The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-10
THE PORT Of NEW YORK
Can It Be Safely Entered
in a Fog?
CAPTAIN TEUDELLE'S DISCOVERY.
What the Eoad OF Underwriters Think
of the System.

Il 10 well known there Is Lothing 30 dreaced oy
careful pavigators rs the approacn to dangerous
coast through = Jog Even those persons who nave
never .'sons down 10 the sea IN ships" can nave
some oea o. the anxiety OF o11cers IN command OF
ocean steamers under the grave responsibility At
tachsl the safety OF hundreds OF human lives, 10
say nothing Of precious cargoes OF merchandise
log IL an enemy that canno; be mel Ike
storm; 1t up out OF the sea IKE
u phantasm; II Wells the BODY Of the ocean and ad-
vances IN dense clouds toward the snip wb!cn II
envelopes; II shrouds The sky, aud al atmosphere
which before luminous and brilliant becomes
mysterious aud imi eneirable 10 sight strange
sounds suddenly out oi the heart Of this mys-
terry Where before card but the music Of The
waters as The foam dashed from the iron PROV, now.
as II by magic, these sounds are drowned by tho
harsh blasts o log horns aud perhaps by tho shiii
warning screams of steam Whistles. II, psrehanas.
me log hits for an body oi the waters
eau Be seen, duh and iescen, beaten down by
the yellow fog the bright SKY rsnus "a
ho,e Ia the black dome Vhen close upoh the
steamer or the good ship blindly steering through
nis, there may be sesn--iovming up IKE phan-
ION ve-sei--snrouds and toprnasts, wnca sc IN SAIL
ing through tue upper ar apd bearing down IKE
aesuoy upon the craft II menaccs Men on deck,
passengers officers. ave ABOUT ike shadows
ilher voices uusned aud their garments sodden-
ing OF oangs OF couos out OF the bosom Of the sea-
and IT, the writer has often heard, there arise cries
Of warniog from small boats In Ibe path Of great
eteaner, shrteks OF men from hshi6g BOATS right
IN the path o. steamer whose Dlack huii
advances them; then bells arc ruua. She
engines ped orders are hastily issued perhaps
bouts are lowered and u search made through the
lie Tor possible struggling men In the water
who's. I'll, M smack uus besu run uowu by the great
a y,
been nvcloped Ia one on the Banks OF New
husband, or even approaching our own cosst, Will
no. co siacr It's terrors overdrAwn wnsn there ore
IL IL known that Frenchtnan, Captain trudeilc, nas
invented a plan oy wn,ch vessels can come "a sy mo
this port through dene log, the value oil his discov
cry canno, be aeil ovsrestiinated anu hs becomes
public bcneaco or
Captain rrudcil,'s charts aid system have already
been pubilsnsd in eztenso In tue hKRALD Yesterday
tho Captain Was vs'ted ny HERALD roporter desit-
Gus " OBJ aiming ~ Captains view on Tue claims
PVT forward On behalf Of Lieutenant Marry by some
plan OF entering Now YORK harbor IN log. Captain
Truuelie gave his views ~nh nautical frankusss He
said -
..in regard TO the charts OF the late Lieutenant
Maury, about wbich so much has been sald, will
remark that know OF thsir value only in general
manner. have recently searched Tor them IN This
city aud could not obtain any copies. suppose they
are among the archives IN Washington, pul Tor my
purposes OF rapid exam nation OIL course they nrs
useless As tar as Understand their value, however,
they wore cnirny servceabls for sailing ships und
were comparatively useless tor steamships. 10 my
nina . pan 10 reach port be useful be pie,
easily UNDERWOOD capable OF beng practIsed BY
only of Intelligence, hut by those VINO h ave
had only an ordinary lrsinnG
CRKsrs, BOTTOMS.
"Now," continued the cap,ain, ''the great d'ner.
ence between systems this. Lieutenant
Maury depended upon the examination OF tho bottom
oil the sea 10 nave mariner nnu out ~hers ne was.
VI course In Storm fog, or the darkness Ut night,
many mistakes couia be and have been made oy TINS
pian, anu 1t ~ all certuin. For instance the
lead Is from time 10 time 10 u log. and AZ thu
hoiow OF the plummst IS 1ed with grease u brings
up gravel, sand, pebbles, &C., the report ~ made OF
> aud Maas crilIcai ex mna,ion II requires dvids
aud clussiiy the submarine deposits even by an In
Maury, which are doubtless excellent but, a. said
BEFORE intended moro Tor TIE use Of sailing yes
ssm than steamships. But imsgiue what dimcuity
an ignorant or only partially educated seaman woua
have In determining by Inc deposits MS locality.
Now, my plan Is, thinK, simple and complete Que,
and any captain can bring his ship into port In any
weather by casting his line aad notnR the dsph OF
water from time 10 time between or upon the lines
o. supmarne crests known to navgators. First, the
thrty fathom line; sscood, The twenty tatnom line,
wn,ch sssurediy Determine the locality OF me
vessel and needs scientific knowledge 10 bc taken
advantage OIL / wish 70 derive no profit or b<nens
from TINS method, but IL to now generally known TO
naviga!ors and, believe, being freely used By care.
tui sailing any captain Can bring his ship into New
York Buy iu any weather by looking a. the ores!
chr.s and my only object has been to save nis and
property and The this harbor safer"
B6AkD UNDERWRITERS.
The value OF tho dis covery Of Captain Trudele has
been very properly indorSed by the Board VI Under
writers Of New York A special commission
nominated by them 10 examine into the subject, and
In The hrst oil their reports tney give sue io'iow0g
tEd0r scmsat:-
We Of opinion .h.. the ms:hOd Of Captain T.aa:l:
that his rssearen.s ss naei.issSls energy 60 study
praise.
In a second report and upon further examination
the Board reports thus:-
After attentive examination this Board 4. of opinion
thar the proposed by Captain rradsiis
nearly infsiise dsssrmns tue exact position o
steamer approaching SANDY Hook In the opinion OF the
Board Csps e %ss sss o. ~.
Ingenious ana scientific nne In which he has made OF
" the bottom u the 10 ssRDnsd his asnods
LIKurExANr xAuKy's RKsEARcnxa
This journal was next IN acxuowicaping the i'm
portance OF Cptain iruaeiles system Some Journals
cIaim tne honors Of this new discovery tor the dead
Lisutsuan Maury. These claims are based on the IN
lor gaming SANDY HOOK ~ every KIND OF
wea. her which make part OF Maury's ..Sainng
Orders gwen 10 nsviga,ors when he was attached 70
the govern ment service. In commenting on TITS
view French Journal makes the following very fair
able Analysis, Tho substance Of which IL herewith
givcn -
resented the button Of the With It's heights depths aud
rocks, all the indications which SHOULD gaiae the
msn,sd these sab adne in detsrmp the
w"sse pSoaeSps ss on sns New jersey side ):
a.. Of Long .ad .aa iarn's prse'S.s TOO
.ssursdy Of great value t,tu OF details
sSss e. s...
sosa be s.pnessle qnaes At. e,rer%nsss. ss,s.,
.nd inteihgenee much beyond the capacity OF or
binary captains Al u supposed tnat Captain
Truaeile studied OF lsutenant Maury; 10
therefore very reasonable for the friends OF the cesd
oicer cain portion of the honor
French captain belongs him out that take moth.
vlas OF tne recent discovery o the
whe nr-t has. from very learaei Documents but
complex dincait. produced method OF stmpicity,
certainty and put 10 within the reach OF
4ator attentive TO his duty possessing even
an elementary knowl suge OF his pr0.ession
Mr.. Ambrose soow, pres,dent Of thc New YORK
Pilot Com missioners, says IN TINS come ctiop ~
have never seen ~ las entirety metnod SO com
ulol In Uu0e 4 Fac cal or
Ter general usage"
Tins sulogy nonors tho Inventor. for probably there
never has been IA sell nt;nc discovery watch had
previous beg ,ng ana without eeirscting anything
from tho genus OF Lieutenant Muury, wnose works
have jusuy popuarizcd hts name throassout tue
who,c word, public opinion seems 10 fmed
the nrst judgment resting on the theories Captain
lrudeile, that ue has mae of the most precous
ntiuc discoveries the naviga,on oi New YORK
waters.
FELL FROM SCAFFOLD.