[2][4] On Saturday August 8, 1885, when Tressa May was under the command of Captain Dodge, the boat was making a landing at a dock when the vessel was backed into a scow, which broke the propeller.

[4] The next Monday morning, August 10, 1885, Captain Dodge went to Portland for a replacement propeller.

1851), who had earlier run the boat for a few months on a sea otter hunting expedition.

[2] One source reports that Tressa May had been built for sea-going work as Robert G. Ingersoll, but had been converted to a riverine freight and passenger service by Chatterton when he bought the boat in 1886.

[8] In December 1887, Chatterton, captain of Tressa May, was fined $1,000 in U.S. District Court for carrying excessive passengers on the steamer.

[5] It was the practice to reuse machinery and other parts stripped from dismantled vessels in newer craft.