The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-20
LAW TELLS HOW
TO RUN A BOAT
THE FAMOUS RULE XIII WHICH
PILOT NICHOLS WAS ACCUSED
OF VIOLATING.

The fact is there was no sign of
danger. as we saw IL from the steam
or cape Girardeau Nichols, at the
trial before Local Inspectors Waltz
and Hodge at Memphis, was charged
with violating Rule s. which reads
as follows:
Rule VIII When steamer Is
overtaking another steamer and the
overtaking steamer shall desire to
pass on the right or starboard side
Of the steamer ahead, the oyertaking
steamer shall give one short blast Of
tho whistle, and if the steamer ancad
answers with one blast, the oyertak
irg steamer may pass on the star
hoard side Of the steamer ahead or
il the overtaking steamer shall de-
sire to pass on the left or port side
of the steamer ahead, she shall give
two short blasts of the whistle, and
If the steamer ahead answers with
two blasts the oyertaking steamer
may pass on the port side OF the
steamer ahead; or If the steamer
ahead does not think it safe for the
overtaking steamer to attempt to
pass at that point she shall imnle-
diately signify the same by giving
not loss than four short and rapid
blasts of the whistle. and under no
circumstances shall the oyertaking
steamer attempt TO pass the steamer
ahead until such time as they
re reached point where 1t can
he safely done. when the steamer
lhcad shall signify her Willingness by
lowing one blast of the whistle for
ne CYcrtalSing steamer TO pass on
the starboard side of the steamer
ahead, or two blasts of the whistle
for the overtaking steamer to pass
on the port side of the steamer
ahead
Every steamer oyertaking another
shall keep out of the way of the
cyertallcn steamer. Every steamer
coming up with another steamer
from any direction more than two
points abaft her beat shall be
deemed to be an overtal.inE steam
or, and no subsequent alteration of
the bearing between the two steam
ers shall make the ovcrtalang
steamer a crossing streamer within
the meaning of these rules. or relieve
her of the duty of keeping clc1r of the
overtakcn steamer until she is final
~ past and clear. If the oyertakine
steamer is in doubt as 10 whether
she &c forward Of or abaft this III
ractiou. she ahall assume that she Is
an cycitaken steamer aud Keep cut
tho way
"Thc steamer ahcsl shall In no
case attompt 20 crcss the how or
crowd upon the course Of the over
taking steamer"
According t. the evidence brought
3ut before this board Of inspectors
net only by an the guests on the Fred (
gartwcg. but hy tho captain and ~ /,
lots Il t6e Mississippi who were ,
sHrpcs,a to H. the proaecatiag wiz
nr-ses. it Was cic7riy rrogcn t'iat the !
lEatiWce bad neither bumped. rub /
bed. cellilcd. passed nor attempted !
10 cr.rs tfc Ecv 81 thn Mississippi !
..eacc thcr, wa positively so vida
ficn Of Rule 8.
Nichcls was then convicted of nil I
conduct. and uunt cessafily blowing j
The whistlc-in ether words. be st .
10 cathroiasiic. aud from what we d
sbseryed on the triu IL was al a
bubble cathrsiaam Nichols bust 4
nT the bubble and gets $50 DAYS
II was a,so SAID that he did Mt
-einain in his designated position +
,ve loara that from Cairo 20 u AZ 1
BhiF there rtre no designated po-
i,i,ns. At least Nichols nor anyone
"a the Ilaitvrr were notified of any
1eciaI position. Waterways Journal