The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-13
TRIAL TRIP IS
 SATISFACTORY
 OF NEW LINER
Princess Louise Attalns Speed of l7.3 Knots an Hour
 on December l.

The trial trip ot the Canadian Pa- cific Railway Company's liner Prln- cess Louise was held at Victoria, B. C., on December 1 and the boat at tained a speed of 17.3 knots an hour and it is claimed behaved splendidly. The boat is to be placed on the Van couver-Skagway run for the company next summer and was built especially for the tourist business at Vancou- yer, B. c.
 A marine writer, writing his i'm vessel for a Vancouver paper, said as follows:
 "A triumph in shipbuilding. The unexpected has happened. the great Northwest of the province of British Columbia has at last given to the world a marvel in shipbuilding The steamship Princess Louise is proof positive of the fact the brain and brawn of the Canadian Northwest is not excelled in any part of the world The writer had the distin- guished honor of partaking of the hospitality and courtesy of the Can adian Pacific Railway. The Princess Louise pulled away from the dock at m. Thursday and with a fixed purpose in her mind of demon strating to the whole world that she was the very finest ship afloat and the last word in steamship building. Captain J. w. Troup, who com manded the vessel, backed her beau tifully into the harbor and skillfully turned her bow towards the open water. The first impression that came to the writer was extreme safe ty and comfort Every devise that the human mind is capable of think ing of, has been devised by that wonderful marine architect. Mir. Al len, his genius is evident everywhere. The general design of the Princess Louise is simply magnificent. Her lines are those of a yacht; yet, not withstanding her beauty of form, tion that makes of her a most sea worthy vessel.
 "rhe Princess Louise was put to every imaginable test. First, she was turned in a complete circle in a trifle over her own length.
 Second, after travelling at full , speed ahead, the engines were sud denly reversed to full speed astern what magnificent churning of the water, one could almost imagine ones self at Niaraga Falls there was such a commotion in the waves, but without even a tremor the good shiT cbeyed that mighty impulse and slowly, but surely, came to stand still in less than the ships length Oh! it was a glorious sight, one nev CT to be forgotten, being the mos severe test that any ship can bt subjected to. Next, she was driver full speed astern and suddenly re versed into full speed ahead. witt precisely the same result, hardly tremor.
 ''Too much praise cannot be be slowed upon her builders. The Wal lace Shipbuilding, and Engineering Company of North Vancouver, B. The writer had the pleasure of
 long conversation with Mir Wallace who proved to be one of the mos courageous gentlemen the writer ha ever met. combined with rare com mon sense and rich vein of humor.
 "The Wallace Shipbuilding Com pany has been established 2S years and for three years David Rodgers now of Seattle. was superintendent The firm is widely and very favor ably known, the Princess Louis having the yard humber of 10S. an also the Princess Louise is one o the greatest masterpieces of grea shipbuilding firm.
 "As Illustrative of the event 0 details of construction. six and one half miles of iron piping were rt quired to fully meet the demand an comfort of the travelling public. Tn writer wishes to say in passing tha a speed of 17.3 knots (English knots was attained on this trial trip, an had the weather been clear and fire