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  ALASKA 
  FISHEKIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUMTEIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  inspection 
  and 
  canvass 
  for 
  fishery 
  statistics, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Deputy 
  

   Wardens 
  E. 
  P. 
  Walker 
  and 
  Fred 
  H. 
  Gray; 
  also 
  by 
  James 
  H. 
  Lyman, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  station 
  force. 
  Agent 
  H. 
  O. 
  Smith 
  reached 
  southeast 
  

   Alaska 
  in 
  time 
  to 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  closing 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  season's 
  work. 
  

   Detailed 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  salmon 
  inspection 
  are 
  published 
  on 
  page 
  

   37 
  and 
  following. 
  

  

  NEW 
  STEAMER 
  FOR 
  PATROL 
  WORK. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1912 
  the 
  Bureau 
  purchased 
  the 
  steamer 
  Wigwam 
  

   from 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Packers 
  Association, 
  and 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  given 
  the 
  

   new 
  name 
  Osprey. 
  The 
  vessel 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  1895 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  

   and 
  is 
  of 
  40 
  tons 
  gross 
  measurement, 
  72 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  17 
  feet 
  beam, 
  

   and 
  6 
  feet 
  in 
  depth. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  staunch 
  construction, 
  and 
  within 
  the 
  

   last 
  few 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  rebuilt 
  in 
  many 
  essentials. 
  Before 
  purchase 
  

   it 
  was 
  put 
  in 
  first-class 
  shape 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  recommendations 
  of 
  

   the 
  Steamboat-Inspection 
  Service. 
  

  

  The 
  vessel 
  is 
  equipped 
  with 
  a 
  Scotch 
  boiler, 
  and 
  a 
  compound 
  

   engine, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  dynamo 
  directly 
  connected 
  to 
  a 
  high-speed 
  CorUss 
  

   engine. 
  A 
  steam 
  winch 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  deck 
  forward, 
  while 
  below 
  is 
  

   a 
  forecastle 
  with 
  quarters 
  for 
  six 
  men; 
  also 
  tliree 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  crew 
  

   may 
  be 
  quartered 
  on 
  the 
  boat 
  deck 
  in 
  the 
  pilot-house 
  structure. 
  The 
  

   galley 
  and 
  dining 
  room 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  deck 
  forward 
  immediately 
  

   below 
  the 
  pilot 
  house. 
  The 
  after 
  cabin 
  is 
  arranged 
  to 
  accommodate 
  

   four 
  persons. 
  It 
  is 
  finished 
  in 
  Spanish 
  cedar 
  and 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  

   folding 
  berths. 
  The 
  vessel 
  has 
  two 
  masts. 
  

  

  The 
  appropriation 
  for 
  a 
  crew 
  was 
  not 
  effective 
  until 
  July 
  1, 
  1913, 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  defer 
  putting 
  the 
  vessel 
  in 
  commission 
  until 
  

   then. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  it 
  was 
  upon 
  the 
  ways 
  at 
  Semiahmoo, 
  

   Wash. 
  A 
  crew 
  was 
  pro^dded 
  consisting 
  of 
  master, 
  engineer, 
  two 
  

   firemen, 
  seaman, 
  and 
  cook, 
  and 
  on 
  July 
  8 
  the 
  Osprey 
  sailed 
  from 
  

   Semiahmoo 
  for 
  Alaska 
  to 
  enter 
  upon 
  patrol 
  and 
  other 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  

   southeast 
  district. 
  The 
  vessel 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  commission 
  continuously 
  

   since 
  that 
  time. 
  During 
  the 
  active 
  salmon-fishing 
  season 
  operations 
  

   were 
  confined 
  more 
  particularly 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  open 
  and 
  exposed 
  

   waters 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  with 
  headquarters 
  at 
  

   Juneau. 
  The 
  Ketchikan 
  and 
  Wrangell 
  districts 
  were 
  covered 
  by 
  

   smaller 
  chartered 
  boats. 
  Winter 
  headquarters 
  have 
  been 
  selected 
  at 
  

   Wrangell, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  central 
  point 
  and 
  has 
  good 
  harbor 
  facihties. 
  

  

  From 
  July 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  Osprey 
  logged 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  7,000 
  knots. 
  Under 
  normal 
  conditions 
  a 
  speed 
  of 
  more 
  

   than 
  8 
  nautical 
  miles 
  per 
  hour 
  is 
  maintained 
  eas'Uy. 
  On 
  the 
  average 
  

   a 
  ton 
  of 
  coal 
  is 
  good 
  for 
  50 
  miles' 
  steaming. 
  With 
  bunker 
  space 
  for 
  

   only 
  7^ 
  tons 
  this 
  gives 
  a 
  steaming 
  radius 
  of 
  but 
  350 
  miles. 
  This 
  is 
  

   entirely 
  inadequate 
  for 
  the 
  service 
  demanded 
  of 
  the 
  Osprey, 
  and, 
  as 
  

   a 
  makeshift, 
  the 
  expedient 
  was 
  resorted 
  to 
  of 
  carrying 
  sack 
  coal 
  in 
  the 
  

   after 
  hold, 
  a 
  most 
  unsatisfactory 
  proceeding. 
  

  

  