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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1889)
WEST SHORE. tttt THE ALBATROSS AND HER WORK. 5 1 waters. The new steamer was calculated to I able : to fullow tin' niovfiiuMitM of Huh i any part of lite HOUGH theseahaB always furninhftl an attrae- ; ocean, hm1 nh linn fulfilled exeetaliinB. She was tive field for the study of naturalists, it is only ; built in hsj. ami, tot-ether with her outfit, much of within tho pant quarter of a century that any- 1 which was designed espivially for thin craft, cost about w thing like a systematic investigation of the won- rs of Bub-marine life haa been prosecuted. Previous n 1. ! " 1 1,. , V.: ft V' .J (Hit m 4 f JlXI.UK I. Tin- Vewtel is of It tons register and l.lUt ton displacement. She in '2M feet long over all ami 11. I o v. I I I ( ....... i i... I 1 ...i.n.. i ... I l...lf ).,..,. la ri,t.,ml to IM0 BOVCrai cxpUJmig expcimMHin imo mcmriiinuv mi'iiiyrrvrn niui hih-iihu i"i -..!,. examined the physical conditions of the strata of wa- j an a hrignnline. Her spar arc of while pine and ter below the surface, but no expedition had Wn lit- i spruce and her hull of iron. She in a twin acre ted out for that purpose alone. The Italian, French I steamer. The propellers are driven by eoniound en- and eanuinavian governments au thorised expedi tion for the study of deep Bea life, and Challtmjtr ex pedition was sent out by the British government and cruised three and a half years, travers ing some (ii.,(XX) miles. The results of those explora tions have Imhm greatly extended by the operations of Americans in connection with the ..i .....i ..,.,i.,t;,. survey. The deep sea hydrogniphic work of the hunt has iKTome famous, and its succor in d.i- s- a ex plorations, the tU lht, rtmun a likewi impor tant service. As the culmination of all previous perience in sub-marine investigations, the I mte.1 Nal-s government built and fitted out the steamer .('.'-- for the express purse of exploring tl with reference to " the systematic inve,l.gl...n of the waters of the United States and of the l ! phvsical problems which they present." 'The Alhnlnm is tl nly v ' ,"llU"'1 .H.uipH for the serial work of ,ub-..,ar. 'll''"r'' L It i. also the only vesH. operating r-u,.v.'ly in the interest of pure and appli-d seicncc 1""",n is now in Portland, and . brief dnptin f th s.1 and the nature of the service .( i. ,--,l..rn..i.K .1 . v t : it ...,., iy linielv. I III" .VlfWI I Willi' nil" . 1 .. . ZZZZ; jjiiiTii i,,3!l!!1...", ..lit J A1 I 1 74 II til I i i,i-r :mV- mm i m.nii TMi ti- ((..., in.ep.-ndent ..f ra. h other, and pr-vided aith ,t. am rever.mg ger Th lnp ! heated and vm,l. U,,, U ,leam and huhled by ebrtrie.ty Sb lm niflit lo of ahi.h ar furninhnd ailh steam ...... r iI.k -Irani enltrr l- ing slioan mi in pir w,.., In 1HH1 congress made an appropnalH-n f 0,1, p.,H f The rue- ixxi for the construction of a ship l" . ';!, f . -iramrr under ihr iip. rinteiidei.. of rations under the direction "f tb- I " ' ' j'J ,,.,,,,,,.,,1 f.-inmandrr 7. I.. Tanner, prrvl-ua commission. Vewels pr-viouMy mpl"y.-.l ' M ,() ..rtanl ... .. I ilieir tiiifratioiis n-nin i .1.. ... i ....-,.Hl,;,.-. and their ..rati'.n Ul-lll'll'IIV III f"l"'" ( ) ft Cos,,,uently restricte-I to the rminat,'.. of .. -le-r ( 1. .iip, ale Ii.ii judgmriit really drtrrinlnnl tl plan