The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-13

accident is not under command shall carry
at the same height as the white light men,
toned in article two (a), where, they can
best be seen, and if a steam vessel, in lieu Of
that light, two red lights, in vertical line
one over the other, not less than six feet
apart and of such character as to be visi-
BILE all around the horizon at a distance of
at least two miles and shall by day carry in
a vertical line one over the other, not less
than six feet apart, where they can best be
seen, two black balls or shapes, each two
feet in diameter.
.(b) A vessel employed in laying or in
picking up telegraph cable shall carry in
the same position as the white light
mentioned in article two .(a), and
If a. steam vessel In, IN lieu
one over the other not less than six feet
apart The highest and lowest Of these
lights shall be red, and the middle light shall
be white, and they shall be
Of such character as to be visible
all around the horizon, at distance Of at
vertical line, one over the other, not less
than six feet apart, where they can best be
seen, three shapes not less than two feet in
diameter, of which the highest and lowest
shall be glObular in shape and red in color.
and the middle one diamond in shape and
white.
(c) The vessels referred to in this article
when not making way through the water,
shall not carry the sidelights, but when
making way shall carry them.
I'D The lights and shapes required to be
shown by this article are be taken by other
vessels. as signals that the vessel showing
them is not under command and cannot
therefore get out of the way.
:, Ihese signals are not signals Of vessels in
distress and requiring assistance. Such sig
nails are contained in article Lhirty-one.
Article 8. A sailing, vessel under way and
any vessel being towed shall carry the same
lights as are prescribed by article two for a
steam vessel under way, with the exception
OF the white lights mentioned therein, which
they shall never carry.
Article 6-Whenever, as in the cas- of
small vessels under way duringl bad
weather, the green and red sidelights can
not be fixed, these lights shall be kept at
hand, lighted and ready for use; and shall,
on the approach of or to other vessels, be
exhibited on their respective sides in suffi-
clent time to prevent collision, in such man
ner as to make them most visible, and so
that the green light shall not be seen on the
port side nor the red light on the starboard
side, nor. if practicable. more than two
points ahaft the beam on their respective
sides.
To make the use of these portable lights
more certain and easy the lanterns contain
ing them shall be painted outside with the
color OF the light they respectively contain,
Article 7-Steam vessels of less than forty,
and vessels under oars or sails of less than
twenty tons, gross tonnage, respectively,
when under way, shall not be obliged to car
ry the lights mentioned in article two (a) I(b)
and (c), but If they do not carry them they
shall be provided with the following lights:
First. Steam vessels Of less than forty tons
shall carry
(a) In the fore part of the vessel, or on or
In front OF the funnel, where 1t can best be
seen, and at height above the gunwale Of
not less than nine feet, bright, white light
and fixed as prescribed in article
two (a), and of such character as to be yisi-
bic at distance of at least two miles.
10 Green and red side-lights constructed
and fixed as prescribed in article two (bfand
(cj, and of such a character as to be visible at
distance of at least one mile, or a COM
bined lantern showing green light and a
red light from right ahead to two points
abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Such lantern shall be carried not less than
three feet below the white light.
SecOnd-Small steamboats,, such as are
carried by sea- going vessels, may carry the
white light at less height than nine feet
above the gunwale, but 1t shall be carried
above the combined lantern mentioned in
subdivision one (b).
Third-Vessels under oars or sails. of less
than twenty tons, shall have ready
at hand a lanternwith green glass onone
side and red glass on the other, which
on the approach Of or to other vessels, shall
be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent
collision, so that the green light shall not be
seen on the port side nor the red light on
the starboard side.
The vessels referred to in this article shall
not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed
by article four (a), and article eleven, last
Article S-Pilot vessels when engagedo
their station on pilotage duty shall not show
the lights required for other vessels, but
shall shall, carry white light at the masthead,
and Shall also exhibit a fiare-up
light or flare-up lightslat short invervals.
which shall never exceed fifteen minutes.
On the near approach of or to other vessels
they shall have their side-lights lighted,
ready for use, and shall flash or show them
in which they are heading, but the green
light, shall not be shown on the port side,
nor the red light on the starboard side.
A pilot-vessel of such a class as to be
obliged to go alongside of vessel to put a
pilot on board may show the white light in
may. instead of the colored lights above
mentioned, have at hand, ready for use. a
lantern with green glass on the one side
and a red glass on the other, to be used as
prescribed above.
Pilot vessels when not engaged on their
station on pilotage duty shall carry lights
similar to those of other vessels of their
tonnage.
Article 9-Fishing vessels and fishing
boats when under way and when not required
by this article to carry or show the lights
therein named shall carry or show the lights
prescribed for vessels of their tonnage un-
der way.
drift nets, shall exhibit two white lights
from any part of the vessel where they can
best be seen. Such lights shall be placed so
that the vertical distance between them
shall be not less than six feet and not more
than ten feet, and so that the horizontal
distance between them. measured in a line
with the keel, shall be not less than five feet
and not more than ten feet. The lower of
these two lights shall be the more forward,
and both of them shall bo of such a character
as to show all around the horizon, and to be
visible at a distance of not less than three
miles.
(b) Vessels, when engaged in trawling, by
which is meant the dragging of an apparatus
along the bottom of the sea-
First-If steam vessels, shall carry in the
same position as the white light merkioned
in article two (a) a tri-colored lantern so con-
structed and fixed as to show a white
light from right ahead to two points on
a red light over an arc Of the horizon from
two points on either bow to two points abaft
the beam on the starboard and port sides,
respectively; and, not less than SIX nor more
than twelve feet below the tricolored lantern,
a white light in a lantern, so constructed as
to :show a clear, uniform, and unbroken
light all around the horizon:
Second-If sailing vessels, OF seven tons
gross tonnage and upwards, snall carry a
white light in lantern, so constructed as to
sheW a clear, uniform, and unbroken light
ali around the horizon, and shall also be pro-
vided with sufficient supply OF red pyro-
technic lights, which shall each burn
for at least thirty scconds, 80 anu othos snaii pc
shown on the approach OF or 70 otner vessels
in sufficient time to prevent COLLISION.
In the Mediterranean Sea the vessels re-
ferred to i'm subdivision (b) two may use a
fiare-up light in lieu of pyrotechnic lieht.
All lights mentioned in SUBDIVISION (b) ,one
and two shall be visible at distance OF at
least two miles.
Third-If sailing vessels OF less tnan seven
tons gross tonnage, shall not De oDllged to
carry the white light mentioned In subdiyis-
ion (b) two of this article, but IL tney do not
carry such light they shall have at h3nd,
ready for use, a lantern showing bright
white light which shall, on the approach of
or to other vessels, be exhibited where it
can be seen, in sufficient time 10 prevent
collision; and they shall also snow red
pyrotechnic light, as prescribed IN subdivi-
sion (b) two. or in lieu thereof a fare-up
light. ,,u,
with their lines out and attached TO their
lines, and when not at anchor or stationary,
shall carry the same lights as vessels fishing
with drift-nets. c-,,.L
at any time use flare up light IN addition
to the lights which they are by this article
required to carry and show. All tlare-up
lights exhibited by a vessel when