New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-12
PLANS FOB SUMMER HOLIDAYS.

TRAVEL TO BE SOON RESUMED on THE RIVERS AND
BAY-MANY STEAMERS REMoDELED AND ALL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PARTIES PROVIDED FOR.
With the breaking up of the ice in the rivers
and the opening of navigation the Of the different
steamboat lines are preparing for Spring and Summer
travel aud the rivers and harbor will be soon alive with
craft laden with pleasureseekers Unusual pains have
been taken to make the coming season OF recreation ana
travel an agreeable While the boats have been laid
up during the Winter they have been undergoing
extensive repairs and enumeration.
The Peoples Line to Albany and Troy Will soon nave
their lsrge and commodOus boats ready TO start upon
their regular trips and 1t is believed that Of them
will make the passage TO Albany this week. Ihe
Daniel Drew has been thoroughly Overlauled, ana she
been newly painted und decorated throughout Her
saloons ard staerooms have been newly Furnished ana
che Is now ready for service The Dean Richmond has
been Observation-Disclosures rebut-and received entirely
new appointments IN the way Of upholstery and deeora-
tive work Elegant carpets have been laid to replace the
old ones and the furniture IL made OF the richest ma
teals She has boilers, and several appliances ior
guarding against fire and explosion have been added
The st. John is undergoing changes OF an Important
character in reconstruction, fittings and arrangements
She will not be ready for service before May 13 Nearly
5000, 900 expended upon these steamboats,.
Tie steamer James b. Schuyler has been rehtted and
refurnshed. Her passenger accommodations nave eeen
Increased and she has been put into excellent condition
for the coming As navigation shall be
opened she will TO Albany an opposition boat,
under the command Of Commodore HancOx, who created
last Summer a lively competition by placing the fare
at SO cents she win leave Pier No. 80, n r. Other
steamboats, which will to Albany and intermediate
points have been overhaued and repantcd and lying
at their whGrves.
The Fort Lee Walter Brett has been sold to A.
p. Black, and will this week to COzzens, West
Point, and Cold Spring, carrying both passengers and
frog no Ma avenS tpa
the c. H. Northam throughout. She will be ready to
take her place the line about May l. Meanwhile the
Elm City and Continental make daily trips, Carrying
ployed To convey the additional freight which has OF
the 6rst steamboat made the through trip last Tuesday
from this city TO Hartford The regular line, the boats OF
make their trips daily heresfter and they have
repaipted and reurnished throughout Will AFFORD travel
na Se srd RSc The o
port Line madng regular trips The steamers Bridge
aeG S FROM E
Dispatch line is running its steamers to NewLondon and
SS5"iH ana sss samtSa
will be completed to place them route TO bay and
hbor landings The seam6Gats NewpS S , And aiS 0G
aud two additional and hadsome Summer boats lying
ut FAN River where they have been repainted and decor
shall fairly open The two handsome steamers Jesse
HOyt and Plymouth Rock, which piled last
s ssTs ees ss'sSsa s city ana nf
Gould sold the former to the New-JeTsey South
Railroad Company. Messrp jarrett and Palmer held
mortgage on the Plymouth Rock, which was sold to
them BY transfer Of the MORTGAGE to Jay Gould, on
Dec. 81, 1S74, and the payment Of $4,000
Preparations for excursions during the coming summer
have been made on very large scale The saloon steam
ers Wyoming and ELEPHANT have been refurnshed and
repainted and provided with boilers and machinery
and the ban ges Republic Chicago, Caledonia, Smith, and
Anna have been entirely renodeled and enlarged by
their owner, H. b. COssett who bas also purchased the
following groves Eagleswood, on karan Bay; Oriental
Grove, on Long Island Sound Cold Spring Grove. at
Cold Spring HarbOr, and Excelsior Grove, under the
Palisades He will also send his steamers to Iona Island
The steamer Long Branch, formerly the Sleepy Hollow,
has been purchased by VIM Meyers, who will run 1t In
connection with baTges and the steamer Metanora to
Dudleys Attorneys, Spring HILL and HIS own Alpine
Groves, excursion parties desire. -
The steamer Escort sold March to c. KeaIney
and B. F. Ackery, and will To Sag Harbor as al op-
position boat TO the steamer Orient.