﻿XXXII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISII 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  the 
  schooner 
  and 
  is 
  cone-shaped 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  ves- 
  

   sel 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  at 
  the 
  deck, 
  being 
  what 
  is 
  commonly 
  termed 
  a 
  " 
  box- 
  

   well." 
  It 
  is 
  10 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  8 
  feet 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  4 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  

   2£ 
  feet 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  which 
  is 
  flush 
  with 
  the 
  deck. 
  This 
  form 
  of 
  well 
  

   makes 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  reach 
  any 
  fish 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  deck, 
  

   without 
  difficulty, 
  and 
  obviates 
  the 
  necessity 
  which 
  might 
  occur 
  of 
  

   grounding 
  the 
  vessel 
  when 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  removed. 
  

   Besides 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  mentioned 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   thought 
  desirable 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  Grampus 
  make 
  experimental 
  trials 
  with 
  

   the 
  great 
  beam-trawl 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  extensively 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

   Europe, 
  iu 
  order 
  to 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  apparatus 
  can 
  be 
  

   profitably 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   To 
  handle 
  this 
  properly 
  and 
  successfully 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  have 
  steam 
  

   power. 
  The 
  question 
  of 
  what 
  form 
  of 
  steam 
  apparatus 
  would 
  be 
  best 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  this 
  work 
  was 
  referred 
  to 
  Lieut.-Commander 
  Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner, 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  commanding 
  the 
  steamer 
  Albatross. 
  After 
  due 
  consideration 
  

   he 
  decided 
  that 
  a 
  steam 
  windlass 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  suitable, 
  and 
  a 
  con- 
  

   tract 
  for 
  making 
  the 
  same 
  was 
  awarded 
  the 
  American 
  Ship 
  Windlass 
  

   Company, 
  of 
  Providence, 
  E. 
  I., 
  and 
  the 
  apparatus 
  was 
  completed 
  early 
  

   in 
  December. 
  Passed 
  Asst. 
  Eng. 
  I. 
  S. 
  K. 
  Eeeves, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  consulting 
  

   engineer 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  charge 
  of 
  obtaining 
  and 
  

   putting 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  steam-boiler, 
  steam-pump, 
  water-tanks, 
  and 
  the 
  

   necessary 
  piping, 
  &c, 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  steam 
  ap- 
  

   paratus 
  and 
  water-tanks. 
  This 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  accomplished 
  with 
  as 
  little 
  

   delay 
  as 
  possible, 
  and 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  steam 
  windlass 
  apparatus 
  

   will 
  conform 
  as 
  nearly 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  with 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  vessel's 
  

   hull. 
  

  

  E.— 
  Other 
  Vessels. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  sea-going 
  vessels 
  already 
  named, 
  the 
  Commission 
  is 
  

   provided 
  with 
  six 
  steam 
  launches, 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  either 
  as 
  attendants 
  

   to 
  the 
  above-named 
  steamers 
  or 
  for 
  towing 
  barges, 
  transporting 
  eggs 
  

   and 
  fish, 
  or 
  for 
  miscellaneous 
  work 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  stations. 
  The 
  

   list 
  is'as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Albatross 
  cutter, 
  26£ 
  feet 
  long, 
  7 
  feet 
  beam, 
  and 
  3| 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  Albatross 
  gig, 
  25 
  feet 
  long, 
  5^ 
  feet 
  beam, 
  and 
  3^ 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  Fish 
  Hawk 
  launch, 
  24£ 
  feet 
  loug, 
  5| 
  feet 
  beam, 
  and 
  3f 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  Cygnet 
  (No. 
  82), 
  33 
  feet 
  long, 
  8£ 
  feet 
  beam, 
  and 
  4 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  Launch 
  No. 
  68, 
  37 
  feet 
  long, 
  7 
  feet 
  beam, 
  and 
  3 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  Launch 
  No. 
  55, 
  30 
  feet 
  long, 
  7f 
  feet 
  beam, 
  and 
  3 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  last-named 
  launches 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace 
  

   Station, 
  while 
  the 
  Cygnet 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  service 
  alternately 
  between 
  Havre 
  

   de 
  Grace 
  and 
  Wood's 
  Holl. 
  

  

  Launch 
  No. 
  08 
  and 
  launch 
  No. 
  55 
  are 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Navy 
  De- 
  

   partment, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  loaned 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  by 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  

   the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Equipment 
  and 
  Recruiting. 
  

  

  