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Lincoln Cummings and the push for ship crew inspections
The article chronicles Lincoln Cummings as he advocates federal inspection of passenger steamship crews. It details endorsements from national figures and city boards, the formation of a Navigation Conference, and a proposed commission to draft a bill for inspecting equipment, construction, and crews. It highlights praise from presidents, senators, and bishops, and underscores the moral basis for licensing ships only with trained crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larchmont
Boston Transcript
C. W. Eliot
Margard
Cabot Lodge
John W. Weeks
John D. Long
Massachusetts
John L. Bates
William Lawrence
Lincoln C. Cummings
Bours of Trade
United States
Portland
Lincoln C., Cummings
New York City
Portland, Oregon
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Spokane
Washington
Kansas City Board of Trade
Wilmington
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
Cummings
I'nunton
Mass
Board of Trade
Chester Board of ‘T'Rade
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Quest
Permanent Navigation Commission
Lewis Nixon
Frederick K. Underwood
Eric R. R. Uo
Emil Tons
Hamburg-American Line
William McCarroll
N.Y. Board of Trade
Brookline
Maas
Pinehurst
N. DC
Samuel 8. Sewall
Arthur Sewall Co
Baltimore
Coghlan
Navy
C. B. Parsons
Maritime Exchange
New York
F. B. Dalzell
Towing Interest
J. Johnson
Legal Aid Society
Charles 8. Smith
People’s Institute
J. B. King
Jersey City
N. J
Jeremiah P. Robinson
Hoboken
City of
Troy