The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-24
COMMISSIONERS REEDS REPLY
Forty.siK Complaints AEnInst lIin III,
says are Purely Fictitious.

| Forty.sir Complaints AEnInat lIim He
says arc Purely Fictitious.
| Shipping Commissioner James c. Reed does
| not propose to DO ousted from his place on the
complaints of certain shipping men without a
protest. These ship merchants have petitoned
Senator Evarts to do all In his power to pre-.
sent their claims against Commissioner Reed
| TO Secretary Window. with view to Reeds re.
moval. They have sent long complaint tc
Washington, headed by Board OF Trade Am.
| brose Snow, against Commissioner Reeds
method Of administering the business
OF his office at New York. Mr.
Reed, in reply, has furnished q long state
ment sent to the Commissioner OF
Navigation year ago and in which no ins lists
he has treated oil seamen fairly and sauarely.
1t appears that from this statement Commits
sioner Reed knew of the complaints against
him. for ho specially in his statement to the
Commissioner OF Navigation denies them all
and says:
Itisrathsr difficult to deal briefly with complain,
OF this Kind which OH the face OF 1t Deng signed By
service WHO specfy the vessel on which they sefvsd
las teen msds in such th0rGvg4 good fsIt
of tho petitioners beg eavs to assume that any
within ne peroI Of four years that is say since
The allegation that any ono Of the pe,Ition.rs or That
y my
no OF Ia this once Il he has prop
s"i @ Tie
The legal qui66ies and technicAli,ie touching the
items o. accounts between the masterr and the petition
US during the yoyass ALLEGED cause q delay r.
Money ami to charges for sopchest supplies in
R b e q he s
Such general charge with respect to such matters,
of course cannot be answered any Of Tho petition.
sonsr vii unGonSisdiy be ale to s6"S %pIo i"sifi.
cation for the course lie may have pursued III par
ticular case.
=, Commissioner Reed then denies specifically
the charge OF irregular and haphazard pay
ments 10 seamen, and closes with:
finally with respect to the other sgners Of this
Been dnS the fG fHGs tSsF c
homes or looking on the faces Of our loved ones"
N1dss,Hs Mary Francis
Thomas 4 Comm; 6rig, Starlight
%RSfiss Ellis st Srt tx fen "SiHs:
%ii3.s s%sd + q Is e. a %ssf G Ward
Na1E " Ies N masa Of Of II, IL" nTis Twilight
Charles : Brown. mate, MARY, 4. Greenwood
IIaSafS Moore mas .6ip I!iam DURHAM.
11ss.TEs Ij4ryey, c,rnentsI sGp Xones coourn
%&%S;ss :, Tgs,;s' ms5s; :asSs%s5 s M""o,s
NlllAm NcCOemAs, male, schooner Ware Moore.
Z, ". Brown steward. John +. holman
Charles A Watts master. schooner Mark Grey
l.. RAbbrdRe, steward Mary q. Reed
Garrett Stokes mate. schooner Clara Colc0rd.
John Robertson, mate, bark Charles =. Ward.
]. ". Arkloy. mate, schooner Warner Moore
James l.. DriIn"r. mate schooner VI l.. Truudy.
Casper Christensen of the bark Crescent
J. u. Aiken mate, ship Therese.
Charles Brown of the bark Midget
William A. Waite mate. schooner Z A White.
Frederick q. GeOBs Of tho brig + Merry.
Ira EArnen, carl enter schooner Phrl e Ann,
Henry IeRrce mate bark George = Homer.
Edward Lacy. master. schooner Tempest
Lynch. mate ship Il. T.. Black.
Thomas FOX. mate, bark Doris EckhOff.
II. Purdy Ot the schooner Isaac Orbetou.
q, : Ills master schooner Annie r. Chase
G. DRkuil mate schooner ". J.. Plumer
Alexander Strout. steward bark a. sweeney
NJ. +. Trevette. steward schooner Carrie Strong.
II. STANLEY. mate brig Rocky Glen.
/. Rogers Perry Of the ship Wandering lew
Henry I'ratt mate schooner +. Wnans
J.. NJ. BoardmRn steward schooner Lizzie May.
have to state that within the four years-Sinre
July lssh-no has been paid of at this OH CO
from any on" " twenty eight Of the vCsRes last men
toned, ami that within tie same four years OF
said forty six cOmDlanAnis has been paid of this
Ufce from the vessel he names. In other words tho
grievances OF those f0ry.sx sgners undoubtedly