PRAISES THE “ARGYLE.”
Dear Sir,- I am well pleased to be able to say that
at last there is a great improvement in the mail and passenger service
on Placentia Bay. It is an immense pleasure for the traveler to step on
board the really beautiful S.S. ‘Argyle,’ where every comfort is
obtainable, conjoined with the gratifying feeling that there is no “slow
coach” under his feet. These improvements should have been made long
since, and no doubt if favorite fortune had brought to our shores years
ago the enterprising R.G. Reid they would have been. I would very much
wish to give you a full description of the ship, but as I am only a
passenger who knows little or nothing about the working of such ships, I
deem it wiser to leave this to some other more competent pen. But this
much COMES WITHIN MY “LINES”- I am capable of appreciating a good thing
when I see it, and especially so when I can enjoy it. I can say she is
comfort all through: a splendid sea-boat with good speed; her
arrangements for a thorough passenger accommodation are on the most
modern style, and her freight capacity is quite equal to the traffic of
the bay. In a word- she is as near perfection as possible, and being
such is the best illustration of the efforts of Mr. Reid to leave
nothing undone to secure the comfort and convenience of the traveling
public. Offered as the ‘Argyle’ is, from the genial captain, his
trustworthy first officer, Mr. Hartigan, down to the “middy”- men of
experience in the service- ready and willing to do their work and in a
manner agreeable to everyone, we are at length assured of a thoroughly
efficient service on Placentia Bay.
I remain, yours truly,
S.S. ‘Argyle,’ Feb.24. PASSENGER
The Evening Harold
March 5, 1900 |