Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-08-01
TO THE PUBLIC.

Company, and the Commercial Line, are run
ming between Boston and Providence.
The Citizens Coach Company came on the
road two or three years since, IN opposition 10
the line then known by the name of the Com
mon Stock Line, which, after few months
unsuccessful contest, they were obliged TO buy
out, or quit the road. They held the road a
short time only. when public accommodation
seemed TO demand another line, and compa-
ny was formed Of cnterprising individuals,
known by the name of the New Line this
company was incessant in its excrtlons to
please, and received bountifuI share of pub
lie patronage. The Citizens Coach Company,
accordingly, determined TO put this line out OF
the way. They reduced their fare, they run
their horses and tried every means which could
possibly be reckoned within the limits of fair
ness, all without the desired effect. Directly
one, revolving satellite TO primary mana ger
Of that line, emerged from among them, and
entered the new line. Soon after the admiss-
ion of this pretended friend, nuts and linvhpins
were taken from axletrees and secreted, parts
of harness were missing, lead bars could not
be found, and variety Of other impediments
to the progress Of the concern, we're often
and severely experienced by the New Line.
This line therefore, finding themselves con-
tending with desperadoes, and having reason
10 fear that something more serious nnght fol-
low Withdrew from the road.
The Citizens Coach Company than looh ed
forward and saw broad turnpike from Bos-
ton to Providence, completely IN their possess
ion. And what did they mano Of 1t. They
Immediately raised the fare from Two dollars to
three, and heightened the time the road
from six to eight or nine hours, and passengers
in many instances were treated in very rough
and uncvl manner. Ejen their baggaI &c Has
tha fiar ba
had settled their fare with the Agent in Bos-
ton, and if thought by a most saglcious d.rea-
tor in that line to be little heavier than usual
more pay has been dema nded: in one instance
a trunk was arrested from the stage and de-
tanned, and the gentleman was compelled TO
proceed to Providence without his baggage
but he who took the trunk was obliged, though
reluctantly, to give IT up, without an extra dol
lar for it. The public cry, for other accommo-
dation on the road, became loud and inCcs-
SAINT; consequently, in last Move nber, another
line was established, known by the name Of
the Commercial Line, and began TO move uri-
der very auspicious circumstances, which the
Citizens Coach Company viewed with a leal-
Gus eye, and probably determined on It's final
overthrow. Let us consider for moment the
arts which have been pract.scd (w.thout sue
cess however) by this gigantic company, TO
| destroy this line, owned by few entarpris,ng
gentlemen, who possess "a many rights and
| privileges to pursue TINS kind Of business as
| others do.
The frs, step taken was TO employ the crier
of Providence ian act unprecedented in the
annals o staging in the Uniied States) 10 90
with his bell from street to street and proclaim
that the Citizens Line wo Id take passengers
10 Boston for one doilar, and they did so while
the Commercial Line went filled with pdssen-
gers for two dollars anu iif,y cents. Another
system Of attack was then adopt ed.--A small
demand of about twenty dollars against the
A gent of the Commercial Line was purchased
by one Of the drivers OF this company, writ
| Immediately filled, and an officer sent in pur-
| suit of the Commercial Agent while on his way
| from this city to Providence, driver with
! freight of passengers, no doubt with the
! pectation Of arrestlng him when no friend was
| near. b l: he found friend.
| A demand of about an hundred dollars against
| a gentleman in this city, who was erroneously
supposed to be a small owner in the CONNER
bal Line, was then bought, and writ IN the
name of Daniel Thrill, laborcr, and an express
sent on, at midnight 20 an officer in Dedham,
with special orders to 90 on before the stage
some eighteen or twenty miles, 10 Mr.. ioi-
brooks shifting place in Wrehtham, and there
wait the arriva! of the Commercial Line, and
line, bound to the Steam Boat IN Providence,
with eleven passengers, 10 detain il as long as
poss be and not take Mr. Holbrook (wlo is
able TO pay ores of such demands) receipt
er When he officer asked the express why
he might not attach the coach while it was
passing his honse in Dedham, instead of going
so far TO do it. he was answered, that for cer-
tain reasons which he should not tell him,
he must 90 10 Holbrook g and execute his Or
dcrs What were the reasons Had the coach
been arrested in Dedham, there would not have
been any chance for OBTAINING the passengers,
and preventing their timely arrival for the
steam boat. !
Holbrook's is situated in thnly inhabited
neighborhood, and if he was not TO be recog-
nised as endorser, the perpetrator OF this Tia
grant outrage hoped they might reckon on sue
cess II was not security which was wanted,
for there was another coach and sixteen horses
on the spot, on which an ttachment might
have been laid. Bat 1t was tins identicai car
rage and team which must be pursued ana
waylaid IN the woods. The party were also
thwarted in this nefarous design Col. b. L.
Pick ian, Messrs. JOSIAH Marshall, Lew Has
kell, Nathaniel Greene, and other gentlemen
from tins city, passengers IN TIE Stage, ,oid the
officer that he could not refuse their names,
and the coach, through their Kindness, was
relic. ed, and arrived at Providence IN time for
the boat.
short time since, stockholder in the
Com. Line was solicited by member OF the
Ctzens Coach Co. to sell out his shares, and
n day or two afterwards, the Treasurer OF the
Com. Line received "a notice from Mr.. r..
Kmgnan, Jr. that two shares had been trans
ferred 10 hn. AT an early hour the next
rnorninr the Treasurer received another no