FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 15 
PATROL BOATS. 
The enforcement of the fisheries laws and regulations of Alaska is 
contingent upon the ability of those charged with such duties to cover 
the territory regularly during the fishing season. This can be done 
most effectively by furnishing each man with a boat. Since the 
Bureau has but three vessels of its own for this work, it is necessary 
to hire each season several small boats for limited use in certain im- 
portant localities. This was done to a greater extent in 1918 than 
ever before, owing to the employment of several men as stream 
watchmen. 
In southeastern Alaska the Bureau’s steamer Osprey and the motor 
vessels Murre and Auklet were regularly engaged in patrol work 
during the season. In addition, four small launches, namely, My 
Fancy, Kitty, Bee, and May, were chartered at various times. In 
central Alaska the motor boats Prospector (7 tons net), Ellona, and 
five small unnamed power boats were chartered at different times, 
some being used continuously for several weeks while others were used 
for single trips of but a few days. They were engaged chiefly in the 
Copper River and Prince William Sound districts. 
The packing companies furnished free transportation to repre- 
sentatives of the Bureau on several occasions when other facilities 
were not available. 
The installation of hot-water heating plants on the Murre and 
Auklet was completed at Juneau in February, 1918, at a cost of 
$1,044 for both vessels. In the fall of 1918 the galleys on these boats 
were enlarged. This adds greatly to the comfort of persons whose 
duties take them aboard these boats. 
On September 12, the Auklet was struck by the Canadian Pacific 
liner Princess Sophia while at the dock at Juneau. The house was 
considerably damaged, although the hull was not injured. Repairs 
were made without expense to the Bureau. 
The Osprey, Murre, and Auklet were engaged for several weeks the 
latter part of October and most of November in searching for bodies 
from the Princess Sophia, which vessel was wrecked October 25, on 
Vanderbilt Reef with a loss of 343 lives, no one on board being saved. 
In July, the launch Swan was put in commission on the Yukon 
River. This boat was built in the previous winter at Fairbanks. 
It is of a type specially adapted to river use. It is 36 feet in length 
by 6 feet in beam, and is equipped with a 20-horsepower motor. On 
trial tests, a speed of 6 miles per hour was developed upstream 
against a current 44 miles an hour, and 13 miles per hour down- 
stream. Fuel consumption was 23 gallons per hour. Arrangements 
have been made with the War Department to secure fuel at military 
posts. There are sleeping accommodations for two persons on the 
Swan. 
In a report submitted in the fall of 1918 by Warden Shirley A. 
Baker, attention was drawn to the need of a staunch, seaworthy, 
patrol vessel, to be at the disposal of the Bureau’s representatives 
covering the Bering Sea cannery district. It was recommended that 
this vessel should ae at least 50 feet in length and equipped with 
nothing less than a 40-horsepower Pacific coast make of heavy-duty 
engine. Cannery operations are being extended every year and to 
cover the different regions and to make any inspection of real conse- 
