The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-12
WORK FOE KKvENoE MARINE.
Government Boat. Needed to Look At

Government Boats Needed to Look At
ter DereIiets and Distressed vessels.
The Paetse Coast karfhe Record Of las. week
makes w5El appears 20 be tiaaeiy suggestion
ana one taat Facets tie approval OF many local
marine men in the following article:
We note from the eoluuns OF one of our con-
Temporary journals that circular letter has
bean received advocating the Use 81 some 81 ths
government steamers now lying ids ~ Pacific
toAsf ports as cruisers Along orr coast, ia order
70 rsnees assistance when necessary To vessels
~ distress or that may have become disabled
dufIHg tue iHessEaat weather often sxpsrienoe1
ta lss Water season. We are CT Lae opinion
thai the suggestion Is worthy OF consissTa-
fiou. and should Dc efnbod ed In cosa-
EunsestioR from cur representative assoei-
kiess 10 Warrington: Il Il also stated
Ia this oommur eaton, that orders OF thss
nature are given ca the Atlantic stations Rad
10 eouot are the means OF preserving many
hYes knd much property, aad we do nei tank
&pT better Use could be made of these vessels
curing ia period IN which they are inactive
alter tnsir return from northern waters. That
cur winters are OF snflelens severity 10 ieopz--
alze the lives aud property in vessels emp owed
Ia trAds Si.h D0rtnsrH ports has 5eea lnliy
demonstrated Ia TIE serious CASUALTIES that
bAfe aifsa1y occurred during the present sea-
son, and tie want OF SUFFICIENT aid has resulted
In ths loss Of several .4ses- Inc eRses of the
.esa. Butler" and Maggie Ross" last month.
hss Gsvetopeo tie fsef that wster-loggsd yesSess
ar Liable 10 Goat aboEf several days before as
sSt&sIee esE Ge secured, sn6 among many other
cases We recoilset the abandonment os the bark
text OF some $4,000 coated around in the vIcia-
IT. Of I1l!Hmo0k ana an&lsy, after seven or elght
dsFs, aEftsd ashore and bscsIaa a total icss
And numerous other could De ei,sa az
sizniisr Disasters where aereiiets have foato1 in
dangerous proximity 10 the tack of yesseIs
bonad up and down the coast, and serious cop-
sequences only aysrte1 by good luck We are
o. tEs opinion that a government vessel should
De Kept win banked fires Ia each o. ihs ports Of
Fan Diego, san Francisco, Astoria aud Neah bay
Curing The months from Aovsrn Der 10 AprH /
ready Tor service 81 moments notice:
and We would also suggest frequent trips
along tbs coast between these ports q gr-
Ing the continuance OF such storm spells as tse
present lew weeks nEwe developed. Government
aie 70 tas merchant marine fs TneSger enough
Indeed and, eonirAEtsa with the ass!stapcs
rendered bT the e1ete nations Of the Old World
10 n9t catering 70 our national vauity aud
there Gre Eiep in tbs direction suggested would
he onsY eur part due. That Efficient aud urosnpt
service would oe rendered By our revenue cut
ters II directions we're Gully received can read
iiy De conceived vhsu the incaculable assist
snes rendered By the Bear. CorBin and Rush in
beTfRg ses and Arctic waters IN the past are
brought 20 recollection, and services OF similar
tsifhtu' ness end bsHsht would come il the sug-
gestons given above were carried out re-
rpecfively, By the attention Of our energetic acc
reisry OF the treasury 70 this important propo-
sis3on-