[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In addition to the " Chrystenah " there were run-ning in 1884 from Peekskill the propeller "Sarah ANDT. 407 A. Brown," owned by William S.Tompkins and Wil-liam L. Dyckman, and the propeller "Pierre C. Van Wyck," owned and commanded by George Morton and started in 1881. For many years a ferry was run between Peekskill and Caldwell's Landing to connect with the New York and Albany boats. It was begun by Ward Hunter with a periauger. Then, as business grew more brisk, he obtained a boat which was operated by horses work-ing a tread-mill. Another stride in advance was made by the building of the " Jack Downing," a steam craft, which was owned by Ward Hunter and Samuel Bard, of Caldwell's Landing. They afterwards ran -another boat, called the " Drew," but the building of a dock at Row Hook and the passage of the railroad along the river eventually destroyed their business. Banks.-— Peekskill contains one national and one savings bank. The former is the older. It was or-ganized under the old State banking laws, May 27, 1833, by the election of the following board of direc-tors: General Pierre Van Cortlandt, Reuben R. Finch, Philip Clapp, James B. Travis, Ebenezer Frost, John Garrison, Aaron Ward, John Owen, Aaron Vork, Joshua Hyatt, Jonathan Morehouse and Joseph H. Anderson. General Pierre Van Cortlandt was chosen president and Isaac Seymour cashier. Its capital was two hundred thousand dollars.