The New York herald., 1876-08-16
poor ACCOMMODATIONS.
The Voyage of the Colon hom AS
pinwall to New York.
SPIRITED PROTEST. OF The CABIN PASSENGERS

In this port Monday from Aspnwal having startco
from the latter port ON August g. The stories told
about The trip arc terrible Over sixty cabin passen-
gers. whose APPENDED presented the follow.
ing statement OF alleged acts to the HERALD yeser.
day.
Tug PASSENGERS STATEMENT.
we tho undersigned cabin passengers from Aspin-
wall Now York, August to II, ny the Pacific Naii
Steamship Company steamer Colon III justice to our
selves aud for benefit Of the travelling public. de-
formal complaint against the corpora
ton on the following grounds
F.rst-In regard 10 the accom- modat,ons offered US
Secoad-In regard TO the table provided.
Third-l regard 10 the general service afforded and'
FourU-ln regard to the constant Indications that IN
consequence OF their declining fortunes or for Other
reasons known to themselves the company makes
the comfort convenience Of its passengers the thing
last considered, aud only have IN view the object Of
making the greatest amount OF money at the least pos
sibe expense.
During the entire trip the berths and sratsrooms
disgraceul condition, being constantly over
with ants, cockroaches, bedbugs and other ver-
min, whose names unknown save 10 entomoO-
gists, and which have left upon our persons and encc
proofs Of their uncomfortable habits. We also had
40 change OF bedclvthing, our mattresses moi
aired and stntcrOoms only super
hcially swept. wo did not Tor single day receive
clean towels until evening, and then as general
thing, only two were furnished to The three persons
occupying each room. Our rooms, also. were never
arranged. or our beds made until late IN the day; the
OF this neglect being apparently attributable "a
the fact Lhat the chamber attendants were also table
WATERS hnd consequently had no time 70 attend Ia
their icrmer duties until they had discharged the lat
ter. This indication Of economy the part OF the
though Interesting the uDstract hAd Inc
effect Of hndcrng the work Of the ship and greatly In
convcnencing
The iood furnished from the very first day out
simply abomnable and such as would disgrace any
well regulated vessel The ''frcsh' meat was Con.
stanty tainted US to be extremely unwholcsome and
for the last days compelled subsist
lrsly upon salt fish, pork and Bacon while these
insulicentiy provided to renaer It con-
stanty a uitiicult matter TO satisfy our hunger Even
The bread was OF inferior quality and upon several
OCCASIONS when requesting urh her supply II was de-
med US with the statement that the days allowance
when ten slIces-and thin ut that-wcre set before
nincieen people, and when personal appeal had to be
made to tuesteward before the uniOrtunates who
missed the iirst plate were supplied, and even then
they got hard bread when the other had soft The
supply OF vegetables was mlscraby insufficient and the
soups. made ot dccayny meats, unpalatable. In
iact the general scarcity and unwhOesomeness OF the
food created serious disorders OF the system many
cases, aud some very alarming symptoms OF deranxe
ment OF tho digestive organs directly traced to
this source. The OF this that scarcely any
taken aboard at the Isthmrs, and that We
fed upon provisions which had already made the
trip from New York. Even II untaintec. meat Kept
ice for twenty days could not be particularly whole.
some US 1t was II was t only TO bc cast into the
Tho furnishing OF the table
A DISGRACE TO THE COMPANY
ana insult 10 It's patrons One napkin the allow.
ance Of each person tor the trip. and had rnga
whereby TO identity them denied sweet
for two consecutive meals The table cloths had grown
greasy aud black in the service and though the dining
saloon was not filled, there were not plates enough
provided for all the passengers at By regula-
ton posted in our rooms expected to appear
at table 'in decent apparel" Without demurrlng al
the rule, asking why such a notification should be
consider ed necessary among party ladies and gen.
tlemen insist that corporation which requires this
of its patrons should regulate the dress OF IT'S ser.
wants. all OF whom appeared at the table shirts
and jackets IN such soed condition that they would
have surely destroyed our appetites had they not
viousy been taken away by the appearance and flavor
OF the food ITSELF They also apparently unac.
quainted VII b their duties and against them we'll
some officers in the companys uniform, Of dis.
courtesy aud incivility were noted
Many OF us arc travellers from South American
the day OF sailing, were obliged 10 remain for
under tAe broing sun OF the tropics, ut own
pense. awaiting the tardy convenience Of corpora.
ton untrue to It's advertised promises.
Also, while We were in constant discomfort during
the trip, we were still compelled pay farcs q. the
rate OF from S. 10 Sl2 per day for wretched accommo
datIons and
The by whicn crossed the lsthmus wore in-
sufficient to accommodate tho large number patroniz
Ing them and tho land journey like the sea voyage,
was made IN constant discomfort
For these reasons and others equally good wo pro
test against bad usage and the travelling pub.
lie against exposing themselves to similar experiences
But while thus protesting desire to do the justice
which is due to Captain Griffin. and, through him, to
the sailing officers OF the vessel. who, We believe did
all in their power with the insufficient at their
command tn mako our condition less uncomfortable.
That their Efforts not wholly successful Is due "a
nothing but the niesardly policy OF the Pacific MaL
steamship Company.
signed-F. E. Robertson, b. Krohnkc, Ed Andre,
Daniel /. Smith, J. H. Gurus, +. St Croix Oliver c. c.
Champlaln, Y Schillngs, j. +. r. Robe, Celestino A.
Martinez jose d. Moran. Samuel Seabury, F. W,
cry q. 4. Hutter T. b. Bunting. p. Davies Grant O
W. Thiery ~ ORyan b. Ford, lgnacio Pcrera. dele
gate OF the Homeopathic School Of the United States
OF Colombia TO tho Homeopathic Convention OF
Philadelphia; Juan LUIS Audrey, mail agent OF
dido Fernandez Gilbert +. Overton, Juan n. Matecea
c. Dwarakourky, s. b. Ford LOUIS Berinides, AIexan.
Fossil Pedro Iccouvreur, J: MardIoc, d. samagoa, 3.
Deiatours fsdor Ycara, W. Batchcldor. }. s. Grindie
Joir Vivero, J. NJ sponord, Sidney Dickinson. William
A. Taylor T.: Leonard NJ. n. Ycaza, G. II. Peters, II
T. Kilbcry f. Garay. jose dc Ia c. Bcndilur O. Augu.
tin Hurder. Pedro Perez Perez and family jose B. Re-
nero, II. Schooling, Read Wcrdcu, j. c. Mcdonald
PASSENGERS STATEMENT.
Mr.. b. Krohnke, German Consul to Chill, who was
one OF the passengers on the Colon gave the following
statement TO HkHALD reporter i'll regard the
He sad d:"l bought first class tickets for myself wife,
two servants and two children from Pacific Mail
Steamship Company agent IN Panama, alter hav-
ing experienced all the incon vcnenccs delays set
forth In The complaints OF the cabin passengers found
myself ON board of the Colon at Aspnwall route for
New YORK. " hat was my surprsc TO discover that
had assigned to us for The mediation OF party
but one cabin and two beds in and on winch our Father
large family required TO make ourselves comfort.
able have been used 10 South American, and, OF
course, to European travel and was naturally indig-
nant at this; but upon appealing 10 the purscr
by rude abuse and insult Receiving no satistas-
ton whatever Ny next recourse was to the CON-
mander OF the ship, Captain Grinn, and |
take pleasure in tcstiying chat he treated me in tho
kindcst and most gentlemany manner He stated that
get through the night he would what could be dono
ior our comfort IN the morning The result was that
although our party got through the night somehow
my Oeu uuTtus iuture ulgHtS OF Tue the
cabin aud, owing TO the exposed situation Of
the spot, was obliged to
sLggr IN NY CLOTHES ALL Tng TINE
The taoIc WAS poor, the vermin was abundant and
there seemed to be total lack of discipline IN the
cabins as well as IN the Kitchen 80 greatly i'm
posed upon that think seriously of demanding
damages from this company. In answer to your uucs.
tons will say that am route to the Centennial
Exhibition. where there is model OF
house, sent by the government OF Chill, to snow i'm.
proved methods OF amalgamatlng ores. This pre-
sented 10 ChlL II cost me about SIS, 600 but am
Interested In these works and enter with enth usiasm
INTO all subjects which relate TO them. I"
Alter hearing the statement OF this passenger thu
reporter went TO The Office OF tho Pacific Mail Steam.
ship Company No Bowling Green Mono of the
officers OF the company To be sccn but an Iptc
gent clerk n,nated that the might not be SO
sumptuous the line formerly because prices wero
iower ana the management were curtaiIag expenses
wherever possible AT the pier at tho foot of Canal
street, where the Colon was dschargIng one OF tho
officers OF the vessel was encountered and he stared
that the orders OF the company were strict thai M