The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-18
Victorian, a Faded Belle of YeSteFyear, to Be Sacrificed on a
 Funeral Pyre.
STRIPPED OF METALS
Trim Lines of Steaaer Delighted AIaSkanS in Early Days of
 Gold Rush.

Out of the mists of the forgotten past. decrepit and worn. yet with lingering traces of beauty that told of sweeter days suggestive of noth. ing so much as the aged shadow Of a once lovely woman-came the old steamship Victorian yesterday after noon to play a pltrul role, says the Seattle Times of last Sunday.
 She emerged from obscurity for the final act of all
 Ignored. forgotten for years, un. known to a generation that talks Of foreign trade with Vladvostok, the longiined vessel that once reigned as undisputed belle Of the Puget Sound fleet was lowed to the beach near Four Mile Rock and run ashore There she is to be stripped of every thing of value left on her. Then she will be given to the flames, accord ing to information received by the office Of Port Warden A. A. Pay sse.
 Time was when waterfront eyes frightened and waterfront hearts beat faster as the Victorian sped at 2O.knot clip out of Seattle harbor for Victoria. B. C. In those days she could take the measure of the Flyer. the boat that advertised "Fly on the Flyer" a legend that was jus ufied. No Puget Sound boat ever succeeded the yictorian's record un- til the appearance Of the Puget Sound Navigation Company's speedy Tacoma thsee years ago.
 Was Fast Craft
 Built of wood in Portland. Ore, in 1891. for the old Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, the Victorian was long and slender. having a length of 2i2S feet. a beam of 36 feet and depth of 15.5 feet She was of 1904 gross tons. She was designed especially for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company's Tacoma.Seattle-Victoria service. Even in those days the travelling public was fond of speed and the slim. hulled VicI2rian's record shows that they got it
 The Victorian wag designed by Capt J. w. Troup. now marine su- perlntendent of the Canadian Pacific fleet at Vancouver. B. C. Speed and more speed. was the demand of her owners, and hence they ordered en. zines of tremendous power for a vessel of her size and type. The en- zines in fact. were so large that to install them 1t was necessary to cut away some of the vessels timbers. As a result the Victorian was like a human being that lives too fast burning the candle at both ends. Her heart was too big and powerful for her body So she had swift but short career. Her engines shook the life out of her
 Had Many Owners
 In hitting up the high spots of life. she passed from time to time from one control to another. She gave good-and always speedy ser vice in the Puget Sound.victoria route. Then in 1898. she joined the Alaska fleet that was called into existancc by the Klondike rush. At one time she was operated by Dod- well & Company. At another time she shone for a period in the Seat tle-BeiElngham route when she was commanded by Captain Clancy, very prominent mariner. Then in 1907 she fell under the control of the Can adian Pacific railroad, which used her for a while as a car ferryboat between Vancouver and Naniamo.
 After that she sank into obscurity, played out by an excessively speedy life She passed into the ownership or tho late w. D. IIoflus. Some time ovn e1o voo eoId hv fho TToflug