The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
P5lClNC The LITTLE BOATS
:. .r9VS CET BSEG SKIRTS TIE
i,:iND " ITCHING YEEN.
wa, Have G0t Brand New Ilfe prcser, ers
aud some ~~<ippcrs EIaVO Brand New
t~lcrns's-1brc HAD Nons Al All. NJ
ne p,cscr,cTS aad - I'nsscngeis.

ilcrnscs-Sbuc HAD Nonn Al All. NJ
:iic Preserves aod 20 Passengers.
on James =. GARRISON. Surveyor Of the
v,...., Ms ilagshi tie DalScllinc, Rwiftest
obi, .arhor tugs, made his first cruise yester-
CAV, sairst the dciers oe regulations ahoat,
,l.,Ing about sixty miles Of wafer and all
'.e liuts Of the compass about the island
.1hattan. L; was NJ the North River
TO- lonkers down and through the
l.a.,l Ship Canal and Harlem River to
~. -, River and hayward to and beyond
corey Island and back to the Battery.
scr,lnI anyirg Admiral Ciarkson were II. G.
80 arr. Acting Collector in the absence OF
C.le. Tor Stranahsn: Fred d. kracke, Naval
OHcnr; Col. }. M. Bishop, Deputy Surveyor;
Jar.tvSuryayor Matt Coneys. Vicc-Admiral:
.,ung deputy Surveyor Alexander McKeon
an. customs INSPECTORS Scisin and Blakney.
ne converted revenue cruiser flew the
IrIoa Jack forward and over her taffrail
tic stars and Stripes. Those are flags fire.
cne.,ly seen on craft hereabout, but she
vas Iistipguishabie chiefly by the flag with
che up and down red andNwhite stripes, the
union of which bears an eagle clutching in
i's starloard talons the olive branch and in
va port talons the thunderbolts Of Jove.
Nce-Admiral Conveys and his superior
oscer represented chiefly the olive branch.
Thev carried no rapid fire VI Their
r-.ssion was one Of diplomacy
The pilots Of harbor craf # saluted the
,ruser all along her route and che dipped
or taflrall flag.
The Jack Lynch, with eighteen men
aboard, was the first of n feet Of power
i1ats that attracted tho cruiser. Vice
ADMIRAL Conveys sang out 10 her through a
~mpEdphone Come alongside"
The cruiser had stopped and the revenue
Gag hung limp at the staff. 30 III skipper
+ the Lynch didn't understand at first
Wy be should obey. When the Dalzelliue
ilr.ci and tho breeza s-tTened out the
nas he Jack Lynch got her kicker working
,,ororslN Cuneys found that she had
aboard only her owner and his friendN.
Ga, owner showed his life prcservers cheer
Iliy and PASSED on.
4 NaE and "A girl in a little power boat
vore encountered in the harle.n River.
The man recognized the cruiser having
rad about her and gave her a salute by
lifting his hat. Nice-Admiral Conveys re-
marked THAT boat IL not o~vcrcrowdcd."
And the man responded 1T would I've il
there was another man aboard The girl
laughed and waved her handkerchief TO
the cruiser
At l3lth ,'fcet and Harlem River an
,n~rcr'or ~Eouted to the Dalzelline that he
had shu. oF twenty persons from the power
hoat Phnn.x, bound for Clason Point, and
that it wasn't necessary TO overhaul her.
size was just ahead
OF Fort Hamilton thc Dalzclline held up
he motor boat Typhoon, Capt. Samuel Pol
ny She didn't make fast to tho cruiser. rs
The was requested 10 do. and after Coneys,
McKeon AID Blakney nal boarded her she
urifted of TGe Vire-Aimiral assumed
command and made tic skipper come along
eide the Dalzelline and make fast. The
skipper showed his license emitting him to
carry ifty-one persons. He had forty-nine,
all bound from the fishing banks and feeling
pretty good, as a pile of empty beer bottles
attested. She had ffty-one life preservers,
nearly all brand new. Mr.. Coneys apollo
gized smilingly for the necessity OF inter-
fcring with the Typhoon, whose skipper
wa almost as polite as the Vice-Adrniral.
he power DOuJ otd hoy va W outt
in the charrrI between Fort Lafayette and
ort Hamilton.
"roma alongside!" shouted the vice-Ad-
wir5L
Tho Sea Boy kept ssucily on her course.
Evidently her skipper didn't see the cruisers
iE
Tho De lzelline spurted and came TO a stop
iCrIss the Sea Boys bows. The revenue
.,y-l ,,tt than and tho en- LIANT in the
.,a Boy sal up and took notice when this
lFtsrcnCe drifted over to them.
If you don't come alongside we will
,r't-t YOU"
ln. Sea Boy responded swiftly. She had
~tr,u'y-nine Passengers and is entitled TO
cry tbirty-two. She had her life preservers
F. ,wed below and her skipper, Capt. Edward
u, pckel. wss advised TO put them within
Zach Of passengers. He said he would and
f.isci to do 80 before the cruiser was out
O.. s.e.oG. The life preservers looked new.
Tho power boat Viking. which meekly
f.rrradered after being hailed. also had
LIE prcservers in places where pas
f,lcers couldn't get at them handily.
Sir" promised to obey the regulations and
v,u' an.
Four motor boats stopped by the cruiser
D.. iconses only a week old and nearly
oil rhor life prcservers were new.
The cockleshcll motor boat kingfisher.
commended and owned by Louis kindt,
ii went the other way when called upon
% .olue alongside. The threat OF arrest
caused her to hump herself in the direction
If 'ho Dalzclline.
Where is your lioense?" Mr.. Conveys
a,F,}.
lie skipper. who was White and tremu-
.oGs. laid he hadn't any. and uttered hall
coherent things with an Oriental accent
about the boat being owned by a woman
snd hat it wasn't his fault and hat he was
wiling TO go anywhere and do anything
II h' we're permitted TO land his twenty
lhlee Passengers. some of whom were hall
tpev.
Whore are your life preservers7'
! lAven't any"
'"'" Of passenger. holding aloft a half
empty beer bottle: We've got enough
CEg. lC. here to cork IN and hOat u.s..