The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-18
PRIVILEGED PILOTS.

GENERAL OPPOSITION TO THE SUBSTITUTION OF
Ex-JUDGE PORTER.
1.-THE developments of the past week." said q rep
resentative pilot to HERALD reporter yesterday
''conpled with certain admissions by the steamship
agents at this port have been sufficient to convince
that those of the craft who have gone man the
steamboat are salaried and will alone be patro
nized by the various steam vessels halng to this
harbor. The time since the initial trip OF the new
steam pilot boat. though BRIEF has been sufficiently
eventful to strengthen this conviction, and strong
opposition has been developed" 1t is not to be
derstood that all the pilots of Sandy Hook and New
Jersey adverse to the introduction of
sels but to man they reprobate and oppose the
tablishment OF privileged and subsidized class on
the waters hereabouts. Competition between steam
and sailing vessels in the pilot service when neither
is specially favored is not feared by the gallant fell
lows who scour the sea within racius Of $50
miles of Sandy Hook in all sorts of weather.;
but the old hands feel aggrieved that set of in
different men shall be allowed to remain around the
entrance of the harbor. and without any effort or
enterprise be assured the best class Of work. while
they. Drawing the dangers Of the deep, are compelled
to travel far aud wide the second and third
class work 1t the existence of such privileged
class is here contemplated, 1t is claimed that led
to the enactment of the Pilot law Of 1858. under
which the Pilot Commissioners acting.
Among the petitioners for that law were all the great
shipowners and merchants through whose thrift
and enterprise the supremacy Of New York's
commerce was maintained and the list. among
Others contains the of Moses II. Grin
nell, Charles IL. Marshall, John j. BOYD, E. K.
Collins the Howlancs. the Aspiuwalls. David Ogden
and Nathaniel Ogden. 1t appears that the
foreign steamship companies last year sent rep
resentatives to Albany for the purpose of in
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but after long deliberation and exhaustive argu-
ment and hearing that body decided that for the
effort expended and risk incurred the present ratio
only adequate and refused to interfere in the
matter. Failing here. it is claimed that the COM
panes took the matter into their own hands and the
Substituting of the steam pilot boat, for which
they in the first instance advanced tho money was the
result. The remote results Of this new departure"
the compainants. "are such as to claim the ear
nest attention all owners OF sailing craft and the
great commercial body OF the metropolis. II the
present move of the foreign steamship companies is
not resisted it will require no more than i've years
to drive all sailing vessels out OF the pilot service.
and then such dire experiences as that Of the Mex
leo and Bristol will be repeated on the Long Island
..ErrIcIENr AND SUCCESSFUL"
The Pilot Commissioners, it appears, before pass
ing the new bylaw prohibiting steam pilot boats
from entering the service. took legal advice the
lam Allen Butler and Yesterday the following opn.
ion of the former was circulated
opinion has been requested the question whether
oS plot Sos without the Of the
other would be with their rights under
exercised great in the organization of complete
pilots equal privileges under the direction the Board
s s e. out S their to
Important as they are to tho interests OF
Vo hv such as
their hands, have withdrawn from othor pursuits which
piled with requirements Of the law and the rsgua-
tions of tho Board OF Commissioners.
l Il portion together,
BY the Introduction Of different class Of vessels
for their associates TO the tendency
compel them to sacrifice the Investments they have al
ready made and to drive many Of the mos. val, val.
h:y sSsiiasa and when hay; a.
Ss%s the
nd n
dca.ion demanded that the pilot should to
nsSy 70 DO so
as na Ss tie
OF to be BY the Bosrd and the use Of
general Uniformly service BY as,Sorisi%s tho
of &c TO MAKE
vent portion OF them from combining together in such
crew should Be- allowed to make regulations Tor them
selves to substitute now kind % boat unlike those
uniformity and put the pilots on footing Of unjust In
has been e@ineniy efficient and :acesss The sbandon
of sail vessels and the substitution Of steamers ought
should it, and IL thus would DO gen.
oral and uniform.
THE OTHER Side.
The Anchor line steamer Acadia arrived at her
wharf yesterday in charge OF Pilot Ralph Noble. who
boarded the vessel from tho steam pilot boat Her
cules. He was quite unconcerned in regard to the
rumor that the Pilot Commissioners would take
action against the pilots ON the Hercules.
al have not neglected my business" he said
"and therefore. do not what right the Commits
sioners have to interfere with me. We certainly
have IS much right to propel boat with steam
instead of sail . carpenter has to improved
tools in his trade" He stated that there three
pilots still the Hercules, and they would remain
there till sent up with vessels. Mr.. Richard Hem
derson, OF the Anchor line stated that his
company would stand by the steam pilot
boats in of prosecution. Mr.. Il. ]. Cortis,
OF the White Star line. said that the
steam pilots able and prepared to defend them
Selves and they have their counsel If the
Commissioners should withdraw Cisco's license and
the White Star Company should afterward employ
him then would arise the great ISSUE elm that
case" said he. "the Commissioners would have to
attack u.s. aud WE will be prepared to follow such
ma nd