New-York tribune., 1889-11-06
cgANGES sUG GESTED AND MADE
WORK OF THE MARITIME CONFERENCE
AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING RULES ADOPTED
rc,rrs PHOTOGRAPHED.

TIVE DELEGATES PHOTOGRAPHED
w..h,rg,on. Nov 5.-when the International
,,.r,re Conference reassembled THIS morning a' ~
,,.Iock Mfr Goodrich, OF the United s'acs' mo'eu
that after the Conference had uisposc' Vi u0"o, a
r,,',s,ons I and 3 Of the programme concerning tho
,. % the road and uniform maximum load-mark,
-. o,ber ceneral divisions be considered IN Their
- On this the roll called and every nation
hut Great Britain voted yea Mf nan expis'ned
hat the British delegates are not Vo'hs Oh h's
ouestion The day the conference begah i's dehoer-
,ors Mr. Hall stated that under ihstrucuohs the
delegates from Great Britain were 7" A"So mo
conference that their deliberations 10 'o"" =" '"'
two divisions, Nos and g.
c..,aor.tion of amendments 20 rules OF the roah
- ,h.r resumed The first amendment was thae
rAnosed by Theodore Vcrbrueghe' Oh bo'e'"i' ~
was ~ Article 4-lights for towing Vesse's-'nd TO
o,,,red tugs or pilot boats desiring 10 o"oi mon
- o,h.r vesssls to show nare-up light at intervals
,t,or considerable DISCUSSION final acton was po"'
poned until after the report OF 'ne con'm,'''' VI"
lights for small vessels shall ha'o D' ..-.S,, -.
he.'' aua.. -O' nronoscd by Captain settombnni, OF
Al 80 .rt,c,s provided that sailing steamer
~. ,orinr another vessel Shall carry white hghts
49,. ~. co,ored side lights. This amendment was
lost ,os.d an am.nd
Captain sa1vesen, OF Sweden piopO'o aS.o,
a. .h Greet sectiosn OF Article 6, TO the enect
that sailing vessel towing another vessei a. is"'
aba1, carry some distinctive light ms 'eu
u,oa, S,sonseion and Mr. Hall. of England pro-
posed as a substitute the following a. 's 1919 A.
towing a disabled vessel SHAH at nlsn' carry us
,so,i,. ,,qbt provlded such hght can DC oc-
termined ,pon by the conference ms was aoop'eo
an amendment then adop'eu " oo0'io ~
Article 5-"vessels not under comhlanu stating 'u"'
boss signals are not for ships in Distress they oehe
provided in another article 10000. -
Tbs dc,pa,es from the Netherlands proposed an
Arficl IL
not under command 1t increased irom 'nroo 10 siA
80. tto d,sta,ce between the lights to be carried
In a vertical line. -, ,
pordinc action on this resolution. the conference
ol recess for luncheon, pausing on the front porco
long enough TO be photographed IN group
Aftcr the recess Delegate Goodrich moVeu, mus
,,ch &C the conference had decided TO consider all
,birteen divisions of the programme as arranged ny
tbe American delegates, that committees DO aPpo'h'ou
- consider napers, etc. relating TO those divisions
~ which committees have not already been ap-
pointed. Adopted.
The amendment to tho rules proposed by the dele-
cates from the Netherlands providing for Hghts anu
black balls for ships not under command was agah
,.I.n nm Delegate Goodrich asked whether 1t would
NOT he better merely TO say that the ship shall carry
,be three balls by day tho lights by night where
h can hest be seen instead Of specifying that they
sb.u he located at some particular place, It being
inferred that the master OF the vessel knows best
where TO locate tho signals. The amendment was
adopted. ..,
The dcIsrates from the Netherlands also proposed
an amendment to the section OF Article reiating 10
vessels laying telegraph cables This amehdnens
provtded that the lights gobular lanterns carried
hr these ships in place Of the while Iignt shali pe
~ snch mower as 10 he visible al distance oI az
least two miles and in daylight the three pals or
sbapes shall be carried where they can best DC seeu
Tpe Netherlands delegates submitted to the con,
ference the proposition whether IL IS necessary 10
have spcial signal in the day time Tor steamers pro
ceedtng under sail without steam power. lio
propOsition was adopted as an additional secuon "
Article .. - A.. p.,,,sh dalecatae
N section A. Article s. changes the nufnper Oh nsnts
N be carried at night by vessel not under command
from one white 20 two red, six feet apart, ana from
three 10 two black balls or shapes by DAY. II was
adopted $1,000 J.. e.,o, Artcl.
= which placed a vessel aground in iair way IN
The class covered by the expression not unUr
commando was then taken up and deieated-o 10 o
Without reaching a conclusion upon any Other ponits
the Conference adjourned until Thursday morning
at IL o'clock. , . .,,
country last week to-day introduced to secretary
Blaine and by him presented TO President HARRISON
They are Captains Liz Felipe de Sedenha da Cana
and Joaquin Antonio COrlOvcl Maurty, D0th OF the
brazilian Navy. After leaving tho White liOuse lhey
met the officers Of the conference. ms aiterhooh
they took their places with the other delegates