The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-07-17
RESULT or A STEAMBOAT vEx.
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New England Navigation Compan
the supreme Court In New York ca
and Just returned nnsatisfied b
Sheriff Julius Hamburger
Isadore A, CANCER and Edmund J
sullivan were the two Central Yer
mont Railroad employees who d@cid
ed 10 follow the example of Charlie
w. Morse and embark In the steam
boat business with New York Har
Dor as field Corporations. The Cit
OF Worcester, formerly Of the Nor
witch Line. was then out Of com
mission aud seemed 10 present thu
desired opportunity
CANCER and Sullivan assumed tn,
trade name OF The New York Ex
cursion Company with offices al
254 South Street. and overtures
were made 10 the New England
Navigation Company, owners OF the
City OF Worcester. for permission to
charter that vessel. The result was
an agreement. made June IL, 1909,
by which the City OF Worcester was
chartered TO them for period OF sc
days. from July 10 September 6.
The railroad men agreed TO pay
$40 day for the use OF the steam
er, the money TO be paid weekly In
advance, and a check for $l.470 WIS
put up as guarantee of good
faith. CANCER and Sullivan as the
New York Excursion Company We're
to pay all the bills and also the
wages OF the crew with the exceptit 4
OF those OF the Captain and Chief
Engineer.
The City of Worcester was duly
delivered to the two railroad employ
ees on the morning Of July at the
foot OF Pike Street In time for a
Fourth OF July Excursion. The plan
was to run daily trips up the Hud-
son as far as Poughkeepsie, and
down New York Harbor on Sundays.
As the City of Worcester was one
OF the largest boats on Long Island
Sound, with a passenger capacity
OF 1900, these were TO be no small
excursions.
The two railroad employees had
hardly got possession OF their yes
sci before they decided to get in on
the harvest the steamboat men in
New York were planning to reap In
connection with the Hudson-Fulton
Celebration coming off that fall.
Consequently. on July 30 they took
an option on the steamer for six
teen days, from September "a to
October 8, at the same rental.
But apparently the excursion bust
ness did not turn out the gold mine
that was expected The money de-
by the charter was paid
with difficulty. The checks OF the
New York Excursion Company failed
Of certification at the bank and
friends OF the great venture came
to the rescue with currency for a
time.
Meanwhile bills against the vessel
Tor coal and supplies and wages
we're piling up. BY the first OF
September there was a coal bill
to $3,001, the City OF
New York was demanding $500 for
he use of the East Twenty-fOurth
Street Recreation Pier, $1,625 was
owing in wages and there were
smaller bills besides. Some OF the
bills were presented to the New
England Navigation Company for
payment. A piano dealer very near
y lost his piano and stool In the
,wirl OF unsatisfied creditors.
BY reason of the popularity OF the
law all creditors were al
owed TO sue the vessel herself. re-
,ardless OF the financial standing OF
he charterers or owners. The Navi-
CATION Company, finding the bills
bling up which CANCER and Sullivan
had contracted to pay. resumed
of the City CT Worcester,
which was even then pursued by
She was cent TO Stoning-
on where she was later libelled
or the coal bill. The Navigation
Company found that S1.0S9 was
wed by the steamer for supplies. In
he meantime Ganger and Sullivan
demanded the vessel back by virtue
II the option, but the New England
Navigation Company alleged that
he terms OF this had not been ful-
illed. In order to get the libel OIL
he steamer the company was oblig-
d to pay the coal bill and also paid
he wages OF some OF the crew.
Including the bills 1t had paid
md its own charges for supplies and
repairs the Navigation Company had
total list OF claims against the two
men who had essayed the
eamboat business amounting to
1886. For this 1t sued and got a
Judgment on March II last for $S.-
D76. This was the judgment recent