New-York tribune., 1878-03-04

! A.. els of the l.ife-SaVing Service has pre-
parcd q bill to equip the coast WIN a
larger number of stations, to pay the keepers pet
ter and improve the present system generaiiy. he
has described the frequency Of disaster OF late years
| an certain coasts. owing 20 q lack of sufficient
oucta Of stations and The purposes OF his blil 10 a
correspondent of THE TRIBUNE and his statement Oh
| the subject is set forth below
THE CONVERSATION WITH Mr.. con.
| WHERE WRECKS ARE NUMEROUS AND MORE STA
TIoSs ARE NEEDED-rHE LAKEs-CoMPENsA-
TON, ETC.
frpoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUSE.'
WASHINGTON, March o." No one outside OF
his aorvIce" said Mr. s. l. Kmbal, superintendent OF
the Lo-savng Service, recently, " has gwen 'no 'uO
eci so much study aud knows well It's needs and de-
fccs and IL, possibilities the Hon. = 3 Cox. III my
crinon the bill he introduced in December ("ith the
| amendments which he has since proposed) IL eXac'y
adapted to bring this service up to most crcdtaDr
| point OF efficiency"
In accordance with the suggestion, Mr Cox was Vlsted
and found mo TO give the following statement OF the
objects OF his bill, and the reasons upon which nc oaSes
| its advocacy:
| COASTS WHICH NEED STATIONS.
The bIl" said Mr. Cox, "proyldcs Tor tile eSsoish'
mont of Hfcayiug stations where they ndispuably
| needed There are other points than those have
named i'm the bill where perhaps, stations should be rs
abli4hcd but in view OF the necessity for the strces
economy | have only epecihed those "hch
| are beyond question. The matter OF supplying
otbcrs mus, he left for future action M different
points increase In commercial importance The diifen-
ty with this service Is that IT experiment wien
asked in ISL for $1,000 only for alternate stations on
the Jersey coast II was gfudgngly gwen tmco heh
there have been great Improvements because the eHpe
d,nre has been increased to over S2OOo0o There Is
room for more bus Congress is careful and cautious
AT what points, Mr. Cox do you think We ha'o great
| est need for al .itional satons!'
..WeU sir | Will answer you in detail, and give my
reason. as We proceed. st Cranberry Isles In Maine
have learned of four shipwrcckS WITHIN the ast hNo
years. and presume the number - Grtaicf Al oot"""'
Np-s there have been fourteen wrecks WITHIN ten years
nu .ycrage of moro than annually. At Watch HlH
H. t. | have record of three wrecks within th8
mt iva yeors; aud these are all ace.
noted for Their liability to shp"reekS, a'd
thc bill provides for stations at tach 81
these points Then tGc Virginia ana North Carolina
ca,ts fourteen new stations propOscd; nine midway
between existing stations, three between tue southern
mot existing station and Hatcras Inlet. on" at cape
Lookout and one Cape Fear. The necessity for these
stations need hardly state, u view Ot tic disasters UI
the present season Mr. Kimbalrs report for 1877
calls especial attention 10 tho requirements "f the
service III this regard 1nd SHOWS Their necessity
r. therefore, blame IL 10 be gwen, ConSnS"
must take ';s share | have 10 share to take, bens
always urIcut for the Increase OF the service Ihe
truth g. however that many points both on lake ana
,acot there have been great negligence and careless
nr,s II Is incident to this Kind of service have
letter. from all Of people, eXkcepcrs and honest
oh.crycr giving facts that ought to call for remedies
| uni,c my bill will aid IN the proper direction
.Hpwrycr" continued NJ. Cox. All 1 the stations on
the north Carolina coast been sufficient m number at the
tim, of tho Metropolis Disaster. and manned IN season nj
tlc time 81 Huron d-ls'rr IL - reasonably certain
that nearly al of tho lost would have been saved In
,ic same storm in which the Huron wa. wrecked the
Nfc-sayiug men. You remember, on the New-Jersey
c.1.t WHERE the unr.ber Of stations i sulcenf
and where they had been pa, in operation in s'a'"n
saved ,r, - of seventeen person from the bark Joanna
Isinc aud ou the Long Island coast the schooner
Matte. IN tho same storm IN which the Metropolis
was wrecked. the lfh-saying men on the Jersey coast
saved the crow, OF The Etta -. Turner and tue Ella
u.y the only vessels thai went ashore there. Thi'
shows what can hc where ample protection l. af
frr and u these vessels had been large steamers cary
INK great nuubesot pas-cngcrs the country ""id nave
rnnc with e praises o the service. ~ II dd last year
nj the accounts the spnld operations ~ the service
40 the wreck of LAmrrquc, the Ruland. etc and The
Illustrated paper, every where would have teemcd with
rropho pictures ~ the wonderful methods adopted and
trrcL Tor The saving of lie. All this everybody seems
10 have forgotten aud we have nothing bat lavish
and ni,cuminatc dcnuncati0n. viii help denounce.
also but at the expense Of that which Is honorable
in thc service.
total number OF disaster, from November l. 1871, when
o. service y-s frst Organized to the year ending June
20 1877 (Which disasters numbered iOIl, there were
sfgG- of property and i650 lives sayed and only
civ ~ the lpttcr lost; and It It De true that before the
service WIS organized the lives lost computed at
og.r I.0'Dayrar on the Ncw-Jersoy and Long Island
c,.s aior. B., there Lot great incentive +" make tb"
,,.or - uul" Lacui aLi ie't'y lie system wherever
Won -rao-, - establish several alii!onal stations
aluar iar atlantic e"i south d" th"Se no" ~ gPI'-
fuf fnn, aud ONE iH th' Gun on tu' lcIis
co'-- N"N .u.Qrmat'"n ht'' !"n s"'hrI'" ""Hftirl
to tH1f s.rfi1ui'
on tbr Nor.h Carolina coast: between there .nd HAT
tara. llot tboir hl.c hc.n fourteen di,asers that
I'.T In.y.,t '' fr.lc have been thirteen in the
.,co ot iine AL four wrecks have occurred at
On. T. Up ,riaI the n,I !sc years At Galveston,
prsas tnrro huyc been thirteen disaster within six
Tended ray 60 Increase The number of disasters within
tlr fi,c lrius' In .Hr nrrhnothood or Pass CdVAr,
J know az f1ur wrecks t'at have recently occurred
IN tie r-,nborlcod OF s!at,gorda rcninrua
aud Bsy Know 81 eight "rcra7 Within NE years. BE
trcon llt,;e Island au Pas, Clyalo there have been
tlir,r.u daa rs within I've years, and in the nc.hhor-
hu, or Eazos -ant.a-' herr have been niHc within ihr
same space. Just above S'hhr fh,' extensive limn'r
opcr ons have recently bcrn br'Hn. ard the .hpplrt
inrirat thereto hlS born -ui.iins d'astrH The hll
provides tUt t1e esiablah"-ht OF stations at GA those
oy TIE GREAT LAKES.
:" And the Takcsl'
On the Iakrs several new stations are recommended,
and c measures are 10 less urgent than those have
.vs vuu u l-l a. Atlantic aud Car points. In tho
neiehburooi or Sleeping Bear Point, on Lake Michigan
Ihayc the record Of tree wreck, within iI years. This
IA bld place for shipping and station there - !'sir-
able as ou. OF chain of stations on That lake. At Bay
lcv's Har,or, Lake Michigan eight wrecks have
occurred within ten years. This ppiat Is con
vc1.cnt to others which are equally exposed.
At Hus,le ,on there have been sixteen G.as-
tcis within ten yc2r1 and ~ Manistec there have
also been sixteen within the same time, ANA FIVE at Ken
ora within I've years. On Lake Huron at Port Austin
there have been eight disasters within five
ycqr7 ard n Middle Island, eleven within ten years.