﻿[11] 
  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
  13 
  

  

  Fisheries, 
  I 
  take 
  this 
  means 
  of 
  placing 
  myself 
  in 
  communication 
  with 
  

   you, 
  and 
  beg 
  leave 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  will 
  place 
  the 
  vessel 
  and 
  her 
  scientific 
  

   appliances 
  on 
  exhibition 
  for 
  one 
  week 
  from 
  Wednesday 
  next, 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  exhibit, 
  if 
  you 
  will 
  furnish 
  wharfage. 
  I 
  have 
  

   examined 
  your 
  wharf 
  to-day, 
  and 
  would 
  say 
  that 
  from 
  75 
  to 
  100 
  feet 
  at 
  

   either 
  end 
  (the 
  upper 
  preferred) 
  would 
  give 
  this 
  vessel 
  a 
  practicable 
  

   berth. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  Z. 
  L. 
  TANNER, 
  

   Lieut.- 
  Commander, 
  IT. 
  S. 
  N., 
  Commanding. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  letter 
  was 
  received 
  in 
  reply 
  : 
  

  

  [The 
  World's 
  Industrial 
  and 
  Cotton 
  Centennial 
  Exposition, 
  Office 
  of 
  the 
  Director- 
  

   General. 
  ] 
  

  

  New 
  Orleans, 
  February 
  14, 
  1885. 
  

   Captain 
  Tanner, 
  

  

  Commanding 
  Steamer 
  Albatross, 
  

  

  (Care 
  Pirn, 
  Forwood 
  & 
  Co.). 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  Thanking 
  you 
  for 
  your 
  kind 
  offer 
  to 
  place 
  your 
  ship 
  and 
  

   contents 
  on 
  exhibition, 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  give 
  you 
  75 
  or 
  more 
  feet 
  of 
  

   the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  wharf, 
  though 
  we 
  fear 
  that 
  the 
  six 
  steamers 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  constantly 
  between 
  the 
  city 
  and 
  this 
  wharf 
  might 
  subject 
  your 
  

   ship 
  to 
  some 
  injury 
  ; 
  of 
  this 
  you 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  judge. 
  

  

  Please 
  command 
  us 
  if 
  you 
  need 
  our 
  assistance 
  in 
  this 
  matter. 
  

   Very 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  S. 
  H. 
  BUCK, 
  

   Director- 
  General 
  pro 
  tern. 
  

  

  Upon 
  my 
  expressing 
  a 
  preference 
  for 
  a 
  berth 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   wharf, 
  as 
  being 
  more 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  steamers 
  which 
  were 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  coming 
  and 
  going, 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  following 
  letter: 
  

  

  [The 
  World's 
  Industrial 
  and 
  Cotton 
  Centennial 
  Exposition, 
  Office 
  of 
  the 
  Director- 
  

   General. 
  ] 
  

  

  New 
  Orleans, 
  February 
  18, 
  1885. 
  

   Z. 
  L. 
  Tanner, 
  

  

  Lieutenant- 
  Commander, 
  commanding 
  F. 
  C. 
  Steamer 
  Albatross, 
  

  

  (Care 
  Pirn, 
  Forwood 
  & 
  Co., 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  La.). 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  Your 
  communication 
  of 
  the 
  14th 
  received. 
  Please 
  accept 
  

   thanks 
  of 
  the 
  management, 
  and 
  beg 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  instructed 
  

   Captain 
  Harrison, 
  wharf-master, 
  to 
  allow 
  you 
  75 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  wharf 
  for 
  your 
  purpose. 
  

   When 
  located 
  I 
  shall 
  do 
  myself 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  paying 
  you 
  a 
  visit. 
  

   Respectfully, 
  

  

  S. 
  H. 
  BUCK, 
  

   Director 
  -General 
  pro 
  tern. 
  

  

  We 
  cleaned 
  and 
  painted 
  ship, 
  and, 
  in 
  fact, 
  did 
  everything 
  we 
  could 
  

   in 
  the 
  few 
  days 
  at 
  our 
  command 
  to 
  improve 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  ves- 
  

   sel. 
  We 
  dressed 
  ship 
  on 
  the 
  18th 
  and 
  19th 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  the 
  Mardi-Gras 
  

   festival. 
  On 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  20th 
  we 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Exposition 
  wharf, 
  

   had 
  everything 
  prepared 
  as 
  for 
  work 
  at 
  sea, 
  and 
  at 
  meridian 
  opened 
  

  

  