Daily Republican., 1881-06-25
THIRD EDITION.
BAYARD AND THE PILOTS.
The Senator Talks About the Pre-.
sent COmplfcattOns.

sent complications.
The action Of the Board of Port War
dens on Monday last, when they de
clined to renew the license of fpilots VIII,
havsapplied for or received license unde
the new Delaware law, and the passag,
of the resolution allowing the Master
Wardens to issue certificates to person,
competent to pilot on the Delawar,
river, but who have never served regu
lar apprenticeship, seems to have created
considerable excitement among Della
ware pilots at Lewes.
The Philadelphia Bulletin says Sap
tain Virden, who is one of the oldest
pilots on the river, looks with much con,
cern at the attitude of the Philadelphia
wardens, and, in common with others,
is much alarmed for fear a conflict OF
authority may be the result. They also
fear it may bring about the passage of
pilotage law by Congress, and this
they do not appear to desire. They say
that If Pennsylvania denies the right of
Delaware pilots to pilot on the twenty
miles of the Delaware river over which
the former State has control, that Della
ware will then deny pilots who have no
Delaware licenses the same right be-
tween tine northern line of Delaware
and Cape Henlopen, which that State
controls. They also deny the right of
the wardens TO issue licenses under any
existing law, except to pilots who have
served a regular apprenticeship.
A reporter visited Senator Bayard at
his home yesterday, with whom the
Delaware pilots have been in commu-
nication on the subject Of the troubles,
and in anticipation of national lesisla-
ton the Senator said that Captain Nir-
den, the representative Of the Delaware
pilots, had called upon him on the day
previous and had left him copy of the
new Delaware pilotage law. He had
never seen il before, nor had he yet had
an opportunity to examine it. The
matter was one TO which he had never
given any attention, and all he could
tell Captain Nirden was to ascertain ex-
actly how he and his fellow pilots stood
and meanwhile he would examine into
he matter and advise him. The United
States, he added, had never enacted but
Two pi,0taSe laws, ore in 1889, the first
year OF the independence ofthe country,
and one in 1887, which gives the right
Of making pilotage laws 10 either State
over tie waters they border upon. De
csionS have been given in years past
Pennsylvania under this lat
ter law. He hopes, and is satisfied, that
lie matter can be arranged without any
Inference or conflict between the inter-
ests OF the two States. Anything he
loeS in the matter will I've with this end
n view. The Importance of an unem-
navigation OF the Delaware |
liver cannot, he thinks, be estimated too |
highly in its relations TO the CONNER
,ia interests of the two States, and |
hese interests he has always endeavor-
'd. and will continue 10 endeaNor, 10
uSter
In regard to peaPatch Island. the Sen
tor said this matter had been settled
Il 1s4S. che question: he said, "was
he title To a circular section of twelve
niles of land which was claimed by
ames Humphries,to TO whom it was deed
d by Henry Gale, who received his
tile from the State of New Jersey. 1t
vas agreed to submit the question To
ir. John Sergeant of Phi!adelphia.
Ion. John NJ. Clayton and JAS A. Bay.
rd, my father, represented the United
VIA -es, and Mr.. George NJ. Bibb and
Iohn H. Eaton represented New jersey.
Mr. Sergeant adiudged that the twelve
nile circle, Of which New Castle, Della
ware, is the centre, belonged to the State
'f Delaware On May y, 1913, the
State had given it to the United States,
nd ON portion Oft Fort Delaware had
'een built. The decision included up
q low water mark on the New Jersey
hore. The report was made 10 the first
eSsion OF the Thirtieth Congress, and,
With the arguments, is published in the
ocuments of that session"
Senator Bayard added that while a
tate had undoubted control of the
yaters running through her territory,
e would not give any opinion on the
natter in question until he had given it
lrther study