Evening journal., 1899-03-25

lAAtNa AANt9NANA+Nb AAet ~--N -rs%@' - !
would Ike no discard her and return
to the Lid sdhooner system. Some eX-
pressed llhe begltf that her c0mfouts
tended TO spoil and solten the men,
while others spoke Enthusiastically OF
THE cid days of rivalry, risk and ran
or hut one and an declared that the
TA1aaellhla was greas lnstiMlon
Gieysr TO he dlscaIded, excepting fer
something baJ,en.
SO muclh fer the planc; NOW for the
system. The ninety pilots are divided
!rao two cIasses-thrse OF the dirst
class. who als qualified TO navigate
craft ci amy 5rauehl Capable OF pro
Ioaadqng up tlhls Delaware; ami llh-ee Of
,ae ssos1d cass, who ale NIT permit
5al to pi.ot shlps drawing more than
tvitlYe fest. Thaa dhre lis a limited
numbsr Of apprentices, who serve fer
six years before receiving their IL
celE5s as sscond-rate piiots. THEIR
life Is an ardwms one and ful OF dan
lger, Whle llha remuneration is lnCOn-
siderable; hut THEY work ON. knowing
ah2. in due course III TIME they VIII be-
come pl,cgs and, inetead Of drawing
five dol,ars a month";, take fr-m $lS5 to
5000 a mcnth from the pool the year
round.
fTfla L H1~7
IIh.a and Cape May. These Residing at
yhs iaty5r place are c,asoed as PENN
Isylvan.a plloas, New Jersey having no
lpgotage law. The pil1ts take TURNS in
plotting ships, and ahls gives THEM
mudh spare thine at home On shore.
Fer ana,anoe, a Glswes pi.ot boards
ship at thls capes and takes her to
FAradlalrhta. He remains There ualdl
it is his turn to pilot one rut to the
lapes, and whsm this ls done lie go,s
ashore and spends The time with his
folks until lt comss his turn again.
Wugh the pilots resident in FhIladel-
piha and Cape May She mode CT pro
cedure is just the reverse. They brand
a ship at Philadelphia, take her to tEe
Capss, leave her There and remain on
thE IlIot beat Philadelphia until III lis
their Nun To- ;al1e a ship up she river,
and then thsir work is dome and They
remain al home unt, their turn
!. to take ship up the n.ver
rd-n t1uud again, the Caps May
!, men uetmn.ng to their hrmes by
traira. Some cl THE Older pilots so of
duty dau.ng the b,ttsr months Of Win
cr. bu. that Is THE exception, and mol
!, tdle rule. They are suoh hnrdy mer
/. shat 20 weather has terr-rs to which
t,hsy succumb.
To THE apprentices falls The work O
n placing pilots aboard ship and taking
!, them off. This is done by means OF
= skiff about twenty 0ae5 long The,
:, are caliad cut at all h,uIs CT dhe da!
=, arh nrelht. and Gn az kinds of weathe
> Ito perform ahis duty, ami THE Drawer
10 and dsxteqEty Of the lads make 2anli
-, l'mtber marvel Cnls never means
d. wccd cf complaint CT s5es an evJasnc
d, cf fear. Coolly and SILENTLY dhi.g stan
'l by Gls hat hanging from the davit
until THE short blast Of the whistle tel
- thsm to laavs Gha s13s CT uns oAiI
No. The beat gees i-to the water with
sp,a-h; fcur OF theDd e5out-haarbat
-, Wllry-framed youngsters jump in, s'aoV
-, If and bend 10 ths cars. You sac dh
- boat bobbiHg about on the big wavei
: and in five or ten minutes the ads az
- back again and ready fer another tri
~ wa-n occasion requires AT midndea
~. en- Sunday, when a rcuthwester wa
=, raging, and tuemeuldous seas weue rur
:, ming -ntside THE capss, llhe WayIfar'
n, SAW thlazs boys PUT a pilot aboard
-. light tramp steamship when even sen
... CT the eldest pilots doubted thair ab.
u ity to do 30. The Wayfarsr wl-uld III
nv have made The trip for thie eteam0
y. and hsr entire cargo, Lut they saemt
~ to thnk nothing cf a. Two houu
IA later erlsy did tlhe same thing for 10
~ Waeslard at the upper end cR the ne
L. BneakwaJar. In thrs case their lanlter
So ,wsne rmt, and fer a time ghey were 10
49, TO an on both ships. But in two
49, three minutes THE word was pass
~ forward THAT THEY had performed the
"a office and were rounding the STERN
), tAa FhIadlarrhia on JAslr Ie1urn tri
y. shrrtly afterwards THE boat was ho-f
IA cd to THE davias. iashed fas5 and d
ss Fhr.adsfrhfa wlsnt caraeaing out to 6
again under two bells and with Il
eor ncr;hwestlsr driving her along hefo
.,r. ih AT 430 o'clock a pilot was plac
os aboard the Admiral Farragut unId
-. like adverse circumstance. This mel
- ly gots tl zhOw what THESE plucky a
mo pgentiees have to go througA bafc
~. they earn their licenses.
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