The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-11
FROM THE ATLANTIC.
Long Voyage Of the Lighthouse
Tender C0lnmbfne.
SHOT THE ST. LAWRENCE RAPIDS.


The Vnited States lighthouse tender
rx,sur,bfne. Cart CHARLES Richardson.
sseanned into port yesterday afternoon and
tieI no 81 tbs Oregon improvement Com
rnnv n coal bunksrs She ID on her annn1
sauf 81 inspection Of northern stations.
and hiss On board Commander q. W. IA
rsnholt, United States iighthouss inspee-
Tor Tor the Thirteenfh d1strict.
The coIumbEns seft Astoria last Tuesday
morning and put In ~ Nsah Bay thaf
evening in dense fog. Tue next mora
i,r she proceeded 10 EdIx Hook, where tue
nssnuai supplies were left and she station
fnspected. 0sIscsal visits we're then made
81 New Dungsnsss. Smiths island. Point
Wilson. Admiralty head. Point No Point
ard West point 40 the latter place and
Point Middle FIRST ciasa nun huoys we're
located. Important work was done 81
Star rock In making the location and put
ting In plaza first class nun buoy. The
work was completed yesterday morning.
after which tine steamer came direct 10 re-
ettis. aud viii leave this morning for To-
1lras, near steiiaeoom. TO change the pres-
ent buoy 90 = nun pattern. and then re-
place the missing one at Ilsanea shoal.
This work e0mpIefad. the Columbins will
rsturn 10 seattle for coal and proceed on
hef return trip.
The Columbus Ii new boat to Seattle.
and practically so 10 the Pacific coast. al
though she WAS along the Alaska shore
during last June. She u of about 100
tons burden, well constructed and has al
modern appliances. Her hull II Of steel
with air-tight compartments. and the ms
chinery Ii Of the very best she IL sup
piled with two steering wheels. one being
81 arranged that IL Ii run BY steam and .
small boy, knowing when and how TO
direct the boats course, would have no
trouble in steering. Electric lights are in
ill parts Of the steamer and search light
ii attached 10 the wheel house. Capt.
and Ii an ideal commander. lie was In
his cabin preparing Tor dianer when q
Fnsr-IsTKLrIsENcER reporter called upon
him yesterday afternoon and requested a
history Of the starnch little craft that had
travelled from the Great Lakes through the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans 20 Alaska.
ssshs Yves built in Cleveland, o." the
captain said, I'm 1892. and Was then trans
fsrred TO the iskes. where Lieut.. COM
mandsr Clifford West. q. 3. ~. took com
mAnd and brought her TO New York city
The captain stopped In his narrative and
remarked. YES. IL was one year ago to-
day that the columbine shot the Cedar.
Sioux and Lachine rapids in the Sc. Law
renee rivtr.n
When she reached New York. Charles
Richardson. tho present captain. and Chief
Engineer III. G. Lord joined her. having
made the trip across the country from San
Francisco. The Colnmbins was fitted out
for cruise 10 Portland and left New York
Octcber 30. Mr.. Richardson acting as first
officer. The first stop WAS at Bahia, Bra
I'll. Tor coal, and then Monteyideo. Uru-
quay. was visited. The straits Of Magel-
Ian found tho coinmbine steamlng along
without having encountered unpleasant
weather or accident Of any kind. A stop was
made a. Sandy Point, the only settlement
on the straits. whore tho steamers boilers
we're overhauied and gotten ready for the
trip up the west coast Of South America.
While passing through the straits the Ma
gallanes, Chilean warship, was met and
eiviIities exchanged. Capt. Richardson
found the Chileans well up in naval mat
were OF the best lie also characterixes
them as being born fighters. IL was after
pleasant visit that the ColumbIns con-
tinued her voyage and came 10 the Pacific
ocean, having steamed ass miles through
tho straits. On the way to San Francisco,
Valparaiso and CalIao were visited. Then
Portland was reached and the journey oi
5000 miles in ninety days had been com
pleted. The Columbine was turned ovel
90 Commander Farenholt and Mr.. Clifford
returned East. by the resignation Of Capt.
Gregory, Frat Officer Charles Richardson
was promoted TO the csptaincy, and wa,
in command when ordered TO Alaska last
spring.
Capt Richardson has made two trips
from New York through the Straits o
Magellan. the first being fourteen year,
ago ~ second officer an the lighthouse
tender Manxanita During those trips h,
picked up some valuable curiosisies. which
adorn his comfortable cabin. At thu foo
of his bed IL large robe made oi guanact
skins. such as the rasagonians wear. Tn,
robe Is as large as double blanket, aud Il
made of ten or twelve skins In New yorl
city IL would have y value of about $50
Over the bed hangs huncn of ehinehllii
skins. also from Patagonia, and the fur /
SO fine and soft that northern man I'm
stantiy eQvets them. A. one side Of ia,
room is "a albatross that came from tn
Southern Pacific, aud across the room I,
direct view of It's body are the head bones
The captain Ia ingenious. and has q xed til
jswhones with springs 80 that they ma,
be opened and allowed to spring back wit
q iifelige motion. Two dying fish tina
came aboard, one Ia the South and an
other In the North Pacific ocean. sho,
how different members III the same famiI
ara IN different localities The captain
was fortunate in getsiag Patagonia for
winch he bad mounted and now holds q
one Of his treasures.
The officers of the Coiamhins are: Com
n4ander. o. VI. Farenholts captain, Charlie
kiehaEdsons ssst otllerrs Arthur Leighton
secona aslseex. N. O. Wilkinson; chief en-
gsaser. II. & Lord. assistant engineer
Charles IL. Mitchell.
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