South Plainfield, July 6 [1925]-- Impressive
ceremonial rites marked the dedication of the
prospective Russian settlement known as New
Petrograd, which took place yesterday afternoon.
The ceremonies were conducted by high
dignitaries of the Russian Church in America and
were witnessed by about two thousand citizens of
the Muscovite Empire and other interests.
A special train conveying the ecclesiastics
and some seven hundred future dwellers in the
colony was run from New York over the Port
Reading Railroad, and was met by cadet fife and
drum corps of St. Mary�s Church, Plainfield, which
played an appropriate Russian air. The dedication
ceremonies took place shortly after the arrival of
the train which was the first passenger train ever
run over the Port Reading road.
Following the religious services a Cossack choir
sang several Russian songs and danced native
dances, airplanes circled overhead and the future
colonists fraternized.
New Petrograd will have a typically Russian
flavor in addition to its residents. The main
thoroughfare will be named �Nevsky Prospect,�� a
Russian church will be built and a home erected for
the Archbishop Metropolitan.
The present extent of the ground secured by
the future home owners totals eight hundred acres
of former farm land. Negotiations for the purchase
of the land were carried out between John Geary
Jr., of Plainfield avenue, and Waldemar W.
Bauimistrow, president of the Russian Refugees�
Relief Society of America. Construction of homes
and other dwelling will begin shortly.