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22 PACIFIC COAST NOTES. Office of the Marine REVIEW, 302 Pioneer Bldg., Seattle, Wash., Jan. 9. "Rapid progress is being made by the Moran Co. in repairing the British ship Kynance and the work will be fin- ished within seven days. was damaged by dragging her anchors while moored at Bellingham Christmas afternoon. Bids were asked for the re- pairs and the Moran Co. submitted the lowest tender, agreeing to do the work for $1,644 in seven days. The Commer- cial Boiler Works, Seattle, bid $1,797 and ~ offered to complete the contract in eight days. The specifications call for repair- ing the plates on the port bow, renew- ing about 60 ft. of bulwarks and rails, with all fittings; repairs to the starboard quarter and poop rails; furnishing a new working boat and equipment and remov- ing and replacing any of the lumber cargo that may be in the way. In addi- tion to these repairs the Kynance's gear will have to be renewed, as in the gale at Bellingham she lost hen mo oring lines, running gear and other equipment. Bids for this equipment will be received and awarded in a few days. The gear will cost more than the repairs. Capt. Auld, of the Kynance, it is understood, will take steps to hold the ship Jupiter which was lying near him at the time of the accident liable for the repairs. The mat- ter will be fought out in the courts. Cooke & Lake, ship builders, Ballard, Wash., have started work on two big scows and a steamer for the Susitna region, ordered by the Alaska Commer- cial Co. The builders expect to com- plete the scows and steamer within 90 days; they have erected big sheds under which to work, so bad weather will not hinder. The larger of the two scows will be built first and when it is fin- ished the steamer, which is 110 ft. long, will be constructed on the scow and shipped to the north in this manner. The steamer and scows are for service on the Susitna river, Alaska. The new $600,000 Canadian Pacific lin- er Princess Charlotte has rived on Puget Sound, 59 days from"the Clyde. The new steamer will be overhauled and will enter service about Jan. 15. The Anderson Steamboat Co. is con- structing at its yards at Houghton, Wash., two new steamers for service on Lake Washington in connection with the A. Y: P. exposition at Seattle next sum- mer. These boats will cost $15,000 each. The boats will be sisters, each 90 ft. long, 17 ft. beam and 16 ft. deep. Each will accommodate 250 passengers and at least one will be done by May 1. The The Kynance © TAE Marine REVIEW boats are being constructed under the direction of Capt. J. L. Anderson and R. A. Stewart. The new craft are ex- pected to have a speed of from 16 to 18 miles per hour. As she was entering the dock at San Francisco Jan. 3, the lumber steamer Brunswick collided with the U. S. army transport Thomas and_ badly damaged some of the plates about the stern of the Thomas. The Brunswick was but little injured. The collision was due to. a strong tide which swung the Brunswick against the Thomas as the latter lay at anchor off Folsom street. © The steel steamship Chippewa was off her run between Seattle and Tacoma for two days last week on account of the giving away of a condenser tube Jan. 2 The Kitsap County Transportation Co.'s fast steamer Kitsap, which was also running between Seattle and Tacoma met with an accident Dec. 31. Her propeller hit a sunken log and the tail shaft broke off just abaft of the stern bearing, drop- ping the propeller into the sea. The valve gear of the engine was stripped, the rudder damaged and the. shoe bent. The Kitsap will be repaired by the Hef- fernan Engine Works, Seattle, and will be laid up for about 10 days. The. Alaska Pacific' Steamship . Co., which recently purchased the Atlantic coast steamer Admiral Sampson, an- nounces that the new steamer will go into service between Seattle and Califor- nia ports about March 15. When the vessel goes into commission the company will inaugurate a schedule with sailings every five days between Puget Sound and San Francisco and through service to Los Angeles via San Pedro, Cal., ev- ery 15 days. This is the first through service between Puget Sound and south- ern California' 'ports.: The © Admiral Sampson will touch only at Seattle and Tacoma as*her northern terminals. 'The hull of the wrecked schooner Gotoma which is now lying near Grays Harbor, Wash., has been sold to Frank Peterson, of Westport, Wash., for $120. The price includes the remainder of the cargo which was washed out of the hull and on to the beach. The vessel is broken in two and the stern is sunk deep into the sand. The Independent Transportation Co. has filed suit against the China Traders Insurance Co. for $4,230 to recover in- surance on the steamer Vashon, which it is. alleged became a total 'loss save least two months. $750 for which the boat was sold Aug, 3. The Vashon sunk at her moorings on -- Jan. 11, 1908. The libellants allege the value of the boat was $15,000. Customs officials have seized the Dan- ish ship Jupiter on account of the non- payment of a fine of $5,000 which was levied because the vessel apeared on Pu- get Sound from Liverpool without a consular bill of health. Capt. Funder, of the Jupiter, declares he could not get his papers when he sailed from England because the consul was out of town. The Jupiter 'has also been sued for the damages to the British ship Ky- nance in Bellingham, Dec. 25. The steamer St. Croix, recently pur- chased by Schubach & Hamilton, of Se- attle, from the Mutual Transit Co., Bos- ton, has been fixed for an indefinite per- iod by the Alaska Coast Co. In place of the steamer Bertha the St. Croix will be operated by the charterers on the run to Valdez and southwestern Alaska for at The St.- Croix -is billed to leave out for Valdez on the first voyage March 25. The United States revenue cutter The- tis, Capt: A. J; Henderson, is in port to allow estimates to be made for routine repairs which will be made on her in the near future. These repairs include caulk- ing the decks, cleaning, painting, ship- ping a new propeller and other general repairs. The report that the Thetis is in need of an extensive overhauling is de- nied. The Thetis will winter on Puget Sound. Pacific coast and other ship building yards have a chan-~ to compete for the construction of 25 or 30 steel barges for use in the far east. The address of the firm desiring these barges can be ob- tained at the bureau of manufactures, Washington, D. C, The barges must not be over 100 ft. long, 50 to 100 tons dis- placement, draught not toexceed 314 ft. loaded and have power twin engines us- ing kerosene oil for fuel, giving a guar- anteed 'speed of from 14 to 16 knots. They must be built of steel, of the knockdown type. Advices from Honolulu state that the Australian liner Moana, which left Van- couver, B. C., Dec. 4 for Sydney, ex- perienced terrible weather on the way down but arrived at Honolulu safely and on time. The Moana ran into the same stormy weather which delayed the Em- press of Japan and at one time Capt. Morrisby considered the jettisoning of part of the cargo. For two or three days the Moana had her seagoing qualities