The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-26
RAID ON TIE KILL yam KULL
THE CRUISER DALzELLgNE TRAPS
Oh MOTOR BOATS.

Finds Nost NJ Them Violating the Law. hut
Lets the Offenders 60 with Advice and
warnlnsy "A Few Run the Blockade
-seasOlnE Jerseyttc Go Taken by surprise
The customs cruiser Dalzelline abandoned
yesterday the pursuit Of deep sea aw
violators and the whale fishery and
sleuthing in the shadows OF the Kill a
Kull. which helps TO make the Borough OF
Richmond an island.
The Kill a Kull is a strait through
which all Newark and a large part OF upper
New Jersey owning floating things steams,
gasolenes or sails to get into the open.
Hundreds OF power boats weave their
frothy autographs, with double and single
propellers, from Elizabethport, Newark,
Railway, Bayonne and smaller towns on
tributaries of the Kill van Kull. Staten
Island Sound. the Arthur Kills and Newark
Bay into the upper bay and thence through
the Narrows to the fishing grounds or the
show places on the ocean side Of this city.
Gen. James s. Garrison. Surveyor of
the Port; ~Vice-Admiral Matt Conveys, and
other talent of the cruising service, sitting
as a board OF strategy, decided las week
TO surprise the power boat law violators
hailing from New Jersey ports. Vice.
Admiral Conveys advocated the simple plan
Of blockading the Kill van Kull in the neigh
borhood OF Port Richmond. opposite Ba-
yonne.
The result was that sixty-three motor
boats were held up. Nearly % per cent.
of these were not properly equipped. not
equipped at all. or were without licenses.
Some tried TO run the blockade. refusing
to heed the warning blasts Of the cruiser
to stop. Most OF these we're o~verhauled
and lectured. A few got away
At one time five boats. summoned by
whistle and megaphone. were alongside
the Dalzelline. and the protests. eIplana-
tons and remarks. sometimes inspired
by something drawn from the wood, OF
the shippers, crews and passengers tangled
the log OF acting Deputy Surveyor Smythe.
who did the literary work OF the expedi-
ton. assisted by Col. Lowell jerome.
Every boat hat halted got a copy of the
laws and regulations" in regard TO power
craft. which some OF the shippers had
heard of and none had ever read. The
substance Of Admiral Clarkson's talk to
the power boat ok was. Now. as you
know the law see that you do not violate it,"
The experts on the cruiser never had
supposed that the Kill van Kull was so
crowded a gateway to the bay and sea
and that 80 many Jersey 6shing and nauti-
cal associations were ip existence as they
ran across yesterday. Vice-Admiral Conveys
said there doubtless was a lot Of money
in motor boat manufacturing, Judging
from the feet he held up and thAt which
he saw in the distance
The Galena. a 20 foot power boat Of Bath
Beach. which had been cruising in Jersey
waters. didn't nave a single life preserver
aboard. She carried seventeen persons.
Her owner was told. although he declared
that his passengers were merely his friends
and had paid nothing for the trip. that he
must get life preservers.
Some Of the boats boarded had no names
and others had the names painted in the
same color as that Of the boat so they
were undeciphsrable except close by.
The Lizzie B. Of Elizabethport, N. J.,
had no lights, no life preservers and no
license, and her skipper was deaf and dumb.
His mate promised to report At the Custom
House and do anything that might be re-
quired OF him. Towing any one Of the
motor craft TO New York was out Of the
question. as in the absence OF the cruiser
scores would rave got away All that
could be done to the Lizzie b. was TO give
her advice and a copy Of the regulations.
The Bay Side Of Bayonne grounded in
her effort to elude the cruiser. Her skipper
was somewhat incoherent. In Response
to the question How long 10 your boat5"
he said. Five feet eight inches He
thought Vice-Admiral Conveys was talking
about height.
A boat called The zap OF Railway
fulfilled the regulations; also. abe bad
aboard a bevy Of handsome young women
who persuaded Col. Jerome and Vice-Ad-
miral Conveys TO pose for their photographs.
Thomas C. Perkins OF Port Richmond
had a brand new swift boat without a name.
He said he didn't now anything about the
law in regard to motor boats. but was
willing to do whatever wal right. He had
selected a name and would nave IL painted
all over the boa il necessary. IL was that
Of his best girl. Anna Maria. He declined,
although urged to 10 80. to tell her anr-
name.
The Caprice of this city was naughty.
She 10 owned by Frank =. Coliyer. Her
skipper kept right on and on when the
Dalzelline footed. After q chase of two
miles h Caprice was ovsrhauled. She
said she was not a passenger craft. but she
had no name on her stern and no life pre-
servers, although there were nix persons
aboard her.
TWO KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.