Evening journal., 1899-03-25
MEN ON THE BRIDGE.
A Pen Picture of the Life OF
Delaware Bay Pilots.
THE SENTINEL AT THE OAPBs

sI1ASCiN, WHEN THE FILCiT5 AND
TEHEIR ,APFlRnNTGCEs HAVE
THblR OdCsT ARDUOUs DUTIES
TO PERFORM
-Four days eff dhe capes as a guest olf
the Delaware bay pllc.s. Tha; was lihe
Pleasant and diifyng dlyeaa,oal.1xpe.G-
enosd BY the Waysarer within JhIe pas.
wesk. -Four days MOST enjoyab,y spent
On watsas which were sum n-glinted, tog-
manadd amid storm-rivom by turne In
fact, genial old Captain Norman, Who
was in command OF The Ilrdt beat, de
c-6nad THAT HE NEWER knew a guest 30
be SO ljberaGy treated by .hls weather.
man, For There was everything C; the
weather kind but SNOW and ice crowd
al into thoss n.hsJy-six hours. The
lWayfscar ihhd hsard MANY OF his
friends speak of thlsllr Summer expsri-
ences at the hands of thIe pilots; but
he wanted to see the Winter side Of
their Life in all OF it's steumlness, and to
krrw them AIS they were in the face
4 The most trying circumstances. With
this object i'm view he went to Ilawes
and was met at THE station by Pilot
Harry Lyons, THE young man who
stood cn tine bridge of a ship for sixty
hours In uhe face of tha blizzard OF a
few weeks age. THE l0lnldnIass received
at his hands, and at che hands of other
pt-ods ashore, Will, be passed over with
kiEdest remembeHance. Let 1t suffice
t1 say that THE signals were nun up,
Tine pilct boat CALLED in from her sta
5 tion off THE capes, a skih sent ashore
and soon Pt1Jd Lyons had THE Way
farer en- deck inm-duclng him TO the
! men who were TO be his companions
! fer the next few days. This accom-
pishad. he returned to land AMID left
THE guest to get The most Of his ex-
$ parsence.
y Years agy there was great rivalry
among the pilots OF Pennsylvania, New
- Jersey and Delaware In their stauncl
! LITTLE sohOoners they would cruise of
: to sea as far as $50 miles In quezt O.
r incoming chips. With them IL wa
. first come, FIRST get. and the rivalry anI
} risk may be imagined But FLw a,
= THAT is changed. The pilots Of tn.
3 three states have FORMED an sssoc,a
y ton and are working in perfect har
= mcny. THEY have purchased a SIS, ,00
: steam pilCt beat, and an hut two o
the sdhi-Oners haye teen cold. Tines
: two are used as tenders 10 the s1ear
craft ard to carry tihe pilots ito an
. from SHORE This steam craft is IA
feet long, with a beam cf 25 feet. sh
has her own electric light plant an.
coupled with the numeu1us incanldsC
cent lamps which illuminate ner cabil
forecastle, whee.ihOuse, messrcom an
engine room, she has en- arc Light C
her mast, which lis used to signal he
presence to incoming and Juagon
chips Ain addition TO this SHE has
complete steamehsaInly prarit, ani
the co9dest days of Wintsr She is g
warm and comfortable as the mOs
deIicate.y constituted perscn, oould dt
Sire. Her appointments are handsou
in every particular, and THE pilots al
naturally proud Of a craft which &C.
o.. alCes .hem to remain out at sea in a
kinds of weather and yet affords the
the essential com1-HEs of h-me sl
Will stand any wind that ever blel
and breast any sea that ever reared q
: crest. These are necessary qua,lJl
i'm boat devoted to such a purpose
re- the ninety pilots who belong to the a
TN sociajcn There are abcut ten Who hO
- lToanses as masters OF steam craft, an
,th upon thcee tsn devo.ve thie work
- navigating THE Philadelphia They tai
eo turns of two weeks eacln, amid Thus d
command falls to each man a l.1t
ever twice year. While THE Wa
AeiA GA was tAbbelAA NttlAldAlf W. fN4 ANN
!, man, Of Phicadelphia, was I'M comman
~ and a CLEVER skipper he was. Chief z
Dc gineer Powell has charge Of THE eagiI
for and also Of the electric-.gh al
o., steam-heating plants. The cook
a Norwegian, while the steward is
young Filipino, called Buddy +
short. He halls from Ill,io, and, VIII
nty told that the Americans are laiIing
Der his countIymen. laughEng,y decal
nts Ecc "bhere are plenty more" No v
man could be m1re attentive to I
PILOTS than Buddy" is, and they wol
,W fght for him in "a minute if anyo
me were dtspcssd to impose upon d
at American citizen OF THE newest C
Sees Ses alton. He has been with them
ears, and while hle cannot pilct a 50
l. to Philadelphia, hIs cam steer so
- mighty savory dishes from lIhe gaJ
to the me5s-table, wlfich ait all tin