The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-15
FAMOUS OLD SHIP BACK IN ALASKA
 WATERS TO STAY

The Dora. which arrived from the South yesterday with a cargo Of pow der is returning to the westward to resume her old run from Seward to the Westward along the Alaskan pen insuia and the Aleutian islands. She win relieve the Santa Ana, which superseded her on the old run early last spring. It is said that the santa Ana win probably be put on the Southeastern run as a freight car rier.
 The Seattle Times gave the follow ing account Of the return Of the Dora to her old run. the story being pub lished the day before the sailing of the vessel.
 "As predicted. the famous big lit- tle' steamship Dora has come back and gone back The tough little ma rine bulldog. with more lives than a black eat. has again entered the are na. all tuned up for another winter Of conflict with her old foes. the ele. ments along the Western Alaska and Alaska Peninsula coasts. With a bel ! ligerent coil of black smoke pouring from her funnel. she steamed for the North last night. heading her bows for the waters in which for years she battled with the winter clements and every season forced them to quit.
 "Unbeaten. unsuitable. noted all over the world as the gamest ban tam ship that ever tackled a gale, the Dora left port with dynamite in her hold The dynamite goes to Ju- neau. but to old timers on the water front who waved farewell to the lit- tie ship. there was something symbol ical in the dynamite shipment Dyna- mite sounds like war and the Dora goes North to war with storms. gales. blizzards. sunken reefs and mountain ous seas.
 "The Dora was withdrawn from the westward mail, passenger and freight route between Seward and Alaska Peninsula points early in the year, a larger vessel the Santa Ana. talk ing her place. With the close of the summer season. however. the traffic does not justify the retention of the Santa Ana on the route. According ly the officials of the Alaska Steam ship Company recalled the Dora from the obscurity of extra vessel and or dered her back on the old run.
 Westerlund Commands
 When the Dora was withdrawn early in the year the waterfront pre- dicted that she would come back and so back The prediction has been fulfilled. When the company decid- ed to take the Santa Ana off the run for the winter. it realized that there was only one vessel to handle the tempestuous route, hence the Dora's return to commission.
 The Dora sailed last night in com mand of Capt Victor Westerlund, heretofore a pilot in the service of the Alaska Steamship company And among those who watched her depart ure was her old commander. Capt. c. B. McMullen. who guided the Dora in many battles on the westward run for a period of six years. When the Dora was withdrawn Capt. McMullen was assigned to the command of the freighter Edith which was abandon ed early last week in a sinking con- dition in the Gulf of Alaska.
 After discharging her dynamite in Juneau. the Dora will proceed di- rect to Seward where she will take up the burden of the westward route. known far and wide as the most nor therly winter mail route in the entire world
 "The Santa Ana will return to Se- attle and from present indications will be placed on the Southeastern Alaska run as a freighter. Before being sent North to supercede the Dora, the Santa Ana was converted from ireighter into a combined freight and passenger vessel. one of many such changes that she has undergone in her long career in Northern waters. When spring returns she will probab- ly take the Dora's place again. the lit- tle steamship being brought south to summer in Seattle harbor"