The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-29
The Voice of
The People
PLEA FOR FAIR PLAY.


The writer has read with some amuse-
ment. mingled with mild Indignation. the
story, in another afternoon paper Of re-
cent date. relative TO the morning trip 10
Newport last Sunday. when the New
Shoreham failed to pass the Richard Bor-
den.
who had even a modicum OF good, COM
mon sense. the story must seem farcical
in the extreme, and to the man who has
the least bit OF sporting blood In his
veins. or even the most elementary idea
Of fair play, the story, so evidently in
sPred frem the SGe 9f she eos
pany. Is but another evidence OF the lack
OF anything from that source that savors
OF veracity, or has any other object IN
view than to injure a competitor at any
cost.
The people OF Providence need no In
formation regarding the methods pursued
The town OF New Shoreham, through
its commissioners. who manage the
structfons so rigid and emphatic that
they will not be disobeyed or evaded.
that under no circumstances shall the
boat engage In a race, or carry steam
even up to the limit allowed by the in
Last Sunday the Borden pulled out into
900 yards ahead OF the 6horeham. and al
though the latter, under normal pressure
and making no attempt to exceed sched-
ored TO pass her several times, she was
prevented from doing 80 by the unfair
and unsportsmanlike manoeuvres OF the
forward to ssarboard or port. as the oc-
casion demanded, preventing the Shore
ham from passing without danger Of col
s.9h waSh Of Eng she sSsReF S2aer Boat ssr ne
Had not the orders from the commits
sioners been so strict, the engineer OF
soon as the boats were out of the mar
rows, and there would have been no
necessity to burn kerosene TO accomplish
the feat, either.
Perhaps the Borden would like to try
20 do what the Shoreham does almost
every day without cffort-make UP the
forty-hye minutes, lead the WaEwiek mas
tsr's | stop at Narrasansett Pier Is, under
grdnet jSss pRSu tSs sasTssS sSsssa
This whistiing to keep up courage is
pardonasis In ,S,ien fTig,htened ,o boy but ,,s a
The Officers OF the river boats all
5 tss and N the D right & HsS the es Shore
pushed paSh a'i to Il her limit and that outside,
With any sea on, she would sail the best
OF them out of sight within three hours
time -,
But they realize so thoroughly that this
splndid new boat is not going TO be driv-
en- or weakened by any foolish desire to
make a mark OF the old hulks Cat mas
querade under the name OF steamboats,.
that they feel 81 is safe to play game
OF bluff
The public Is on TO the fact that the
Shoreham has enough normal speed TO
give them three hours at Block Island
on week days and two hours on Sundays.
instead Of one and a half hours on week
DAYS and anywhere from half an hour to
an hour on Sundays. and they come
pretty near 20 instftutng a comparison
as to up-to-date accommodations and ser
vice.
The New shoreham Is on this route 10
stay: she was built 10 Increase the pros
perity OF Block Island as summer re-
sort. and her commissioners realize fully
that in order TO do this they have respon-
sibfiities and duties to the travelling pub
lie. Thoee. they Will not evahe. and
the sooner the other line understands this
and accepts the issue as II II, the bcttsr
Il will DO for their peace OF mind. to say
nothing Of their boats and machinery,
A masquerade dance was 10 have been
cfven by the cottage colony of Ffeid's