Evening journal., 1895-08-30
'PARLOR CAR PILOTS.
Port Wardens of Philadelphia
Will Act on Monday.
A MOVE TO ABOLISH THE SYSTEM

The Regular Pennsylvania aud Delaware
Pilots object to the Men who Reach
Ships In Cars Instead OF In Pnot boats.
Should Pennsylvania Abolish the
system Delaware may Also DO So.
The Board Of Port wardens' Committee
on Navigation aud Pilots. OF Philsdelphls,
Of which William r. Tucker ic chairman,
viii present at Mondays meeting OF the
board a report. signed by all the members
OF the committee, except one. In which IL
Is recommended that the ''parlor car"
pilot system be abolished at this port
Charles b. Large Is the member OF the
committee who did not sign the report,
and he Is preparing paper on the sub
ieot.
There are two men among the Penn.
sylvsnia pilots, Who IN past years, haze
made II a practice OF travelling by rail-
road to any eastern port from which q
foreign vessel was TO come 20 Philadol
phio and there engaging with the captain
to pilot his vessel on the Delaware bay
and river, the pilot coming all the way
around on the vessel from whatever port
she was lying. These two men are Harry
O. Long, q member Of the Board of Port
Wardens, and Gus Clampitt, who are
credited with being two Of the best pilots
In the service
The Wardens have control over the
Pennsylvania pilots ard the Delaware
Association over the Delaware pilots, and
II the Wardens declare against the prac
tice the Delaware association will endorse
their action. The pilot In the Delaware
association who figures prominently as
one OF the ''parlor car" class Ia Walter
Virden, who pilots all the Allan Line
steamers, Joining the vessel at Halifax,
the last port At which the Allan Liners
stop before docking at Philadelphia
There are q number OF others who act in
the same manner, but they have not con.
troll over as large a business as any Of
these.
II Rnumber Of years ago since the
Wardens were besought by certain
pilots TO make all pilots cruise at sea
for vessels The matter was always
dropped This year the Wardens we're
again asked to take steps towards the
sboliehing OF the ''parlor car system
Il was IN February that the fight against
the "parlor car men" WAS begun, and
whether Monday will see tue settlement
OF the question so far as Philadelphia IS
concerned can only be told at that time
There are no 'parlor car pilots In New
York, Boston aud Baltimore, aud the
system In vogue at those ports is what
| Chairman Tucker wants to have here
There Is no objection in those cities TO
an owner or captain Of foreign vessel
securing plot TO accompany him on his
vessel from the one eastern port TO the
other 10 Is because a few men have all
this kind Of business on vessels COM
| ing to this port that the obieo.
| tioD Is raised here. The system
at the other eastern ports gives
each pilot his turn in going to another
eastern port to bring a vessel around
Chairman Tucker states that when the
Pilot Commission Of New York ordered
that ths "pRrlor car" practice be dis
continued the courts upheld them In
their ction when the pilots made test
case Of It, Mr. Large, who is to lead the
minority forces, states that the wardens
have no right to dictate where a pilot
shall board vessel There are many
shipping people on the side OF the "par
lor car" men as well as many against
i fhar