The sun., 1895-02-17

lOtA TO promote trAtlN nctNNepn tIe OHltNl 1iNo,
Q and the Brazils or tho River Plate Taere s
( or was then. house that at fairly regular In
Fgn ors rsst % hS FvfT Plate
: OF OF coffee could always Ge had. When wa,
tEESn tEEcnr steamers @ Se advertised % ior Tie passage
and the advertisement said that llml,r,
} went @ to the oifee, hut such ofitss are
XWs Xyrrs OP'e Clerk ooR my 'er"T csrd and GoossG
my name, and told me TO come next next
next day went thsTs as directed. having
visited the ship meantime. and found that she
my surpri,c | was told that could not go In
her. She had ut one spare stateroun, nhi
gwen UP his room to Two ladies who were going.
He declined 10 Share his room with passenger.
steamer to sail and lad been away from home
nearly eight months. 80 offered to sleep on the
annss in h 5hs ySa nn ne HTsis SssnsG sSs II SesI lee I
clined to let me go even, even 80 saving In shiity
so would thuk III Of the ship ever after The
iiEe I9r me sgrrs.ied itself but that
before. Then thought hc might not want u
reporternllng. lest something he proposed doing
| the mate agreed tO share his room with me.
and at that the Captain gave way aud Hut my
| tain and had become friendly, and he conldtd
| TO me the reason Tor refusing me phssage. Tue
Obliged to furnish the crew and all provision.
for the voyage. Now. gil the passengers would
cat at the Captains table. ana the food that
would eat would have to be paid for hy the
owners of thy ship aud not by the American
''rhe house belongs in London. and ara not
! going TO do anything to tnkea inrthinu out OF
s GMners pGckg,s I'D, Id all h very Tell for ,hG
any pa scngcrs. and we're not going to take them
| II can prevent"
| But why did yon give up your room TO the
| Indies then - sud ].
II 20; $50 for that. That made a difference"
went on beard on the afternoon OF June ~,
very glad to have occurred passage the first
steamer found frr New York | expected to
reach home at least one day sooner than could
have done Ivy taking fast steamer to England
and going thence t. New York. but as the event
pro, cd could have saved at The very least ten
days by going the long way around
As said, II seems to me that these details a"e
of special interest - the manufacturers and
like TO do business with the part of south
America under consideration. The Italians
have q line of steamers that run from
Buenos Ayres to Genoa in eighteen days. The
English ships now make the passage IN as brief
about rs well: All nf these European steamers
are well fitted for all classes Of passengers But
sage is made in n blunt-nosed English tramp
that may do the trip in thirty days and may
@ he may s %S &SS Sf Tx sr Week. d osSs sSs @
une s"ns s and md ior landed wen, a an aug Osrd
United States Post Office. TOO. And vet the best
market forthe hides OF the Argentine painpas, |
aud the coffee of the Brazilian hill sides. is right
here in Uncle SANS domain. There is. for in |
stance. one house in Chicago that roasts 1000 |
ia6iish friendly relations with River Plate
m%ss either ra9e v%S Sow He York by the
way OF Europe or beg passage ou,s,,a as a
Gspisin % OF IA slow % British " trompa % Captain s too'
who never for moment forrets that " the horse
unique. have the hority OF Consul Edward
Baker'of Buenos Ayres and several merchants
about tie most vexatous traveller could con-
template. and one IRON New York TO the River
l'late Is Ont little If any better
g1sh need r sud We soiISd ss SHt q | Bas"Ss nos
which were shipped for RIO. She flush
deckcd ship. too. and snce the principal part
decidedly top heavy, until we got rid Of the
cattle: Luckily we had no severe weather.
the British as the Lest Of s.ilors but when we
stopped AT Montcvideo we took on some hum
this all slowed in the bow. In consequence
we "erc not only top eavy, but the ship was
two feet dccper in the water at the bow than
charged and the space filled solid with coffee.
which, though somewhat lighter, lett her still
about twenty inches down by the bow. sal lors
will understand the trouble we would have had
in case IA cyrlnnc came along.
When near the Bermudas the famous dcrelict
Fannie l.. Wuston was passed. As illustrating
the character Of the lookout kept, il is worth
saying that although the Captain and his three
mates were Oh deck and Al able seaman was at
the wheel ON the bridge, no one ~ them knew
from the poop deck 10 the bridge and called the
Captains attention tn ii. These matters are not
;nsn,nmed M out 81 any rsrsornl III feeling toward
with icmarknOle consideration and did every
thing 10 MAKE me comfortable. desire only TO
show the conditions OF travel lctween New York
and the River Plate.
With this end only in view must relate one 9TH
nv itptf al h4 nus
Rio the rudder chains got !oose, and because OF
the vibration OF The ship they ratified and
SO badly that the ladies were unable To sleep |
They mentioned the matter to the Captain. who
night passed, and then the chief officer sent the
to tighten the chainsa matter nc
nateiy he set the nuy too tight. and thar h nirht
the chains squeaked in the sheyo above the
CaptHins head ard NEXT day the Captain indg
chains ratified again, and when the ladies men;
the mater to hs cnGan he told
chains, and said again nothing could be done.
The mate was again appealed 10 privately and
Of the chain that directly over the heads of
The ladies. That entirely cured tho trouble.
block he was angry and spoke of throwing the
block oyerboard; but when it was suggested
of dumping The block he relented and the block
was ;ti in place when we reached the pier in
Ing simply what lie believed to be his duty to !
Tho owners OF the ship. He was dscouraging ,
passenger traffic. 7
This, it seems to mo, is al. very re-
markable in the experience OF n travel 7
er but something more remarkable I
still happened after reached the h
pier in lirOOklyn. We had been alongside but a
brief time when Of the firm that run the line
'aIne on board. He was particularly attentive
70 the passengers and seemed to be anxious that .
hey should teel comfortable on leaving the d
ship. Among other things said and done he I
lsked me IL anything unpleasant had happened /
IN the voyage and how we had been treated by !
he officers. | replied that | had never been s
reated better. He then asked IL | had seen
lnything that thought he ought to know, and c
added that the hrm wished to do everything a
loss BILE 10 build up the direct passenger trade At
hat ioolisbly let my desire a. help an American
irm yet the better OF my Judgment, and called n
his attention to the wooden block in the fair \
eader of the rudder adding briefly the story 0f g
low II came there. | mentioned one or two a
'ther matters likely 10 disc ourage the direct n
passenger traffic In that ship but said nOthngo OF s
worse matters to which might have alluded. A a
ouple Of days later got IA letter from the firm Il
aying that my charges against the Cnptain I