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deck, some 18 inches to 2 feet above the main deck, with a corresponding height to the 
quarter rail. The bulwarks on the main deck are about 2£ feet high. 
The rig is that of a two-masted schooner, with short bowsprit; masts, including 
short-pole topmasts, nearly as long as on a sailing vessel of the same size. The main- 
mast stands somewhat farther aft than it would be placed on a sailing schooner, and the 
foremast is farther forward. The mainsail is not so wide in proportion, particularly on 
the boom, as it would be on a sailing vessel. The foresail is also narrow, since the 
smokestack stands about 10 feet forward of the mainmast. The following are the 
principal dimensions, etc.: 
Length between perpendiculars ; feet.. 77 
Beam do . . . 20 
Depth of hold do. . . 8 
Gross tonnage tons . . 65. 73 
Net tonnage do .. 37.69 
Nominal horse-power 40 
Indicated horse-power 80 
This vessel cost $14,000. She carried, in 1889, a crew of 7 men. 
The steam schooner, George H. Chance , of Yaquina, Oregon, which was employed 
in 1888-89 in the market fishery, chiefly for halibut, is similar in type to those employed 
in the salmon fishery, though somewhat larger. Her dimensions are as follows : 
Length between uprights feet.. 811 
Beam do . . . 20-ft- 
Depth of hold f do... 8f 
Gross tonnage tons . . 106. 40 
Net tonnage .“ do. . . 71. 17 
Nominal horse-power (estimated) 75 
21. The salmon gill-net boat . — The boat used in the river and coast gill-net salmon 
fishery of the Pacific is a distinct type, and differs from any other small craft employed 
in the fisheries of the United States. It is found in the greatest numbers on the 
Columbia River, as might naturally be supposed, but it is distributed along the whole 
coast line of the United States from the lower counties of California to Alaska. 
This type is also used to some extent in the shore market fisheries, which are not par- 
ticularly related to the salmon fishery. The first boat of this kind ever used on the 
Columbia River was built by J. J. Griffin, of San Francisco, in 1869, for George and 
Robert Hume. This boat was still in use in 1880, and may yet be doing good service. 
At first the' ordinary length was 22 or 23 feet, and usually they were entirely open. 
Later, boats of 25 and 26 feet in length were built, but they were found to be rather 
unwieldy for two men to manage, and at present the majority do not exceed 24 feet in 
length, but as a rule there is now a washboard on each side and a short section of deck 
at each end. According to Mr. Wilcox, the boats now range from 23 to 28 feet long, 
6 or 8 feet wide, and from 24 to 30 inches deep, and cost when rigged for use from $300 
to $400. On the Sacramento River the length varies from 15 to 25 feet. 
The first boat of this type used on the Sacramento was built by Mr. Griffin for a 
fisherman nicknamed u Greek Joe,” its keel being laid on May 2, 1868. Before that time 
Whitehall boats and skiffs were employed in the salmon fishery, but were not so well 
adapted to it as the type under consideration. A well-built salmon boat will last, with 
occasional repairs, from 14 to 15 years. 
