At the shared flood board at South Ferry, Tomas Reed puts river marks, town gauge notes and the shared warning schedule beside the upstream mark arrives one bell before the lower town gauge. The detail is easy to miss in a summary, but it determines whether a posted rule describes the place people actually use.
Tomas Reed is the river correspondent for the joint table. On this cold harbor visit, the work begins with a dated entry and ends with a second check from someone who did not make the first one.
The river marks, town gauge notes and the shared warning schedule lists 69 warnings issued with both town readings attached; the previous window lists 73. Marek Stone checked both against posted terms set beside signed receipts and final invoices. The number is one part of a larger handoff between the office, the people who use the service and the staff expected to maintain it.
Upper towns want a warning as soon as their mark rises. Lower towns want a second reading before closing the ferry. Residents and workers have asked the clerk to keep their accounts beside the source count rather than turn them into a single average.
Afield visit checks the posted rule against the route residents actually use. The Year fifth, cold harbor window 2 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The joint table will publish a two-reading rule with the decision time recorded.
