New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-16
BdRELRS" RULE 1HT BiIIEEI
STRONG IL'NGED utsTLEns FOR RIVAL STEAM
EoAT LINES ADOPT vIGOROrs MEASURES
COLLISION BETWEEN THE MARY
pATTES AND LITTLE SILVER


rATTEN AND LITTLE SILVER
,rho old Tammany Dock Board had shady
tlons OF a good many things. and one Of them was
as TO who constituted the people. When the
usurpaiion OF Battery Park by the barking repre-
sentntiyes OF riva! steamboat companies began the
Tarnmany Commissioners are said To nave re-
,c.,i.cd mat the pier would be "picr for the
ucoul. " This was different from original inicn-
lions when the pier was set apart for the use OF
tho Iih.rtv Statue boat. Now when man wishes
IN visit ,hc lady who uphoids Iibertys enlightem-
Ing torch on Rcdlow's Island he takes his dinner
and his NE IN his hand.
II ne does not With TO be turned asll" by Inc
h,r.ers" he viii find that six months preliminary
nrcuoratlon n a gymnasium will stand him In good
.ad The ..b.rker" Is an institution IN" Bat
terry He is not handsome, he does not aim 10 'du-
cate he probably has no Views OF patriotism Snch
os are lncucatcd hy visit TO the towering. Silent
form on Bellows Island, but he is cased about with
. e,,i, of nerve that would turn lightning His hand
, against the "barkcr OF every rival Inc. and his
dcc.am,tion would silence the thousand oxen Cf
Homer. He IS not deferred by triiing difficulties
In getting business
only the other day Of these chaps boarded a
Hroadway cable-car 1t rounded down toward
South Ferry from Bowling Green one Of the pas
sencers A portly man, OF imposing appearance,
wished a.lght and had just risen from his seat
The barker" pressed him back into the seat with
Il hand on each shoulder and he'd him there while
There H. plenty OF time. the boat does not leave Bat
terry Pier for ten minutes the only line to,
Fare only twenty-five cents" And he held the crowd
carbound until his purpose was accomplished. that
of forcing all Of them past the crossing leading d.
rect 10 the landing Of tie Iron Steamboat Com
pany at Pier |. North Kiv,r.
Beginning with to-day the Iron Steamboat Com
pany Will the 25-cent rate OF the Ocean Navi-
cation and Pier Company. The latter company de.
clar.d some days ago II this were done II would
make the carrying price still lower So last night
the ''barkers" passed in local practice. and to-day
the last vesige OF foliage may be expected To dis
appear from Battery Park.
The exertons for patronage were transferred
from the 'barkcrs' shore to the boats on the
bay yesterday morning. with alarming results;
Long Branch line. and the Little Silver. OF the
New-York and Monmouth Companys fleet, came
into collision Off the Battery wall at $50 o'clock
The Patten Is usually first at the landing but this
time the Little silver had steamed In FIRST, ana
her forward line had already been made fast. Then
the Patten appeared. and her captain realizing
that business al stake. sent her ahead intend
ing 10 get between the stern OF the Silver and the
| landing. The impetus Of the Patfen could not De
checked. and she smashed into the rival boat.
crushing In her after guard rail- Passengers were
badly frightened. and only the nearness OF the
boats to the shore prevented a panic. as the pas
sengcrs on the Little Silver were mostly women.
The Patten was promptly backed out into the
stream and laid there until her rival got her pas
sengers No harm caused aside from that
already noted but the collision was made the sub
feet OF a report to the Dock Commissioners. who
will institute n thorough investigation and IL may
| be that some one Will have q landing Dermt re-
yoked.