Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-08-26

The Champaign Transportation Company.
We briefly referred on Friday, to the admir-
able arrangements on the steamers Of the Cham
F plain Transportation Company for the seour ty
@ lives and property in their charge. The his
tory of this Company for fifty years shows that
not single life Of passenger has been lost
on their bosts by accident or through the neglect
Of the officers Of their boats The supervising
inspector has for several years past noticed in
his official reports this Company SIS complying
more exactly to the laws Of Congress in their
appliances for preserving life than any other
line in his district, and the Company have
prof;ci by their liberal expenditure ar al
ministraton, not only by being singular ) ex-
empt from accident but in being able TO q bain
specially low rates OF insurance.
This remarkable success is not less 81 e to
their perfect appointments than to the ,sci
order and discipline which govern their bo us.
Half a century ago, the Captains Sherm sn
(fsthe- and son. instituted a system of ord r
AMI discipline-new 10 the management o.
steambosts-which established reputation for
the line above all others, and with the public
made it model. At that DAY there were no
statutes which defined the equipment for pre-
serving life Now they are established by Laws
licensed and subject to official inspection, but
the laws are silent AS to the use Of these as en-
c;es. The Company have provided for taeir
..t, al br- Ion ia
and orders, copy of which has been XII dly
furnished Us by the General Agent Of the
Company, and which We take pleasure in pub
fishing
ORDER
lst Captains Of steamers in the ComDsn Y 5
service will detail their ere IS into divisions sind
assign TO quarters in thr e divisions, viz. LIST
division. composed Of me- on deck, to the usr-
ter boats in charge Of lst Mate. "a diyi SION,
composed Of cabin crew . to the pumps IN CD arge
Of the Clerk. 81 q vision, composed Of all
other officers and mer on board not embraced in
the other divisions, and under the immed ate
charge of the Capita n
u. uniform 81 gnal Will be arranged for ali
the steamers. To . signal will lie sounded by
the pilot or engineer Al the time on duty
50. Crews will be called to quarters for P &C
tee, at least Onfe in each trip of the steamer,
anu both watcb' turned out for duty.
4th. Captains will instruct their crews on the
sisna Tor quar- ,ers and in their duties.
ON. Captair S will as often as once weik'
VINE 'ying IN port call their crews to quarters
lor review, 'nd exercise th cir crews in full
ON The General Agent Of the Company is
seu ltn The arrangems ut Of details in c' r
i!ns OUT 'hls order, cory Of which will he
served on each Captain
LIZ G. B. CAssoS. President.
These orders recOSniu the fac, Of the
Compsny's responsibility as common car
riers, and the solemn obi CATION to DO every
thing IN their power to protect human life
They provide for an int Iigent use of the d.
pliances required by law nd ensure by liscipH !,
an Immediate. orderly and brave discharge O.
duty by the officers and crew in any emergency.
The system, we believe is singular to this Com
pany, and We not Of ~ commend its managers
for this act OF fidelity t. the public, but we sug
gest that if lines iri OF her waters would adopt
the system Of our V 'erm ont Company there would
be far fewer deplo rable accidents to record and
greater sense If secu rity on the part Of the
travelling public.