New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-25
HOW TO GET TO CALIFORNIA.
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oa,ion Of YOU and win repay you ever have ehaDos
wish % find the dGeren, prices r sage BY ,ee Nv
frepd, San Franc-oo and VAL. 70 60 70 heI md
have bu; 'ma smount Of money Nov ST. yoa VII "a H.
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There is no Jed fare to California. When pas-en-
gers are few or opposition steamers are running the
fare is low and when there are plenty Of passengers
and no opposition il ia pretty high -Four weeks ago
the prices of passage in the mail steamers were-hrst
cabin, $500; second cabin, 1900 Storage, $50 An
opposition steamer was put on, and fares cane GOWN
to 500 in the frs. cabin So in the second cabin and
$50 in the steersge tthese rates. the Nail Steamship
Company sent out two steamers loaded down with
passengers. After they had sailed the opposition line
raised their prices to nearly the old standard Since
then number Of persons have come TO the city e1-
pectiDg to get 70 California for SO; but they
were sadly mistaken in their calculations. Under
these circumstances, person about to go to Cab
orDis would do well TO write TO the agents OF the Inc
by which be intends 10 travel for information as to
the then ruling price off passage, or what II "oud ID
at the time he desired passage.
from this port for California via the Is;hmus. One of
these consists of the steamship Northern Lgh. On this
side, and the steamship Orzsbs on the Pacific. This
is the new monthly opposition line, OF which Mr.. d.
ToRRAscn No. Bowling Green, is agent. We have
not been able 10 learn whether il intended to increase
the number of steamships on this line and when we
inquired the agent could not tell Us whether the
line would be continued after the first month or not
of ofhar halonpinr To the United
States Mail Steamship Company leave this port on
the 5th and Goth of each month"; with the United States
mail. Mr.. /. W. RAYsoSD is the passenger agent
and bis Office is No. IL West street. the corner OF
Warren street directly fronting the steamship wharf
The vessels Of this line are this side, the new
steamship Moses Taylor the Illinois and Star of the
West On the other side of the Isthmus, the Pacific
Company have six steamers, one Of which is kept at
San Francisco and another at Panama as spare boats
ready coaled in order t. take their place in the line
in case Of accident to any Of the running steamers
The average time occupied in going from New York to
San Francisco by this line. is twenty-three days.
And now few words of advice to those who intend
to 20 TO California. As you well aware, there are
great many men in this city who get their living by
swndlDg people going to California. When you come
here to take passage if You do not know the way TO
the office of the line by which you are going, strike
direct for Broadway Warren street begins al Broad
way opposite the west end Of the City Hail. and runs
down to the Hudson River. Tum down Warren street.
leaving the City Hall behind You, and walk down on
the rght.h side of the street till you reach the last
house it, and the docks and shipping are before you
Mr.. Raymond's Office s on the right-haRd corner.
1t is not very snowy place. You will have passed
several bogus tcket-sbops in the street far more pre-
tentious in appearance; do not notice them. If you
wish 10 go by the opposition line, take SOuhFery
omnibus, and tell the driver to stop at Bowling Green
You will readily recognize the place. 1t is at the foot
Of Broadway, facing the little green and fountain.
On your way TO the city don't be too communicative
The ticket swndlers make such fat profits that they
can afford TO send runners out the various railroad
and steambont lines leading TO the city few days be-
fore the steamer to sa to ingratate themselves with
people who, like YOU are bolnd to California, and de
coy them to their swndlng shops. Have nothing to
do with any of them. On the carr, in the steamboats,
and in the city, keep your counsel. These runners
are mighty pleasant fellows till they get your money
and you that they spare no pains to possess
Themselves of it. If anybody invites you to 60 any
where for ticket, be sure ne intends to swinde you
and don't hesitate to tell him to mind his business
Tn. Steamship Companies do MOI employ runners TO
solicit passengers, and have agents to sell tickets
except those have named.
DO not leave home with much baggage. A change
of clothes with supply Of clean linen sufficient for the
voyage, and a couple of blankets, are all the outfit
YOU will require. Cabin passengers are provided with
bed and bedding by the ship steerage passengers are
furnished with mattrass and pillow, and must supply
their own blankets Secondcabin passengers eat 10 the
same saloon az those of the ntcsbn patakng Of the
same quality Of food & second table being laid for
them after the rstcsbn dinner is In the steer
age, passengers are supplied with the same kind of
food az the crew. Although the diet is coarse, is
wholesome and abundant. II you have women with
you do not take Storage passage, you can help it,
the berths are so crowded. aud there is little phi
vacy, that they cannot fail 10 be uncomfortable.
On reaching the city, you vii, do well to avoid all
cheap boarding houses. Better 60 to higher priced
hotel, where your property and person are SAFE and
get the value of your money, than to cheap and
nasty place where you sure to be illfed, iodged
and swindled into the bargain Most of these cheap
stopping places are the resort of the tcket-swinders
and those who play into their hands.
When you pay for your passage, see that you
ceive three tickets, for the Atlantic steamer, one
for the Panama Railroad and the third for the Pacific
steamer to San Francisco There are now from 40 to
50 men on the Isthmus, who are dragging out nicer
able existence unable 10 get any further having pur
chased at come Of the bogu. Offices in New-York what
they thought passage tickets to the Golden State
but which proved in fsc nothing more than tickets to
Aspnwan.
And now that We have plainly indicated " How to
get to California if any of our readers swiudled
il will be their fault. Those who may be 90 I'M
fortunate should at once apply to the Mayor who viii
do all in his power to compelhe rascals to make res
tuition. Finally, soon after your arrival in the city
as possible, buy your ticket. few hours delay may
cost you SIS, the price almost sure to advance as
the time of sailing draws nigh.