Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the Treasury, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 - Merchant marine |
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... francs . Italian ships coming here pay the least - the equivalent of about $ 14 a month for able seamen . But there is little demand for Italian seamen here . Most of the Norwegian vessels that come to this port are owned by Americans ...
... francs . Italian ships coming here pay the least - the equivalent of about $ 14 a month for able seamen . But there is little demand for Italian seamen here . Most of the Norwegian vessels that come to this port are owned by Americans ...
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... francs per kilo- gram ( about 44 cents per pound ) for letters and post cards , and 50 centimes per kilogram ( about 4 cents per pound ) for other articles . ] TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE . Name of line and terminals . Register . Compensa ...
... francs per kilo- gram ( about 44 cents per pound ) for letters and post cards , and 50 centimes per kilogram ( about 4 cents per pound ) for other articles . ] TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE . Name of line and terminals . Register . Compensa ...
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... francs ; passengers , 22,000,000 francs ; mails , including colonial payments , 8,000,000 francs , the distance traversed by mail steamers being 500,000 marine leagues , making the average compensation per mile , on all lines of the ...
... francs ; passengers , 22,000,000 francs ; mails , including colonial payments , 8,000,000 francs , the distance traversed by mail steamers being 500,000 marine leagues , making the average compensation per mile , on all lines of the ...
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... [ Franc 19.3 cents 100 centimes . ] Francs . 1.50 .073 .07 .05 Steel or iron ... Foreign - built vessels under French flag , half of above rates . Act of 1893 : Steel or iron steamships . Annual decrease Wooden steamships . Annual ...
... [ Franc 19.3 cents 100 centimes . ] Francs . 1.50 .073 .07 .05 Steel or iron ... Foreign - built vessels under French flag , half of above rates . Act of 1893 : Steel or iron steamships . Annual decrease Wooden steamships . Annual ...
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... francs per gross ton , while the same vessel costs 420 francs in France . Besides this difference English shipbuilders have numerous advantages in the magnitude of their plants , the large number of vessels they build , often from the ...
... francs per gross ton , while the same vessel costs 420 francs in France . Besides this difference English shipbuilders have numerous advantages in the magnitude of their plants , the large number of vessels they build , often from the ...
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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.