The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-06-24
CAPT. TREIBER WINS
NOTE AS BUILDER

Ry Daniel /. Pratt in Pacific Motor
Boat
For the purpose of connecting the |
western end Of its territory with Port |
angeles aud TIE Districts fronting ou |
the Straits OF Juan de tuca by tie
only possible route at the present tim d, |
tne county of tl8llsm 20 nuTthwtsttIu
Washington has constructed two very
uGiuue motor feTrl boats to ply be-
tween the upper and lower ends oi
Lake CrescenI,a "A body Of water l6 miles
lJng in the Olympic mountains.
Excellent roads lead from Port An.
geles and other points 10 the foot ui
the lake, ard highway leads from the
head of the lake into the interior cour-
try. but there are no good fOadWays
around the steep shores OF the basin.
Lake Crescent was already served by
some excellent motor passenger boats,
but craft were required that would
carry teams and automobiles, as well
as passengers.
through All article run in last years
work boat number Of Pacific Motor
Boat, the county commissioners OF
Clallam county were taken with a tpyeI
of craft designed and built by Capt. q.
ID, Treiber, of Underwood, Wash, and
the services of Capt. Treiber were re-
tanned for the planning and supervision
of the construction of the new Lake
Crescent boats. The first of these
boats, the Marjory, was launched
about six months ago, and the second
and larger boat, the Storm King, was
launched on May Is, the boat being
enristened by Miss Louise Scholtz IN
the presence of the county commission
ers and large gathering of people at
Piedmont, and going on her trial trip
Immediately afterwsrd.
The Marjory, the small ferry, has
been running since October |, under
command of Capt. Jas. II. Gibson,
making two to three trips a day and
never missing a trip. II has carried as
high as seven automobiles and 80 pas
sengers at one time. The Marjory is
GA feet long, q feet beam and draws Is
inches of water. She is powered with
an Is h. D. Fields stationery engine
peared 10 to one and driving two side
naddle wheels. She consumes about
two gallons per hour of distillate,
which costs IL cents gallon deliy cred
at Lake Crescent.
The mechanical features of the Mar
jory are especially interesting, the
power plant, its installation and the ar
rangement of the driving mechanism
being very unique and at the same time
effective. The Is h. p. stationary, sin
gle cylinder engine drives paddle
wheels 4Xl0 feet each that turn 20 r. p.
m. The wheels are driven indepen-
IDENTIFY from opposite sides Of the engine
by belts running to counter-shafts, the
omen belt for one direction to the paddle
wheel and the crossed belt for the OPP
posite direction. The power is trans
mitted from the counter.shaft, with a
tight pulley between them, and the
motion of the wheel is obtained by
shifting the belts TO the tight pulley,
the open belt for one direction and the
rossed belt for the other direction. The
belts are controlled by shifting device
that sets just in front Of the counter
shaft and is operated by levers hang.
ing Just over the engine. This gives
the pilot complete control. and enables
him to work either wheel separately ir
either direction or in the opposite direc.
tion. The pilot wheel is just forwarc
of the engine and all valves anc
switches are conveniently located 81
they can be operated without leaving
the wheel. The engine and transmits
sion machinery is set on one side OF the
boat to make room for driveway
through from one end of the boat tt
the other, and is counterbalanced by
the passenger cabin built on the over
hang on the opposite side. Aprons are
provided on both ends and raised OF
lowered by small windlass to permit
receiving teams and cars at different
places. She is equipped with low
voltage Apelco lighting system anC
searchlight.
The new Storm King is a much large
boat, being built to handle the in
creased traffic which has resulted sinc'
the old ferry was put in service and th'
new highways opened up. She is II.
feet long, 81 feet beam over all, Will,
her hull is 80 feet long and 20A fee
beam.
She will carry total of 2l autOmo
bles and l50 passengers. The passen
ger accommodations are much com
pete, the cabins being placed on eac
side, with the driveway between run
ming the full length of the boat. TIL
boat is electrically lighted throughout
The Storm King has the same princj
pie of drive as the Marjory, except tn
engine and transmission machinery ar
set amidships and below deck to Civ
more space for teams and autos. Th
engine room is euipped with a compet
set of tools and instruments for an
ordinary repairs, and with work benc
and wise and large cabinet ttted wit
drawers and lockers. The engine roof
is roomy and we'll lighted with dec
and port lights and ventilated wit
large tunnels on the hurricane deck, q
well as the wind scoops in the POI
lights. The boat makes an averap
speed of 8 nj. p. h.