The New York herald., 1876-08-17
THE STEAMSHIP COLON.
WHAT THE PoKr srEwAED AND OTHERS HAVE
TO SAT IN BKPLY TO THE CHARGES or HER

WHAT 1Ah FOhr bTEwAED AND OIhEES HAVE
TO SAT IN BKPLx TO THE CHARGES or HER
PASSENGERS
There nothing but hurry and hustle board
the Pacific NJ all steamship Colon when HERALD
porter visited her yesterday afternoon for purpose
OF learning something from the company's standpoint
in regard the complaints made by tho passengers on
her last trip and which published In yesterdays
issue Of this paper From conversations held with
a number OF employees OF tho vessel It was learned
that the primary OF the troubles complained
the OF harmony between the new manag ement OF
the hne and the old II admitted that some Of the
items charged in the complaint were true, but most OF
them were declared to bs false. Mr. Ramirez port
steward OF the line Mr.. Clyde obtained
control. is OF twenty-five years. experience
IN his business and is generally acknowledged be
fully competent He has tho management OF tho
ing Of all Mr. Ulydc's vessels, including tho Panama,
Havana, Charleston Galveston and St. Domingo lines.
Tho steward of the Colon Mr. F. II. Boulion, who
has also been In the employ Of Mr.. Clyde for long
tme and became known q careful caterer board
the Crescent City Tor considerable period. The
friends OF Mr. Ramirez contend that had II not bcon for
his unfortunately falling sick ;ew days before the
Coon sailed fIom this port he would have personally
superintended tho storing OF the vessel and there
would have been cause for complaint. He claims
that the -four which then on board the vessel
not good. and that he wrote order to II
moved and good Hour substituted TINS was not done.
1t s admitted on nil sides that the bread IN
sequence vory very bad the cruis. out. and
especially on the trip back Four remaining barrels OF
the -four were Yesterday scnt ashore While the stew
nrd admits tho bad quality OF the bread,
OF quantity, no such thing rs mn "alownnce'' being
known on tho line. The complaint that the attend
ancc wns insufc eni was accounted for by The fact
that three OF the thrtyivc men IN the stewards SER
vice we're taken with the fever at Aspnwall and
fourth deserted from the ship That the chamber
attendants are also waters at table admitted and
II American
vessels. Tha, the socaed fresh meat was tainted is
mos, cmphatcaly denied, the steward claim ng land
appealing his books show the truth OF the state
rnen) that 120 pounds Of fresh beef wcro bought at
Aspinwai before sailing together with 225 pounds OF
pork, number OF live pigs and quantity OF vegc-
tables The port steward OF the line, II Is claimed
ordered, before the vessel sailed from this city that
400 pounds OF fish and quantity o! eggs should be
placed her stores He was however taken SICK has
stated, just before she sailed, and
qucnce unable TO see his orders carried out. Mr.. Bou
ton, who transferred from another vessel and
placed the Colon halt hour before she sailed was
It is SAID, unable to 1nd any OF the FISH ordered and
discovered that the eggs rotten In contradiction
of the charges that onc napkin the allowance OF
each person or the trip and that thc tablecoths
had grown grcasY aud black IN the service, the list Of
articles to the wash upon the return of the vessel
port and said to have been socd exclusively the
passage from Aspinwal' hthcr, was shown. From that
paper appeared that $50 napkins had been and
sa tablccloths These were used by about 200 saloon
passengcrs To the statement the complaint that
furnished per day tor the OF three
persons II pointed out that COS had been sood
on the trip, which occupied but scvcn days
The friends of the parties complained OF say Ia
short that tho troubles that really exist due
TO the administration, but to the old which IL
has superseded. Mr. Clyde made no changes Ia the
officers crew, save in the stewards department.
All the old employees, IT is alleged. dislike he new
regime and those employed by II take every Occasion
to odium upon the latter. The passengers the
last trip, the friends or the regime aege grumbcd
from the time they left Aspnwall and the crew and
Of the officers took every occasion to assure the
maIcontents that 'things were different under the old
management" As evt 1ence that the old officers
the bottom Of tho complaints she fact is pointed
out that they arc not blamed at oil IN the complaint.
but the contrary compmented