The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-26
FINED FOR TRIPLES.
Steamboat Owners Indignant
Against Captain Tozier.
THEY SAY He is ARBITRARY.
Several Instances OF Summary Penalties
for Technical ofenses-AppesIs
Are Costly.

their officers for what they consider trifiug Flo-
l&liOns OF TIE laws, and IN some casss. i =
Ga med, where DO violation a. al has taken
place. These iiues have always been paid under
protest, for there was appeal from the er5i-
trary decision Of the official which vas rendered
without giving she accused al opportunity 70
explain, and IN soma instances. il Is claimed,
the first they knew Of anything icing wrong
was when fhey received notice OF tie lne from
the custoEn-houss. Then appeal hsd 70 be taken
10 the collector az Port Townsend, and finally 10
tie head OF the department. IL Warrington CRY.
In tnis way some OF the zines have been remit
ted, and appeals a. 70 Others are s1iu pending
but, even though the fine IS RENTED. the boat
owners say that the trouble and expense Of fol-
lowing the matter up frequently equals the orig
insi fine, and Tor this reason some Of them paid
the 6nes without appealing.
PosT-IsrELLE9E scEE reporter made inquir-
les among steamboat men on this matter and
some 81 them actually expressed fear 10 say
soyshing on the question, giving as a reason
that they felt the officer might find some other
pretexi for aning them Cor revenge
Tug Violet was fined 80 some time ago be-
cause the pilots rules and regulations were not
posted up in her house. Captain Stephenson,
the owner Of the ting, made the following state
ment about the matter:
We were lying at the wharf cleaning and
painting and the uiiots' rules and reyr{stfoUs
were taken down temporarily ana placed in the
captains desk An officer from the Wolcott--f
don't know who he was-came aboard ana told
the captain be had haed the boat 81 because thu
roies and regulations were not posted
up under glass. No explanations were
listened to- went TO Captain
Bryant. and be said he knew We ALWAYS had the
rules and regulations rosted up and tina; il was
a. outrage 10 me the boat under the eireum-
stances. ! appealed TO Collector Bradshaw and
Re admitted that X was wrong and promised 70
have the fms remttad. shortly aiterwari he
Wa removed and had 20 appeal u the head Of
the department ~ Washington CITY and today
just received notice % the remission of the fine
The trouble and expense have been to vii
eqlal hell the orig n&l fine At least. Now.
Dspu'y Collector Mckenzie informs ne that me
beat should not have beeu fined even ii herrules
anu regulations mad never been posted ~. as
the Law requiring them u be posted u under
glass only applies 20 boats of over ten tons
register The Violet Is considerable less than
ihs aud therefore ali that j. required il that tae
rules and regulations be kept aboard anywhere
II certainly was an outrage uut would prefer
70 81 the matter 90 rather than make 8 fuss
about II, because those fellows may pick me an
again on some trivial violation n ORDER 70 get
revenge.
Tug 81 Patrick was fined 80 because the
rules and regulation were not under glsss
Captain A z. sps1lding. sho had her chartered
a. the tine aud paid the fine, makes the follow
Ing statement:
Iae =. Patrick had copy of the rules and
regulations losied up, but they were not Gov
efsd with glass, and Captain lOzler or one of
hls men came aboard aud in a manner fa- from
tnaf 81 a gentleman informed the captain that
me 81 ~ would have 10 b paid. The Law re-
qdlFinE that the rules aud regu atoms BE- rooted
Up 81 ali only applies - boats Of over ten tons
regisIer, AMI therefore the -. Patrick was ex-
eHpt but he has even made me put glass over
the rules snd regulations OF tae Hornet which
is mueh smaller. PAID the fiae under protest
but II has not been RENTED as YET.
The steamer Henry Bailey is another boa,tha.
paid fine Of 81. because the iirst le;te. was
AZ TAI F..-r
on her stern. Captain LeBallister SAYS the let
te- was broken Of, and when the break was re-
paired by putting IN new piece OF rnater.al il
was raining and the letter could no. lie painted
The Work was delayed for few days and he re-
eetved notice from the custom house 70 payasO
nne or his boat would be tied up lie paid the
fine under protest, and that is tie last he heard
Of H.
The steamer Marcy was another victim that
had to put up SO In her case 4. was worse. for
II proved to be case of mistaken identity
though the money is siil retained. W c stet
son, the manager, said;
was on the jury when ! was informed tia,
the boat would have t. psy n fine Of 81 or be
eeized. did not know what Il was for bur |
paI1 the money under protest. as aff not want
10 have the bMt seized sud extra exueuse in
CURED could not understand why she shouId
= hne1. because she has beeI. living up Al tie
" bari doing nothing Tor months. After several
visits 90 the custOm-bous learned that II vas
the little schooner Marguerite they were after
and u was case OF mistaken iGentitv I sm
stu ont So, there . 10 mistake about that I
never heard OF such high-handet WORK by off
clais IN any department 81 government /
should think they would at least take the pains
- ANON tie boat they are after. They certainly
ough 70 know the difference between a scaooneF
and 3 steamer.
Steamer E. W. Purdy has just paid fine OF
slp3 because her old papers had not ben re-
Placed by the new ones, which had just been re-
Sal ha yus
the captain ; desk Captain ". K Merwin said
that the papers had been placed in the desk
with the Intention Of putting them up In place
81 the old ones when she was res1v 10 90 ont
hat IS she was lying tied up At the wharf aud
the CID papers were in place, he thought il
would 10 all right 10 make the change when TIE
boat began running again. Ia the meantime
Captain Fozier went aboard anu, notwithstand.
Ing TIE fac; thst &c was shown the new papers
II the desk. be imposed The fac. Captain Mer-
v q paid the 1us undeF protest. IN hope OF hsv-
ing i, RENTED said he.
do not Enow Bha; TO thirk Of the matter.
aud wa@t DO tsluA I am afraid 20 exures, fsr
DO uot know ol what he cJuld come aboard
LAY boat Els3t noW. or - any time. aa1 fne me-
again 5of some ya-uE ~ t-lntns nature tbAt las
slipped my NOTICE What Is nan 10 doF
Another incident n connection with thi.
same sHAir was 1o.d by c d. stevens. az the
Puget sound and ALASKA Steamship Company
SOME me ago, he said, notice was served on
the company that the steamer ~ Merty5n
was Hn.d 500 necause hep papess wure not
posted up GA investigation il was found to he
The in;ento0 to hae the z. " Purdy Of which
CsptAn ". n. herwlu was master, and the
money was imned ately refunded
Iae steamer ". r MQurae was another unfor.
inmate that was compelled - paw 80 under
protest o1 Pc tied up Captain smith SAYS the
reseou ioY hnlng .hc boat was because her hail.
iuE r'rt sgu ca the stern was blurred with
dirt whlct bad soften on ncr wheel box on one
OF her trips down Jhe SAaett river. on reach
ms Seattle u wsS tac intention - e.esn i 81
but Il was overlooked until tao boat had lain
az the wharf son. ;.ac. ana 10 the meantime
he was informed t-at she -e- ilgeace xould cost
him So
Steamer / :. Perry also suffered she OF So
because Ter rules and rrss.s;.rns were ,aIat
The captain SAYS tlat % as caused tv tas cook
stove fire la her small cabin Ia. -. "a.
broken aa4 before smother was secured TIA
r-'es ana rccu az. 1as cot smoky Sad suu.esast
sa.icd. taey we've covered with a r..ss stt-s
kline the q &c Was imposed. lat tLe r-.--.alrt
vs. ttat they zee unt q. cam
The Csse 81 the A D. Rob rsol.. u.eat.e-s-s IN
tie FJsr- INTELLE5ENCEE some Ucra-e = s.-
ctecc of tie same kiuc ~ae Wa ...- Ssl re-
cause the .ctte-s IN her hE,aae 1..-ts.ra "a her
sjlra w-re onIy three inches h.ga. v,r..ss -.
cent statute requires that thew .ec... 2 s.s four
luc-es high. Captain Robinson saws ee s.t -.-t
kapw % tAo change IN ths law anti. lie se-s .,a.s
notice irom the custom aoEss that re would
hsye o. paw aae 90 So. tic afte-Nar5 sue.
vec.s3 n gcsl2g the cas rem.ttel ta-oa+- d.,
secretary % The treasury, tlt lie ssys is est
Inn about all the nas 90 SET 10 bscS.
SPeaA ng o. the matter, Captain B-v&aL loca!
IA pcctor. said;
A number OF steam Scafmen have spoken -
nae about the hauisa.ps they have suffered trou
Iartalu tnE-rr method 81 Imposing srtIfrs-y
90 Il
laws ise4 tast . Is wrong. tscsL,v 81 laSs.
anu especially marine laws. are Yoo-e 81 les