 On July 26, 1899 "Monterey" inaugurated new mail service between Queenstown and Canada when she loaded 144 mail sacks and 26 large packages from a mail train.On October 1, 1899 she arrived at Queenstown and landed six passengers, chief engineer, twenty one crew and four stowaways from the "Scotsman" which wrecked at Belle Isle September 21.Following the closure of summer navigation on St. Lawrence River, "Monterey" was reassigned to the Beaver Line and commenced carrying mails and cargo between the ports of Liverpool and Halifax starting on November 18.