New-York tribune., 1882-03-03
con and daughter by the first wife and his wife and
her children. All the rest of his property Is gwen 'o
his wife and her children.
URGING A REDUCTION OF PILOT FEES.

URGING A REDUCTION OF PILOT FEES.
At the monthly meeting of the Chamber of Com
mercc yesterday, the special committee apponl,eu W
inquire concerning the utility of steam pilot p0.' '
and the advisabilty of reduction OF p'lotago iooS'
made a report. In substancei 1t was as follows:
Tho pilot service is monopolv the number OF nGos
cTs and IL Is compulsory upon all vessels arrVilg IT ,n
or departing TO foreign ports TO empoy them nof
obliged 10 take pilots one per cent of the gross ices
T y law 10 @ @E c raccSd sarea but paid
The PILOT "Reminiscences are also iarbor
Commissioners and receive for their attendance at
meetings in this capacity The pilot fees can only ne
changed by ac Of tGe Lcgsaturc When they were in
creased In sG5 dn consequence of the goh premium
about Atty per cent there was an dcsthhdihg VIII VIII
the merchants Of this city that the advance shoald
be for three years only The pilots. however,
prevented the reduction egrced upr. me poI pi, l"rs
for various ports rs follows for vessels draT,ng
2l feet in and outward Liverpool $67 ~; Lon
don. $l47 So; Bristol Sl25 Bremen IN Fi,iimn M I,n
mcr $2f5 IS; New York, in winter s253 70 AZ London
double service and river Is required ana inciaed
onehalf TO twothirds Of what they this port Whom
House the pilot Is by law entitled TO charge 20 per
cent more than the regular fee. lctwcen November |
aud April - is added to the piloage of every vessel
coming in going out OF the port The tota amount 0
fees collected in 1879 was $G36,270 II; IN , ls9o.
Pilot Commissioners declined To furnish Information
with regard to fees but the rScepts of the jersey oi
the pilot fees was collected from steamships between
this and foreign ports
the pilots attached TO it, after dedncting Oncha for eN
penscs and dividends TO the Shareholders The character
any IN the world The continuance of the p0iaSr rates
established in lSG5 Is an unmiiiGaCd outrage on ne
Of this port and effort should be spared 10
convince the Legislature of the injustice OF burden
which cannot hnt njure the great aud only seaport o
vessel which pays SG7 at Liverpool
shond pay thrfe ana haI umeS m i h aou1 rn d" S
bant upon the fact that 80 per cent OF the lees a
port paid ny foreigners and that patriotic con-
tanned The force of this argument s not apparent aS
increases the of moving goods to this market
This port is compelled pay for too many pilots, as
wei too many boats MANY pilots are in tho habit of
spending greater part of their time shore, parcu-
rly In the winter Commerce has to pay for the
support OF nominal pilots whose only business IS $40 10
reduced Ivy the Legislature, and for which purpose every
made 10 get the pilots to consent to reduction o
p per cent in rates IN all cases ana OF 80 per cent 1Gr
vessels calling for orders ana not coming above tne Mar
rows The proposition was dcclned ana cOun prop
l2l2 per cent such reduction Is utterly inadequtte
the rate Of pilot fees they were before 1863 should he
fcting the pilots are, with few exceptions, totally op
of it: II H. entirely within the discretion of the Pilot
Commissioners to permit or prohibit it,
The committee was continued, with instructions
to present 10 the Legislature bill for the reduction
of the pilot fees, i'll conformity with the report also
TO investigate further with regard to steam pilot
boats, and the abolition of compulsory pilotaCc A.
the Hawaiian treaty unjust 10 other nations
He SAID the bill was " conceived i'll inquiry and
brought forth IN sin and corruption" TO this Fred
crick A. Conklng took exceptions. +. B Thur
her exhibited a petition from the Board of
Transportation 20 which signed several hun
dred signatures, demanding the abrOgaton of tne
treaty. The petition was substituted for the res0-
luton. and was adopted. motion was made and
adopted TO urge Congress 10 make an appropriation
to improve the harbor of Charleston
jackson :. schultz, of the committee which went
to Washington TO oppose the passage OF Senator
SheTman's bill which provides for the transfer OF
ali revenue cases to the Court of Claims, made
port. The committee had presented the advantages
of Court of Arbitration to the Finance Commit
tee of the Senate. 4 hi was being prepared pro-
vlding for such a court, and would be presented in
a few days +. b. Thurber presented a report of the
Committee on Railroads. in which the objections to
the Railroad Commissioners bills pending in the
Legislature were pointed ont The report favored
the Boyd bill In preference to the jacobs, Mae
Arthur and Baker bills. Eight new members
elected to the Chamber special meeting 70 elect
two pilot commissioners Will be held on March 13.