The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-31
PUGET SOUND PALACE
The New Steamer Victorian in
Seattle.
FINEST IN THE NORTHWEST
Description of Her Elegant Appoint
menfs and Mechanical Arrange
ments-Her First Trip.

The new steamer Victorian, built by the Union
the Sound trade, arrived in the harbor last even
ing with flying coiors. She Immediately locked
at the company's wharf, foot of Main street, and
during the first hour OF her landing at least 1000
people visited her and were admitted TO all parts
OF the handsome vessel
The Victorian is not the only handsomest
steamer owned by the Union Pacific company
in the Northwest, but il now the most splendid
vessel of her class afioat- Everything calculated
to make travel pleasant and speedy is embodied
in her design and finish. With the steamer
rived Captain James W. Troup, superintendent
OF the Union Pacific water lines, and party.
Captain Troup designed the vessel and person
ally superintended its construction The
steamer will shortly be placed on the regular
run long intended for her-Victoria, Seattle and
Tacoma.
The building of the Victorian at Portland has
besn watched with deep interest for many weeks
by both Seattle and Portland. The former place
needed her services, and the latter town was
proud OF so elegant vessel being built by her
artisans Sunday morning at IL o'clock the
steamer left Portland and started on her
trip by sea for Seattle. At Astoria she
laid over for the night and at in
the morning crossed the Columbia river
bar. and steamed north against heavy sea and
q northwest wind, making 1871 knots an hour.
A most royal reception was accorded the
steamer at Victoria, after which city she was
named. For two hours the docks at Victoria
were lined with jovial crowd awaiting the
coming of the vessel, and when, at O'Clock in
the evening, Tuesday, the steamers high white
bows came gracefully in view in the harbor the
people shouted .1Hurrah for the Victorian I'M
til they were quite hoarse.
Wednesday morning, loaded down with victo-
ria excursionists, the steamer lett for Vancouver
and returned TO Victoria the same evening.
The initial trip OF the steamer on the ocean
was quite hard on the machinery, and immedi-
ately upon her returnn to Victoria repairs were
necessary, which delayed her arrival in Seattle
several hours and disappointed many people.
At $3.50 o'clock Captain Troup gave the signal
and the Victorian steamed out of Victoria har-
Dor and headed for Port Townsend, running
along easily and arriving there after a run of
two hours and ten minutes. When she arrived
in Seattle harbor at $50 O'Clock immense crowds
from almost every dock watched her
coming. The Victorian is entirely
white, and the many electric lights
beaming from the steamers cabins and contrast
ing with the snow white hull and bulwarks
gave the incoming vessel a decidedly graceful
and fairy-like appearance, which at once made
her popular with the crowd From her mast
head fioated in gay array her code signal aags-a
present to the steamer from the people Of Vic
toriaL
In fifteen minutes the stately cabins were
thronged with people. The number of people
was so great that il was difficult to move about,
but officers of the steamer were stationed ct the
entrances and regulated the crowd.
The cabin and dining-room furnishings of the
Victorian are very elegant The company
has spared neither pains nor expense
to combine beauty with taste in the
construction of this, their flagship of
the Northwest. The upper deck for elegance
and beauty cannot be outdone. The joiner work
throughout is perfect The wood finishings in
side the cabins of Spanish and native
cedar, highly polished and nicely decor
ated. The stateroom and cabin furni-
ture is made of polished birch. The
decorations on the inside of the doors of
the staterooms are of embossed lincrusta
walton, specially imported from London. The