The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-24
LONG ISLANDS LIFE CREWS.
WHERE RiDTCdL REFORMS IRE NEED
m 10 arm DISASTfR.
Incompetent wen and Political Tnnucnce-
Boats that Cannot Live In the Hrcnkcr.-
Men refusing TO go out in ~ f.trebnnt.

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pars, Shoals. ana undcrcurronls, II requires.
for It's maintenance the highest degree OF caro-.
wat .hfulnoss and ovnorienco Unfortunately
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less some radical and permanent Improvement
is made the result IL almost surc To be disas-
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trous. lndor the present system, inrillcient
Keepers have been appointed apparently
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apIllaho's proVlueu are otehtim's iauIty' poth
in priurtplo and constructions and "A want of
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mas discouraged attempts nj REFORM. In the
past year or two there has been "A slight change
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LOT inc p'uer' pu' hu'n r'ni"lhs 10 uo uohe 10
render the scrvic" what II should be.
TheThird District Of the Atlnnti,, onst becins
q, N,ro,,n,,.,, NJ. ,, III, -, -. t.i,,,I
~ N', i"s"nTo' i'' "n" '""S ~ 'on'S ,s''n"'
including thirty-siN NE saving stations. thirty
two Of which are on Long Island. The first
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,h =" SiV , i, o",: "',o 'ho ",' c' On Wv
bcad Raw The stntions nre from four md ono.
,s '"s mo a.. 'l' .ou, "i',. o,'
nan 10 SIX mics apart the spaces between
them being patrolled 10y watchmen ut night and
in stormy VI foggy weather. SO that chain Of
pouois Il kept up all aohs 'he sn"ro' Et'I
station s manned by a crew Of eight men. in
llu fha 100 l., - "A gnlu "a Of
.onn -, ,.. .'att .,n I'll, e., A..
s2Vo' anu the men are paid s4u month Tor lhe
time that they IRE in service. from Nov 10 to
Apru rbe cr,,vs nrc p,nintv comros,d ~
fsfh'nrrian AMI lnvT'.n yyhm h1vs nothin n" IL,
In mo vi,'i,r ma a. whom $40 n ninth ia
ihornf,r, nm in,nnrtnnt nbinoi In s"yrrnl ~
thc .r,.,,a tIn MN villa NOR. ar ls.s n.,s
toned tn he ,vatar ar' hv me- iurn,,s ia familiar
WIZ ~ y" ",r W., ~. , Nv '',,s 90 '"'"'
RIA r,,,.rs II, rart,'n i.t,nrs oro man
who ,y"rc or,sinnilv nnnnint,.I ihr,,,,h rniti
cal Influence, and who have retained thnir
nIncrs although utterly uunhln ia manage their
f"ets IN ",,''',,.,'n.i' W1b1n piP7a ia
Ln"t L,"rar ~ s,s,i,, ~ "a a, ,,"'.,,. ,o,,
not. II is said handle his boat in a rough sea:
nni FrnnIIin phiilirs lie only man in h7s row
Nhn WIS e','n.tmt for tbnt work was J.,nilnI
tn another crew almost ns innxnerirnerd irnv.
ing the station without a single man to h.. de-
n@ndnd en-, S"uircs n recent k"eucr nj The
Shinnecork station. unset his boat ON ~ Vr ,,1
~, IA, l.; n 49,, ~, s,, H. is ad T. tha,
OF bis ,ia.o IA ron5h n lii1n iunu.ni. ~ ""''
In Ea.t II ,n'rtc,, i, = niist,ri tLa, ~ eu,or
IN riist hainp.o,n u - a,irs'd VIZ" .e super
lnt.nd'nt oil the district turned OUT good man
rnu IN I'M, Va a, Gssouns ", 1't"ns VIC
five worker i'm The Kepuhiican ranks Strnn.
anJ Il ~ ", I W. NJ , - ", a., ~ H..
"n IN n.' s,, ~, "v", II,s',n,ni
,xb,,i',r h ,,,b, bn,sit c,,,r , ,b
nos, he sail. 'I7 s. col n nrettv GOOD rreN hnt
VIZ, ~ se''o, w. ; Eu' q p,,"s t",'i VicN' pu'
III" same "uesti"m was oskr1 If The sunerin-
t.nIert Ca,T Umni,img VIC rrniicd tbot he
hii"yi -, ia tS,n-i NnJ iop,'.u nm IT, IT,
the centre Morichas cres inaNprrirnceI men
hnvs l,n w. IN i'iv hlst, NV th W., rivn
who ulsrt the lifcb@at in a light Sea. Was re-,
tanned until last fall out OF -iNtv odd men en-
doznn are Democrats Manv crews arc com
posed altogether OF Rop,hlicans Tho kneper
Il almost nl,v.,vs "A Iriuiii'an ami he ~ ~
pected 10 ASST M cati"lses and primnries' and
with his crew To vote and work Tor the nnrtv's
nominnes the lost elestnn sr ,,1 rt
was made 10 make tho mon vote solid i0r Car
pentnr the regular l,euuhlirnn cuuti,inta Tor
Assembly and one or two Eeruhlicans Who re-.
fus,.i Ia do 80 were fncitlv given t. iind"rsfnnd
. 81 4 81
Many ~ the keepers such ~ Cook NJ Bridge
hampton Franklin C. Jessup at West Hampton.
ana Oukiey nj Oak Island teach are nNr.'iani
men and have as "A rule good crews unlrr
them. Their efforts however are often ham
upret lv tho fnuifv construction ~ the cn,lllr
iif'hnafs supplind hy the scrv an.and which ,,r'.
uniformly too low in the bow t. encounter The
heavy seas OF December and January, In
binary height this ii li -ulp its mot p, notice.
a i'; lat ia the heavy r'nrus whom stii arc
dtlNn ashore II becomes pnnly apparent
lh' &C. VS. III "a - cas- "~ o. r,N 'h On" RAM
lehte ".ior ueat. apahir of riding tue hoav-
l.st hrca@rrs without tnr NC ssiN Of keeping
on. or more men 10 bail. j. gn imperative uecd
OF me service. An oid ana rNprri need eurl-
man. WI" uplli recently belonged a. crow at
tnr .lst en-" vl WH ls"thn' ,Is t.it' si'u IN"
c'Aslruo'i Il Oh tu'h u'", uut thr noN'rn,
ll' iil oHlr'fs wan on" "A ,,pll'h' nave r'ln-,
10 l'pN mo u" lu4'ui' l.t . }.",- "-9 uir
authorizes sent upl' I" station ~ ~. 40
50 down hy tho h,nd t'ia' II war unit f.r as.
oven ia "a light soa The after part. ON the oou-
trury. stuck nigh up ia III" an and an oiI ilr..-
riWgn advised th' q. lrr 90 turn u. t!ng
around aud white ih' q rn .ni' bow An
uinntO i iuts boat, 40 i'lu n b.. NN u" north
SIDE a. Oh. island VS. @imu'i 'y ON" ~ tn"
Bpali %. luspe' ton To- h' nu "a too lar down
hy the head. AMI this. too, IN Il light wind, and
~ lntc or no sea On.
IN" only inventor VINO seems 20 nave rot The
attention Il the Government l- n man named
III .AArdson-A SUI erni'ntent on IN" NV Eng
ana coast-whn mas construot"d u heavy iron
boat OF the English pattern, weighing 5000
pounds. Tile boat 10 would be almost impussi-
hlr 10 W." on an Am. ri'an beach with crews Of
the ordinary size. Boats ~ a similar Kind in
Engan are kept in sheltered creeks md hooks
along the coast, ready for instant use, and they
do not require Ia Toe aun he'd from al exposed
beach as on our coast.
The inadequucy OF their wooden lfehonis is
well appreciated by the Long Island crews.
and they invariably put on their bulky cork
jackets before going ont in them. In the
Bridgehampton station the jackets are kept
piled in the boat ready for instant usc.
It's handy To- have on explained one of the
men; " il keeps you from thinking Of that sand
in your HAIR"
Sand in your hair Is the longshore cuphc-
mlem for death by drowning.
Up 20 the opening of the present season tho
stations were supplied with ordinary swinging
lanterns for patrol duty NJ night In high gales
the lglt- were inevitably put out. and the men
had o. tie rags around the glass 20 keep of the
wind. Complaint was made Ia the authorities
AT Washington. who rrOmptly sent on "a con-