@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:subject "British Columbia Coast Steamship Service"@en, "Canadian Pacific B.C. Coast Steamships"@en, "Canadian Pacific Railway Company"@en, "Steamboats"@en, "Coastwise shipping"@en, "Ocean liners"@en, "Ocean travel"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection"@en ; dcterms:creator "Canadian Pacific Railway. British Columbia Coast Steamship Service"@en ; dcterms:issued "2018-01-24"@en ; dcterms:created "[between 1912 and 1989]"@en ; dcterms:description "Newspaper clippings and other material related to the first Princess Patricia."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chungtext/items/1.0363169/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ >u t^00F^I8^ *ML ■ :■**&- jh H___ff_il___ffi_iSs *^. MAJESTY Originators and Manufacturers of Electro Plate ELK1NCTON (£s_& Company, Limite p.ocns large 6 tt " n smaLl 2 w Ice Tongs 20 tt Sugar " , 12 tt Nutcrackers IS tt Mustard Spoons 4 tt Cheese Scdops. 2. Gaaa.Jia^2 Saloon. 12 Oval Cracker trays 12 Cake Baskets 12 Nut 8e P.asin Dishes 8 Water Pitcheas 25 Finger BowL s, gold lined, 1 Bar Pitcher, with tray 1 Champagne Tap 36 Oval Entree Dishes, wilh Covers & handle s. Case No, 3 Saloon. 20 Cream Ewers 2-g- pint set 20 Sugar Bowls 1~^ " n 50 Tea Pots -jjr pint 12 Sugar Dredgers, 2 Champagne Buckets C_ 12 Double Jam Stabds, no Covers 12 extra Glasses for same. 8 Syrup Jugs, 12 Mustard'Pots, 6 extra Glasses for same. Case No.4 §*io_i_iL_ 12 Bread TBHys 12 Fruit Stands 20 Butter Di-hes & Drainers L_ 3. GA.-&JL{--.5 Aaa.cicfin.-Bac-.- 2 Cocktail Shakers 2 Strainers 1-4 compartment Stand for Coffee Betns 1 Ice Slice 6 Bitters Corks 4 Straw Holders 6 Sugar Crushers 1 Sugar Basin Q_._fi--.2s-_-* Qfficers^_Mess._ 3 doz. Dinner Knives, 4 " Cheese n 2 " Dinner Folks 3 ■ Dessert " L. 2 B Table spoons 3 n Dessert " 5 " Te a " " ,P 2 Double Jam Stands No Covers - 2 Sugar Bowls 5 gill set. 2 Milk Jugs 6 " w 1 Syrup jug 2-6 bottle Cruets 2 extra Vinegar Bottle s for same. 2 " Mustard » w « 2 " Pepper * * n 2 Butter DiJhes with Drainefrs IS Napkin Rings. \\ CANADIAN TO NANAIMO by the fast T V n B I Jf E STEAMSHIP "PRINCESS PATRICIA" SATTJBDAY EXCURSIONS $1.50 FOR ROUND TRIP The abov^ special rate will be In effect on Saturdays only. Tickets good going on morning: trip of steamer at 10 a. m., returning- same day. Tickets will be on sale at Vancouver City and Depot Ticket offices. H. W. BRODIB, G. P. A., C. P. It. TERMINAL. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. HOWE SOUND ROUTE. g, s, Baramba leaves Evans-Coleman dock every morning at 9:15. for Squamish, calling at Caulfields, Lar- sens, Bowen Island, Invereraig, Anvil Island, Porteau, Britannia Mine, Mill Creek and Newport. Thursdays boat calls at Prazer & Macaulay's camp, PotlatGh Creek and McDonald's camp on way up. Sunday boat leaves at 10:30 a. m., calling at Caulfields, Bowen Island, Anvil Island, Porteau, Britannia Mine, Newport, Mill Creek, arriving back in Vancouver every evening at 7:30 p. m. Evans, Coleman & Evans, agents. Phone, Sey. 298$. \\ Tuesday, May 28, 1912. VICTORIA DAILY Flint MADE BY PATRICIA FIRST TRIP SAIURDAY MARKED WITH SUCCESS lew Princess Showed Remarkable Speed—Carried Many People Across Gulf After making a jecord run from Victoria the magnificent ' ferry'" steamer Princess Patricia, Capt. Ritchie,; glided into the harbor at Nanaimo at about S o'clock on Saturday morning, and when Capt. :Troup placed his hand on the whistle cord and- blew the signal of the C. P. Rp fleet it was a sign for all the steam_eraft in the harbor, the locomotives in the railroad yards and the various mills and plants in the town to tie their whistles down. For many minutes the whistles screeched knots, and she made this with her steam pressure at 140 pounds. Despite the pace at which she was being driven there was not the slightest sign of vibration. She moved along -steadily, and although'she is 270 feet in length and drawing but six feet of; water . forward and seven feet aft, whenever a big waye confronted her she did hot climb over it, but drove her nose right through it. ■I It was 4.15 o'clock on 'Saturday morning when the r-Patricia moved; put- of the Victoria harbor, and when off Brotchie Ledge she started to pick up her speed. She averaged 19 knots an hour to Active Pass against an ebb tide, but with slack water ■ from the Pass* to Entrance Island light she piled up an average of 2iy2 knots'. At times. after; getting through the .-Pass the Patricia was travelling at 22 knots an hour, but that was not her limit, as Engineer Anderson did not give- the engine all the steam the .boiler produced. The-exact time recorded in the log for the. run from Brotchie Ledge, where the full speed bell was rung, until Entrance Island light was passed, where she was slowed down, was 3.34 hours, a new record for the distance. s 'The people in Nanaimo were not expecting to see the new ferry boat in before 9 o'clock, but she crept in an hour ahead of that time. The brewery whistle whnch was to announce the arrival, of?. the steamer, commenced to blow as soon as the vessel entered the harbor, ancl men, women and children began to stream down the streets leading to the docks to catch a glimpse of the fas. turbine steamer. At 9.30 o'clock the members of the Nanaimo Board of Trade commenced to board the isteamer. The Presentation. After the members of the Nanaimo Board of Trade had boarded the steamer and just before the mooring lines were cast off the presentation of a beautiful silver shield to the Princess Patricia was made by Mayor Shaw of the Coal City. On the dock were several hundred residents of Nanaimo, who had gathered to see the vessel which is to link up more closely that naimo, a city destined to have a great future, and we feel that the most sanguine hopes that were conceived in the niinds of Capt. Troup shall be. fully realised and that the venture shall not be in vain. "Or citizens have deemed it only ^fitting-that the initial trip of this splendid craft,should be commemorated, and so have assembled at this present moment to pay tribute to the efforts of the C. P. S. S. through their energetic representative, CaptP Troup, and on behalf of the citizens of Nanaimo I present to the S. S. Princess Patricia this shield and hope that this steamer may see long service in our waters, and that the benefits may be mutual." In accepting the shield Capt. Troup said that on behalf of the officers of CAPT. RITCHIE This big, genial skipper of the C. P. R. fleet, is receiving congratulations from his many friends, upon his appointment to commander of the fastest boat on the Pacific. PRINCESS PATRICIA LYING AT THE NANAIMO DOCK _* ; forth their notes of welcome, and then up went a cheer from the large number of persons gathered on the waterfront. Saturday was without a doubt an epochal day in the history of Nanaimo, and the residents of that enterprising city saw fit to celebrate the great event of the arrival of the new turbine-triple screw steamer in a most elaborate and fitting manner. Every offiical of the C. P. R. who spent the day aboard the Patricia was gratified at the way in which the people of Nanaimo had welcomed the new steamer to her home port, and also the spirit shown by the Vancouver citizens. At the Terminal City about two thousand people lined up oh the dock to see the fastest steamer on the Pacific. Her beautiful lines attracted words of the highest praise, and" it is doubtful if a vessel built on such speed lines has ever before passed through the Narrows at Vancouver. On several occasions during the day the new ferry steamer demonstrated her remarkable speed and everyone concedes that the Princess Victoria must yield the speed honor. When travelling with her engines wide open and driving through the water at 22 knots, the Patricia leaves practically no wake. The way in which she sheers off at the stern does not permit her dragging any water with her, such as is the case with most of the steamers here. Her knife-like bow sliced the sea so gracefully that the water fell away without stirring up any kind of a sea. The best speed of the steamer during the day was 22 town with Vancouver, and they cheered vociferously when the shield was presented. The gift was a most costly one and the work on it was done in an artistic manner. The shield was mounted on a large ebony shield and contained a design of the old Nanaimo Bastion and engravings of Maple Leafs and other national emblems. The inscription on the shield was: "Presented by the citizens of Nanaimo to the Princess Patricia on the occasion of her initial trip between Vancouver and Nanaimo. May, 1912." Mayor Shaw spoke as follows: "Capt. Troup and officers of the Princess Patricia: On behalf of the citizens of Nanaimo, we wish to welcome you and this fine craft into our pOrt. We are particularly gratified to know that the fleetest passenger boat on the Pacific coast, and perhaps the whole Pacific ocean, has her home in the port of Nanaimo, and that she will form the cord that binds our fair cit}' to Vancouver, only forty miles away, and now about to make a two-hour run. "It is well within the memory of many present when the little steam packet Ada, about 40 feet long, plied* across the Gulf, between Nanaimo and the Mainland once in two weeks and whose speed was not more than seven miles an hour. Behold the change. In this short space of time we have a boat with a carrying capacity of 1,000 passengers and a speed of 25 miles an hour. We welcome this event as an epoch in the history of Nanaimo, this year, 1912, the birth of a Greater Na- MEMBERS OF THE NANAIMO BOAR D OF TRADE EMBARKING ON THE PATRICIA the Princess Patricia and the C. P. R he wished to thank the citizens of Nanaimo for their kind expressions and souvenir. He only hoped that the Patricia would prove worthy of the recognition. "While serving on the Clyde," said the captain," she gave entire satisfaction and was one of the finest boats there. In placing such a vessel on this run wTe may be ambitious, but the people of the west are ambitious and I hope that we have not overstepped the mark. After purchasing the boat we made -many alterations, providing additional shelter and equipping lier with 611P. There IsP no doubt that she is a better vessel how than when running on the Clyde as the Queen Alexandra. As a tourist city Victoria was not discovered until the Princess Victoria was brought out from England about eight years ago. I hope that Ave shall do the same for Nanaimo as we have done for Victoria, and hope that this summer we will bring many people over to your city." On her initial trip across the Gulf to Vancouver the Patricia made the run from dock to dock in exactly two hours. After a stop of two hours in Vancouver the steamer sailed for Nanaimo at 2 o'clock in the afternoon with the Vancouver Board of Trade, mayor and and headed by the band paraded through the streets of the Coal City. After spending two hours in Nanaimo, during which time the Vancouver aldermen seized the wagon which was delivering the beer and other beverages to the saloons of the town,- and also forced a farmer at the point of a^camera to dismount and hand his cart over to them to have a joy-ride around the town, the guests returned to the steamer to cross back to Vancouver. It was evident from Saturday's demonstration that the relations between the two towns are of a most friendly nature. As the steamer was leaving the Coal City on her second trip those on the Patricia gave gave three cheers for Nanaimo, and in return the Nanaimo people thundered out three rousing ones for the Terminal City. On each trip the Patricia made more, attention was paid to the turbines of the flyer than to anything else aboard. Very few had ever before seen turbine engines and much interest was taken in them. Although the turbines took up very little room and none of the mechanism could be seen, being CROWD AT THE NANAIMO DOCK AS THE PATRICIA LEFT ON HER FIRST TRIP TO VANCOUVER council and the heads of all the transportation companies in the province. There were 740 persons on the vessel when she backed out of the Mainland port. About five minutes ahead of her the Princess Adelaide and the Charmer left their berths and the Patricia at once commenced to overhaul them. The Vancouver Yacht Club was, out on its Saturday afternoon cruise and just as the flyer was picking up her speed the craft commenced to cross her bow. It was necessary to stop three times* but when she had a clear course she was opened out. The Adelaide was then a good mile in the lead, but by- the time Point Grey bell buoy, where the single- funnel steamer changes her course, the Patricia was almost abreast of her. It is certain that there is not a vessel in the B. C. Coast Service that can touch the Patricia and as Chief Engineer An^ derson said: "The Victoria can paint that blue ribbon off her sides now. We will have a golden cock placed on our masthead." Upon her return from Vancouver the Patricia was given, a greater welcome than on her first visit. The Nanaimo band played many familiar tunes as the ship glided up to the dock and the hundreds of spectators on the^ docks and shore sent out a volley of cheers at the spic and span craft. The guests of the G. P. R. filed off the steamer enclosed in iron forms resembling large barrels, the guests of the C. P. R. spent much time in the engine room listening to the humming of the rapidly revolving machinery. The Patricia has five engines, three of which were driven ahead and two astern. When doing her best time Saturday the centre propeller was making 600 revolutions a minute and the two outsiders were turning over at the rate of 740 revolutions, p John Thompson, one of Nanaimo's oldest pioneers, crossed the Gulf on the Patricia en route to England. He came around the Horn 55 years ago in the sailing ship Princess Royal and took the old steamer Beaver from Victoria to Nanaimo. When they wanted to cross to the mainland it was necessary to \\ go in canoes and sometimes it ;took two days. Now it took but two .hours. Later a windjammer startec! to operate between the towns and it was nothing for her to be three days on the forty-mile trip. The Forward was'the first steamer to enter the service, starting in 1887. He has travelled on every vessel which has operated across from Vancouver to Nanaimo and he thinks the Patricia is about the finest craft that he has ever seen. He was born in Scotland (Concluded on page 11.) """@en ; edm:hasType "Clippings"@en ; dcterms:identifier "CC_TX_151_027"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0363169"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; edm:currentLocation "Box 151"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/"@en ; dcterms:source "Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-151-27"@en ; dcterms:title "Princess Patricia"@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en .