New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-11

The ,oin was charged for ira <sportaon 10 tho dock
pf which the steamship shou have landed them II not
detained and as the Fletcher should have done ID any
event Many refused 20 pay. but orders having poeh
Issued for the reeDIan Of the baggage belonging 10 .o
refractory persons, they TO use the expression VI "'
man who collected the money! "came down."
On another ocoasion while the superintendent was III
tho citv I'm received dispatch from Upper Quarantine
stating that n Chagres steamer had arrived Ill ho"oi
Raw and that boat must be sent at once to brhe ~
rngstncers Tie steamer Seth Low was sec'no' ""'
proceeded at once 70 Lower Bay without "dl.i"b -
superiutendent Miller board. Ihe hailii "
living moored to dock at Red HOOK ana ",,iot
went at once TO the barge ONCE al 'no iVV'
of whitehall to get tug TO convey MN " ti
hoat Ito knew exactly were TO find the lanii ana 'uo
moment he got on deck, issued orders 10 inc
steam immediately for Lower Bay Tho HafiilI me- VI"
Seth Low above the Narrows, Oh her way up' 4iii ~
once went on board, and ordered the captain VI INV -
Low to "slow down" his boat. Then began u iuIio"S
struggle among the passengers to escape paying INC
lawful fare They reasoned that they had got over nan
wav TO the CITY, and that they would not submit 10 'no
exaction of 81 80 for being brought up iheS e',o
that they had paid their passage TO New-fofh, anu '
the steamship Company must settle the piL
hid away TO avoid paying. Miiier st''oe ma
occasionally a passenger would say, "Go 10
HI You id robberl / VIII not give
Won a cent" Tire answer always was, You must pay
and nav now" and II tho passenger continued reDcloS
his baggage was secured aud kept on board the ooa'
Tho Seth Low Notwithstanding she had run very
allow passed Castle william. on Governors Island, ara
was heading straight for the Barge Once dock oelore
the fares were all collected! The captain was theh
ordered not 10 90 TO the pier until all had setiedi ana
the boat was brought dead stop within lWIeet OF inc
wharf-"so near" said Miller describing the scene
"you could have sluDg q eat ashore and mere she
waited until the money all secured All wefehterdS
forced 30 pay One case particularly hard poor
little, humpbacked boy begged to be taken free a. ne
needed every cent he pay his fare on the railroad
10 the town where his friends lived lie was threatened
with detention unless he handed over the 81 to' LIS
lamentations over his loss were most plteOus
Passengers were generally landed at the foot OF white
hail. but some were taken Pier g. North River 10y the
authority OF Van Busrk, the Chief OF the Barge once
There were several In which, after the passengers
were transferred the Quarantine boat in the Lower
Bay TO be brought TO the city, the steamer In WDch they
had arrived reached and MADE fast 10 her dock 0oe
The passengers reie dScmbuled from The tugbodt at the
Barge Office The steamers had been given authority to
weigh anchor Immediately after the mails and passengers
were DISCHARGED into the tug. case Of this kind re-
gardng the steamship Columbia OF The Atlantic Mail
steamship Company, Is well known among shipping
merchants, and everywhere remarked upon as out
rageous he charge for these passengers viii be found
under date of June %, in the list given below.
The following compiled from the daybook OF the y.
Y II. s. & L. Co., although by means complete, Will
suffice to Illustrate the system Of eXtOrtOn upon passen
GERS for carrying mails and small sample packages Of
coffee sugar to private firms.
TANsfoRTAos F'ssssegBs, Asr E'iIs
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