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draft 38 inches, 1 which was 10 inches less than the old boat. Pour sleep.- 1 
ing berths, a complete galley, a 12-foot tender, and a lavatory were also 
included in the contract. Later the tender was equipped with a 2 
horsepower gasoline engine. The name Quinnat was transferred to the 
new boat, which was successfully launched on June 5th, and went into 
commission shortly thereafter. ' Under favorable conditions the boat 
will develop a speed of 13 miles per hour, which is furnished by a 40 
horsepower engine. The construction of the boat is solid and substan¬ 
tial in all particulars. The interior trimmings are of Philippine ma¬ 
hogany, a wood which is particularly adapted to this climate. It is 
equipped with electric lights throughout, and carries also a powerful 
searchlight, which is of great advantage for night work. An entirely 
new and successful feature of the boat is its controlling device, the 
invention of a San Francisco concern—Binns & Pagendarm — which 
enables one man from the cockpit to have complete control of the steer¬ 
ing apparatus, the engine, and the searchlight. 
Special provision was made for three large fuel tanks, which were 
located under seats in the cockpit, and carry 240 gallons of gasoline. 
This gives her a wide cruising radius, and will permit trips being made 
as far as Monterey Bay, and also to watch the crab fishermen and 
larger fishing boats which operate outside the heads in the Pacific Ocean 
The total cost of the boat and its equipment was $6,500.00, which was 
met by the sale of commercial fisherman’s licenses. 
We have also accpiired by purchase a fast light draft boat, 25 feet in 
length, equipped with a 12 horsepower engine, for use in the shallow 
sloughs around Sacramento to look after market hunters and fishermen. 
This boat is in charge of Deputy George Neale, with headquarters at 
Sacramento, from which point it operates northward and to points down 
the river as far as Rio Vista, paying special attention to the striped bass 
and black bass breeding grounds, which are embraced in Cache Slough 
and its tributaries, Lindsey, Prospect, and Miner sloughs. We have 
also procured from the Gorham Engineering Company of Alameda, in 
exchange for the old Quinnat, an entirely new 26-foot power launch 
built on the salmon boat pattern, which can operate in all kinds of 
weather and has proven to be a valuable auxiliary. Resembling so 
closely the regular fishing boats, she is able to do not only considerable 
detective work around the shrimp camps without being observed, but 
among the market fishermen. She can also be used to good advantage in 
the shallow sloughs tributary to the San Joaquin River, in the vicinity 
of Stockton, where shad, black bass, striped bass, and catfish are found 
in large numbers, and will prove a valuable adjunct to the striped bass 
hatchery work. These boats, with their complete equipment, have been 
paid for out of our own funds without asking for a dollar of appropria-! 
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