The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-02

pired, one quite recently. This was
Captain ]. G. Davenport, whose death !
took place suddenly, following an at |
tack of paralysis. Some Of the others
have not been physically able to re-
main actively on duty Of recent
months, but their ranks are filed by
ether and more sturdy ones, and
when a watch" is not on the bar
there il always very good reason
fol such conditions, however rarely,
* ever, exist.
Pilot Boats.
The pilots use the Shepherdess,
power schooner, purchased scme time
sgo on the Atlantic coast. In The
past some magnificent vessels have
been owned or controlled by the local
association, notably the Sommers. n.
Smith, the Florida, the Pilot, etc. A
"trip with a watch" for week Is an
experience filed with pleasures, and
those who have had the fortune to
have been an invited guest Of the as
ISOLATION always look back with the
recollection of it being one of the
most enjoyable weeks n their lives,
perhaps.
A Benevolent Association.
Although the pilots are nov incoG-
porated and in a benevolent asScnia-
ton, it has not always been thus.
There are members WAC, in moments
I.of Renaissance, talk of the days Of
competitive plotting, aud those were
The days when getting the opportunity
to sail a ship across the bar meant
travelling many, many miles off shore.
l. is reported that in those days of
competition, it was 'Iot unusual for
pilots to make trips to other nearby
ports to bring vessel to Pensacola.
There are none in the presently-con-
stituted association, however, who
have ever confessed to that.
Active pilots keep up the associa-
ton, and it is generally the rule for
all able-bodied men to do as much
pilotage as ''his turn demands. This
activity is implied by a section of
the associations bylaws, which as
serts that each pilot shall pay to the
( ECNICkdAy VI Liz bOdEu UAAC BEA CCAAk
of the gross amount of pilotage col
lected by him on or before the 10th
day of each month of each and every
year.
Pilot Fees,
Pilotage is collected on the basis
Of length and depth OF vessels. A
section enforcing this charge reads
as follows: at@x
"All fees and rates of pilntaga on
vessels entering or leaving this port
shall be as follows: For steamers OF
vessels drawing from six (6) feet,
o. less than the same, two (I) dol
lars per foot; for steamers OF ves-
sells drawing from six (6) to ten (10)
, feet, three (3) dollars per foot; for
ste amers or vessels iruwing from
ter (l0) to fourteen (14) feet, four
dollars per foot; for steamers or YES
se;s drawing from fourteen (l4) to
twenty COY feet, five ~ dollars per
i, foot; for steamers or vessels drawing
over twenty (20) feet, six dolisrs per
foot These rates shall apply TO all
steamers or vessels, whether owned
wholly by the citizens OF this state
or rot; provided, That all steamers
o. vessels carrying the regular Uni,
teI States mail, shall pay half plot.
: age only; provided further, That al
I steamers OF vessels drawing less than
SIX (6) feet of water, and having
. coastwise license, shall be exempt
E from paying whole or half pjl2Jage
!, UrIess they employ pilot"
Sometimes it happens that a pilot
$ is fprcibly detained aboard g vesse
3 at quarantine for the night, or fol-
several days. Under the rules reg
: l,la:iLg pilotage, pilot thus detained
shos1d by the master or quarantin.
officer shall receive for each and every
days service the sum of four dollars
r pc" day over and above the piICtage
Work for Pensacola.
!, Pilots do not court publicity. On
the contrary they prefer to do theil
), work unhonored and unsung. The,
prefer to do their work and let tn,
,, work speak for itself. In fact, i
their work becomes public they lie
}, it go at that, but, leave it to any o
the jovial, whole-souled Pensacola pi
i lots, they work for the ports inter
est, and for that alone, above every
3, thing else.