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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [2] 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  April 
  8, 
  at 
  7 
  a. 
  m., 
  in 
  obedience 
  to 
  orders 
  of 
  Pro 
  

   fessor 
  Baird, 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  with 
  Generals 
  Heth 
  and 
  Smith, 
  United 
  

   States 
  Army, 
  of 
  the 
  Engineer 
  Corps, 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  steamed 
  towards 
  

   the 
  Sassafras 
  River 
  to 
  search 
  for 
  the 
  wreck 
  of 
  two 
  coal 
  barges 
  which 
  

   had 
  suuk 
  in 
  the 
  track 
  of 
  vessels 
  bound 
  up 
  the 
  bay. 
  After 
  cruising 
  

   about 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  supposed 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  wrecks, 
  getting 
  

   what 
  information 
  I 
  could 
  from 
  fishermen, 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  wrecks. 
  

   I 
  headed 
  for 
  Betterton 
  and 
  sent 
  the 
  launch 
  ashore 
  to 
  bring 
  oft' 
  some 
  

   persons 
  who 
  knew 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  wrecks. 
  The 
  launch 
  brought 
  oft" 
  

   Mr. 
  Turner, 
  who 
  had 
  reported 
  the 
  obstructions, 
  and 
  a 
  fisherman 
  whose 
  

   nets 
  had 
  fouled 
  them. 
  They 
  piloted 
  the 
  vessel 
  to 
  the 
  wreck 
  buoys, 
  

   which 
  we 
  had 
  seen, 
  but 
  which 
  did 
  not 
  correspond 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  

   of 
  them 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  reports. 
  They 
  explained 
  that 
  the 
  buoys 
  had 
  been 
  

   changed. 
  After 
  sounding 
  with 
  boats 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  

   one 
  buoy 
  was 
  entirely 
  wrong; 
  the 
  other 
  buoy 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  wreck 
  of 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  barges 
  with 
  13 
  feet 
  of 
  water 
  over 
  it. 
  We 
  took 
  up 
  the 
  first 
  buoy 
  

   with 
  our 
  dredging-boom. 
  General 
  Heth 
  went 
  out 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  boats, 
  

   with 
  a 
  long 
  line 
  weighted 
  with 
  lead, 
  and 
  swept 
  for 
  the 
  other 
  barge, 
  

   which 
  he 
  finally 
  fouud 
  with 
  12 
  feet 
  of 
  water 
  over 
  it. 
  I 
  steamed 
  up 
  and 
  

   anchored 
  the 
  buoy, 
  which 
  we 
  had 
  taken 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  wreck. 
  Tbe 
  buoys 
  

   are 
  400 
  feet 
  apart. 
  I 
  then 
  steamed 
  back 
  to 
  Betterton, 
  landed 
  Mr. 
  Tur- 
  

   ner 
  and 
  the 
  fisherman, 
  then 
  returned 
  to 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  aud 
  secured 
  

   to 
  wharf 
  at 
  3 
  p. 
  m. 
  

  

  The 
  bearings 
  (magnetic) 
  of 
  the 
  wrecks 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Grove 
  Point, 
  

   SE. 
  by 
  E. 
  £ 
  E.; 
  Turkey 
  Point, 
  NE. 
  £ 
  JST.j 
  Sandy 
  Point, 
  Kf 
  E.; 
  lati- 
  

   tude 
  N. 
  39° 
  23' 
  30" 
  ; 
  longitude 
  W. 
  76° 
  03' 
  30". 
  On 
  April 
  9 
  Generals 
  

   Heth 
  and 
  Smith 
  left 
  the 
  vessel. 
  

  

  April 
  24, 
  at 
  3.45, 
  started 
  fires 
  under 
  main 
  boiler. 
  At 
  5.30 
  unmoored 
  

   ship 
  and 
  steamed 
  up 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  in 
  obedience 
  to 
  orders 
  from 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Baird. 
  At 
  6.20 
  moored 
  at 
  coal 
  wharf 
  at 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace. 
  Took 
  

   in 
  65 
  tons 
  anthracite 
  coal. 
  Draught 
  before 
  coaling 
  : 
  Forward, 
  7 
  feet 
  4 
  

   inches; 
  aft, 
  7 
  feet 
  6 
  inches. 
  After 
  coaling: 
  Forward, 
  7 
  feet 
  10 
  inches; 
  

   aft, 
  8 
  feet 
  2 
  inches. 
  Beceived 
  Z^ro 
  tons 
  °f 
  coa 
  ^ 
  f° 
  r 
  steam 
  launch. 
  

   Hoisted 
  in 
  steam 
  launch. 
  

  

  April 
  25, 
  at 
  5, 
  unmoored 
  ship 
  and 
  steamed 
  down 
  river 
  and 
  bay. 
  At 
  

   10.20 
  passed 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  S. 
  Wyoming, 
  cruising 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  with 
  the 
  naval 
  

   cadets 
  for 
  practice. 
  At 
  12.30 
  p. 
  m. 
  passed 
  Point 
  Lookout 
  aud 
  proceeded 
  

   up 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River, 
  and 
  on 
  April 
  26, 
  at 
  12.30, 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  navy-yard. 
  

  

  April 
  29, 
  George 
  F. 
  Nelson 
  was 
  appointed 
  apothecary 
  for 
  duty 
  on 
  

   board 
  this 
  vessel 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  April 
  30, 
  J. 
  A. 
  Kite, 
  M. 
  D., 
  left 
  the 
  ship, 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  resigned 
  his 
  position 
  as 
  assistant 
  in 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  May 
  7, 
  at 
  10.40, 
  in 
  obedience 
  to 
  orders 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commissioner, 
  un- 
  

   moored 
  and 
  steamed 
  around 
  to 
  the 
  Sixth 
  street 
  wharf, 
  Washington. 
  

   At 
  12.20 
  cast 
  off 
  and 
  steamed 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  with 
  party 
  of 
  fish 
  cultur- 
  

   ists 
  on 
  board. 
  At 
  2 
  p. 
  in. 
  turned 
  oft' 
  White 
  House 
  fishery 
  and 
  proceede4 
  

  

  