New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-16
LIFE IN THE AFTER CABIN.
THE PARTHINs PASSENGERS INDIGNANT.
COMPLAINTS BY THE PASSENGERS. AND REPLIES BY
THE CUNARD COMPANYs AGENTS.

rived at this port on Wednesday, was held on board
the steamer on September for the purpose of pro-
testing against the poor accommodations which
were afforded them. A committee was appointed To
draw ND n complaint, which was adopted nj sub
seouent meeting of the passengers with only three
dissenting votes. II was then ordered that the re-
| port be printed in newspapers at Ncw-iork, Lon
| don. Liverpool and Manchester. The complaint
stated that the ship was Oyercrowded ana that the
cabins provided for the passengers IN excess o the
| rcouIor number were inferior and unhealthful, on
account of insufficient light and ventilation. The
meal that was provided, it was said was tainted
and badly cooked and served The aftcr-cabin at
| PENDANTS and under-stewards were charged with
| iuattention and incapacity. 1t was stated that
messengers were deceived to the location Of their
| rooms owing to Incorrect plans and dcscrlp-
tons of the company, many cabins adyer-
| tised to be on the main deck being found to
be on the lower deck and difficult of access. The
| lack of a barbershoD and bathroom, which were
/ advertised was another Of the grievances com
planned Of The complaint admitted that Captain
/ Walker, who was in command Of the ship was UNI
| formly attentive and courteous and that the an
noyanccs were apparently beyond his power to
remedy.
! The chairman Of the committee was Dr. Montrose
4 Pallcn profcsSorln the Post Graduate Medical
] d. .
! Chicago was tie secretary. and the other members
| of the committee were William Saunders, Of Strent-
! ham. London proprietor of the Central News
/ Agency; A. VI. Sullivan, Of the Temple London;
Henry Hack a civil engineer of birmingham. Eng
| land; the Hon. Slingsby Bethel, Of London an
official in tho House Of Lords; s. Benedict lawyer
of Ncw-Oreans; John Wilson, . lawyer, Of No. 90
East Fifty-fourth-st. New-York; G. II. Hill, of
/ Cincinnati. and j. ". w. Jones, n merchant Of
Chicago
Dr. Pallen was seen by n TRIBUNE reporter ye5tcr-
DAY at his house in Nadis0n-aYc. His description
of the auuoyanccs aud Inconvenience the
Parthia was not such as to tempt one to ocean
travel. ct was the worst trip Tor comfort that
| ever saw" sand he, land have been crossing the
ocean for a long time. 1 declare there were
better convcmcuccs aud better food and atten-
ton on the old steamer Arabia, OF the same
c0upanys line, which sailed ~ twenty
six years ago.. 30 You see the company mas IT, 70
graded instead OF keeping pace lIn me age SO I"i
/ as convcuIcucrs are concerned. We sailed from
/ Liverpool on saturday. September =, ana the mex
day when We touched al g Je, own, preferred TO
pct oil TO get something t. eat rather than try 20
secure anyt thing on th6 steamer Is II was 30 over
/ crowded. Inc Board OF Trade certificate, Gated
/ August 81, lS~2, allowed only loo aiter-capln
: lri- cnr.r, To he carried: but tucrc were 2lN
J aboard. The accommodations were mere. Ell pA
/ putting up cNtri cabins bu.khrdd~ beng showed DID
10 prONd for the emergency I'm the room occupied
7 by Engineer Melville and Lieutenant Berry the
/ Dulkucad- were ll-httlng. ana had eNldthliN NOT
+ been used Tor sor,e uue previous. Ihey had Only
/ one coat of sizing on tncm. The steward explained
that the reason NY 80 little attention was ldld 10
Inc ,s.p,s,rs on tie first day ont that he and
his men had been up very ATE the nlght previous
trying To- get the extra cabins mp and ia order Ihe
space where tucc cabins are set up Is used Tor hloi
! iuL freight except when there Is IA pressure OF
! pass. ug,r traiiic. WAS 100 Unsupported IN lHr
local ION of my cabin. rs had travelled enough 10
hud out shat 10 expect. But diners OF the p"''ch-
gers thought that when they were getting rooms on
| the spar deck they were getting them on the
| upper deck. They found that they had 10 go
| a deck lower than they expected Ihen
the berJhs were flied wlth Nern.ln. Rais were
/ running all over the Nrs-c.. me rooms were very
poorly lg eel and YcntIla. cd SO That they were un
healthy a. we'll rs unpicdslnt Ihc lnattico,c, ana
| carpets were dIIty ana were apparently 0d. I"'rc
were no siOp-tuus IN the caDin rooms. Ile DiolhS
were stuck mao wooden Washstand' ana hiiei WIN
dust ana uitt. pacaId III the rooms aHHouic.u
that bathroom privilege, were To b. hld Ou there
was moi >uch room On the BOAT, Il Was me same
with the Darucrshop. DiGncI was served from . 10
D. M but It was only 90 be obtained by un-
pleasant cfOWdmC, ANA wa, not nj 10 eat alicr Inc
nr.t t,l. mad catcn l. was so poorly served. Inc
food wa, ba Is cooked also. ne meat was $50
strongly tainted tuat ate 40 re,n meal during the
/ whole VOYAGE Tie smell nom the mcht-rO1m re-
minded me Oi a dI5scctIns room ana was LhOtat-
able The sA Wa1 just ~ "tu N'"' IL - I'lI, ou9,
/ when meat can be carlcu sweet rom cAas
to London, that tn Parthms supply sh@ud
/ be unfit to eat after thlcc days out. why
don't me company get decent rctflgerat0r'
line public hay ugnts thai the company shOud T.
sn.rt lhry arc. not cattle, 10 BIZ cartcd around IN
| any fashion without making a complaint. nave
/ travelled by tde W nite SiaI, lnMan ana french
Lines and never had such an cApeirnce Is TINS last
brc,i,,. they look Out Tor tncU passengers cOMloit
and proyuc ali tie latest appliances mat science
ma, discovered 10 make tncT steamers convenient
/ and comiorldol.. ,,. ...
Thedicu.fl - that there are Thousand, lAe my sell
VINO have gone over To Ldropr AID nave hcgl ced 10
c,.,~,. tnc,r Dl~,a.e several month, advance.
"a zen they get ready to come back tney must 80 by
| Whatever steamer can take thch. II the farthld
| could furnish no better accommodations. thch the
company should not charge 80 luSh Il passage rae.
some OF the passengers paid - s"IHra' Tor 'HoI
I pa,,age a. much as IS charged on th' ScrNld or
| any hrst-casS steamer. bu. ihc company Heiiu'
the steamer that they can run III. cheapest lhcl
gay mai the English government dt ldnung some
o their vessel, 40 carry troops To EgA pt has inter-
tered with their aIrauecmcnts but the CatalO IA
b. ne oui, good steamer tLat has Dycn soat there.
Inc StrYii ana Galha are Tire only good steamers
t,I,t tnov mn The Botlnil and Scytul beng oid
/ au, dirty. Inc company Dia.S OF having never los
a pa>>cngcr Dy dcCIucnt ana HochN 10 lIihN lhal II
III treat It's passengers any way * pleas provided
i, land, them last. and mat on OuShi 10 be con-
tented with that amt not mn 'c any complaints - 10
/ me discomfort uuplca ,ahtncrS OF the
| ruslt. O,hor companies land their passengers
/ and provide Tor their comfort, too. Inc Ountld
seems 10 RELY who'll, on reputation iOr safety
ana yet it has los, otcaintfa ~ vel a. Inc othcr
lines Captain W alkcI did all le c"uld 20! oar COM
fort and o. md tho navigating Oihcris genera ~
uf the provisioning of me snip dos uOl depend on
Them but on tbc agents at each emu OF the line.
lhcy certainly did hot nave on ne steamer 'llo APP
| pliuces fOT preserving vegetables ana meat llco
from faint The under st. wards were nos able 10
| do their duty for iarge part OF the voyage, and
! when they were able they were not Wiling Dut
! were ius0cht. We chaItabij called thcLr mus
/ position ScasIckness, though II was evident mat
some Of them were lhtOXicated. Now, lOoh
| Oh the GUARD Company rs OWING sOhcthIhg
To the pubic from whom they gct patIVhi'-c' IL
i, thcr duiy To look ont iOr tho aucrs comfort To
proyidc modern appi ,nces. to have proper ava
/ ioiirs bathrooms, exc. They should Us rcIrlger-
atoiS tnat viii keep their supplies lesh Throughout
/ The voyage ANA should proylde good Git ana ar
! me pariha Is IN old, dirty nulk. why, one prol-
| neht cltlzen oil chicago refused 10 Sign Vdr COM
plnt because 1t was not expressed IN terms strong
enough
A. VI Sullivan, the IRISH agitator, who is stay