The sun., 1902-07-27

| fins %. a. other ans ald-,irnes shs ane-i
In far'. u h- iav Shs wss COMMANDED
by Oapf ~ John hut she sas ~ unl,Hk
on the river Ia She was -old - The nite-i
states ti"yrfum~ut ard va- wrrk~d ~
'h~~aI ease Ma,
.tAief ,ap, ~ John own.Si art cutn-
nandssi the Ialafia Utsl-iu River bal
~ John uus dav he va found dead
IN hi- cabin Hc had Du' hts threat Don
/ knps Why
-Iapt. l- Gr,ot - Hudson ran th" "a
NOUS old-ttn"f Ertuds"r ~" va . -iar
hoat h''tNs''r Nr~ Nufs and Albany she
had q to-," ra'r With the Asm"oia one
daN The" vas collision The h"ih-
d'-'r saak atd <, ud many "Di'l" with her
The l-iac N"Nton va. another cfhcN
hnat Capt r,-'k ran h"f Nh" wcht
ashore 90 a fug n IA" Highlands th" hr-i
-''tsnu ale was pat "n ard -auS she
wr- raised iepair,~i and -tart"t "n the
line agarr
-N"i hong aftcfvard. near tur' Wash.
i.gtor. h"r boiler exploded. kil,iug her
~ uud mat" She vas sn badly Wf"k"i
that ! l"Iis," o." riiurt was mad" I" put
her togr' 80 again
but all the hur Hudson River hnst- ~
that dav N"t" thrown ~ the shade when
tn" Thomas Powell It New burgh. tapi
johnson. started ~ uu the ,iNer she
h- am" the Erie Railroads boat tc'we"1
New YORK and lh"rmo'i. and ior maj
distance Un the route paSss'' gers had
pala'c ridr, 20 matter what thcN r1Coun-
to.'si vhrn they got N ard took a." oar-.
-Whc1 the Erie ahauduncd the ferry
ha,w'sn picrnoui and New York for the
all-rail route hv vav 81 Jersey city. Beach
of the Catskill Mountain H"us" b"ugh'
the Powell and pui her on IN" 'at-hlH
route. During IA" itvil War she wa~
Goyernur't transport Ait.r III" war
-ho went To- the Corrsll-Truy Line and
was worn out In N" S'rNice. She Was
III" most famous of all the historic Hudson
River boats
The Sunnysida was a favor'te of the
Troy Line Sh. was sunk 10y ~" ic" on
llydo Park ard many lives were IT, II The
Aida and Francis Nkiddy were two liN"iy
rival boats H." races between them
were hair-raIsirg Tn. Skiddy ran aground
a. Stats Point during one of those ratr-
and "ndf~i her carc"r
The rivalry lrv.on the steamboat
brought into eNi-'.uoc an army - PER
-isisnt and - rrnuou- runners Not i"w
II them rusp ~ after VcarS 80 dist tun
and wealth az railroad men and m other
lines uf transport alton. ~ well as IN politics
| remember one vh' operated un the N"w
York do.ks ", used 10 call him StU't"r-
ING Wells, on account ~ an impeachment IN
m his SJ--.ch
Wells was a hustler in his line. hui not
much 81 n fighter one day IN a hand-io-
hand contest over a Passenger. runner
fnr an opposition hnat kno, k"d him down.
NFli> gth UP. isHlilfEfi u Hl'h"'i' ~ ~
saw his Cppoucut b.aring the passenger
away IN triumph. shook his head and
walked away III" did not come back 10
steamboat running any more, but took 10
carving parcels packages. leiters, and the
like To- their d.si nations.
lie buil' up such business in that lin"
that h. founded al express company
That company made hIm a millionaire,
and hears his name to-day a. the Wells
Fargo Express Company ~ that knock
down argument of an Opposition runner
on the steamboat dock that day was rather
a good thing for suffering Wells
steam navigation wasn't "A very old
thing vet Vlen began -teamboating
on the Hudson River men w"r" -tii talk.
ing then about pioneer steamboat named
the Legislature
-1hai hoat ran l-.'w New York and
Hudson, and there was "A tradition hat She
wa ~ slow that one time -oop over.
haul.d and hunted into her twice. which
inC.n-.d The captain of the sloup ~ much
that h. shook hi fisi at the captain uf the
Legislature and shouted at hun
Say n YOU cant keep out of the
way. III throw a rope over your bow and
tow YOU
The Nor' hern Hotel and Hsrrison~ at
Cortlsndt and West streets wer" the great
resorts ~ Hudson River steamboat men
Whom m New York on thos" dsy- tn"
he-t liquors were only three cents gla~-,
AMI IN. hartanders and waters were kept
going AT a lively rate. night and day
There was one part icularly APT bartender
al HaIrisnn's He became a conspicuous
citizen of New York. and his name was
for forty wears familiar through the state
n- well He was John Patton. founder of
the once famous Pacific Hotel IN Green
wich street where almost eV"ryb"dN fom
the upstate rural districts used to stop
when ,hev went to York, and to save which
he ~p"n, fortune Ia fighting the Cunstruc-
tior of the elevated railroad "a Greenwich
sir~ct along In the '7ts ". neverth"-
los Of q big lot % MONEY 20 his family