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In the absence of a predetermined command structure to deal with an incident of this magnitude, a number of PAPD inspectors, captains, and lieutenants stepped forward at around 9:30 to formulate an on-site response plan.
Tacoma's captains of industry and finance all ponied up for it.
This story is told well in Chernow's chapter "Captains of Erudition," which describes the hellish wrangling between Rockefeller and the free-spending William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago.
It sees the bills as a triumph of "small interests," noting that they contain special provisions for the likes of "bakery companies, apple cider distillers, low-income farmers, luxury boaters, sky-diving instructors and even whaling captains."
English sea captains also came to know the beautiful but deserted Bahamian islands during the 17th century.