The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-21

garding the charges, he made the follow
ing statement yesterday to PosI-lSTEL-
LIGEscEs reporter:
After / left the boat I understand Captain
Hastings tried to fud another pilot 70 take my
place, but failed asked him if he could find
smother man, and he replied that he found lots
OF them However, he took the boat out him
self without pilot, tina. I am sure OF. She is
still ous on the snohomish river without pilot.
/ did not want to make complaint and get
him into trouble, bat, as pilot, it
was my duty to prevent the violation
OF the law as far as could
/ spoke to Inspector OF Customs Thompson
about the matter, and told him would like to
have him or some other customs officials COM
pei the observance of the law without fni1g
the vessel. He told me that The only thing that
could be done was to file a complaint and then
it would be attended TO- was determined that
the law should be enforced, and ii there was no
way TO do il without getting the steamer in
trouble thought let il be. But 1 made the
charge as light as possible just to bring the mat
ter up.
The point raised is that Captain Hastings
holds an ocean license as master OF steam
vessel, which / am inclined TO think does not
entlt!s him to run permanently be-
tween Sound ports. The Posr-IsrELIIGES-
GER stated that he held q coastwise
license. This is an error. fo- have examined
the license carefully. The error lies in not dis
;iDguishing between az ocean and a coastwise
license / think the latter would e1title the
holder to run between Sound ports, but 1 doubt
very much If the former does
There are other serious charges might have
made, but did not, because, IS I say, did not
want to make trouble for Captain Hastings
The boats papers require that she carry one
piiot, one mate and tso engineers. Then If she
runs more than twelve hours per day, she must
ha r.r0 - NJ n-S
fact. the first few Tips she made I had to act as
pilot and mate, and she carries only one en-
gineer. Besides, she has frequently run over
twelve hours with this one short crew.
1t is a fact when the whaleback was
getting ready TO enter the coastwise trade,
with Captain Hastings as master, the
local inspectors here raised an objection
and did not want to allow him to run
coastwise on the ocean license he brought
around from New \ ork. But the question
was carried up and after great deal of
correspondence back and forth between
the local board. the supervising inspector
and the head of the department, the mat
ter was finally settled il Captain Hastings
favor. Captain Bryant says this license is
just as good for Puget sound as it is be-
tween here and San Francisco.
When Captain Hastings purchased the
Idaho. he proposed employing her in the
freight traffic, and the vessels papers were
made out accordingly. But Captain Ben
son says, the papers were afterwards
changed so as to include passengers, and
that this makes it more important that
the law should be observed
The boat was expected in last night. but
q rumor was set afioat that she struck a
snag in the Snohomish river and was Leak
ing badly. This rumor was contradicted
by Captain Duffey, mate of the Grey
hound, who said the Idaho was at Everett
and all right when the Greyhound left
there at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.