The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-29

only One Real violation Discovered.
N~avigators OF shoals and de cps here
abouts, who take out fishing parties and
other excursionists In steam and motor
craft are beginning to realize that Uncle
sam means business with his chartered
cruiser the Dalzelllne. The skdppers-at
least most Of them-had crisp new licenses
in unsoiled envelopes yesterday waiting at
/ he pilot house for V~ice-Admiral Matt
Conveys. The Admiral, otherwise Gen.
James =. GARRISON, Surveyor Of the Port,
went along with Acting Deputy Surveyors
George j. Smyth and Alexander McKeon
and Inspectors Harry Logan and II. +.
Doyle.
The wind was Of shore and the fish were
not active, 30 there was more consumption
| Of bait aboard the boats thar below the
surface Of the sea. A little green launch
with thirteen men aboard was held up of
Coney Island. The skipper and owner,
John Dickson, said he had no license, a few
life preservers and hat his passengers were
his friends. The ship. he said, had no
name, but she was known as the Stein
heimer and all the fishermen were friends
Of Pat McTarren. As there IL no law COVER
ing the Steinheimer she was permitted to
proceed.
The Mildred Of GravesendlBay. aomotor
boat with twenty-three fishermen aboard,
had also a large assortment Of liquids.
mostly slowed away inside THE passengers.
She had a license three days old and a
jovial skipper. Capt. William L. Frost. Wit
was much older. She carried twenty-three
life preservers packed away forward and
a man with a wooden leg. who said that
he-.didn't need a life preserver. as he could
unship his leg swiftly and make 1t serve.
Capt. Frost's fishermen caught dogfsh
while they we're being inspected and the
snapshot artists aboard the cruiser capt
ured the fish as 1t was about to bark at
Vice-Admiral Conveys and Federal au-
thority afioat. The skipper promised TO
put his life preservers on deck.
Henry G. Hansen, commander and owner
Of the auxiliary sloop Gertrude OF Graves
end Bay. came alongside the Dalzeline
promptly on hail through m~egaphope.
His license was ten days old and his seven
teen life preservers brand new. He, had
eighteen men. including himself. aboard.
but he had also two life buoys. or rings
80 he was ahead OF the law which requires
one life preserver for every passenger.
He was told to stow his life preservers
where they might be used readily and he
went on. promising to be very good.
Capt. Thomas Watt, native American
and. he declares. a veteran Of the Spanish
American War. owning and commanding
the Lizzie. a fiat bottomed gasolene boat.
had a five year license. he said, but had left
it at home. He said he would bring it down
to the Custom House and he and his party
OF fishermen showed of and went on fishing.
Capt. Watt said he hailed from Sheepshead
Bay and that there were a lot OF foreigners
licenses or citizenship papers. Gen. Clark
son said that he would attend to these folk
later
1t is too shoal for the Dalzellne to enter
~Sheepshead Bay. Jamaica Bay or Great
South Bay. and Gen. GARRISON will apply
for authority to use a wifi and light draught
launch 10 round up the law violators in these
bays. He has heard that a large feet OF
unlicensed boats carrying passengers ply
daily in Great South Bay and on pleasant
days on the ocean outside the inlets.
The Alice. with t~wenty-four fishermen
aboard, had one more life preserver than
the law requires. All were newer than the
license. three weeks old
The biggest craft held up by the cruiser
was the IS ton auxiliary schoone While
away. She carried ifty-nine fishermen OF
the Newark Eising Club and six kegs of
beer, four OF which had been consumed
when the Dalzelline drew alongside.
She had a certificate OF inspection and
license to carry sixty passengers. With
Capt. Wohlschlegel and his two seamen the
ships company consisted of sixty-two and
he had sixty life preservers and three life
buoys.
The fishing party aboard the Climax.
owned by John A. Suffer of Shsepshead
Bay, was a little more than Jolly and q little
less than disorderly. 1t was remarked that
Capt. Sutter was entirely sober. He was
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passengers, ~thirty-six, but he made a mis-
calculation as to his life preservers. He
said he had forty. The inspectors dragged
them out and found there were twenty five.
The skipper was told that he had clearly
violated the law and that he might be fined
$500. ~Vioe-Admiral Conveys will report Of
ficially the case against the skipper to the
Surveyor and it will be referred to the Law
division of the Custom House for action. |
The fishermen Of the Climax had larger
jags and more fish than any boat enooun-
tered. They greeted and ave farewell to
the boarding party in song discordant and
~inelegant.
Surveyor CLARK son said that he realized
that one tug was insufficient to cover a
coast and inlet hat fairly swarmed with
motor craft that might or might not be obey
ing the law, but that the moral effect Of the
cruisers work had been better even than
the Department expected. or all the feet
overhauled Yesterday only one had not
tICI PIORSt Va NV PtOCSAN ~
Some shaved pretty close to the line Of the
law. Those that had been forced to obey
it we're giving information about their
neighbors who haven't been caught by the
cruiser. and thus the unlicensed and those
not properly equipped had been frightened
into rushing to the Custom House to get
Strengthened out.
Gen. Clarkson says he will recommend
the passage Of a law limiting passenger
carrying by boats over five and under
fifteen tons. As the law stands passengers
may cling on by tooth and nail and cover
every foot Of space on a boat so long as the
boat has one life preserver for every person
aboard. In the light Of yesterdays OBJ
servation the Surveyor thinks a new law is
needed to prevent loss OF life on little boats.
He also thinks that sailing craft carrying
passengers ought to be put under super
vision.
~Vice-Admiral Coneys's inspectors held
up the Mary Patten at the Battery landing
on her last trip on Saturday night. She
is licensed TO take 904 passengers. There
were 200 moreywaiting to boardiher at the
pier. The inspectors aboard said she
already had 300 passengers. The mates
disputed this count, saying that there were
only so7. Mr.. Coney said he would take
the word Of his inspectors and let -four