The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

16 than double the crew of a schooner of equal carrying capacity. A schooner of 5,000 tons carrying capacity can be handled quite readily by a crew of sixteen men, but a square-rigger of that capacity would require thirty-six men, It is therefore clear that a square-rigger is not an economical carrier. A ship, however, is a thing of beauty _and it is to be regretted that the necessities of trade are driving it out of business. As a matter of historical record there is printed herewith a list of all the Ameri- can sailing ships that are left, the remnant of a beautiful fleet that once covered every sea with their clouds of canvas. Ships. Gross Tons. Built. Gy. Ropes... 5..... New York 2460 1884 DN, Pe oc; San Francisco 1848 1881 Avnet: Coburn... 2... San Francisco (1972 1882 PO aes a New York 3288 1901 Agena, At ee Boston - 1487 1870 Alexander Gibson ...San Francisco 2194 1877 Pen ea. Seattle 2054 1874 ttn, Sewell 5... .-. Bath 3209 1899 Yo Bath 212% 1893 era. a. A ON eW OL Ore 3292 TYOL mUas he New York 330%. - 1002 Bavelutha. 6 ye ee Port Townsend 1716 1886* Bau@aiore ....7.4.00.. New York 1743 1886 Benjamin F. Packard. Bath 2156 1883 Mert OS oe Pee San Francisco 1634 1882 eONeMA «507 ol. ei. San Francisco 1633 1875 oH Sergent .......: San Francisco 1704 1874 Penteriial 2.0 6000.... San Francisco 1286 1875 Chatles FE. Moody ...San Francisco 2003 1882 OMe 2. Phys San Francisco 1471 1871 PO cs os Bath 3004 1894 i, Sutton hae ad New York 1826 1881 TECH Se ee es San Francisco 1594 1878 mowatd Sewall ....... Bath. ° 3206 1899 miwell 0. v6.. 2 San Francisco 1461 1875 mimily Reed. 2.0.30... San Francisco 1564 1880 Erskine M. Phelps ...San Francisco L317 1880 ails oF Clyde'. 0.23% Bath 2998 1898 Hort George. es San Francisco 1809 1878 ath 6 ees San Francisco 1769 1884 Glory of the Seas ....San Francisco 1837 1884 Governor Robie. ...... Boston 2102 1869 Creat Admiral. .,. 2. San Francisco 1712 1883 Paevata oY New York 1575 1869 Hawaiian isles ©. : 2. Boston 1603 1884 TOC era San Francisco 2148 1892 Hienry Failing ....... San Francisco 1529 1877 Henry Villard ...5.;.. San Francisco 1976 1882 fo, Capa San Francisco 1552 1882 Pts eo New York 2145 1882 Ievineible 03.00: San Francisco 1487 1876 dabez Howes... 0... ; San Francisco 1460 1873 James Drummond ....San Francisco 1648 1897 ponn Currier oo... San Francisco 1556 1881 Jone Ena i633. .e San Francisco 1945 1882 wonn A. Briggs oo... San Francisco 2842 1892 Joseph B. Thomas ..San Francisco 2110 1878 eniworth: | 60s San Francisco 1938 1881 mennevee 223. New York 2203 1887 Llewellyn J. Morse ..San Francisco 2126 1883 Pudile: . San Francisco 1392 1877 RUWEOR a eo aes San Francisco 1402 1874 ie, PP oeGrade New York 1390 1881 MecLauring 4.06... 5655 San Francisco 1928 1875 Manual Llaguno ......Boston 1374 1879 Marion Chilcott: 0... New York 1722 1879 ocidental sec ag ss San Francisco E73" 1882 Oriental ane... San Francisco 1533 1874 Paraniita ee, San Francisco 1688 1874 Paul Revere <2 ..2..... San Francisco 1582 1879 Meuce oe a New York 1735 1876 moanoke (4 a kk 5: San Francisco 1924 1881 m1). Carleton ...... Bath 3539 1892 Bt, eC NCOCK ee... San Francisco 1882 1890 Ot. Davie or CA eel: New York 2305 1883 Bt. Hranees. oc cis.s : ...San' Francisco 1595 1877 et. Nigbolss =. 0). oa San Francisco 1898 1882 Mt Poa or ee: San Francisco 1798 1869 mete (Ciara ee San Francisco 1893 1874 'placement, 42,500 tons; tonnage, 25,000. TRAE MarRINE. REVIEW »Ships. Gross Tons. Built. Sen Witee sco ca as San Francisco ~ 1535 1876 HAPK ai ewes San Francisco *= 1289 1872 Shetiandoah 3. 6.744% Bath 3406 1890 mitrany oe eee San Francisco 1656 1877 Spattan' 1.20: Wie ea San Francisco 1448 1874 etandard 4.5. 46 ee San Francisco 1534 1878 Star of Prince 23.55, Port Townsend 1644 1877 Star col ataly. 44 Ay uae Port Townsend 1613 1877 Siar of Russia. . ols, San Francisco 1981 1874 Susgachanna (30.20... Bath 2744 1891 Wacowia, 3 66 a San Francisco 1738 1881 Tile 'E. Starbuck (¢.:5an Francisco -- . 2025 1883 Two: Mrothers .4.2 (5% San Francisco 1382 1868 AV. F. Bancock 2%. : Bath 2130 1882 Witham H. Macy ....San Francisco 2202 1883 William H. Snuth <..:San Francisto 1978 1883 Wiliam P trye 2 o.. Bath 3374 IQOT Jacob A, Stamber ...New York 1198 1856 *See page 190 of Report of Commissioner of Navigation for 1904. LARGEST VESSEL AFLOAT The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, which was successfully launched at the Vulcan Ship Building Works, on the Oder recently, in the presence of the Kaiser and Kaiserin and a distinguished company of German naval officials, is a sister ship of the Amerika, which was built by Messrs. Harland & Wolff only last April. These vessels are the latest and most noteworthy additions to the Transatlantic fleet of the Ham- burg-American line. The Kaiserin, like her companion, will be engaged in passenger traffic between New York, Plymouth, and Cherbourg, and her size, speed, and equipment will no doubt make her a serious rival among the Atlantic ferry- boats. She is slightly larger than the Amerika. Her length is 700 ft.; beam, 77 ft.; depth, 54 ft., or 87 ft. from boat deck to keel; speed, about 18 knots; engines, 17,200 H. P.; dis- In comparison with our leviathan, the Baltic, the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria is 25 ft. shorter, but her fuller lines give her about the same displacement. In gross tonnage the new vessel will excel the Baltic by 1,000 tons; she will have less capacity for cargo but more for passengers. The Kaiserin will have three open decks, and an electric lift will convey passengers from the saloon deck to the upper promenade deck. She will accom- modate 550 first-class passengers, 300 second-class, 250 third- class, 2,300 fourth-class--a grand total of 3,400 passengers. Her crew, all told, will number 600. A novel arrangement on this ship, which will be understood and appreciated by not a few, will be a restaurant, where passengers may have meals a la carte. Such voyagers would only pay the bare passage money when buying their tickets. The vessel received her name at the hands of the empress, and took the water without a hitch. Contrary to expectations the emperor made no public speech, and their majesties re- turned to Berlin in the: afternoon. It is believed that after the launch a conference of the directors of the Vulcan com- pany was held on the proposal to build and equip a new yard on the Elbe at a cost of about £500,000. The steamship Minnesota of the Great Northern line, re- cently completed her best run eastward across the Pacific, making the trip from Seattle to Yokohama in 13 days, 6 hours, at an average of 13.46 knots per hour, inclusive of the time lost on Puget Sound. On her previous trip the Minnesota made the run to Yokohama in 14 days, 12 hours. On her last home trip the Minnesota reached Port Townsend in 11 days 23 hours, actual speed. Upon this trip she negotiated the straits at the rate of 15 knots per hour. -- The board of public improvements of St. Louis will open bids on Oct. 3 for the construction of a steel hull harbor boat. The assembly appropriated $35,000 for the construction of the boat.