The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-06
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 SEATTLE. June Reclaimed from her low estate as an itinerant tramp and flshing boat, in which she led the existence of dilapidated down-at.the-heel aquatic tobo,' the steamboat Edith, once noted as a pa. latiai yacht. is about to regain a great deal of her lost social prestige on the sea- She will appear on the bay in a few days, with her machinery over hauled, her boilers inspected and all her staterooms in top.notch condition according to the Seattle Times
 For years the Edith has been a by- word on the Sound as an example Of a vessel that had lost all social stand. ing and kept sinking lower and lower. No beautiful race horse ending his days between the shafts of a peddlers wagon presented a sadder sight.
 An this has been changed by Capt Harry w. Crosby, of the Washington Tug & Barge Company and Marcus ,& Neider Captain Crosby and Mar GUS & Neider purchased the vessel last spring and are now having her improved into a combination of yacht and salvage vessel She will be riSced in commission the first of July and when she makes her first ven. lure out on the bay, it is safe bet that few will be able to guess her identity.
 The Edith will leave immediately for a six weeks' cruise in Northwest ern Alaska waters with Captain Cros- by Mrs. Crosby and their two sons, Harold, aged 14, and Forest aged 13. and a friend or two Of the Crosby family.
 The cruise will represent a combin- ation of business and pleasure. The Edith is of exceptionally strong con- struction and equipped with heavy boom sticks orr the west coast Of Prince Of Wales Island she will drop anchor at the wreck of the old Se- attle steamship Ramona. losts two years ago, and proceed to remove the Ramona's machinery, equipment and copper lining
 The purser's safe, containing sev- eral hundred dollars, will be fished out of the water. The junk to be taken from the Ramon win have value of between 5000 and 5000.
 Ramona Breaks Into.
 For the last two years, the hull of the Ramona. broken in two pieces, has been high and dry on the rocks. While the hull was stin submerged. Henry Finch. the diver. recovered s6OO0O in gold from the wreck. In going after the machinery and other junk Crosby and his associates will work in conjunction with the marine Assurance company in which the Ra- mona was insured. The Ediths boom sticks are able to handle ffteen-ton weights SO she will have no difficulty In the salvage work
 Diving Equipment.
 For the Edith's salvage and wreck ing work Captain Crosby has bought the Hefferman Engine Works diving equipment, consisting of two com plete diving outfits. Air tanks and air pumps are being installed on the Edith.
 Incidentally the Edith will visit the Hecate Island plant of the Swift. Ar. thur Crosby Company, in which Cap tain Crosby is the chief owne
 The work of restoring the Edith to a measure of her former prestige is being carried out on the foot of King Street She was built as a yacht for a San Francisco millionaire and once figured prominently In the social life of the Golden Gate The millionaire lost his money and the Edith entered a commercial career, being purchased by Puget Sound interests as a pass engar boat From then on she con- tinned her downward career until she fell into the hands of Captain Crosby and his associates.