Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-06
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a NEW Gsversment ships tfer onir~rs.
EquIpmenf and oreupaften.
PoRT TowsSsExp, May fsh.

EguIpmenf and oefu paften.
PoRT TowxsExp, May ssh.
At $40 .. m, IS tbs fog raised ii the
harhos, . strange craft vas seen 50
prozehinz the reyen1e cutter. IL proved
% Be the coast survey steamer. Carlisle
Patterson. IseufeaaRt KiebsEdse1 Csc
yer eeumagsding. This vessel belongs
20 the Treasury Department. she IL
named in respect to the GseE2Ory Of that
officer. who held tbs position folt many
years Of photographs Inspector OF
the United States Coast Survey. she
sailed on the z5th Of last meath fFuEz
San Francisco, bound 20 her Eost OF
duty, tie coast of Alaskz- fer tbs p1r-
pose on taking ap and continuing the
surveys left Of two years ago BY the
steamers assieF, Lieutenant Command
es H T.. Nichols. She put into Esqus-
matt, h c., On the list instant. where
she obt.ined the services OF Pilot Edwin
Francis, who will take the vessel from
here ap and through the inside chan
neis as far as Port Simpson. b. e., and
there join his vessel. the United States
steamer Piuta. in command of Le1ten-
ant Commander H. Z. Nichols, vtaO Will
confer with Lieutenant Cloger and
place that officer on the gfOlId lsft on
By him. she viii remain here day or
two, then proceed on Der voyage. The
@. r Patterson 10 q neg vesssi, con-
structed expressly for st rvics 10 Alaskan
waters. Tbs work that she Il about TO
take az will oceapY years OF interrupted
labor, ~ i've or sIx months only Ut each
year is the weather favorable for obser
vatioas In the field, and the coast lines
are of greater length than all the coast
of this United States on the Atlantic
and Pacific; % that should circun
stances and Sufficient appropriations be
made to keep the vessel continuously
employed. is is safe 10 presume that her
present young commander, If he lives,
will be retired admiral, she hui aud
machinery Of this marvel OF naval
architecture worn out and ready TO be
either rebuilt or sold, and the surveys
Of Alaskan waters not entirely COM
plesed, The following is iisa of the
officers Lieutenant Richardson Clo
YER, who stands 10 on the list for prone
ton, IL in command Lis1teaaiIt ]. III.
Helm, executive officer eusigns, Walter
Nell an, O. c. Marsh, A. b. Niblack, ID.
p. Menifee, +. q. Denny okiaf e1gi-
neer, II. n. Stevenson sar9eoll, Tnos.
n. Streets; dfAnghtsman, John Nc
Henry; recorder, J.. G. Stone. Il. A.
Mari, OF the Unifssi States Coast and
9eadetic SuFvey. is pas senger.
Mr.. McHenry IL well known on the
Sound, "a be has been stationed for q
namker OF seasons on the United States
Coast Sarvey schooner L Inest, survey
ing the upper Sonnd. and detailed from
that vessel hut month ago. de is a
graduate of the University of California.
Rasi9n Niblaek will take views with
the Photographic instrument of all head
lands, isiands, glaciers and other won
deFs of that country. The Patterson
vas built by James ID. l. ary, of Viii
liamshnrg, n. Y. for SIS, 400, ready for
YEA, less her equipments. Sac 10 f75
feet long, q feet inches beam, of 800
toms; q propeller, rugged as three
masted topsaii schooner. HGr engine
is a compound one, with cylinders of Ia
and 81 inches IN diameter, with %.
inch stroke. Tue boiler il of steel with
three furnaces. The coal bankers carry
$50 tens of coal, which Is nm ample sup
ply, as be will steam seven knots an
bour on five tons of coal q day. The
entire amount of coal cous umed on the
voyage from New York to san Francis
90, about 5000 miles of which was made
under steam Tor about nalf The whole
dhtanoel was 2yS tons of osai. Ste
IL furnished with two steam launches,
one of which Ia DC sgBsd for rough
water, the other for harbor aiis. There
are several sounding machines worked
by steam, one ct which has made she
deepest soandiag that was ever tab en-
in the Atlantic, on board the coast sur
vsy steamer g. s. Bike, 456i fathoms.
She has steam windlnss foi' weighing
anchor, aud a separate boiler. ahouid
there be no steam in the min boilers.
Besides the usual steering gear in the
pilot hense, 0sed when ateslming, she
has patent steering apparatus aft, 10
be ussd when the vessel IL nnder sail
only. For perfect accuracy in the de-
termination OF positions, she ~ fur
nished with full equipment Of the
most improved nautical instruments,
among which are nine chfors meters.
The quarters for offisers aud crew are
airy, reomy and elegant Ia flash and
desaii, reminding one OF the stIeons and
staterooms Of our trans Atlantic steam
ers. Her crew numbers 40 nisn. making
total of g. :.
Bark Sycamore, Hans IN master, ar
rived, twenty days from San Francisco.
Tug Tyee towed her to Port Gamble,
where she win load for San Francisco.
Brig Deacon, Captain Hsrdwick. ar.
rived at Port Discovery III tow Of tag s.
y. Mastick, seventeen days from San
Francisco ishe will load lumber and
return.
The bark ldary Glover, Captain Con-
ner, sails Tomorrow from PoTa Dissoy-
cry, with s96 COO feet Of. lnmher: bound
% San FEausis,co.
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