The New York herald., 1869-03-21

comfortable, and particularly for tnvaiids. These
steamers w6ioh. as last year. win stop durtng the
% 1s q 81 os
The Peoples line to Albany known . me niesss
expect 70 get their soes ruong y sSs .s g
the St. Jolia and the Drew. and leave ct six P. Il
from pier a.. These steamers. e. s we2 know4, srS
been newly painted inside aud out. newly uphoi:
stored and between fifty and sixty ststerooms addee
@ 20 esca giving them the capacity Of carrying WIN
upper are 1s ;Ss sSs ss n
sssmess snd vanGeTb Both have
had new boilers put In them and have been re1ts0o
The steamers for Fort Lee leave pis No lsx. .
present making two trips daily IN the propeller Fort
very soon. ss Tie pleasant weather % s6yasses and
travel increases the sidewheel steamer Palisades
wtll be added to the line.
LEAVING EAST RIVER PIERS.
Insinuating themselves among and working th6if
war out from the abyrinths OF ships ntng the Easo
river docks numerous lines OF steamers plying up
the sound and its adjacent rivers and waters beyond
First. in our progress from the Battery upward we
s sss S n
make each two trips week. ana 60 heavily iasEes
At pisr No. 10 s the little but smart propeller Bay.
Ridge, which makes four trips daily to Bay Ridge:
At pier No. % the sidewheel steamer Ossi0 Is 40
Pons ana FLUSHING she carries quite sood
number OF passengers, but nothing TO what she Wis
carry few weeks from S now From tn1s s same P'cr %
April commence making daily trips TO Greenwich
and Stamford. At four ?. NJ on Wednesdays and
Greenport and Sag Harbor. The propeller New
Haven leaves on three days OF every week for New
Steamer heaen WIN 1n Se added 90 te ns
At pier No. "A Is the steamer Arrowsmitn, making
one trip daily to Glencoye Bayis Dock Fort Scnuy.
and Roslyn When the increasing travel makes N
necessary. as It will very shortly second steamer
there began running on last Tuesday the steamers
City OF Hartford Granite State, and State OF New
for or sS M o s on ss
at seven P. N. daily; During the summer this route
The regular New Haven line OF steamers stil cling
to their old pier No. 2s and stil run the first claso
steamers for which this line has long been noted.
manded by that old veteran navigator OF the Sound,
Captain Bowens, and the Elm City, commanded By
sailor on the sound The former steamer leaves q
quarter past three p. n. daily. and tho latter se
From pier No. "a there win commence running
about the middle OF April the sidewheel steamer u.
r. Martin for Oyster Bay, Cold Spring and other
ers placed In her besides being newly upholstered.
The fine and cOmm0dious steamers bridgeport
Captain weeks and and scnuye sen Capsn INC hcEs
OF next month running from pier No. IS, for Bridge
port The latter steamer will only carry passengers.
reirht boat have been running These are frst class
steamers, quilt for the SOUND and their commanders
are Of extended and deserving popularity.
From pier No 85K the propeller City OF Norwalk
makes three trips weekly for N0rwak. This is
very old line. having been established nearly forty
years ago.
The PEOPLES line for Norwalk are running th0
freight boats the prOpellers William Watt and p. r.
Brady, twice week. On the first OF next month they
viii put on passenger boat, the sldewheel steamer
Nellie White, after which time dauy trips Will -
made.
feet and otherwise improved 70 be put on the Derby
route Il Is expected that she will De in readiness
TO run about the lst OF May. She viii leave here
every other day.
The propeliers Dirtgo, Franconia and Chesapeake
are making two trips week to Portland, Me- nom
pier No. 3s. This llne as Is well known, connects
with the Grand Trunk Railway, besides being .
direct route to st. Johns and Halifax.
Thus ends our list Of steamers plying up tho
Hudson and East rivers, such as Will be running
shortly as far as have been able TO gather the in
formation Others will soon be starting into exist
ence and meantime our city docks are alive with
other steamers those going to the seaport towns Of
New Jersey TO Camden and Philadelphia, to cities
along our southern Atlantic coast and to the great
commercial ports OF the Old Worio. These VIVA
serve for another chapter.