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

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sasssd principally 81 Jobs for steamers.
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life prsAerverg we're stored IN sail loft
there was senly one lot q lie prese~vsrs
ard after thsy were sod 10 mere were
bought.
j. A. Jensen. master mariner. testified
as to the capabilities OF LoSzss Crossetse.
20 whom Capt. Bryant issued q mate :
and rssosss ncense. As she witness
seemed zn p5si8ng 30 testify. bat little
information was drawn from him.
Bryant Valves Objections.
4 telegram Was submitted frcrss G.. l.
HamliD. actsEsg secretary Of this treas
my. to Inspector Be-msnghafn. II di-
rected that the prnsecss1acn BE- allowed
10 gabnnit questions in writing through
The supervising inspector. II also a.
reetea that % counsel be allowed
Inspector Be-ningbaa ard Capt. Bryant
hoia waived their right 20 bar cut the
counsel for the prosecution.
Cases Of Discrimination.
Capt. A. P. spaidng testified thar he
did Dos krox tina. II. F. Jackson had
had experience aboard of a steamer or
water craft. Capt spaidirg thought Asat
Capt. Bryant Disseminated beween his
friends and his enemies. capts. Knight
and Campbell both secured their papers
raising them from mates 20 masters
license without standing a written ex-
animation. Witness told of an instance
where a man purchased an interest In
the tug Wasp when il was being built
b. him on an irfimatson from Capt.
Bryant that he would grant the pur-
chaser license. When the Wasp was
Finished. Bryant refused 10 issue the
license.
cross-e1amiaasion: The largest vessel
witness ever couHnanees was OF sixteen
or eighteen tons barthen. Witness never
wefst by any other name than that OF
SpalslIng. Ills grievance against Capt.
Bryant was because ne granted others
licenses without an examination and re-
quired him 10 stand one.
Had to Sue for Ills Money.
Christ Paulson said he made a contract
with Capt. Bryant to raise the tug
Mystic Tor 80 per cent. OF her value, pro-
siaed he raised her In twenty days. Wit
ness told Capt. Bryant that his contract
time was up. and he said he did not care
what * cost. that he would rather give
29a bonus than see witness fail. The
vessel was raised at cost of $780, and
then he had To sue for his money. The
vessel was sold for $500. and the court
awarded witness 70 per cent. of the sum
realized. Paukson never got the 500
bonus promised by Capt. Bryant.
Capt. j. r. r. Mitchell knew Harry
+. Jackson and did not think he had had
much experience "a a steamboat man
II WAS ahe opinion of Mr.. Mitchell that
Capt. Bryant was rather arbitrary and
that he has general reputation of be-
Ing partial.
tIrfsss-examfnation: Capt. Mitchell ac-
kaowledgsd that he was an applicant for
the position held by Capt. Bryant. He
knew of no acts OF Partially of his own
knowledge.
Says jackson Oever Went to Sea.
Capt. ]. A. Hatfield. wharfinger, ship
broker and steamship agent and former
ly sea captain. testified that Capt Bryant
had refused 10 issue licenses 40 thorough
~ competent men. These were Capts.
Rogers and strive. Witness knew Harry
Jackson for a number OF years and never
knew him to so TO sea In any capacity.
Capt. Bryant asked him to sign a peti-
ton In his favor and he refused TO do
So. Then Capt. Bryant said: ''You nave
a license and have no right 10 H." and
he said he gave IL TO witness simply as
an accommodation SO that IL captain
was disabled he might take his place.
Then witness said he had heard that
Bryant had attempted TO bribe and coerce
people and now he believed IL. Capt
Joseph Redmond told witness that Capt
Bryant collected commissions on the sale
OF the Ctnshalis, and condemned the
steamer Cricket that was running on
the route on which Ii was desired To put
the Chehalis. Capt. Hatfield told how
when he had she steamer yciga he could
not get any one to lease Ii because Cant
Bryant told people he thought IL was
rotten. Witness did not think Ii wa
necessary 10 keep examining an officer
who had successfully sailed vessel
Before man Is given command OF a
vessel witness thought be should he ex-
agfined. but after that he should not be re-
examined at all times when II s,ssted the
whims OF the man who has the power
80 examine him. Capt. Hatfield thought
a man who could navigate a vessel from
the Sound around TO and into the mouth
or the Columbia river was competent 10
take a vessel 20 China. He did not think
that Jackson and Brierly were com
potent. The Cricket was allowed 10 run
On the Everett route after repairs ana
alterations suggested by Capt. Bryant
were made.
NJ q. Conrad. an Insurance agent and
a purser ia 1856 and !. testified tha,
Capt. Bryant travelled half doxen times
on steamers on which he was purSer. ha:
Bryant never paid hts fare. He had
orders 20 pass Capt. Bryant.
Captains OF Ma Experienced.
c. W. Smith, a marine engineer. age,
a. testified that he had kaown Harry
Jackson since 1873. ana during all tha,
tlrue he t!d rot think he had ever served
an apprenticeship as a deckhani or
mate MP - the time he got his rices~se
lie knew Ben Rrieriy well and never
knew him 70 have had AIRY experience or
tho deck OF a steamer uusi he got a
Ecense.
\ Good hoy Got Ills License.
Captain ~. II Parker. steamboat car
tain for sftesn years, testified that t>sp>
Bryant kept hin. waiting for h.s iss~nYSs
feg few DAYS, When witness asked ~,
a ucegs<a bryant easi he sd not t!rsak
ae wouM give hsn 8 ltcefse syes,ause r.
bo3 lseen rsak5ax statements shat he wa,
pRrt owner ~ rfse Mystic Witness tes-
Capt Bryant shat II was ne tsgl@. Hry.
ant told witness II he was guod boy Z
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