrosses Sireet Pier, New Yoik 
 
 John E. Parsons 52 William Street, New York 
 
 Hon. Sereno E. Payne Auburn, New York 
 
 Gen. Horace Porter : Union League Club, New York 
 
 Hon. Cornelius A. Pugsley Peekskill, New Yoik 
 
 Louis C. Raegener T41 Broadway, New York 
 
 Hon. Herman Ridder ._ ..2 Tryon Row, New Yoik 
 
 Williim Rockefeller 26 Broadway, New York 
 
 Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt 57 Fifth Avenue, New York 
 
 Col. Henry W. Sackeit Tribune Building, New York 
 
 President J. G. Schurman Ithaca, New York 
 
 Hon. Frederick W. Seward Montrose, New York 
 
 Charles Stewart Smith 25 West 47ih Street, New York 
 
 Francis Lynde Stetson 15 Broad Street, New York 
 
 Hon. Oscar S. Straus 5 West 76th Street, New York 
 
 Cornelius Vanderbilt 15 Washington Square, New York 
 
 Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D.D . Princeton, New Jersey 
 
 William B. Van Rensselaer Albany, New York 
 
 Dr. Samuel B. Ward Albany', New York 
 
 Hon. Andrew D. White Ithaca, New York 
 
 Gen. James Grant Wilson ^21 Fifth Avenue, New York 
 
Minutes of 
 
 The Executive Committee 
 
 January 24, 1906 
 
 The fourth meeting- of the Executive Committee of the 
 Hudson Ter-Centenary Joint Committee, for executive 
 business, was held in the Governors' Room of the City 
 Hall. New York, Wednesday, January 24, at 4 P. M. 
 
 Present: Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, Chairman: and 
 Messrs. James M. Beck, Theodore Fitch, Fiederick de 
 Peyster Foster, Hon. William W. Goodrich, Edward Haga- 
 man Hall, Hon. Warren Higley, August F. Jaccaci, Col. 
 Wm. Jay, Hon. Seth Low, Frank D. Millet, Emerson Mc- 
 Millin, Hon. Cornelius A. Pugsley, Louis C. Raegener, 
 Hon. Herman Ridder, Henry W. Sackett, Hon. Fr-ederick 
 W. Seward, Francis Lynde Stetson, Hon. Oscar S. Straus 
 and Gen. James Grant Wilson. Also, Messi's. John G. Agar, 
 Bayar-d L. Peck and Nelson Spencer, of the Committee on 
 Legislation. 
 
 Regrets for non-attendance were received from the 
 Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, Messrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Austen G. 
 Fox, Morris K. Jesup, [)r-. Henry M. Leipziger, Ogden Mills, 
 Eben E.Olcott, Hon. Sereno E. Payne, Pres. J. G. Schurman, 
 Isaac N. Seligman, A. G. Vanderbilt, Rev. Dr. Henry Van 
 Dyke, Dr. Samuel B. Wai-d,John E. Parsons and Hon. An- 
 di-ew D. White, and tliey were excused. 
 
 The minutes of the last meeting, having been printed 
 
 and sent to all the members, were adopted without reading. 
 
 The report of the Treasurer", J. P. Mor-gan & Co., was 
 
 read, showing the r-eceipt of $640 from contributions, and 
 
 no expenditures. 
 
 The suggestion that an Auditing Committee be ap- 
 pointed to approve bills for payment was I'eferred to the 
 Joint Committee. 
 
36 January 24, 1906 
 
 The Secretary presented the following bills for pay 
 ment, subject to the approval of the Auditing Committee: 
 
 Polhemus Printing Co.: letter-files $1 00 
 
 " Two scrap-books i 70 
 
 " Blank writing paper 2 00 
 
 " 350 subscription blanks 3 00 
 
 " 1,000 clasp envelopes 10 75 
 
 " 350 circulars of Dec. 23rd, and 
 
 electro 5 00 
 
 " 500 copies minutes of Dec. i6th, 
 
 and electro 17 35 
 
 " 100 copies of 24-page booklet, 
 
 list of names . 24 00 
 
 " 500 copies revised edition of 
 
 same- 14 co 
 
 " 500 copies minu';es of Dec. 29th. 20 50 
 
 Henry Romeike, Inc., 43 press clippings 
 
 in December i 29 
 
 Irving Press: 500 letter- heads, 1,000 envel- 
 opes, and electro of letter- 
 head 9 10 
 
 $109 69 
 
 The Secretary stated that he had made additional dis- 
 bursements to the amount of nearly one hundred dollars, 
 and that the bill for stenographer's services at public hear- 
 ings had not yet been presented. 
 
 Mr. Straus asked for information as to the source of 
 means for meeting these obligations. He would be very 
 glad to contribute, but had received no request. 
 
 The Secretary explained that, in accordance with the 
 resolution of the Joint Committee, adopted Dec. 5th, a cir- 
 cular and subscription blank had been sent to all the mem- 
 bers, asking them, if entirely convenient, to send ifiio each 
 to the Treasurer (J. P. Morgan & Co., 23 Wall Street), as a 
 contribution toward the preliminary expenses. As these 
 documents were enclosed with the printed minutes of the 
 first meeting of the Executive Committee, it appeared that 
 i-n several instances they had either gone astray or had 
 been overlooked. The Secretary said he would send out 
 another circular-letter to those who had not received or 
 responded to the first. 
 
 There was some further discussion of ways and means 
 
January 24, iqo6 37 
 
 tor preliminary expenses, two or three members expressing 
 their willingness to guarantee their payment if necessary. 
 
 It was voted that the bills presented by the Secretary 
 be referred to the Joint Committee, with the recommenda- 
 tion that they be paid. 
 
 The Secretary, as Chairman of the Committee com- 
 posed of Messrs. Sackett, Higley and Fitch, appointed to 
 arrange for the compensation of the Assistant Secretary, 
 reported, recommending that the Assistant Secretary be 
 paid in monthly installments at the rate of $2,500 a year, 
 beginning from the time of his election, Dec. 5, 1905, and 
 so to continue until the Executive Committee deemed it 
 advisable to increase the amount. He explained that the 
 sub-Committee had conferred with the Assistant Secretary, 
 who had consented to this amount until the increased de- 
 mands upon him or his office made it equitable that the 
 sum should be increased. At present this compensation 
 included the use of the Assistant Secretary's office and the 
 assistance of his office stenographer for correspondence. 
 
 Upon motion of Mr. Stetson, modified at the sugges- 
 tion of Mr. Sackett, it was voted to recommend to the 
 Joint Committee that the compensation of the Assistant 
 Secretary be fixed at 62,500 per annum until further action, 
 as contemplated in the report of the Committee. 
 
 The Secretary read a communication from Mr. Thomas 
 A. Fulton, of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, expressing the 
 opinion that the fault with all recent expositions in this 
 country had been the effort of each to surpass its predeces- 
 sor in size. He thought the most useful exhibitions were 
 the series held at South Kensington, beginning with the 
 '' Fisheries," each succeeding one taking a different subject. 
 The naval exhibition at Chelsea years later was equally 
 successful. He therefore suggested the merging of the 
 Fulton Centennial Committee and the Hudson Ter-Cen- 
 tenary Joint Committee, and that a joint exposition be 
 held in Bronx, Queens or Richmond Borough, beginning 
 with an exhibition covering "Ships and Navigation." 
 
 The Chairman stated, apropos of the suggestion for the 
 merging of the two Committees, that having received an 
 informal intimation that such a union would be agreeable 
 to the Fulton Committee, he and the Secretary had written 
 to Mayor McClellan the following letter : 
 
38 January 24, 1906 
 
 January 24, 1906. 
 The Hon. George B. McClellan, 
 
 Mayor of the City of New York, 
 
 City Hall, New York. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 We have learned from the Secretary of the Committee 
 appointed by you to arrange for the celebration in 1907 of 
 the Centennial Anniversary of the first steam navigation 
 of the Hudson River by Robert Fulton that such Commit- 
 tee is to make its report to you on Thursday morning of 
 this week, respecting the form of such celebration. 
 
 In discussing the matter with other members of the 
 Hudson Ter-Centenary Joint Committee, appointed by you 
 and the Governor of the State of New York, it has occurred 
 to us to suggest to you the propriety of merging these two 
 committees for the purpose of celebrating both events in 
 1909 
 
 Our reason for this are briefly these : 
 
 These two events in the history of the Hudson River 
 are so intimately related that their commemoration can with 
 great propriety be combined in one celebration. Not only 
 are the two events mutually related by their connection with 
 the Hudson River, but an interesting coincidence of dates 
 adds to the propriety of celebrating in 1909 the centennial 
 of the beginning of steam navigation, for it was in 1809 
 that the Legislature of the State granted to Fulton the 
 exclusive privilege of navigating the river — out of which 
 action grew the famous case of Gibbons and Ogden, 
 establishing the right of free navigation. 
 
 We believe that the union of these two observances will 
 strengthen each. It will not only allow the municipality 
 and the various civic interests concerned to focus their en- 
 ergies on one great observance, but it will more effectually 
 concentrate upon itself the public attention of the world. 
 
 If the suggestion which we have made meets with your 
 approval, and it should prove acceptable to the members of 
 the Committee appointed by you for the Fulton Celebra- 
 tion, we believe that it would be a conclusion which would 
 not only be cordially received by all the members of the 
 Hudson Ter-Centenary Committee, but would also serve in 
 every way the best public interests. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 STEWART L. WOODFORD, 
 
 President. 
 
 Henry W. Sackett, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Mr. Straus said that the suggestion for the appoint- 
 ment of the Fulton Committee originated in the New York 
 Board of Trade and Transportation ; that he had been ap- 
 
January 24, 1906 39 
 
 pointed on both the Fulton and Hudson Committees; that 
 he thought that having two such movements in the air 
 would keep both in the air : and that he had declined the 
 appointment on the Fulton Committee and recommended 
 the consolidation of both. 
 
 Mr. Low thought the merging of the two committees a 
 very wise step, and moved that the action of the President 
 and Secretary in writing the foregoing letter he approved. 
 Seconded by Mr. Straus and carried. 
 
 Mr. Fitch moved that the Committee on Legislation be 
 requested to draft a Charter of Incorporation of the Hud- 
 son Ter-Centenary Joint Committee and report it to the 
 next executive session of the Executive Committee. 
 
 The Chairman asked members of the Committee to 
 express their views as to the scope of the proposed legisla- 
 tion. 
 
 The Secretary suggested that in making up the list of 
 incorporators the Committee take into consideration a list 
 of 22 names approved by Gov. Higgins in addition to those 
 already appointed by him on the Joint Committee. The 
 names included that of an ex Governor now residing in New 
 Jersey, ex-President Cleveland. 
 
 Mr. Stetson thought the bill of incorporation should 
 cover these point: 
 
 The first section could present all of the names, with 
 the names of the Governors and ex-Governors. Mr. Cleve- 
 land, he observed, was not the only living ex-Governor. 
 There was an ex-Governor of New York in the White House 
 who might be included. 
 
 The second section should be devoted to the conferring 
 of the necessary powers. 
 
 The third section should provide for an ample appro- 
 priation by the State and City to enable the Committee to 
 make provision for the Celebration on a wide and ample 
 scale. 
 
 He recommended that the draft of the bill be sent in 
 proof form to all members of the Joint Committee before 
 the meeting at which they are called upon to adopt it. 
 
 He said that the approaching anniversary presented a 
 great opportunity. Before the consolidation of Greater 
 New York, the Old City had been held up as a city without 
 civic pride. Now was a good time to show that we had it. 
 
January 24, 1906 
 
 .f thP Commission appointed to represent New 
 V^ra^X Ch cag?ExposUlon on Manhauan Day and he 
 
 York at he ^^''f ,; ^„d expressing pr.de in 
 
 appreciated the valuo ^g^^^ ^^^^^^,^_^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 °"' ' '^n^nt outgrowth of that Fair, the product of the 
 as a permanent ""'S™'^^ distinguished citizens, 
 
 't'r dtsTdied and eff it $8,ooo,ooc. The Hudson ter- 
 "tiar as i^.edfate expenses were concerned he was 
 
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 rrcTiniut'ctrd no^ give pro rata, others couid 
 ^"Turing to the commemoration itself, Mr. Low said that 
 
 ;'::trbeTatr" :L:;Toreign%opu,rtion and partly 
 
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 :? f't nflle c:of these channels on the development 
 'of the City, he referred to the time prior to the open ng 
 
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 ued her pre-eminence, because, among other advantages, 
 
January 24, 1906 41 
 
 New Yorkers did not have to climb the Alleghany moun- 
 tains to communicate with the west. As a result of the 
 streams of life flowing to and through the City from the 
 other parts of the United States, New York was an epitome 
 of the growth of the nation. 
 
 If the enterprise which we had in hand were carried for- 
 ward in a large way, he was sure that everybody would 
 take pride in it. In the bill of incorporation we should 
 ask for ample powers and an appropriation as large as 
 might be thought wise. The latter should be sufficient to 
 enable the Committee to lay out its plans on a large scale; 
 and perhaps the City and State would give more liberally 
 later. He favored laying out the plans of the celebration 
 on lines broad enough to deal adequately with the oppor- 
 tunity. 
 
 Col. Jay expressed his str()ng pride in and affection for 
 the City of New York. His mind had not yet hit upon 
 any definite scheme for the celebration, but he was inclined 
 toward something permanent in the way of a monument, 
 gate, statue, building or public square. He thought that 
 we were far behind European cities in laying out our town. 
 The plan of New York City's streets was as poor as could 
 be imagined. The streets had evidently been ruled out on 
 paper at right angles, without any regard to the topog- 
 raphy of the Island. If we could get up something, not so 
 big as the Place de la Concorde in Paris or Trafalgar 
 Square in London, but an attempt at some architectural 
 fulfillment, he thought it might be worth while. 
 
 As to money for temporary expenses, he recalled his 
 experience on the Commission appointed by Gov. Cornell 
 at the time of the Yorktown centennial in 1881. When the 
 French visitors became the guests of the New York Com- 
 mission, the mem.bers of the latter found themselves facing 
 some large expenses with no appropriation. They assessed 
 themselves, however, to meet the situation, with the expec- 
 tation that they would be reimbursed, and their confidence 
 in that respect was not disappointed. He felt sure that 
 whatever the members of this Committee assessed upon 
 themselves would be refunded. 
 
 Mr. Seward thought that Mr. Low had hit upon the 
 most important point of all when he spoke of seeing that 
 the powers sought to be granted by the Legislature should 
 
42 January 24, 1906 
 
 be ample. The Committee had no power now. It was 
 simply an advisory board. It could receive suggestions 
 and make them, but could not carry them out or extend its 
 power. He would insist that the powers granted be large, 
 and the discretion left in the Corporation be ample, because 
 we did not now know what our plans would be, and we 
 should not be so tied down as to prevent our carrying out a 
 large plan. 
 
 Mr. Low said that while it was natural for us to empha- 
 size the interest of the City we should not forget that this 
 event concerns the State as well, and shape our plans 
 accordingly. 
 
 Judge Goodrich suggested that the Corporation be given 
 the power of condemning property. If this body were 
 organized into a corporation, it would certainly be a cor- 
 poration for public purposes, and possibly it would follow 
 that it would have the right to apply to the proper authori- 
 ties to take property by eminent domain. He did not 
 know just exactly how the fullest measure of public inter- 
 est was to be aroused in this celebration. If we had the 
 courage to ask for an appropriation that would startle the 
 State of New York, one which would rise into the millions, 
 it might wake up the people and the press and stimulate 
 an interest commensurate with the importance of the event. 
 
 Mr. Seward thought Judge Goodrich's suggestion capi- 
 tal. We must ask for a good deal more than we expect to 
 get. The Charter should also be drawn with a view to 
 getting all the power that will ever be needed. 
 
 Mr, Low regarded it as of doubtful policy to go before 
 the Legislature without a plan and ask for much money. 
 We could very properly ask for a large appropriation to 
 .carry out a plan when we knew what it was, but he coun- 
 seled the Committee not to ask for a large sum for a 
 temporary corporation. 
 
 Mr. Stetson agreed with Mr. Low and reiterated his own 
 suggestion that until apian was formulated, the Committee 
 limit its Charter to three sections, naming the incorporators 
 and corporation, a statement of the corporation's powers 
 and an appropriation sufficient to enable it to mature its 
 plans. As to exercising the power of eminent domain, he 
 was inclined to think the Committee should limit itself to 
 an appeal to the City authorities. He hoped we could 
 
January 24, 1906 43 
 
 arouse the City to make large provision for the celebration. 
 He recalled the fact that when efforts were beino; made to 
 have the Columbian Exposition held in New York the 
 Legislature had been induced to pass laws for the extension 
 of the Metrop(^litan Museum of Art and the American 
 Museum of Natural History. He thought these laws had 
 never been repealed and that the municipal authorities 
 could be stirred up to avail themselves of them. It was, 
 rather, the other side — the state side — for which we should 
 make provision in the charter ; for while the corporation 
 of the City could make provision for the City, there was 
 no organization to operate all up and down the Hudson. 
 
 The Secretary suggested that if an exposition were 
 held it might be found necessary to condemn property 
 outside of the city, and asked if it might not be a useful 
 power of the corporation to exercise the right of eminent 
 domain beyond the city limits. 
 
 After some further discussion Mr. Fitch's motion, that 
 the Committee on Legislation be requested to draft a 
 Charter and submit it to the Executive Committee, was 
 carried. 
 
 The meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of the 
 chair. 
 
 HENRY W. SACKETT, 
 
 Secretary. 
 Edward Hagaman Hall, 
 
 Assistant Secretarv. 
 
Minutes of 
 
 The Executive Committee 
 
 January 26, 1906. 
 
 The fifth meeting of the Executive Committee of the 
 Hudson Ter-Centenary Joint Committee was held in public 
 in the Governors' Room in the City Hall of New York, 
 Friday, January 26, 1906, at 2.30 p. m. This was the third 
 and last public hearing for the purpose of receiving sugges- 
 tions as to the form of the proposed celebration in 1909. 
 
 Present : Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, Chairman, pre- 
 siding ; and Messrs. William J. Curtis, Theodore Fitch, 
 Edward Hagaman Hall, Hon. Warren Higley, William 
 J. McKay, Hon. Cornelius A. Pugsley, Henry W. Sackett 
 and the Hon, Frederick W. Seward. 
 
 Regrets for non-attendance were received from the Hon. 
 J. Sloat Fassett, Messrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Austen G. F"ox, 
 Morris K. Jesup, Dr. George F. Kunz, Dr. Henry M. 
 Leipziger, Ogden Mills, Eben E. Olcott, John E. Parsons, 
 Hon. Sereno E. Payne, President J. G. Schurman, Isaac 
 N. Seligman, A G. Vanderbilt, Rev. Henry Van Dyke, 
 D.D., Dr. Samuel B. Ward and Hon. Andrew D. White, 
 and they were excused. 
 
 The reading of the minutes of the last meeting was 
 dispensed with. 
 
 The Chairman announced that the Committee was 
 ready to listen to further suggestions concerning the plan 
 of the proposed celebration in 1909. 
 
 The Hon. John H. Coyne, Mayor of Yonkers, heading a 
 committee representing that city, introduced Mr. Charles 
 Philip Easton, President of the Board of Education of 
 Yonkers, as their spokesman, 
 
 Mr. Easton had nothing definite to suggest as to the 
 form of the celebration, but said that if the Ter-Centenary 
 Committee desired five or six hundred acres of space, or 
 even more, that area was available in the City of Yonkers. 
 
 Mr. Abraham Hasbrouck, of Kingston, N. Y., pre- 
 sented a letter from the Hon. A. W. Thompson, Mayor of 
 Kingston, asking him to represent that city at the hearing. 
 He said he came unprepared to make any suggestion, but 
 asked that Kingston be given some representation on the 
 Hudson Ter-Centenary Joint Committee, as the people of 
 that city were interested and would like to co-operate. 
 
January 26, 1906 45 
 
 The Chairman explained that the Committee had been 
 appointed by the Governor of the State and the Mayor of 
 New York, and if such an important city as Kingston had 
 been overlooked the Committee regretted it. 
 
 Mrs. A. L. Freed, of No. 30 East 426. Street, whose 
 husband appeared at the hearing December 29, 1905, said 
 that he expected to attend the present hearing to speak on 
 the subject of an exposition, but had been prevented. She 
 therefore came in his place. She said that Chicago, Paris 
 and St. Louis had been benefited by their expositions and 
 that Brussels and Antwerp had been built up alone by ex- 
 positions. She thought that New York was a dull place in 
 summer and that an exposition in or near the city would 
 benefit the tradespeople of the town. 
 
 Mr. Pierre H. Marshall, terminal agent of the Baltimore 
 & Ohio Railroad Co., Pier 22, North River, New York, 
 spoke in favor of Staten Island as a site for the proposed 
 exposition. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, whose road 
 came into Staten Island, was one of the only two roads 
 whose rails came into the City of New York. He said that 
 Staten Island was accessible by rail and water and had 
 connection with all the trunk lines. He assumed that 
 there was no question as to the advisability of a world's 
 fair. He disclaimed any authority to speak for Staten 
 Island, but came as a friend of Mr. Freed to speak for the 
 transportation interests. 
 
 Mr. Easton, speaking again of the availability of 
 Yonkers for an exposition, predicted that that city would 
 eventually come within the boundaries of New York. 
 Yonkers had twenty-one square miles of area ; was situated 
 on the Hudson ; u^as within fifteen miles of the Grand Cen- 
 tral Station of New York; was accessible by the Hudson 
 division of the New York Central, the Putnam division, the 
 New York & Harlem, and by trolley from New York ; and 
 by March ist it would be accessible by the Interborough 
 Rapid Transit. It was also easily accessible from the east, 
 and New Jersey people could reach it by river on the west. 
 These were features which commended Yonkers to the con- 
 sideration of the Committee. 
 
 The Hon. Theodore H. Silkman, of 459 Palisade Ave- 
 nue, Yonkers, Surrogate of Westchester County, said that 
 he thought a permanent exposition was the most perfect 
 
46 January 26, 1906 
 
 way in which to honor the memory of Henry Hudson. 
 World's fairs in the past liad been transient affairs, leaving 
 possibly one building or monument to indicate where they 
 had been held ; but if we could make a new departure and 
 establish an expo'^ition to last into the future as far as the 
 discovery of the Hudson was past, we would do something 
 that would honor ourselves, our country and the locality 
 which we represent. He concluded his remarks by moving 
 that it was the sense of the meeting that "the form of this 
 tribute be in the nature of a permanent exposition located 
 somewhere upon the Hudson River." 
 
 Dr. E. Parmly Brown seconded the motion. 
 
 Mr. Henry E. Gregory, of No. 59 Wall Street, New 
 York, understood that this was not a meeting for the adop- 
 tion of resolutions, but simply a hearing given by the 
 Executive Committee to individuals who desired to express 
 their views. It was not a meeting for the transaction of 
 business. He desired to record his protest against the as- 
 sumption that public opinion was generally in favor of an 
 exposition. He believed that New York did not want any 
 permanent exposition to honor Henry Hudson. It looked 
 to him as if those who wanted an exposition most were in- 
 terested in railroads or money-making schemes. He hoped 
 the Committee would decide against such a form of cele- 
 bration. He was not sure just what form the commemora- 
 tion ought to take; but he was convinced that that was the 
 form which it ought not to take. Chicago migjit have 
 needed an exposition in 1892 or 1893, and St. Louis may 
 have been benefited by the exposition of 1904, but New 
 York was not in the same class and did not require any 
 world's fair. 
 
 Mr. Easton disclaimed, for the Yonkers Committee, 
 any interest in the real estate business. Mr. Skinner, a 
 member of the committee, was an officer of the Canadian 
 Pacific Railroad, but that road did not touch Yonkers or 
 New York. 
 
 Mr. George A. Bagley, of Peekskill, reinforced the ar- 
 guments which he had presented at the previous two hear- 
 ings in favor of a permanent exposition at Verplanck's 
 Point. 
 
 The Hon. Alonzo Wheeler, of Haverstraw, N. Y., ap- 
 peared in behalf of the Hon. Wilson P. Foss, President of 
 the Village of Haverstraw, to say that if the latter were 
 present he would speak strongly in favor of an exposition- 
 
January 26, 1906 47 
 
 The Hon. Isaac H. Smith, President of the Village of 
 Peekskill, spoke in favor of a permanent exposition. He 
 thought that in the near future there would be a perma- 
 nent exposition in the nation somewhere, and he thought 
 tliat the anniversary now approaching offered a good occa- 
 sion for establishing it here in New York State. He heartily 
 endorsed Judge Silkman's sentiments upon that point. 
 
 Mr. Bernard S. Deutsch, of No. 61 Park Row, New 
 York, representing the City History Club of New York, 
 wanted to go on record as opposed to any permanent ex- 
 position very close to New York City. He said that the 
 city had not yet solved its own transportation problems; 
 that the manner in which the people of New York were 
 handled by the transit lines was intolerable, and that we 
 were not in a position to invite great crowds from all over 
 the world to visit the city when we could not take care of 
 our own people properly. He was in favor of an exposi- 
 tion, but it should be located so far away from the City of 
 New York that the city would, in a measure, be free from 
 additional worry and care in regard to its transportation 
 facilities. 
 
 Mr. J. C. Pumpelly, of No. 2881 Broadway, New York, 
 reiterated the views expressed by him at the hearing, Decem- 
 ber 29, 1905, and hoped that the whole celebration would 
 "take the strongest form possible along the line of the highest 
 ideals of scenic improvement in art in a commemorative 
 way." He thought we had an overabundance of com- 
 mercialism and did not think any one would be in favor of 
 a commercial enterprise where a great many goods would 
 be displayed and then sold at the very best profit. 
 
 Dr. E. Parmly Brown, of No. 509 Fifth Avenue, New 
 York, who had spoken at the two previous hearings in 
 favor of a permanent exposition at Verplanck's Point, spoke 
 in the interest of the "eighty-five million people of 
 this country and the fourteen hundred million people on 
 this planet," and declared that the gentleman who said 
 that he did not want a permanent exposition spoke only 
 for himself. The men who drew their incomes and could 
 go to their clubs, and could go to Europe, and could sail 
 about on their yachts, might do without a permanent 
 exposition, he said; but the millions of people who had 
 only half a dollar needed the exposition. 
 
48 January 26, 1906 
 
 Mr. Richard G. Holaman, of the Eden Musee, New 
 York, who had advocated a universal exposition at the 
 hearing December 29, 1905, thought that the transporta- 
 tion facilities would be adequate to handle an exposition 
 crowd three years hence. 
 
 The Secretary reported that the President had received 
 a letter signed by Mr. L. A. R. Robinson, and dated No, 
 214 West 44th Street, stating that on January 21st, by the 
 kindness of Dr. Brown, he had gone over parts of the 
 ground at Verplanck's Point, where he understood the 
 permanent exposition was to be held, and he regarded the 
 place as the most suitable for the purpose. The argu- 
 ments advanced in favor of the exposition were in line 
 with those already given before the Executive Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 The Chairman, referring to Judge Silkman's motion, 
 said that as objection had been raised by a member of 
 the Committee, he thought it would not be in order 
 for him as Chairman of the Executive Committee to put 
 the question to the assembly. If, however, the Judge 
 wanted a vote of the friends present, the Chairman would 
 yield long enough for him to put the motion. 
 
 Judge Silkman withdrew his motion, stating that he 
 offered it more for the purpose of evoking discussion than 
 to find out how the gentlemen felt on the subject. 
 
 The Secretary reported that the President had received 
 a letter from Mr. Charles Elting Rickerson, of No. 276 
 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, a real estate dealer, offering an 
 exposition site of 500 acres on Jamaica Bay, with two and 
 a half miles of water front, for the sum of $500,000. 
 
 The Secretary also reported the receipt of a letter 
 from Mr. J. Du Pratt White, Secretary of the Commission- 
 ers of the Palisades Inter-State Park, stating that the 
 Commission would probably communicate their sugges- 
 tions in a short time. 
 
 No one else desiringto be heard, the Chairman thanked 
 those who had appeared before the Committee and 
 declared the public hearings closed. 
 
 The Committee then adjourned. 
 
 HENRY W. SACKETT, 
 
 Secretarv. 
 Edward Hagaman Hall, 
 
 Assistant Secretary. 
 
Proposed Charter, Drafted by 
 
 The Committee on Legislation, 
 
 February 7, 1906. 
 
 A meeting of the Committee on Legislation was held 
 at the office of the Chairman, the Hon. William W. Good- 
 rich, No 49 Wall street, at 4 p. m., Wednesday, Feb. 7, 
 1906. 
 
 Present : Judge Goodrich, presiding; and Messrs. 
 John G. Agar, Bayard L. Peck and Nelson S. Spencer. 
 An unavoidable engagement detained Mr. Cravath. 
 
 The President and Secretaries of the Joint Committee 
 were present by request. 
 
 The preliminary draft of a Charter, which had been 
 considered at a previous meeting, was amended to the form 
 following. 
 
 It was voted that the proposed Charter be reported to 
 the Executive Committee at a meeting to be held in the 
 Governors' Room of the City Hall on Wednesday, February 
 14, at 2 p. m. in order that the Executive Committee, if it 
 saw fit, might report it to the Joint Committee at a meet- 
 ing to be held at the same place and on the same day at 
 4 p. m. 
 
 It was also voted that the draft be printed as soon as 
 possible and sent to all the members, with the intimation 
 that the Committee would be glad to receive from them 
 any suggestions which they might desire to offer. Com- 
 munications on the subject may be sent to the Secretary. 
 
 PROPOSED CHARTER. 
 
 AN ACT to Incorporate the HUDSON TER-CEN- 
 TENARY COMMISSION. 
 
 The People of the State of New York, represented 
 in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 
 
 Section i. Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleve- 
 land, Levi P. Morton, David B. Hill, Frank S. Black, 
 Benjamim B. Odell, Jr., Stewart L. Woodford, Robert 
 B. Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Frederick D. Grant, 
 Morris K. Jesup, William Rockefeller, William B. 
 Van Rensselaer, Andrew D. White, J. Pierpont Mor- 
 
50 February 7, 1906 
 
 gan, Henry W. Sackett, Edward Hag-aman Hall, Her- 
 bert Adams, R. B. Aldcroft, Jr., John G. Agar, B. 
 Altman, Louis Annin Ames, John E. Andriis, James 
 K, Apgar, John D. Archbold, John Jacob Astor, 
 Theodore M. Banta, Franklin Bartlett, James C. Bay- 
 les, James M. Beck, August Belmont, William Berri, 
 Cornelius N. Bliss, E. W. Bloomingdale, Reginald 
 Pelham Bolton, Thomas W. Bradley, George V. 
 Brower, E, Parmly Brown, Henry K. Bush-Brown, 
 Wm. L. Bull, E. H. Butler, Nicholas Murray Butler, 
 J. Rider Cady, J. H. Callanan, Henry W. Cannon, 
 Joseph H. Choate, Caspar Purdon Clarke, George C. 
 Clausen, A. T. Clearwater, Thomas Clyde, E. C. Con- 
 verse, Walter Cook, John H. Coyne, E. D. Cummings, 
 William J. Curtis, Paul D. Cravath, Charles de Kay, 
 James de la Montanye, Chauncey M. Depew, Edward 
 DeWitt, William Draper, Charles A. DuBois, John C. 
 Fames, George Ehret, Smith Ely, Arthur English, John 
 M. Farley, J. Sloat Fassett, Barr Ferree, Stuyvesant 
 Fish, Theodore Fitch, Winchester Fitch, J. J. Fitzgerald, 
 Frederick de Peyster Foster, Thomas Powell Fowler, 
 Austen G. Fox, Charles S. Francis, Henry C. Frick, Fraiak 
 S. Gardner, Garret J. Garretson, Theodore P. Gilman, 
 Robert Walton Goelet, William W. Goodrich, George 
 J. Gould, George F. Gregory, Henry E. Gregory, 
 W. L. Guillaudeu, Abner S. Haighc, Benjamin F. 
 Hamilton, William S. Hawk, James A. Hearn, 
 Peter Cooper Hewitt, Warren Higley, Michael H. 
 Hirschberg, Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, Richard 
 G. Hollaman, Willis Holly, Colgate Hoyt, LeRoy 
 Hubbard, Thomas H. Hubbard, T, D. Huntting, 
 August F. Jaccaci, William Jay, Hugh Kelly, 
 James H. Kennedy, John H. Ketcham, Horatio 
 C. King, Albert- E. Kleinert, George F. Kunz, 
 John LaFarge, Charles R. Lamb, Frederick S. Lamb, 
 Homer Lee, Charles W. Lefler, Julius Lehrenkrauss, 
 Henry M. Leipziger, Clarence Lexow, Gustav Linden- 
 thai, Walter Seth Logan, Charles H. Loring, Seth 
 Low, William A. Marble, George E. Matthews, Wil- 
 liam McCarroll, Donald McDonald, William J. Mc- 
 
February 7, 1906 51 
 
 Kay, St. Clair McKelway, Emerson McMillin, Georg^e 
 VV. Melville, Herman A. Metz, John G. Milburn, Frank 
 D. Millet, A. L.Mills, Ogden Mills, C.H.Niehaus,Ludwii^ 
 Nissen. Jacob W. Miller, VV. R. O'Donovan, Eben E. 
 Olcott, William Church Osborn, Percy B. O'Sullivan, 
 Orrel A. Parker, John E. Parsons, Samuel Parsons, Jr. , 
 Samuel H. Parsons, Sereno E. Payne, George Foster 
 Peabody, R. E. Peary, Bayard L. Peck, Gordon H. 
 Peck, Rowland Pell, George W. Perkins, N. Tovlor 
 Phillips, Thomas C. Piatt, George A. Plimpton, Eugene 
 H. Porter, Horace Porter. Henry C. Potter, Cornelius 
 A. Pugsley, Louis C. Raegener, Herman Ridder, 
 Charles F. Roe, Carl J. Roehr, Louis T. Romaine, 
 Thomas F. Ryan, George Henry Sargent, Herbert L. 
 Satterlee, Charles A. Schermcrhorn, Jacob Goidd 
 Schurman, Gustav H. Schwab, Isaac N. Seligman, 
 Louis Seligsberg, Joseph H. Senner, Frederick W. 
 Seward, George F. Seward, William F. Sheelian, J. 
 Edward Simmons, John VV. Simpson, E. V. Skinner, 
 Charles Stewart Smith, Nelson S. Spencer, John H. 
 Starin, Isaac Stern, Louis Stern, Francis Lynde Stet- 
 son, Louis Stewart, James Stillman, Oscar S. Straus, 
 Theodore Sutro, Henry C. Swords, Henry R. Towne, 
 Spencer Trask, C. Y. Turner, Albert Ulmann, Aaron 
 V^anderbilt, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vander- 
 bilt, Henry Van Dyke, Warner Van Norden, Miss A. 
 T. Van Santvoord, J. Leonard Varick, E, B, Vreeland, 
 Charles G. F. VVahle, Samuel B. Ward. W. L. Ward, 
 William C. Warren, Edward Wells, Jr., George West- 
 inghouse, Charles W. Wetmore, Edmund Wetmore, 
 J. Du Pratt White, Fred. C. Whitney, William R. Will- 
 cox, James Grant Wilson, Chas. B.Wolffram, Timothy L. 
 Woodruff, W. E. WooUey and James A. Wright, who 
 were appointed by His Excellency, the Governor 
 of the State of New York, or by the Mayor of the 
 City of New York, as members of the Hudson Ter- 
 centenary Joint Committee and of the Fulton Centen- 
 nial Committee, and all such persons as are or may 
 hereafter be associated with them, by the appoint- 
 ment of the Governor or of the said Mayor, shall 
 
52 February 7, 1906 
 
 be and are hereby constituted a body politic and 
 corporate by the name of the Hudson Ter-Centenary 
 Commission, which corporation shall be a public cor- 
 poration, with all the powers specified in the eleventh 
 Section of the General Corporation Law, except as 
 otherwise provided by this xAct. It shall have no 
 capital stock. 
 
 Section 2. The object of said corporation shall 
 be the public celebration or commemoration of the 
 Ter-Centenary of the discovery of the Hudson River 
 by Hendrik Hudson in the year 1609, and of the first 
 use of steam in the navigation of said river by Robert 
 Fulton in the year 1807, in such manner and form, 
 either permanent or temporary, as may be found ap- 
 propriate by said Commission. 
 
 Section 3. The said Commission shall have 
 power to acquire, hold and possess for the purposes 
 of its incorporation real or personal estate within the 
 State of New York in fee or for a term of years, or 
 any easement therein, by gift, devise, bequest, grant, 
 lease or purchase; and in case such Commission should 
 be unable to agree with the owners thereof for the pur- 
 chase or lease of any real estate required for the pur- 
 poses of its incorporation, it shall have the right to 
 acquire the same, by condemnation, in the manner 
 provided by the Condemnation Law, being Chapter 23 
 of the Code of Civil Procedure. 
 
 Section 4. The affairs and business of said Com- 
 mission shall be conducted by a Board of not less than 
 twenty-five nor more than one hundred trustees, a 
 quorum of whom for the transaction of business shall 
 be fixed by the By-Laws. 
 
 The trustees for the first year shall be Theodore 
 Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Levi P. Morton, David 
 B. Hill, Frank S. Black, Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., Stew- 
 art L. Woodford, Robert B. Roosevelt, Andrew Car- 
 negie, Frederick D. Grant, Morris K. Jesup, William 
 Rockefeller, William B. Van Rensselaer, Andrew D. 
 
February 7, 1906 53 
 
 White, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry W. Sackett, Ed- 
 ward Hagaman Hall, James M. Beck, J. Rider Cady, 
 Henry W. Cannon, Joseph H. Choate, William J. Cur- 
 tis, J. Sloat Farsett, Theodore Fitch, Frederick de 
 Peyster Foster, Thomas Powell Fowler, Charles S. 
 Francis, William W. Goodrich, Warren Higley, 
 Thomas H. Hubbard, August F. Jaccaci, William 
 Jay, James H. Kennedy, Horatio C. King, George 
 Frederick Kunz. John LaFarge, Henry M. Leipziger, 
 Seth Low, William McCarroll, William J. McKay, 
 Emerson McMillin, John G. Milburn, Frank D. Millet, 
 Eben E. Olcott, John E. Parsons, Sereno E. f^ayne, 
 Horace Porter, Cornelius A. Pugsley, Louis C. Raeg- 
 ener, Herman Ridder, Jacob Gould Schurman, Fred- 
 erick W. Seward, J. Edward Simmons, Charles Stew- 
 art Smith, Francis Lynde Stetson, Oscar S. Straus, Cor- 
 nelius Vanderbilt, Henry Van Dyke, wSamuel B. Ward, 
 Andrew D. White and James Grant Wilson. 
 
 Such trustees shall make the By-Laws of the Com- 
 mission, providing among other things for the election 
 of their successors within thirteen months from the pas- 
 sage of this act, and for the election of officers, as 
 therein specitied, to hold otifice until the succeeding an- 
 nual election of trustees, and until their successors aie 
 elected, and for the filling of vacancies in any office. 
 They shall continue to hold office until the succeeding 
 election of trustees to the number and in the manner 
 provided by the said By-Laws. 
 
 Sections. None of the trustees or members of 
 said Commission, except one or more assistants to the 
 Secretary, shall receive any compensation for services, 
 nor shall any of them be pecuniarily interested directly 
 or indirectly in any contract relating to the affairs of 
 said Commission ; nor shall said Commission make any 
 dividend or division of its property among its members, 
 managers or officers. 
 
 Section 6. Said Commission shall annuall\- make 
 to the Legislature a statement of its affairs, and from 
 
54 February 7, 1906 
 
 time to time report to the Legislature such recommen- 
 dations as are pertinent to the objects for which it is 
 created, and may act jointly or otherwise with any 
 persons appointed by any other State for purposes sim- 
 ilar to those intended to be accomplished by this Act. 
 
 Section 7. Whenever the Commission shall re- 
 port to the Legislature that the purposes for which the 
 Commission is created have been attained and all its 
 debts and obligations have been paid, its remaining 
 real and personal property shall be disposed of as the 
 Legislature may direct. 
 
 Section 8. The Commission sb.all have power to 
 receive subscriptions from parties who may desire to 
 contribute to the object of the said Commission. 
 
 Section 9. The Treasurer of the State of New 
 York, within one month after Ihe passage of this act, 
 shall pay to the said Commission the sum of 
 dollars out of any funds of the State not otherwise ap- 
 propriated, such sum to be used for the purposes of 
 said Commission. 
 
 Section 10. Ihe City of New York may provide 
 and pay to the said Commission such sums of monej' 
 as it shall deem expedient for the purpose of carrying 
 out the objects of the Commission. 
 
 Section II. The property of the Commission 
 shall be devoted 10 public use, and shall be exempt 
 from any assessment or tax for State, countv, town or 
 local purposes until the year 1916. Such corporation 
 shall also be exempt during such' term from taxation 
 under Section 182 of the Tax Law. 
 
 Section 12. The Commission may appouit and 
 employ, at its own expense, policemen, with all the 
 powers of such officers in cities, towns and villages, 
 for the preservation of order and of public peace upon 
 
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 the land or property belonging: to or used by said 
 Commission for the purpose of its incorporation. 
 Each of such policemen shall be appointed from the 
 hrst three names appearing at the time of a])pointment 
 on a list or lists of persons determined to be eligible 
 for the position by competitive examinations to be 
 held by the .State Civil Service Commission, which 
 Commission is hereby empowered to conduct the 
 same and to certify said lists in accordance with the 
 provisions of the Civil Service Law and its rules, so 
 far as applicable, provided that, if the name of any 
 person on said list be passed in appointment three 
 times, it shall be dropped from the list. All such ap- 
 pointments and removals of persons so ap])ointed shall 
 be certified by the proper officer of the Hudson Ter- 
 centenary Commission to the State Civil Service 
 Commission within ten days after they shall be niade 
 respectively. Nothing in this section contained shall 
 be construed as in any mannei- limiting or abridging 
 the power of the local autb.orities to appoint, at their 
 expense, officers of the peace to act upon the land or 
 property of the Corporation. 
 
 Section 13. The duration of the Corporation 
 shall be ten years. 
 
 Section 14. This Act shall take effect immedi- 
 ately. 
 
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