Courses and distances, Savannah Lightship to Savannah-Continued [Abbreviations: Lt., light; Bn., beacon; F., fixed; Fl., flashing; Occ., occulting; W., white; R., red; G., green; Alt., alternating; t., true; dist., distant] 5. Oyster Beds Shoal Lighted Buoy 6 (Fl. 6. Long Island Crossing Front Range Light 7. New Channel Range Front Light (Fl. G.), 12. Upper Flats Front Range Light (Fl. W.), bearing SSE., dist. 500 yards. Steer Upper Flats Range (front light Fl. W., rear light Occ. W.) astern: Direct COURSES AND DISTANCES Courses and distances, Savannah Lightship to Savannah-Continued 179 [Abbreviations: Lt., light; Bn., beacon; F., fixed; Fl., flashing; Occ., occulting; W., white; R., red; G., green; Alt., alternating: t., true; dist., distant] 16. Barnwell Island Flats Lighted Buoy 14 Direct Direct 18. Seaboard Air Line drawbridge. 210 SSW. % W 6 30 NNE. % E 6 PORT OF SAVANNAH Savannah, population 85,024 in 1930, is on the south bank of the river about 15 miles above the entrance. It is the second largest city and chief port of the State of Georgia, and one of the important southern ports for the shipment of cotton, lumber, naval stores, sugar, chemicals, and oil. It is the chief distributing point for supplies to the surrounding country, and has considerable coastwise and foreign trade. There are excellent hotel accommodations in the city. Quarantine. The national quarantine station and boarding station is on the south side of the channel west of Cockspur Island. Pilots. A pilot boat will be found outside the bar. The regular station for the pilot boat is between the lightship and the sea buoy. Pilotage is compulsory for certain vessels. Pilotage. The following rates for pilotage were prescribed on January 16, 1923, Harbor regulations.-1. Every pilot, when he has brought any ship or vessel to anchor, is required to moor such ship or vessel, or to give proper directions for the mooring of the same, and for her safe riding at such mooring. He shall also make known to the captain of such vessel the laws requiring lights on board. 2. It shall be the duty of every pilot to inform the masters of vessels of their duty to report to the harbor master's office within 24 hours after arrival at city. 3. Pilots are directed to moor all vessels which stop at Five Fathoms to lighten or discharge, as near the south shore as may be safe, that an open passage may be left to the northward for vessels to pass and repass. No vessel shall discharge or load any of her cargo in the river opposite the city, except at the HARBOR REGULATIONS 181 wharves. No anchor is allowed in the river when the vessel is made fast to the wharf. 4. All masters of vessels, as soon as they come to anchor, shall rig in their jig boom, spanker boom, and main boom; and all vessels shall brace their lower and top sail yards on starboard braces, take in the boomkins and davits, lay their spit-sail yards fore and aft, rig in their martingale, take in all boom irons, and cockbill their anchors. These regulations must be observed while lying at the wharf, or at anchor in any part of the river. The master of any vessel or his representatives, refusing to move his vessel, when ordered to do so by the harbor master or deputy, the vessel shall be moved, if necessary, with tug or tugs, and proper crew employed, at expense of said vessel. 5. Master or consignee of any vessel wishing to move shall give the harbor master sufficient notice to enable him to give her a clear berth. The harbor master must be the judge of the time required. 6. No vessel shall be moved, after being placed at the wharf, without permission of the harbor master. 7. No vessel, other than regular packets, arriving at the city, shall be docked without permission from the harbor master. 8. All vessels, except regular packets, in ballast, waiting for freight, light or occasionally taking in, discharging, or retailing a cargo at any wharf shall give the inside berth to a loaded vessel that wants to discharge forthwith; and every such vessel shall likewise give inside berth to a vessel that wants to take on her cargo immediately. Any vessel, except regular packets, taking in a cargo at any wharf shall give the inside berth to a loaded vessel if, at the time of application for such berth, there be no other vacant or equally suitable berth for such loaded vessel. 9. Every vessel hauling past or lying alongside and making fast to another vessel shall put out, in a proper manner, good and sufficient fenders, and keep the same so placed as to prevent injury to the vessel she may be alongside of and shall likewise so place her mooring as to prevent injury to said vessel, and if discharging or taking in a cargo athwart another vessel's deck, she must also keep her plank or staging so fixed as not to cause injury. 10. Masters of vessels shall not permit ballast, rubbish, or dirt of any kind to be thrown into the river or harbor. All ballast or coal shall be thrown 10 feet back, clear of the heads of the wharves; a heavy sail or tarpaulin must be put between the vessel and the wharf, extending under and 5 feet on each side of the stage, to prevent any from falling into the river. The sweepings from the deck, or ashes from the caboose, or rubbish of any kind must be put upon the wharf and carted away. 11. No vessel, while lying alongside the wharf or another vessel, shall be smoked for the purpose of destroying rats, but must first be hauled in the stream and kept constantly afloat so as to be easily removed in case of taking fire. 12. No tar, pitch, or turpentine shall be boiled on any vessel's deck, or within 60 yards of any vessel or warehouse. Notice in all cases to be given to the harbor master. 13. No raft of timber or lumber shall be broken up in the front river below low-water mark, except that rafts of oak or cypress may be broken up on north side of river, in accordance with provisions of ordinance passed in council March 25, 1885. No raft shall be permitted to lie more than 48 hours afloat in the river, nor shall any stave, wood, or shingle raft be landed at the heads of the wharves. 14. No vessel lying at any of the wharves on the southern side of the river between Habersham's Mill and the eastern extremity of the city shall be permitted to take on board any timber or lumber from rafts alongside, unless the owner or lessee of the wharf at which the vessel lies shall consent thereto and procure the consent of the owner or lessee of the adjacent wharves, which consent shall be in writing and filed with harbor master. In cases where it would not be safe to remove empty vessels the mayor will give permission to load a few sticks of timber at wharf, said sticks to be secured by chains and dogs after the raft shall have been broken up. 15. No person shall encumber the wharves with cotton, coal, bricks, lumber, stone, or other heavy articles, so as to prevent the use of said wharf to vessels wishing to load or discharge cargoes. 16. Not more than two vessels of 100 tons or more register shall be allowed to lay alongside at any wharf in the city so long as there shall be another wharf vacant, or with only one vessel thereat, except under special permit from the harbor master, approved by the mayor. 17. No vessel or boat lying alongside of any other vessel or wharf shall have a fire in the caboose, or any other place on or under deck, of said vessel or boat, except in an iron caboose, and such caboose or other fireplace be well and safely covered and surrounded with a good and sufficient caboose house, hut, or other covering or inclosure. 18. All vessels overlying the city wharves and docks must pay proportional wharfage. No rafts shall be kept across or in them for the purpose of loading, except by permission. 19. No shingle or sand ballast or rubbish of any description shall be landed without permission of the harbor master. 20. Any vessel will be admitted to a berth or be allowed to change from one berth to another on application to the harbor master. 21. No master or other person having charge of any ship or vessel shall refuse or neglect to obey the directions of the harbor master, or his assistant, in any matters within his or their authority, or shall molest, resist, or oppose the harbor master, or his assistant, in the execution of any of the duties of his or their office. 22. The master of any vessel laying at anchor in any port of the river at nighttime shall cause a good and sufficient light to be shown in some part of the rigging of such vessel, at least 20 feet above her deck, which light shall be kept burning during all hours of the night. 23. Every vessel must always have on board a ship keeper, or other person capable to take charge of her. 24. In case of any dispute or difference of opinion arising between or amongst masters of vessels, or others concerned under the foregoing harbor regulations, the same should be settled by the arbitration of the harbor master, on the application to him of those interested. No launch, batteau, skiff, sloop, schooner, or other vessel shall anchor or moor to any buoy in the Savannah River between the Seabord Air Line bridge and Fort Oglethorpe or Jackson, at a distance of more than 75 feet from the north harbor line of said river. Any person violating any of the regulations contained in the foregoing sections, upon conviction thereof in the police court, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $100, or be imprisoned not more than 30 days, either or both, in the discretion of the officer presiding in said court. Ordinance to lessen danger from fire. That hereafter it shall be the duty of every owner, agent, master, or captain of any vessel, boat, tug, or craft propelled in whole or in part by steam; or on which any steam engine or steam boiler is, or is used, immediately upon the arrival of such vessel at any wharf, dock, or pier within the port of Savannah, to cover all funnels and smokestacks securely with a first-class spark arrester or arresters. That it shall be the duty of every person owning or operating any steam locomotive, steam engine, donkey engine, or stationary engine on or about the wharves, docks, or piers of the city of Savannah, or on or about any yard or warehouse where any cotton or naval stores are stored in the city of Savannah, to cover the smokestack of each and every such steam locomotive, steam engine, donkey engine, or stationary engine securely with a first-class spark arrester. That it shall be the duty of every owner, agent, master, or captain of any vessel, boat, tug, or craft, propelled in whole or in part by steam, immediately upon its arrival in this port, to couple its fire hose and have the same ready for immediate use at all times while in this port; provided said vessel, boat, tug, or craft is loading or discharging a cargo of cotton or naval stores, and sufficient steam shall be kept up night and day on the donkey engine or on one of the main boilers to enable a full stream of water to be turned into any compartment of such boat, tug, vessel, or craft at any time; and in the event that such vessel, boat, tug, or craft shall not be provided with sufficient hose to reach each and every hatch of said vessel, boat, tug, or craft, then it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, master, or captain thereof to immediately supply said vessel, boat, tug, or craft with sufficient hose so to do. That it shall be the duty of every agent, owner, master, or captain of any vessel, while loading or discharging a vessel in this port, to protect or have protected all hatch combings so that the cargo of cotton or naval stores so loaded or unloaded shall not come in contact with the combings. |