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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Tbe following is a list of the vessels, tlieir tonnage, etc., which constituted the 
fleet engaged in the Alaskan salmon fishery in 1889 : 
Name. 
Net 
tonnage. 
Rig. 
Afoguak 
Aleut 
Al-Ki 
Bertha 
Cosmopolis 
Ella Kohlffs 
Elsie 
Farallone 
Francis Cutting . . 
Gertie Storey 
Hattie Gage 
Haytien Republic 
Jennie 
Karl uk 
Kodiak 
Salmon 
Signal 
Win. Seward 
Margaret 
Oneida 
Alden Bessie 
Corea 
Coryphene 
Electra 
Elsinore 
Hope 
Jas. A. Borland. . . 
Lizzie Williams . . 
Nicolas Thayer . . . 
Sonoma 
Wildwood 
Will W. Case 
Steamer . 
do 
do 
do 
do 
....do 
do 
do 
. . . .do .... 
...do .... 
....do .... 
do 
....do .... 
....do .... 
do 
....do 
. ...do .... 
...do .... 
Ship 
Bark.:::: 
....do .... 
do 
....do .... 
do 
....do .... 
....do .... 
do — 
....do .... 
do 
do 
do 
37. 69 
37. 68 
72. 03 
269. 71 
267. 23 
36.64 
37.69 
286. 41 
59. 79 
36.69 
42. 56 
779. 53 
50.75 
220. 93 
97. 75 
35. 08 
392.44 
15. 63 
1,T60. 78 
1, 074. 26 
812. 55 
564. 62 
771. 01 
939. 90 
658. 03 
758. 76 
790: 50 
555. 41 
997. 67 
1, 056. 09 
554. 61 
C. C. Funk 
Ella 
Katie Flickinger . 
Mary Winkelman 
Modoc 
Portland 
Quickstep 
Retriever 
Courtney Ford 
Adelaide 
Antelope 
Cassie Haywards . 
Corona 
Francis Alice 
F. S. Redfield 
Gem 
Helen N. Kimball . 
Hera 
Ida Sclmauer 
Jennie Stella 
J. Eppinger 
John G. North. . . 
Laura Madsen . . . 
Louis 
Nicoline 
Norway 
Novelty 
Ocean Bird 
Sadie F. Caller . . 
Vesta 
Viking 
William Renton . . 
Barkentine 
do 
. . . .do 
...do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
Brig 
Schooner . . 
do 
do 
....do 
do 
....do ...... 
....do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
....do 
do 
. . . .do 
do 
....do 
do 
do 
....do 
do 
....do 
do 
Net 
tonnage. 
512. 58 
248. 71 
448. 84 
496. 21 
429. 78 
668. 96 
402. 21 
520. 33 
381. 06 
123. 57 
117. 79 
188. 02 
374. 65 
125. 26 
445. 85 
114. 47 
182. 65 
369. 47 
204. 60 
278. 09 
107. 18 
320. 11 
328. 52 
819. 80 
65. 50 
183. 01 
271. 59 
139. 52 
424. 91 
Note. — I n addition to the foregoing, the following vessels, which were engaged in the cod and whale fisheries, were also 
employed during a portion of the year in connection with the salmon-canning industry: The steamer Jennie (862.95 tons) , 
the barkentine Jane A. Falkenburg (295.10 tons), and the schooners (tear (137.13 tons) and Dashing Wave (141.46 tons). 
As will he seen by the foregoing list, the Alaskan salmon fleet is very hetero- 
geneous in its character, and, since many of the vessels are chartered simply for the 
occasion, there is liable to be a very material change in the fleet from year to year. 
With few exceptions the only vessels which may be considered typical fishing craft, 
and representative of the salmon fishery, are the steam schooners. 
19. Vessels of Puget Sound , and of the Sacramento , Columbia , and other rivers. — In 
discussing the vessels employed in the salmon fisheries of the Pacific, mention should 
be made of the steamer Thistle , that plies between Ellensburg, Oregon, and San Fran- 
cisco, since her business is connected with the prosecution of the salmon-canning indus- 
try on Rogue River. This vessel, built at Benicia, California, in 1887, is of moderate 
dimensions, being only 32.58 tons; length, 70.5 feet; breadth, 18 feet; depth, 9.5 feet; 
nominal horse-power, 20 ; indicated-horse power, 80. Her special peculiarity is that she 
has a screw propeller at both the bow and stern, attached to the same shaft, which 
runs the entire length of the vessel. The object of this is to prevent the u racing” of the 
screw in the heavy swells of the Pacific, and particularly when she is crossing the bar 
at the entrance to Rogue River. It is evident that by such an arrangement the screw 
at one end will always be immersed and have a good hold on the water. This vessel is 
used in carrying the products of the cannery at Ellensburg, on the Rogue River, to 
San Francisco, and bringing thence supplies and equipment for the fishery and the 
town that has grown up in connection with the canning of salmon on the river. 
A considerable number of steamers are used in the salmon industry on the Colum- 
bia River and other rivers where the fishery is prosecuted, as well as on Puget Sound; 
