New-York tribune., 1870-12-07
SHIPPING MATTERS.
THE LIGHT-sHIP SCOTLAND.

A petition, numerOusy signed by merchants
and owners of vessels in this city was sent 70 wash =
ton Nov. H. by the Commissioner Of Pilots, request
that the lghtshp placed in 1865, to mark the wreck
the Scotland be not removed. The reply, signed byE
b. Shubrck stated that the ship had already remained
considerable time after the original necessity Tor pdch.
IL there had ceased, and that there authority e
retaining il. On Monday the ship was accordingly n
moved and towed on Staten Island The cost OF Iese
ing the Nessel would nave bteh a1ouI S0,1o per al
Mr.. Blunt yesterday stated the following reasons WY
should not have been removed:
The Sandy Hook Lightship is nearly four miles iron
the nearest buoy OF the bar. In thick weather. OWING
the uncertainty OF steering and the currents Nts
may not make the buoys, and Therefore the pilots SIC
cautious about running The Scotland lghtyesse4
which placed IN position by act Of Congress Zen,
within third OF mile of the buoy, and being u 90
mark lin fact the only mark 10 avoid me middle gro
when i dangerous shodl at tv SOU ~, @ u
the south channel which one OF the best channels
enter the harDor pilot once sighting II could run nay
weather through the swaSh channel ana thence ihS8U 8
main ship channel to New York. The facilities the so
land lightshp offered made the southern coasters ~
upon 1t almost implicitly.
PETITION AGAINST COMPULSORY PILorAGE-D'
MURRAGE on CARGOEs OF ICE AND LUMBEk
The directors of the Nessel-Owners' sd
Captains Cooperative Association met at the Merehanz
Exchange, in Pine-st yesterday, James A. Van Btu"
presiding The following petition was adopted Tor y.
sentation to the House Committee on Commerce i''
Navigation:
WAsrels The cossng trade Of he United states is he'T ~
and 10 iD scre.,
smong which are Compulsory otAge and Pilot Lcrase faes 90 81
10 arge sum uer tun vessels making from 20 o. sd ports ~ =
outward ard and for which pay compelled BY Sae ~
where refnei and - ,..,l,.iya
hsreas Public opinion favor Of fostering 10 es
dent manner commercial marine Of our colutr' sud -
H1ereds representatives iE Congress have s4osn
Heye the said interest from al oppressive and unjust oaOe
Rsolref That th, Association do most respectfully pIoa ~
h.rge " an1 kiud shall s. collected fum an Nr's' 81
coast ng trade the Iatei States, except for sef'e'
rendered ,t, 80
The following resolutions were also adopieu 'lu
resolved that the Vessel Owners Associations Oh
Philadelphia, and other ports, be iniorred OF @ C,-s
Rss0lroi. That the opinion o ne 'r',' -. n
Association Of Nes.iork vessels oale1 WIN .bl le'
shoah allo~ sgnees aysays A. oio~s .' - seT
mo- spsc.sl agreement 10 The contrary Isru 'a l ,bs
arrival the port guasd IN thc Ml oi llls - M sgs'
given gnrs AMI ior receiving the clrgo hch she is
hoays excepted loi tuas - pu
cons gner ngnee shall dcnurrugr ~ s nm am0fe
day SUNDAYS and legal holidays not etepc ,.or.r sai -
caugo h OF lNlng for each and ever, E | is -
FOR portions 81 dAy oe!ond VIC '''' -
For ,r,v. whose cargoes consist entirely Of lumber % tAs-s
,oer the rival al the pott gnael In b oi il t 20
!. g,en ns guoe and Tor rccoliug the cago ~ isnhr ~
~ IN d. r,rso consnee assignee shAu va! i t. u
Of 70 onts per thousand feet per DAY Nuol lam s rs -
csntei mon ,hr m amount Of cargo a. per blo M -
rata Tor paris ~ p''u " N
he H.. above sp,c aed unui the csTgo s iui ,l hsr
ps-i an Al be proper officers Of ms Assoc sl', .rbSs
40 make test case, or cases sh"ua a -
~ claim for drmuFiaht on '
~ ~ over and above tlc time sptcAci n TO- '''s
eutlou.
At the Jefferson Market Police Court yoss,n
,av lanes Kenney and Charles Riley were eomn'''" -
. ch,rc, of stealing Bashe Adelsson's pocketoO'A'
,t,T .,K Iobn Grote, held 10 await the rtsn's Ne
sf,h i tbr face inflicted by him on William % Or ~