Evening journal., 1899-03-25
MEN ON THE BRIDGE
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proceeds to Jle Ship as
rapidly as pcee,b.a ECccre she has
covouad line distanre the cJhar ship
hcaves TO, throwing her b.tadsi1e no
uhe wind and sea, and THUS gcsmlng a
lee in which .Ae skin can wr.k. 1han
,ne GhlladitIhia cgCnms up inco TINS
zee and .cts itr bow go a IJ;pa alasad
cf taat cl the low cf ule cliher d.llp
SO Aat ,he wind may cat1A IT aIl he'd
70 eff 10 avert collision THE d.-canoe
irl.rven.Lg varies, Las u is 9.ldom
cs ph1n eco yards WaIl Gaa .InIs
aue il y s.ticn' tine whistle Is blown
aIh she sk,ff On the zee side OF tAf
'FlGlad5llAia Is lowered. Ths iaas Tow
% around HIhla s,lsrn CT ;he pilot boat
ard .l,en make slaisiat fer Jhe obhsr
ship, Cvec 3he SIDE ~ whi,l a white
lante.n lis hGang to taI Jnem Hlhir. Jhly
must come 10 find tlala boarding .al-N.r.
AS econ as ,lhsy haye put llaa plot
aboard or takun lhtm off uAlsy NV back
TO tie pilct beat again AMI, after
hcletirg asll la-ci1y their boat, usturn
to Ohla forecayIe SometimsIs lsls mas
tons cf incoming craft merely .ay U1elr
asips n tlla eye of .lae wind In u,h
cases bhVre Is TO lee to work undsr, ard
ha Idask of tine radl5 is made uriaI1,'-s-
slr..y arduous a1ll hhzaldcls. But With
D as, acc.t.rls to she amaa BEATS are
comparatively uGl1rowp. ami THIS lis
due tIhlehy o. The Judgment ami skill
Of dhis lads themselves.
N wiz be readily seen that by this
process cf Tmjalng en- and taking off
pilc;s the population OF the Phlladel.
phla is constantly Chang. .ng. AS a
general thing there are twelve pi,Cu
aboard, but this number is augmented
or diminished according to the vari-
ance in the number Of incoming and
outgoing ships. When the number falls
bc.ow the minimum the schooner Ed
nauEds is s,gnaled to supply the de-
iialency, FOR she neal.y always has
from four to six pilots aboard for Just
suc1 emergencies. When her supply
rrns short she goes to Loves or Cape
May and rorGenshes it, taking the pi-
lots according to their tunns.
w. Is r-t the purpose of the Way
flrCc to weary his readois with ex-
peI.onces Of purely personal character
but 10 give them some idea CT what
MANNER OF man the Delaware bay pilot
rClJy is. The idea prevails that he is
a lcuih, unCouth, ignoran. individual
who wears oi,skins weekdays and
sEnClys, and who earns a precar.ous
living Cn uAe i-rorlth CT his lNn9wl-
ctee cf the deep ald shoal spots in the
Ifu.N1re lay and mver. This i'm
Ices-ton S wholly erroneous. To Esgin
Hiih, g. lC,s are Of ar ages and Cf as
maLy different types as Cne would find
IN mrry mtn in any c1her pursuit OF
aIy number Of TI1ults. s0me are old
some are ycIrls and some are of mid
& ag, ll ptas0na. APPEARANCE, they
Uneg to the same degree that ninety
| landsmel would differ. They earn big
money and they spend It. Their homes
aie al attractive, and many of them
hNuiious In their appointments. They
and the members Of their fam'li
dress we'll, and In whatever community
,hoy reside they are accorded that re-
apsct to which they are justly entitled
Some of them are well-to-do, and could
retire from active life n. any time
IIhey are wen educated as a rule and
necessarily Possessed OF good COMMON
sense, sonndnes5 OF Judgment and
qGiclOness Of perception They arS
keon.y interested and wen posted In
the worlds dolnss, and dose ana con.
slant readers OF the leading news.
papers and magazines of the day In
some respects they have a more accu.
rate idea Of the happenings ashore
< than many landsmen. FOR there is less
to distract them and they read with
s~c2tor care and beJter comprehension
Senator Quay's sorry plight; the de.
isa. OF Addicks; the Windsor Hote
horror; the progress Of the American
invasion OF the Philippines; the trial,
ard NdtulaWcrs OF Secretary Aiger,
the treacheiy of Far,cw, King anC
Ozark and all ether topics of public in
tcrco. age read and discussed in the
nlln Of the Philadelphia with sur
. prisirg ze9t and intelligence Thes'
, pilots are in politics, too. Some arr
ory in up to their necks. while Others
are in over their heads. Plot Bailey
[ OF Cape May. a jolly good fellow
whom The Wayfarer had the p.easur
, az meeting, was on the councilmani
ticket a few days ago and went down
on the issue Of Icense or no Mceuse
Cape May went dry from a council
manic point OF view, and Pilot Bale.
was, unfortunately for him. on the we
side OF the controversy. 10 was anus
- irg to hear him giving some Of hi
e brother pilots hail Columbia for goinl
L back On him az the polls and helpinI
4 70 ruin the Summer prospects Of IN
J. Queen cf the Coas'." Chief Enginee
10 Flcweil is a rampant free silver Demo
n ciat and never goes TO bed withou
@ Praying for William Jennings Bryan q
a a ratio OF sixteen 10 one Some t,m
j. ago revival services were started a
a Cape May and a tidal-wave Of reMgio
= swep. over the pace Il caught
;: good many oi the pi.oss and they neve
e flot away from g. Whenever one O
q these plots with reconstructed soil
= is aboard he Is invariably invited d
, ask a blessing al the tah'e and his Ia