Mr. Doll today introduced a bill "to establish a Board of Nautical Education for the port of San Francisco." It provides that the Board shall have nine members. The Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Underwriters shall each elect three ship-masters or shipping merchants, as members; the Board of Education shall elect two of their number to be members, and the managers o the Industrial School shall elect one of their number to be a member.
The Board of Nautical Education shall have power to prescribe schedules qualifications and service for masters and other officers (steam engineers excepted,) employed in the merchant service on the high seas; to examine all applicants for certificates of competency or service, and to issue or revoke certificates. The bill appropriates $25,000 for the purpose of purchasing, fitting out, and maintaining a suitable ship for a nautical training school at the port of San Francisco. The ship must be staunch and seaworthy, not below A 2, with room for 200 pupils between decks; the cost, with provisions for three months and proper furniture, not to exceed $20,000. All boys over twelive in teh Industrial School and the State Reform School shall be put on board, and then the ship shall be open to other boys, without charge, for instruction in the duties of able seamen; but other persons may be taken on board and instructed in navigation, nautical astronomy, etc., for pay. The Board of Nautical Education is allowed to receive the following commissions: 5 percent for procuring freight or charter; 2-1/2 percent for collecting freight, passage money, or tuition fees; $50 for entering or clearing ship to a domestic port; $200 for entering or clearing ship to a foreign port; 1-2/1 percent for disbursement, except for purchase of ship; $15 for certificate to extra master; $10 to ordinary master, $7.50 to the first officer, $5 to second officer; and $5 for certificate of service.
The bill is accompanied by a memorial in favor of the passage of a bill to establish a school ship. Among the signers are most of the shipping merchants, insurance agents, importers and bankers of bankers of San Francisco. H.F. Teschemacher heads the list; Albert Dibblee adds to his signature that he is "strongly in favor of a school ship;" Ira P. Rankin puts down his name as "knowing the success of similar schools elsewhere," etc.
Mr. Dodge has introduced a bill to provide that in San Francisco the tax shall not be levied until after the assessment of the property, and then we shall know beforehand how much money we are to have.
H.
Paasch's Illustrated Marine Dictionary (in English, French, and German, originally published as From Keel to Truck)
Captain H. Paasch
Originally published as "From Keel to Truck" in 1885. With over 35 years of sea faring experience, including commands and a role as a Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Paasch sets out in English, French and German, an exhaustive explanation of all the principal parts of a ship's structure and equipment, including the main types of steam and sailing vessels; hulls; propulsion machinery; anchors, masts and spars, rigging, as well as sails, tackle, blocks, ropes and knots, bends, hitches and splices.
Illustrated. First published by the author in Antwerp, 1885.