IRVEN
SPENCER MAULL
1969
LEWES HARBOR MASTER
Irven
S. Maull of Lewes, an automobile mechanic, has been the
Lewes
Harbor Master for the past 12 years but still does not know what
the
job is all about. He said somebody called him from the capital in
Dover and asked if I wanted a the harbor job. He questioned what
the job required, they answered 'nothing' , so that being the sort
of job I wanted,
I
took the job. They never told me what a harbor master was or just
what
he
has to do, so I never did anything. They don't pay anything either.
Irven
did know that other Delaware River harbor masters had things to do
like
keep ships moving about, make sure harbor traffic goes the right
way.
That
did not happen in Lewes, no pay, no work, only a title.
Maull
had spent most of his 79 years on the water, fishing parties,
government work and such, took pilots out to ships going up river
from 1929 to 1959.
Boats
are Maull's life, today he builds them and makes repairs.
The
mention of the British brig, the DeBraak, he is all fired up and
told
us
it is a bunch of foolishness. He had guided Merritt Scott and
Chapman
a
year or so ago, but did not find her, I told them she is under the
sand of
the
capes. But no one wants to hear shipwreck tales, bad times at sea
stories anymore.
So,
Irvin S. Maull, wrong spelling, is still harbor master of Port
of Lewes,
and
Rehoboth & Lewes Canal, even though his appointment expired
July
1,
1965. He has nor been replaced.
Abstract:
Wilmington Morning News, Saturday December 6, 1969, Sussex Burau's
Peninsula People.
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