Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-10-09
Lake ChaImplain Steam Boats
TO THE PUBLIC.

TO THE PUBLIC.
The undersigned agents of the Champlain
Transportation Company, on restoring the Steam
err Saranac TO her station as a line Boat pub
lished statement Of their reasons for the with
drawal of that boat on the I'd of July. The Pro-
prietors and Agents of the Francis Satus APP
pear to be very much inccnsed at an expose Of
the facts.
Mr.. Kellogg. the reputed owner Of the Saltus.
admits that he made contract with Mr.. Boyd
for the nett earnings of that Boat on the LIST Of
July. by which he expected to receive greater
profits than h, could by 'any probability realize
in any other way-and he does not deny that
our bargain with MIR. Boyd was predicated on
that contract He, however, tries to excuse
himself for not fulfilling his engagement, by the
lam pretence that Mr.. Boyd did not pay a GER
tain advance, which he says was TO be made on
the I'd of July. and that he says 'endedthe whole
matter To make his card more palatable. he
adds the usual dose of low scmrrility, almost as
sweet as the famous STATUS MINSTREL" sung on
board the Beat asst spring with great eclat.
In matter of breach of faith. song will hard
" lass for an ercase-nor will epithets be re-
ceived as substitute for facts and argument.
Let it be known that the negotiation with Mr..
Bovd was at Whitehall. and on the 3D. of July
the day AFTER Mr.. Kellogg says the whole matter
was at an end.
The Company's Agents called for Mr.. Kel-
logg's contract which was produced and copy
taken. Two objections were made to it-upon
which Mr.. Boyd applied to Mr.. Kellogg, who
was in the village and was appraised of the nego.
tiation, and consented that his contract should
be altered so as to provide for weekly returns
and that "Mr. Alden, or such person 81 'uld be
agreed upon." should be the Receiver on the
SIltus. Will it be believed then that Mr.. kel.
logg considered his contract ended on the I'd OF
July, The day bctore! This cannot be supposed
without the imputaton that Mr.. Kellogg, at that
time, intended that we should be subjected to de.
cepton and fraud. Some other reason must be
sought for to account for his conduct.
lie quailed under the charge that he had &C.
serted his boosted independence for the hope Of
greater profits, and now uses an ungracious and
doubtful excuse as get off,"
lie says he is pursuing 1.-The even tenor of hi.
way" which will probably be found to be to adop
such prices, days, and hours, as will enable hin
to pot ket the most money, without regard to the
convenience of 1.-The travelling community"
Mr.. Comstock has also come in to the rescue
and put his name on as endorser of the state
ments of the Proprietors of the Saltus. We ad
init that he ought to be heard, for he is the Fac
| totum of that concern.
We discaim any desire to continue news
paper controversy. nor shall we continue it. Blu
as great merit is claimed by these men for put
ting ailoat the Saltus,--'by the emphatic voic
of the travelling community many per
sons who have no knowledge of the Steanboa
transactions have been grossly deceived by thei
pretences, we consider it to be our duty to thos
we represent, and to the Public, to disclose SOM
part of the history of that concern. 1t shall b.
done briefly:
The keel ofthe Saltus was laid in 1913, abou
the time the new Steamboat Company was char
tered. and when Mr.. Comstock was a Stoc khold
er and Director of the "Od Monopoly" to sa
nothing about the Canai Monopoiy. Mr.. Com
stock claimed to have the control of the building
of that Boat, and proposed to our company to fun
nish him with Sl3,0 900 to continue the budn
of the Saltus, as the Compa,YS property BIZ
SEEMINGLY AS AN OPPOSITION Boar. His propo
al was declined but as he represented that til
enterprise was commenced for our benefit, b
was offered payment for the materials, at cos
md suitable sum for his trouble He refuse
to accept this. He wanted to play deeper game
4 and because the company declined to adopt hi
plans 10 stille opposition, he turned about an
commenced his present operations. II his cours
has merited the public favor, then he and his a
sociates will reap their reward. Laurels III,
gained they may well sport. The New Steam
boat Company proicssed their object to be to RI
luce the fare to So, and to make the passaa
north al an earlier hour, TO accommodate Il
Northern Villages. We compromised wi,
them on these terms, and allowed them and the
friends to take stock in our Company at 80 p
cent. below par, to any amount they required
The Company might have had the control
the Saltus, if they had been willing to submit
gross cNactons, and become party to deceptit
i neither of which were they willing TO do.
4 We know full well that the Company cannot
sustained without Public Patronage. We thi,
that has been meritcd by minimizing a fir
rate line OF Steamers, with great care and reg
u larity. When the Company commenced bu.
ness, the fare was &c. which has been reduce
d as fast as the limited travel would admit, to S
n 81, and So, before opposition commenced, a
now to 81. The gains have not been very lar
G As is manifest by the fact that the stock has ne
l. or been above par, and for the last ten years
II been in the market at 20 to 30 per cent. discou
A word may be allowed in answer to an my
$ tation made by Mr.. Comstock that Mr. Braine
g and Mr.. Doolittlc forfeited an agreement ma
d with Mr. Kellogg in May last. This is atogetl
without foundation. Such an arrangement
contemplated, and the terms noted for coaside,
fiOn. 1t was not consummatcd for the rcas
J. that circumstances led us to believe he "
!, about to use it improperly as triumph" A
is although it is not now insisted that he did
Is yet the negotiation was not renewed. Mr.. X
II logg never pretended that any agreement "
$ closed In letter, written on the next day,
= speaks of it as "such an arrangement as ! tall
= yesterday."
$, The Company has never forfeited an agr
G. ment it is their pride to be pnnctnal and laithi
u In conclusion, we ask of the Public no patr
age but what is fairly earned, and as we h;
t. before intmated, we here terminate on our ?
he the paper controversy with the owners
10 friends OF the Saltus--prefering to be jud.
OF by the safety, convenience and comfort VIII
IT. we have heretofore afforded to the Public, and
the course we may lake for the future. In or
e. to carry out our designs for the convenienc,
IL the travelling Public, we take this occasion
n state that we intend, before the closing of ma,
he alton, to put into the water a Steamboat VII
i, shall not be surpassed by any boat afoat,
ne speed and all the appliances for the comfor