The Alida

On the twenty-sixth of May, 1880, at Philadelphia, T. Conrow, for the owners of the stea.m-tug Alida,—he being the equitable and thus the real owner of the entire vessel,—proposed to charter to G. H. Ferris the tug for two months, at the price of $500 per month, for the purpose of “towing in North Landing river and Curri-tuck sound,” North Carolina; the tug to be furnished with coal. This proposal was accepted by Ferris. It was also agreeed that Ferris should furnish the master with provisions for his crew, and should pay the current expenses of the tug, the amount so expended to be deducted…