Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-03-01
SEIZED FOR DEsr.
The Peck Boats Picked up bv their Crsdi
tors-42by 900 Claimed.
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Esse =. ssis ssizsd yestesds,yI y & deputy uni
hA. The claim onNhtch tho seizure ~
mAdej was put in by NaoL can & Mc.
Nider Of Bismarck. The Official, after
going through the legal formalities.
placed the boat in charge Of q former
mate Of the Terry, Who win represent
the interests of ths government rendins
the litigation. A gentleman Who is
somewhat familiar with the business of
the Peck line, gave the reporter the
statement:
"The Terry made some money lsst
season, and has paid nearly ali her bills.
Commodore Kountz, when in the citv 4
week ago, said that she had been sold to
Weare & Allison, and that he hsi saen
the record of the transfer in Omaha. The
record, if at all, would be there in the
custom-house. The Meade and Nellie
$25,0O0. OF this something
like $4,000 is Of Bismarck. MacLeas
& McNider have $1,000, of which 5000
is notes, and the balance an open nc.
count. The account will be the easiest
to collect. As I understand, the First
National bank OF bismarck has the pa
per OF the Peek line for about $1,000.
The sioux City accounts are about this
way:
John Hornick. ck................. $4,000
T!EEaskaberry, VanKeuren 4 Floyd. .......SSS
J. + s 6epnia 6isa = Co n @
"There are besides some smaller ac.
counts for labor and that sort Of thing. /
understand that John Hornick has taken
the Office property of the line on his
claim. Since Col. II. G. Akin vent ont
Of the company last fall Cady Peck has
had charge. l understand that he Is now
at New Orleans TO raise money on the
Peninah. That boat has been making
some money and may be able to helm ont
the others. Mrs. Peck, the principal
owner OF the boats. is east somewhere,
and is supposed to be looking for back
bnsiness next year."
y: z: Murphy. the attorney Of Mclean
q McNider, was interviewed at his house
last evening. for ii was late when the re-.
porter caught on 20 the item. He said {:
"The claim of MacLean & McNiddef
amounts to between $1,000
and 5000. It is for necessary
stores furnished the boats. Most
OF these stores were for the Nellie Peck
and Meade. The claims against the
Terry are small. perhaps $500 in oil. l
understand Henry Drum has q claim.
The Terry, it Is my impression, has been
sold to Weare Il Allison, but I can't say
positively. MIR. Meare rode over to the
boats with the marshal and myself to
see the condition Of the Terry. The pro.
cess vas served by a Nebraska officer be.
cause the boats are on the Nebraska side
Of tho river. had heard that John
Hornick had claim, but had not known
Of the Others yon mention. The claims
for labor or necessary stores furnished
the boats arc lien on the boats. do
not think a claim against the company
is valuable. The Northwestern Trans.
portation company was organized some
years ago, with e. T. Brownell, Mrs. G.
&. Peck, H. @. Akin and possibly one or
two others. The capital stock was not
large and tho incorporators are only lia
BILE TO the amount Of their stock. Col,
Akin has since gone ont of the company"
A river man Who talked about the mat.
ter said: "Most of the government
freight which the line was under con.
tract to carry has been forwarded. The
Meade is on the ways and needs some
new timbers in place of the broken ones
in her bottom. The Nellie Peck was .
new boat in 1871, but she has seen good
deal Of service sinoe. She is in the river.
The Terry 10 not an old boat and is in
fair repair excepting her boilers. She
can be fitted for business With little ex-
pense. She is in the river With the Mel.
lie Peck The boys who have been tax
ing care Of the boats this winter have not
been paid"
Mira Peck aud Mr.. Brownell, who now
represent the Peck line, or rNorthwestefn
Transportation company. live in Keokuk.
the founder Of the line, and is
the principal owner. Mr.. Brow