The New York herald., 1876-08-17
THE STEAMSHIP COLON.
WHAT THE PORT srEwAED AND OTHERS HAvr
TO SAT IN BxPLY TO THE CHARoEs OF HEB


PAssHEGKBs.
There nothing but hurry and hustle ON board
the Pacific Mail steamship Colon when a HERALD re-
porter visited her yesterday afternoon for tie purpose
or learning something from the company's standpoint
regard the complaints made by tho passengers
her last trip and which published In yesterdays
issue Of this paper. From conversations held with
a number OF employees OF the vessel il was learned
that the primary Of the troubles complained OF is
the want OF harmony between the new management Of
the hne and the old II admitted that some Of the
items charged the complaint true, but most OF
them were declared to be false Mr. Ramirez port
steward OF the line Mr.. Clyde obtained
control Is OF twenty-five years. experience
IN hts business. and IL generally acknowledged TO be
fully competent He has tho management Of the stor-
Ing Of all Mr.. Uydes vessels, including the Panama,
Havana, Charleston, Galveston and St. Domingo lines
The steward of the Colon was Mr. F. H. Boulton, who
has also been in the employ Of Mr.. Clyde for long
tlme and became known q careful caterer board
the Crescent City for a considerable period. The
friends of Mr. Ramirez contend that had IL not been for
his unfortunately falling sick few days before the
Coon sailed from this port he would have personally
superin,ended tho storing OF the vessel and there
would have been no cause for complaint. He CLAIMS
that the -four which then board tho vessel
not good. and that he wrote order TO It
moved and good flour substituted TINS Was not done.
The vessel went to sra with the condemned aour and
IL is admitted all aides that the bread In
sequence very, very bad the cruis- out and more
especially on The trip back Four remaining barrels OF
the nour yesterday scnt ashore While the stew
ard admits tho bad quality OF the bread.
he utterly denies that there any lack
OF quantity, no such thing rs mn "aowance'' being
known on tho line. The complaint that the attend
ancc nsullc ent accounted for by the fact
that three OF the thiryvc men IN the stewards ser-
vice taken with the fcvcr ut Aspnwall and
fourth deserted from she ship That the chamber
attendants also waters at table was admitted and
II claimed that such is the case on all American
vessels That the so-called fresh meat tainted is
most cmphatically denied the steward claim pg land
appealing his books to show the truth OF the state
tnent tha, 20 pounds OF fresh beef wcro bought at
Aspnwai before sailing together with 225 pounds OF
tables The port steward OF the ne II Is claimed,
ordered before the vessel sailed from this CITY, that
400 pounds OF fish and quantity OF eggs should be
placed her stores He however taken sick, has
stated, just before she sailed, and IN
Gucnce unable his orders carried out. Mr. Boul
ton, who was transferred from another vessel and
placed the Colon halt hour before she sailed was
IL is SAID, unable to find any OF the FISH ordered and
discovered that the eggs were rotten In contradiction
of the charges that onc napkin was the allowance OF
each person Tor the trip and that thc tabiecl0hs
had grown grcasy and black IN the service the list OF
articles TO the wash upon the return of the vessel
port and said to have been soIied exclusively the
passage from Asplnwa hithcr, was shown. From that
paper 1t appeared that $50 napkins had been used and
IS tabccoths These used by about 200 saloon
passengers To the statement IN the complaint that but
two towels furnished per day tor the OF three
persons WAS pointed out that COS had been socd
on the trip which occupied but seven days
The friends of the parties complained say, Ia
short that the troubles that really exist due not
TO the administration but to the old which II
has superseded. Mr. Clyde made no changes the
officers or crew save in the stewards department.
All the old employees, IT is alleged. dislike he new
regins, and those employed by II take every occasion
to cast 0dum upon the latter. The passengers the
last Trip the friends OF the regime aege grumbcd
from the time they left Aspinwall and the crew and
of the officers took occasion TO assure the
malcontents that 'thngs different under the old
management" As evi ience that the old officers
at tho bottom Of the complaints .he fact Is pointed
that they not blamed at oil IN the complaint
but arc on the contrary compimented.