The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-13


is finished til the most thorough manner, and
nothing has bee1 left gndc1e 20 make u coaa~
psefS Is eFtfy waT.
The boat wa baiIt By TIE Seattle Dry Dock
and ShiT0uii1snz CoTay4ay. There we're tnrts
bidders for tie cosfrset Tor constructing the
vesses-fhe trim Iron Works srd the Fulton
iron Works, q san francisco, sid the resltie
Ter oFy,sir,ei TIE rlT.raef II 81 6a, which was
$3.50 less than the other bids. The cost OF the
engines wss s11l1oo, and with other expenses sse
total cost Of the snoguAlmle e aoout s.s1pn
Her BaTns was proposed by Robert Moran. and
ras Suggested 10 him By the falls Of that EAL3e-
The naxne Is IN fGdia1 one and = supposed %
mean '.plensy Of water. It's appropriateness for
Of the SroeuAlmie IL William CoTlss, from
whass plans we're b4sils snoss Of the Eastern bfe-
ooats
Tns crew a the snoquaImie srs: Captain, Nc
Alfap: chief engineer, Francis W. Bird; plot.
Arthur J. sopeT. assistant engineer, II. A. Kent;
st0kers. John 2. Wise and Patrick o HeaTD, fire.
s1 \ eI ns5soT shS cox and sf z Ei.s 9's
captain and Iiertenaut Of fireEnsn are to Be aF~
pointed b. Chief Kellogg
One ssntsE.ent. above all others, wss heard n
al the discussion of the beat along the water
fFc1t yesterday. and that regret that the CITY
had rot possessed such vessel years ago.
IF she never throws s. stream Of water upon a
Ere she viii pay for herself ever year, ssid
prominent business man "Ihe reduction in
the rate d Insurance p9eTaf1ms On her sceouDt
vii amount % 3 vast sgsa annually. II hose
pressure, or there wera mains for the papose.
sfe could throw a Zyefoot stream as Tar up IS
Fourth street
sssfe has cost "a more fhan the contract price"
said Thomas Moran, "but we sre satisfied, She
IS a good advertisement for the company. In
making our bid we estimated the cost Of eaeh
books Il car De seen that the hull alone
has cost 800 more than &c figured when we
made the bid"
Il have seen all the best freboats In the coun-
<~--ts ed IN
the county better than the Suoq gEs8e lived
in Jersey CITY for years, and was familiar Win
the New York fren0ats, AID know that not one
OF them until the HavsTasyer was Dul!t. vas
equal to this boat. The ZsphaF Mills could not
be compared 20 the snoaEaIEzie Ii capacity and
convenience 81 working.
ali @e had had such boat IS this, said Cap
tain Jackson, sat least two disastrous fires ON
vessels In this harhof would have been ex-
ffngUished with little loss. al old-fsmers VIII
remember the burning Of She Hope and Miss
isssppi here years ago. There was TO freboat
then, and nothing Ike IL. though the Ole Col
nInbia had wrtc&iHg puTnp On her. which
would haye done good work u y had been ntIed
for sueh use. That pump is st Port BiAkeley
nos"
II went out IN The Wasp 20 give the snoqual-
ME q race, said Captain SpauIaing, ''but she
tugned around 50 quickly that she left me be-
hind before could come about and take the
sane course. Che can turn wonderfully quick
With her patent steering geeT. When the wheel
IL swung out - an angle i just pushes the stern
Of the boat sYoand IS IL & we're Oh pivot"
Just how Eaaeh reduction viii be made In in
sarance prezaimms On water front property
viii b. decided By the compact board very soon.
II e estinated that IL viii BE from 20 20 % per
cent All the Insurance men who took the trip
upon the boat and witnessed the fest OF her
pumps we're well pleased with her work
II has been suggested that special code of
whistles Be established as an alarm In case ~
FIRE. nad The clear and not ruEaus.esl chime
whistle Of the boat makes it well suited 10 such
purpose.
The boat ia now Of the dry dock wbarf, where
she was built, bat Il Is expected that she viii
soon occupy her oxD slip near the center Of the
whaFyes.