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  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
  t)l 
  

  

  ished 
  since 
  we 
  began 
  to 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  unions. 
  There 
  continues 
  to 
  

   be 
  trouble 
  with 
  leaky 
  valves, 
  due 
  to 
  bent 
  stems. 
  We 
  have 
  replaced 
  

   several 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  We 
  have 
  put 
  new 
  soapstone 
  floats 
  in 
  the 
  

   heater 
  traps, 
  and 
  have 
  provided 
  an 
  additional 
  blow-through 
  lor 
  the 
  for- 
  

   ward 
  trap. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  heaters 
  on 
  the 
  berth-deck 
  was 
  removed 
  in 
  December 
  

   by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  commanding 
  officer. 
  

  

  OOAL. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  coal 
  consumed 
  (excepting 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  semi-bituminous 
  

   coal 
  for 
  the 
  gig) 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  Pennsylvania 
  anthracite, 
  

   mostly 
  from 
  the 
  Lackawanna 
  mine, 
  but 
  partly 
  from 
  Scranton 
  and 
  the 
  

   Lehigh 
  Valley. 
  The 
  quality 
  has 
  been 
  generally 
  good, 
  except 
  that 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  from 
  the 
  navy-yard, 
  Norfolk, 
  which 
  had 
  deteriorated 
  from 
  ab- 
  

   sorption 
  of 
  moisture 
  from 
  exposure. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  amounts 
  

   charged 
  to 
  different 
  purposes, 
  as 
  nearly 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  able 
  to 
  divide 
  them 
  : 
  

  

  Coal 
  consumed 
  to 
  propel 
  the 
  ship 
  while 
  on 
  her 
  course, 
  to 
  warm 
  the 
  ship, 
  

   pump 
  hilges, 
  wash 
  decks, 
  and 
  hoist 
  ashes 
  while 
  the 
  main 
  engines 
  were 
  

  

  in 
  operation 
  tons.. 
  836vV.fi. 
  

  

  Coal 
  consumed 
  for 
  lighting 
  the 
  ship 
  hy 
  electricity 
  do. 
  .. 
  16./.. 
  

  

  Coal 
  cousumed 
  for 
  ventilating 
  the 
  ship 
  do 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  23f^ 
  HI 
  

  

  Coal 
  consumed 
  for 
  distilling 
  water 
  do... 
  2^ 
  ,",'!, 
  

  

  Coal 
  consumed 
  by 
  the 
  steam 
  cutters 
  do.. 
  . 
  i'M-i" 
  

  

  Coal 
  consumed 
  for 
  driving 
  the 
  hoisting 
  engine, 
  reeling 
  engine, 
  steam 
  wind- 
  

   lass, 
  washing 
  decks, 
  warmiug 
  the 
  ship, 
  and 
  keeping 
  fires 
  banked 
  when 
  

  

  the 
  main 
  engiues 
  were 
  uot 
  in 
  operation 
  tons 
  . 
  . 
  622-.£fro 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  tonsof 
  coalusedforandbytheengineer'sdepartment.do.. 
  . 
  1,531 
  ' 
  ;: 
  

  

  Coal 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  equipment 
  department 
  (cooking) 
  - 
  do 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  37v 
  V/.i 
  

  

  CASUALTIES. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  put 
  additional 
  cement 
  in 
  the 
  bottoms 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  alleys, 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  floors 
  a 
  pitch 
  and 
  to 
  improve 
  the 
  drainage, 
  and 
  have 
  

   cleaned 
  and 
  painted 
  the 
  iron 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  hull 
  in 
  the 
  alleys 
  above 
  the 
  

   cement. 
  We 
  have 
  substituted 
  a 
  £-ineh 
  for 
  a 
  finch 
  drain-pipe 
  from 
  the 
  

   main 
  escape 
  pipe 
  ; 
  we 
  have 
  soldered 
  a 
  new 
  nipple 
  on 
  the 
  water-tank 
  in 
  

   the 
  cabin 
  ; 
  drilled 
  a 
  broken 
  bolt 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  hawse-pipe 
  shutter; 
  cut 
  threads 
  

   on 
  dredging 
  shackle-pins 
  ; 
  repaired 
  a 
  broken 
  photometer 
  spring 
  ; 
  riveted 
  

   up 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  brackets 
  for 
  specimen 
  bottles 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory. 
  We 
  have 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  a 
  bronze 
  shoe 
  and 
  have 
  fitted 
  it 
  under 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  sheave 
  

   in 
  the 
  heel 
  of 
  the 
  dredging-boom 
  ; 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  this 
  shoe 
  is 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   the 
  wire 
  from 
  jamming 
  between 
  the 
  sheave 
  and 
  its 
  frame 
  when 
  the 
  wire 
  

   rope 
  is 
  slacked, 
  runs 
  off, 
  or 
  breaks. 
  We 
  have 
  provided 
  a 
  bushing 
  for 
  

   the 
  guide-stem 
  of 
  the 
  dredge-rope 
  governor 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  work 
  smoothly. 
  

   We 
  have 
  cleaned 
  and 
  painted 
  the 
  floor 
  frames 
  under 
  the 
  boilers. 
  We 
  

   have 
  straightened 
  awning 
  stanchions 
  ; 
  put 
  new 
  screws 
  in 
  guide 
  of 
  ac- 
  

   cumulator 
  on 
  the 
  foremast 
  ; 
  riveted 
  a 
  new 
  hinge 
  to 
  a 
  port-shutter 
  on 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ship; 
  forged 
  new 
  iron 
  work 
  for 
  foremast-head; 
  and 
  have 
  

   done 
  such 
  other 
  mechanical 
  work 
  about 
  the 
  ship 
  as 
  was 
  required. 
  

  

  