Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-10
LIFE OF STEAMSHIP
HAS HUMAN TOUCH
esiie OF Waters. like Belle Of N,
Ball, Is Here Today and Con.
Tomorrow


Sestti" Wash. Out nf the mist, Of
the forgotten past. decrepit and WON,
yet With lingering traces Of heay.
beauty that told OF sweeter days,
suggestive of nothing SO much AZ The
aged shadow of d once lovely woman
came tbe old steamship Victorian.
from an almost forgotten past.
/ The lcDg-iined vessel that once
feigned as undisputed belle of the
Puget Sound Deet was recently towed
to the beach near Seattle and ru,.
ashore. There she is tn be stripped
of anything of value she has lef,
+. Then she will he given To the flames.
Time was when waterfront ewes
frightened aud hearts beat faster as
the Victorian sped ut a 20.knot clr,,
out OF Seattle barbor for Victoria.
L. Z. In those days she alone coujn
take The measure Of the FLYER. No
Puget Sound boat ever exceeded the
'ietorian's record until the appear.
ance OF the Puget Sound Navigation
company's speedy Tacoma" three
Years ago.
Butt OF wood, in Portland, ore. IN
1891, for tho old Oregon Railroad and
Navigation Company, tho Victorian
was long and slender. having length
OK 40 feet. Il beam of sc feet and a
depth OF 15,5 feet. She was of 1904
gross tons. She was designed esne.
cially for the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation Company's Tacoma.Seai.
tie-|ictoria service. !. II. Stefiin OK
Portland was the builder. Even In
those days the travelling public was
fond Of speed and the slim hulled
Victorian's record shows that they
got Il.
The Victorian was designed by
Capt. J. w. Troup, now marine super
lntendent of the Canadian pacihc
Railway company's fleet of Vancouver.
Speed and more speed was the dc.
mand OF the owners. and hence they
ordered engines of tremendous powrr
for vessel Of her size ard tyne.
The engines. in fact. were so large
that TO install them it was necessar,
to cut away some OF the vessels tim.
bers. As a result the Victorian WAS
like Il human being that lives too
last. burning the candle at both ends.
Her heart was too big and powerful,
for her body. SO she had a swift
but short career. Her engines shook
the life on, of her.
In hitting up the high spots OF lite
she passed from time TO time from
one control To another She give
gpod--and always speedy service in
the Puget Sound-Victoria route. Then
III 1898 She joined the Alaska f'cct
that was called into existence by the
kloldike rush, At one time she was
OPERATED by Dodwell & Co. at another
TINE she ShOne for period in th3
Seattle'Bcllingham run when she was
commanded by Captain Clancy,a prom.
inent mariner. Then in 1897 she fell
uder the control OF the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company, which usca
her for while as a car fer, boa. BE-.
tween Vancouver and Nanalmo,
After that She sunk into obseulity,
played out by In excessive speed.
She passed into the ownership Of The
bate W. u. HohJs Some time ago she
was sold by the Iiofius estate 70 the
Interests OF Vancouver. In
The meantime she had lain idle for
Years in the East Waterway. Seattle.
but recently has lain at Eagle H3rbor
There were no moist eyes when the
Victorian was towed TO her funerni
oyrc. Faded bellies rarely win
ear.