Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-08-12


found upon the grounds or works owned
by the United States, without permission
will be deemed trespasssrs thereon.
Longing, visiting, or remaining Ill or .
about any office, house, yard, shop, shed .
bridge. or other structure belonging to .
the canal is forbidden. No business, /
trading, or landing of freight or baggage |.
will he allowed on or over the canal /,
piers or bridges.
Is. Persistent violations Of regulations. /
If the owuer or master OF any boat
rersistentlv violates these regulations
after due notice of the same, the boat
NAV re ordered removed from the canal
and thereafter refused passage through
the bridges by the officer in charge.
10. Statistical information.-In &C
cordanCe with the act of Congress OF
February 81. 1891, upon each passage
through the canal, or upon each trip III
the canal, if it is not entirely traversed,
the masters or clerks of all vessels or
boats shall furnish, in writing, a detail
ed statement of cargo and passengers
carried, using blank forms furnished by
the United States. This statement shall
| be handed to the lock master or bridge
tender first passed. In case no bridge
/ is passed, the statement shall be mailed
to the Office of the United States district
| engineer in charge of the operation Of
/ the canal, at room SIS, customhouse.
New Orleans, La, by the first available
United States mail. Failure to furnish
this statement will cause the offending
boat to be refused passage through the
canal or any part of it, and 1t will be
proceeded against under the act govern
ing such violations.
20. These rules and regulations shall
supersede ali those previously prescribed
! for this canal, or for any part of 1t, and
shall he in force from and after October
/ /, 1915.
War Department sept. 3, 1915 Henry
Breckenridge, Asst. Sec. of War
SCHOONER BAYOU LOCK, LA. (IN
TRACOA5TAL CANAL)
Size 50 by 800 feet
High water SIS feet above mean low
Gulf:
feet an ross SUR
l. Authority of officers. move
ment and position of all boats, RATS and
floating craft of every kind, while at the
lock, shall be subject to the direction of
the lock officers, whose orders must be
obeyed by masters and others in the
operation and mooring of such boats and
craft.
,. Precedence at lock This lock
being for tidal purposes, Will ordinarily
remain open. When required to be
closed AID operated, the following adj
ditional rules as to use and precedence
will apply llockages being made alterna-
tely up and down stream when practical
bleI;
First Boats belonging to the United
States.
Second. Boats carrying United States
mail.
Third. Passenger loats, including
boats with excursion parties.
Fourth All other boats or craft with
propelling power Except small pleasure
J hi -, h.,
precedence over tows of rats or empty
tows.
Fifth. Small pleasure boats, foated
RATS, or boats without propelling power;
households and small pleasure boats
will, If possible, be locked through with
other boats or tows, and may be held
for reasonable time for this purpose
Special lockages will not, as a rule, t
made for small pleasure boats that con
template going only short distance past
the lock and return.
Should two boats blow for the lock
about the same time, preference, as a
rule, will be given to the boat for which
the lack is prepared, with the exceptions
noted above.
If packet whistles for the lock before
a towboat has been signaled to enter the
lock, the towboat shall be held and the
packet passed through first, unless both
boats can be locked through together;
but should towboat with loaded boats
have started to enter her tow before the
packet whistles for the lock the towboat
shall have two lockages before the pack
ct is locked, except Ill cases where the
packet can be locked through with the
Ltowboat or part of her tow.
Should Passenger boat approach the
lock when towboat with 4 tow of emp
ties is there with some of the barges III
the lock, the passenger boat should not