Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the Treasury, Parte2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 |
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Página xxxviii
... class includes the transatlantic and transpacific steamers , but estimating gross tonnage at 33 per cent more than net , it may be put at 7,121,971 tons , on which a tax of 5 cents per gross ton would yield $ 356,099 . The fiscal ...
... class includes the transatlantic and transpacific steamers , but estimating gross tonnage at 33 per cent more than net , it may be put at 7,121,971 tons , on which a tax of 5 cents per gross ton would yield $ 356,099 . The fiscal ...
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... class and qualifications of American seamen is to have in all important or large ports a sailors ' home , under the supervision and control of Federal officers , where morality and surrounding attractions would take the place of the ...
... class and qualifications of American seamen is to have in all important or large ports a sailors ' home , under the supervision and control of Federal officers , where morality and surrounding attractions would take the place of the ...
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... class of seamen at this port for which there is any preference shown by masters of vessels , and this preference does not lead to any difference in wages paid to the seamen . The colored seamen , natives of Cape de Verde Islands , are ...
... class of seamen at this port for which there is any preference shown by masters of vessels , and this preference does not lead to any difference in wages paid to the seamen . The colored seamen , natives of Cape de Verde Islands , are ...
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... class of vessels for which I have per- formed service , because better wages are paid , as the rate of wages on foreign vessels seldom exceeds $ 15 , while it is shown that the minimum wages paid in American vessels is never less than ...
... class of vessels for which I have per- formed service , because better wages are paid , as the rate of wages on foreign vessels seldom exceeds $ 15 , while it is shown that the minimum wages paid in American vessels is never less than ...
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... classes . Reference to the table of shipments of seamen ( see table , p . 7 ) devoted to reports of shipping ... class of British vessels from Great Britain the usual pay of able seamen ( many thousands ) has been $ 19.44 a month ...
... classes . Reference to the table of shipments of seamen ( see table , p . 7 ) devoted to reports of shipping ... class of British vessels from Great Britain the usual pay of able seamen ( many thousands ) has been $ 19.44 a month ...
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Página 228 - ... a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Página 221 - A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upwards in length when at anchor shall carry in the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.
Página 229 - Whenever, as in the case of small vessels under way during bad weather, the green and red side lights cannot be fixed, these lights shall be kept at hand lighted and ready for use; and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than 2 points...
Página 223 - On the near approach of or to other vessels they shall have their sidelights lighted, ready for use, and shall flash or show them at short intervals to indicate the direction in which they are heading, but the green light shall not be shown on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. A pilot-vessel of such a class as to be obliged to go alongside of a...
Página 232 - A steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal of a vessel the position of which is not ascertained shall, so far as the circumstances of the case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate with caution until danger of collision is over.
Página 237 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Página 232 - When both are running free with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Página 231 - A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack, one blast; when on the port tack, two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam, three blasts in succession.
Página xliv - It may be doubted whether any of the evils proceeding from the feebleness of the federal government contributed more to that great revolution which introduced the present system than the deep and general conviction that commerce ought to be regulated by congress.
Página 233 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.