The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-24
GETTING READY.
Boats Will Soon Be Running to the
Bay Resorts.
Providence, Fall River aud Newport Co.'s
Preparations for Opening the Season.

One Of the busiest men in the city at
the present time is Benjamin Buffum,
passenger agent of the Providence Fall
River and Newport steamboat company.
In chat with that gentleman yester-
day afternoon News representative
learned that the season Of 1897 promises to
be far more successful than any Of the
past and that already arrangements have
been made for several large parties from
different parts of New England The
number is very much larger than ever
made before mt so early date.
There will be a daily service between
Fall River and Newport by the steamer
Mount Hope. This is n new feature and
one that will be appreciated by the resi-
dents of Fall River.
Boats from Pawtucket will be run Sun
days for Rocky Point and Newport. The
boats will leave PawtucNet mt 10 o'clock.
Moreover, the many thousand of patrons of
this line will find that the service on all
boats will be far ahead of anything ever
attempted by the company before. Every
thing that can be done for the conven-
ience and comfort of the patrons has or
will be attended To. Each boat in the fleet,
and there are eight of them, has been
fitted up with an electric light plant by
the Edison company, which are OF the
latest and best design The steamer
known in the past as the "Peene" has
been rcmodeled and is now known as the
Rambler, and is tho fastest boat on the
bay BY the alterations the Rambler has
been made n three decker, the upper deck
being for observation. She will carry 900
persons and will be used rs an outside
boat The Rambler can be chartered from
any of the shore resorts on the bay The
Rambler has electric lights; is very fast;
has large refrcshment counter and every
convenience for the pleasure and comfort
OF excursionists who desire to charter u
steamer for their exclusive use.
The popular observation steamer Mount
Hope will bc the Block Island boat and
will leave every day on and after sunday,
June %, for that pI0e until Sunday,
Sept. z, inclusive, from the Dyer street
O'Clock week days. She will, as usual,
connect at Newport. There are two days
ia July that this magnificent craft can
be chartered
The Dayton will be on tho Fall River
line, the greater part OF the time, and can
also be chartered for n few dates.
The season proper will begin Sunday,
May %, when half-hour services with
extra express boats In the evening will be
run To the nearby shore resorts. some
of the boats will make trips down the
bay on and after Sunday, April Is, on
Sundays only and Fields Point, and
Rocky Point will be opened Memorial
Day
During the season the Mount Hope will
make am occasional excursion 20 Watch
Hill and the Vineyard, which have, I'm
the past, proved to bo enjoyable to Rhode
Islanders.
There will oe double services 70 New
port ON lection day.
Most of the old captains who have been
I'm the employ Of the company many
years, will soon be notified when To be on
hand IL IA expected that the old, reliable,
and cvcr-popular Captain Kelley VIII be
able TO tahc command Of the City Of
Newport at the opening OF the season, rs
his condition is reported to bc rapidly
improving.