New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08


rls light does sufficiently guide the mariner TO
ne entrance of Port Jefferson Harbor The light
b some two miles from the breakwater. where the
entrance to the harbor Is and is dificult on dark
nights for the navigator TO determine his course.
while In fogs It is impossible there Is no foghorn
The proposed lighthouse will be exactly on the
breakwater and the foghorn will be placed along
side The bill for the lighthouse and fos sta
ton Is now in Congress and there is strong hope
that the Apr opriation will be granted at an early
date.
Never before have so many yachts. both steam and
calling. been laid up there for the winter as there
ore now and never before were the ship workers
% busy preparing them for the summer Scraping
and painting altering and refittng are the order Of
the day, while all the numerous sail lofts are KEEP;
busy.
Port Jefferson considerable shipping
centre but now you find the former autocrat OF
The quarterback calking seams under some pretty
ncer or scraping and painting the sides. Some. or
U least two Of them. have become the cap
hins Of of the palatial summer craft for
Nis service they receive salary OF $I5 to slse
month with possible perquistes from generous
Employer During the winter It is the captains DUTY
to remain by his charge and see that no harm be-
falls her while early In the spring his preparations
for the annual "house-cleanng" must be we'll under
way.
When the yacht arrives at Port Jefferson to so
into winter quarters. the first thing to be done is 10
movable fittings 10 one OF the sail lofts on shore,
built especially for the purpose Then the stays and
shrouds Stacked up. and in some cases lem
porary house Of wood canvas is built over the
entire deck. Then the yacht is hauled up on the
ways high and dry. or II she IL TO be left In the
water she is sccirely anchored fore and aft The
high hills on three sides of the bay protect the craft
from every gale.
YACHTS OUT OF COMMISSION.
Al tbs nresent time Their, are in Port Jefferson
Harbor twenty steam yachts. most of them OF the
largest size sixteen schooners fory-one eoops and
some sixty cathoats. naphtha launches and electric
launches. OF the last there only two. and they
have come in for much notice OF this fleet only
four owned in Port Jererson. yet nearly all the
boats having captains commanded by Port JET
ferson skippers.
one OF the handsome steam yachts there that Is
beng extensively altered is Henry A. Loushln's
vesta. built three years in Brooklyn The YES
Ia just presents unattractive appearance In
side Her superb carpets. uphoistering and hne
clothes have been stripped from her. and IN many many
s es's s ssye at her up
having entirely SCI Of MACHINERY Schi sr pE' n n
/ Being Improved and enlarged. The vesta has al.
have been partly in Canadian waters the last two
E sr captain hax1ns G r. Ha R the o.
boat usually moors. Few or no changes are being
1sss JESSIE !. hsr AHfA %rmo"fs luna M.yrs
Es.p.th Henry z Abbsys stella sna. G. L. Stoves
THE oBERoN MAY BE HEIGHTENED.
II IL ,u.t possible that the steam yacht Oberon
viii be cut in two and heightened twenty feet. she
owned by W. j. Matherson, who is DESTROYS OF
selling her but II he cannot do this he viii lengthen
her Mr. Matherson also owns the famous Katrina
Herreshofr steam yacht bun; Two years py,s asS
Don. and is being thoroughly overhauled. Extensive
changes have been made IN her pho. 10 DanIs
ga ssterooms The Katrina Skipper 10 D"''''
yacht that has been completely changed IN lap Sp
J. Hawkins This vessel last fall was placed upon
r sk., a from ou her In b +wo
ded to what was eft Of her ans sSs ot oven
hanging stern. six feet long. has been added: the
al increase in her length over az Ssih hsen made
new pilo.house and bridge have greatly im
shanges such as double bukheads TO exc.uoe sne
ssss Of the engineroom from the saioo" nave
ibs steam yacht shearwa,er Fix new Nv, s sesn
si besides some improSements in the dlnns,r9om
to oYsrffnfns * Changes also
AYE been made in her deckhouss undergone the
ysrd i the Hasson This % boat has been length
amdsnps some iteen feet, c ann by six
so2t overhanging stern. -. 1850
extensive alterations have been made IN ths inis
Snooner Alsacienne, formerly known as the So'hs
Ian and owned by G c. Bragg The yacht ~ 80, -.
S1sr bathroom has been paneed with nsnosdn''
e have been made In ae ex
~ ye alteration are the Mother Careys chicke hn
~ Daphene. the Choctaw. the Bonita the I,oipnih
~ flash, the Msscotte the Gaviota, the Euryo.a
W sehorita. the Beatrice. the Malona the Pastime'
~ Bonar and the Helen.
among the large schooners and sioops in the nar-
~ are the eylph, the Dare. the Mignon. the NJ
keoecca. the Whitby. the Enterprise, the MI
~aa the sachem. the Fenella and the Varuna