The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-13
HARDDRMhSTER'S HARD DAY I.
STEAMER STATE OF WASHINGTON
BLOCKS GAIBRaITH-s DOCK
Her omesrs Decline 10 Move Her.
and the Gfsy-s Representative
Takes the Hit I'm His T~esh-Iaw

Harhor Master Rogers dhi hard days
work yesterday afferncon trying 20 eseaF
Caloyaith'4 dock for the steamer George
T. Starr. TIE tlE stern wacel steamer
STATE Of Washington was the cause o.
The trouble and he Starr r1arage4 10 get
her alongside q tae Roanoke after I've
hours pufters1g arotznxs the hay. TIE own-
sss q the George T. Starr VIII pgs IN a
bI 20 the clfy for two hours towing
and the csty vii have blz bill against
the State OF Washington TIE latter. s.
IS expected. wiu refuse 20 pay AMI test
case or The harbor rules ordinance = ex-
pee;@d-
Four steamers tried TO tie Up at che
south side OF Yssler dock yesterday and
finally succeeded by packing IN Ike sar-
dimes The steamers were tire Resale.
Del Sorte. Garland ard the State %
Washington Tie tide swung the stern
Of the latter steamer away from the Yes
Ter dock until Il was nearly touching Gal
brsith's dock on the other side OF the slip.
About noon the George f. Starr arrived
with considerable cargo for sha dock just
south OF Yesler. There was no room
for her TO get IN on account OF the States
position. Earbor Master Rogers was sent
for 10 Gear the slip. He went aboard The
State o. Washington and ordered the off,
GERS 10 move the steamer to the face OF
the dock. The Washington had no steam
up and the officers declined TO move al
though Il was suggested that the steamer
could 10 moved around TO the face Of the
dock with lines.
This did not stop Capt. Rogers. He
went aboard the George Il. Starr and ar
ranged for her 30 tow the State OF Wazh-
'neton OUT OF the slip. The lines were
made fast ard the Starr started in on the
strangest work she has been engaged IN
for Icng time There may be some
doubt as 10 just what the George E. Starr
was butt for, but when she got through
with the State Of Washington yesterday
there was no doabt In the minds o. those
who witnessed the operation that her
builders never Intended her 10 tow long
stern wheel river crafts.
The STAIRS big side threshed the sal.
wafer 80 milky foam, but thu State
or Washington went any way but the
right one. For two hours the Starr work
I'd At the task the smallest tow boat on
the Sound could have accomplished In ten
minutes. The TWO steamers nearly COM
pieted "a wide circuit OF the bay In trying
% get alongside the Roanoke. Finally the
State dld brush Up alongside the big Yu-
kcn steamer and th. deck hands got their
lines out before she driftej away again.
The Starr then discharged her freight.
Harbor Master Rogers expects that the
case Will wind up IN court. He believes
THAI the owners OF the State OF Washing
ton VIII refuse to pay for moving the
boat. In that event the city attorney will
prepare the papers in a test case
The ordinances passed by The city corr
eli for the regulation Of the harbor and
waarFes are very strict and give Capt
Rogers a great deal Of authority. Some OF
the authority thus given is questioned and
there are those who believe that Il would
not hold In court. Tne harbor masters
rigAt TO move q steamer at the expense
OF the owners in case she Is blockading
another wharf and they refuse 10 move
her is among the parts Of the ordinance
that has been questioned. For that reason
Capt. Rogers is anxious for a test case