The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-28

Cen Tpancrs. the chief inspector AZ
Washington gg.y. ard vsse latter DIRECTED
him 20 apply personally ~ she Seattle
Office for rs license aDs * woai9 sszge
20 1e g4ven hin Gsn- DEExSnt rarstsd
the soczz inspectors oEer sfas kuceksEs for
the letter w.asch tssey wrote - him. saying
II was nsEyzane and unssAsou1irg t1e 65g-
rfty Of officers tn the service OF The Init
exl States TIE local inspectors wrote a
letter 90 Cen DanoHt ard sad the rea-
son frat they did n5s grant Greenleaf q
renewal ot the license was rflat hs had
never served in any capacity On an OCEAN
gosE- steam vessel, refused TO stand an
exazr1s ration and was Es3t competent Ali
these statements except the ore aecsst
the examination w9tre<s swo-e were not
true. He wouks no. submit 20 an exam
inaron at the tsne he applied for a re-
newal OF his license because the iaw al
rssat time did not direct e. Witness vsas
directed by cien. Dumont 10 come 10 Sc
attic and demand Ills license. but he has
never been able 30 secure Il.
Cross-exa nl.narEon-witaess ran q ship
ping Office and taught a navigation
school In Victoria and was at present
teaching navigation at Port Townsend.
He did not care to submit 70 an exarli-
nation at the Seattle Office because of
the arbitrary discretionary powers Of the
inspectors. He declared shat no matter
Cow much a master might know. the In
spectors could say he knew nothing ami
that would SettIs the matter.
Inspector Bermingaan, said: "AH you
will have 10 do Is to- come here and an
swer questions for half an hour arb you
viii get your license. You must comply
with r7se law
Capt. Greenieaf-Bryant has such DIS
cretionary powers and has such hatred
for me that feel certain that he would
not give me my license
BY Mr.. Giifnan-Sinca the law was
passed YOU have refused and still refuse
TO submit TO an examina1ioa:'
Wstness-I do.
Knew Nothing Against Bryant.
Capt. A. n. McAlpine. a master and
pilot of steam vessels for fifteen years,
testified that he was captain OF the
Island Belle. He knew OF no instances
where Capt Bryant refused TO issue II
censes to competent men. In his opinion,
Capt. Bryant's reputation was good. bur
he thought more captains were opposed
to him than favored him.
cross-exainIned. Capt. McAlpane thought
that there was a studied and converted
effort to have Capt. Bryant removed on
the part of certain pilots.
Peter k.idali. a pilot for three years,
testified that Capt. Bryant's general rep
utation as 10 integrity and inparuality
was good.
Only the Bad Against Him.
Joseph kflhfall. general manager of the
Beiiingham Bay Transportation & Steam
boat Company. said that Capt. Bryauts
reputation was good with the good and
bad with those who are bad. In other
words. II was good with decent people
and bad with those who lay around the
water front and drank whisky.
Cross-examined killdan knew forty or
fifty pilots and had discussed Capt Bry-
ants reputation with about twenty-five
men. In the last five years he had hired
and fired u good many steamboat men
and Thought they were pretty hard set.
Fifteen out of the twenty-five pilots WITH
wh0;n he had discussed Capt Bryant
were In his favor. He couh name num-
Der of men who had licenses who were
not fit to hold them.
AT this point the hearing was adjourned
I'll 10 O'Clock this morning.