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Emil L. Boas informs William Loeb that the Captain’s quarters on the mail steamship Admiral have been reserved for President Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s son and other gentlemen accompanying them have rooms reserved on the Promenade Deck.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-26
Theodore P. Shonts, Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC), explains the ICC’s policies regarding passenger accommodation for employees and their families to President Roosevelt, who had reminded Shonts to conduct an investigation on this matter. With increased traffic as of late, some employees have been assigned to second-class accommodations so that women and children might receive the superior accommodations; superior accommodations are also given to all passengers connected to the ICC in any way and employees recruited from the U.S.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-06