The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-30
NEW REVENUE sH
Two Additional Cutters Sent TO
Chase Down Smugglers.
ONE - An OLD LAKE ERIE rus.
Ferry said to BE Unseawesthy-
aa'pnens ssd Capabilities Of the
.. D. Gssss-Th.sr eempl.mens..

Inc TACT that the local revsnue marine
on Puget sound Is soon 10 be reinforced by
l'ie arrival Of two cutters. the U. 6. Grant
s5d Commodore Perry. il exciting A GOOD
us@s OF interest among those interested in
the suppression of opaam and Chinese
smuggling n this collection district. Ii Is
."oakna thas the two cutters will be here
iezay ioF duty ov the first Of the yeaF.
Ahe revenue cutter Grant has been sta
Toned AZ New York for ten years. Her
CON mandsr Is Capt. ID. r. Tcsier. United
n.a'es revenue marine. well known ON
rnses sound. She Is OF 30 gross tons and
nsr principal dimensions are: Length.
its feet; beam. IS feet. depth, II feet 1
ihcnes, and drsugh., Q feet inches. She
nngle-propeiIer craft Her speed Is
ABOUT eleven knots an hour. Her rig Is
mat OF bark without royal yards. She
carries o battery Of four twenty-four
FOUNDER howitzers and . complement OF
seven oficers and thirty-four men.
The Commodore Perry has been sta
toned on Lake Erie for many years, aud
there was loud complaint from Buffalo
anu other cities along the lake when the
treasury department. orders for her change
70 this district were promulgated. She Is
said 10 be an old tub. barely seaworthy.
ana those who have seen her often say II
Is doubtful Ii she can make the voyage
around the Horn in rough weather. She
Is commanded by Capt. A. A. Fengar.
United states revenue marine She 10 a
topsail-schooner-rigged steamer of Isl
gross tons. Her principal dimensions
are: Length, les feet; beam, IS feet;
depth. ii feet inches; draaght, Q feet 10
inches. She IL . single-screw steamer,
mounting two three-ineh bEeech-loading
rides. The complement of the Perry is
seven officers and thirty-one men. Her
speed is about twelve knots an hour.
The Grant can carry 40 tons of coal
Her consumption under full power is about
eight tons day. The Perry can carry
about nineiy-iive tons o. coal.
The sailing route of the two revenue cut
tiers will be left, il is understood, to the
discretion Of the senior captain, Capt.
Fengar. The two vessels will come TO the
Pacific In company. IL Is probable that
the Grant and the Perry will follow the
track of sailing vessels to Rio de Janeiro
In order to economic fuel. In this event
the ports touched at will embrace Rio de
Janeiro, Montevideo. Valparaiso. Caliao
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calculated. will make the run to Port
Townsend In about ninety days.
AT the time of issuance of orders to the
two cutters II was thought that the treas
ury department would furnish the Grant
and the Perry with rapid-firing batteries
before despatching them TO the Pacific.
The present bsttery OF the Grant Is anti
quated and Of little service. The Perry
possessed two good main battery rifles. 1t
was suggested that the rapid-fring batter
les OF the revenue cutters Morrill, and
Winons could bs transferred temporarily
10 the Grant. and that they could await
the receipt of guns destined for the Grant
Details Of surgeons have been made from
the United States marine hospital service
20 the Grant and 20 the Perry and each Of
the two cutters will be allowed five line
officers and four engineer officers.