Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the Treasury, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 |
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... charges . L Features of the year's construction L Tonnage and construction for 1894 compared with 1893 , with statistical sum- maries , by geographical distribution , power and material , and trade ... LII Progress during the past ...
... charges . L Features of the year's construction L Tonnage and construction for 1894 compared with 1893 , with statistical sum- maries , by geographical distribution , power and material , and trade ... LII Progress during the past ...
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... charges in American ports by State law or local ordinance , including pilotage , quarantine , wharfage , towage , harbor - masters ' fees , etc. , arranged by States as above ...... 61 68 82 H. Foreign taxation of shipping ...
... charges in American ports by State law or local ordinance , including pilotage , quarantine , wharfage , towage , harbor - masters ' fees , etc. , arranged by States as above ...... 61 68 82 H. Foreign taxation of shipping ...
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... charges in foreign ports over and above what the natives pay . It is the operation of this unequal burthen that renders it necessary for us to discriminate . It becomes us , therefore , to ascertain what these extraordinary impositions ...
... charges in foreign ports over and above what the natives pay . It is the operation of this unequal burthen that renders it necessary for us to discriminate . It becomes us , therefore , to ascertain what these extraordinary impositions ...
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... charges .... Miscellaneous ... Total . Item . Amount . Percent . Percent . * £ 542,000 23 28 315,000 13 16 268,000 11 14 260,000 11 13 248,000 11 13 219,000 9 178,000 8 153,000 7 8 148,000 6 8 24,000 1 2 , 355 , 000 100 100 * Excluding ...
... charges .... Miscellaneous ... Total . Item . Amount . Percent . Percent . * £ 542,000 23 28 315,000 13 16 268,000 11 14 260,000 11 13 248,000 11 13 219,000 9 178,000 8 153,000 7 8 148,000 6 8 24,000 1 2 , 355 , 000 100 100 * Excluding ...
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... charges they impose on shipping for or against a flag , and , so far as such charges are con- cerned , American shipping is in theory on equal terms with the ship- ping of other nations . In practice we are at some disadvantage on ...
... charges they impose on shipping for or against a flag , and , so far as such charges are con- cerned , American shipping is in theory on equal terms with the ship- ping of other nations . In practice we are at some disadvantage on ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.