New-York tribune., 1919-04-20

stuffed with oysters and the count
IN less horde that swms fifty fathoms
deep on the Georges banks is not
to be measured by the 40O-odd miles that
separate Fifth Avenue from the Georges.
1t is to be measured, rather, in terms of
centuries-despite the steam trawlers which
reap fifty fathoms deep as a harvester
goes through field of grain.
For steam trawers, equipped with wire
less, have not changed tho fisherfolk Their
hardships not less nor their strength
TO meet them than when Peter cast the
net with his fellows on Gallee. Strong
of arm and harsh of tongue they are to-
day; and doubtless were the men of
Galilee, for nets tore in those days even
to-day; and that Simon who was called
Peter not wont to curb his feelings.
The Implements but not the men, have
changed "a man is born fisherman or
he is not fisherman" said Bill Murray,
stocky veteran of the hardy crew that
sails from the Beeknan Street pier to the
harvest on the Georges.
The Albatross, one of fleet owned by
the East Coast Fisheries Company, Is a
stout, high bowed craft 165 feet long, driv-
zen by triple expansion engines with a
speed of ten knots. By virtue Of the lofty
bow, which shoulders seas away from her
deck, the Albatross has forecastle which
is all above deck and affords unusually
hight and commodious quarters
In the waist of the boat, between the
forecastle and the deckhouse, are the two
matches and the derrick mast with its
n hat bo Hboryv Of
fish, weighing from 5000 ITO 10000 or 12,-
900 pounds, is hoisted aboard, and 1t is
there that the "checkers," or sorting and
cleaning bins, are set up when the fishing
grounds are reached.
In the overhang of the deckhouse be-
meath the pilot house is the great steam
WINCH with it's wire cables, by which the
net is hauled to the rail Of the boat The
first compartment of the deckhouse IS the
oil house where the olskins of the men off
watch are hung and where the steering gear
operates Aft of that is the engine room,
and then the galley and mess room, like
wise all above deck and lighted by a sky
light as we'll as ports. Beneath the gallery
and behind the engine room are the fire
mems and oilers quarters.
Radio strands span the two masts OF the
Albatross, the after OF which supports
a little triangular sail which helps swing
the boat into the wind when the engines are
halted to haul the net. The snug quarters
of the wireless operator over the galley
All the time it is on the banks the Albatross
is in communication with the office of the
East Coast Fisheries Company by wireless,
and keen executives, with intimate
knowledge OF market conditions, can direct
her cargo to the most favorable port. The
captains quarters adjoin the pilot house
When the Albatross sailed from Beekman
Street for the Georges shortly after noon,
Thursday, March 81, Captain Peter D. Tobn
was the skipper. 1t might be his last trip
for some time to come, for he was slated
for the post of shore captain of the trawl-
ing fleet and was to be succeeded by his
mate, Bill Williams. Tobin is amiable
and capable a skipper ever damned an
oiler At 6 a. IN. Wednesday, April 2, the
Albatross tied up at the Fish Pier, Boston
with 100000 pounds of fish under hatches
the result Of sixty hours reaping on the
Georges