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October, 1910 is known as one of the speediest ves- sels on Pacific coast. Princess May's History. As the Princess May sat there on the rocks, patiently waiting for some one to help her off, had she been able to speak a language understood by mor- tals, she could have told many interest- ing and wildly exciting stories. She was built at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1888 and christened Cass. Since then, her career has been filled with adventures. Never has she been known as a *hoodoo ship, however, for she has been very fortunate at all times and though her 'escapades were quite out of the ordinary, she al- ways came through them without being very badly hurt. Her maiden trip was to the Orient by way of the Suez canal. While proceeding through the canal, the mate manhandled one of the crew of Chinamen, depriving him of his queue. Mutiny: arose and the officer were forced to take shelter on the bridge. Their signals of distress were answered by the authorities ashore, but not before the decks ran with blood. Arrived at Shanghai, it was found that the ship did not pay dividends to her owners and she was tied up. A firm of French adventurers opened nego- tiations for the purchase of the vessel. The government officials held out for a high price and the would-be purchas- ers decided to close matters summarily. They procured a captain and loading the ship quietly at night with coal, set out without further ceremony. When at sea, they repainted the changed her name to Ningchow. They were captured in the harbor of Hong- kong and brought back to Shanghai. Later on, as the Hating, while, plying her trade in the Orient, she was board- ed by Chinese pirates and again her _ decks were covered with blood, but the pirates were soon repulsed. For a little time her life was quiet. Then, one year after she was purchased by her present owners, she ran aground on the rocks of Texada Island, north of Vancouver. She was running in a heavy fog and the pilot noticed that she was driving for some huge rocks, just in time to swerve aside enough to save her from them, but not enough to save her from the low reef and at low tide She was left high and dry in very much the same position as that she took on Sentinel Island. The damage to her hull at that time was greater than in this last case, but she was soon floated and repaired, ready for work. From that time to this, her life has been fairly uneventful. It is expected that it will take three months to put her in working condition once more. ship and. TAE MarRINE REVIEW 385 Steamship El Sol's First Trip HE steamship El Sol, the latest ad- dition to the fleet of the Southern Pacific Co. Atlantic Steamship Lines, operating between New York and New Orleans and between New York and Galveston, arrived at New York at 12:00 m., Sept. 12, after a very satisfactory voyage to -Galveston and return. The El Sol is one of the four vessels. authorized by the Southern Pacific com- pany last year and is claimed to be the finest and fastest exclusively freight ship in the world. Her sister ships are the El Mundo, El Oriente and El Occidente, which will be placed in commission within the next three months. These vessels are of a slightly differ- ent type from the ships operated be- tween the Port of New York and Gal- veston at the present time, and present a very attractive appearance. The officers' and crew quarters of the El Sol are unusual in their appoint- ments for a freight vessel, and are con- venient and handsomely fitted out. She is fitted with the most modern appli- ances known to marine architecture and is of the following general dimensions: Length, 430 ft.; beam, 53 ft.; depth, 36 ft,; cubic 'carso capacity, 425,000 41 : dead weight cargo carrying capacity, 5,- 500: tons; mean draught, 25 ft. She will carry 15,000 bales of cotton. The El Sol is propelled by a single screw, which is driven by a,vertical in- verted triple-expansion surface condens- ing engine of the most modern type with cylinders 3414, 57 and 96 in., with a stroke of 60 in, and is capable of indicating 6,000 h. p. at full speed. The boilers, of which there are three in num- ber, are of the double-ended Scotch marine type with four Morrison suspen- sion furnaces in each end, and are built . for a working pressure of 200 Ibs. per sq. in. The boilers are operated under Howden's heated system of forced draft. The vessel was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., at Newport News, Va. The first voyage of the El Sol was in the nature of an owner's trial and demonstrates her to be one of the most modern and efficient vessels on the At- lantic coast. She left New York at 12:30 p. m., August+27, and despite the fact that she ecountered hurricane weather and considerable head current, she arrived at Galveston at 7:40 p. m., Sept. 1, 12 hours ahead of schedule. On the return trip, the vessel sailed from Galveston at 7:30 p. m., Sept. 7; and arrived at New York at 12:00 m., Sept. 12, 18 hours ahead of schedule. Her average speed for the round trip, from Bar to Bar, was 16.108 knots. The fuel consumption both southbound and northbound was at the rate of 1.443 Ibs. of coal per i. h. p. The ves- sel carried a full cargo of miscellaneous merchandise in each direction. © Suction Dredge for Honolulu The Standard American Dredging Co., of San Francisco, is having a suction dredge built by the St. Johns Ship Build- ing Co., of St. Johns, Ore., for use in Honolulu. The dredge is 135 ft. long, with a 40-ft. beam and a depth of 124 ft., with a 20-in. suction pipe. Power will be .supplied by Babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers and Allis Chalmers steam turbines. All the machinery will | be installed in Honolulu, the hull being towed across the Pacific, from Portland. The dredge was designed by the Stand- ard American Dredging Co., and the hull is being built and the machinery installed under the supervision of Wm. S. Brusstar Jr., of San Francisco. Very little work is being done by any cf the ship building firms in Portland ai the present time, either in the repair. line or in new work. The Port of Portland is in need of more tow boats and plans and estimates are being con- sidered for a stern-wheel boat for the river service. : But one bid has been received by the government engineers for the 600,000 tons of rock, needed to finish the jetty now being built by the government at the mouth of the Columbia river. The bid was made by the Columbia Contract Co., and totalled $681,750, and will prob- .ably be accepted. The Port of Astoria is awaiting the final data on the survey of the harbor from the war department, before taking action toward the improvement of the harbor, = Destroyer Paulding's Trial The torpedo boat destroyer Pauld- ing, built by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me. underwent her trial re- cently, the results being' tabulated herewith: 16-knot. 25-knot. 4-hour. Duration of trial, hours. 12 12 4 Mean revs. per minute. 368.4 623 903 speed in knots ....2.. 15.9 25:25 > 32,80 Turbine horsepower ... 1,465 7,284 17,000 Water per hour, turbines and' aux., ID8...,.%..030,93e 105,515 Zia ale Water per turbine H. P. 21.12 14.48 12.85 per: Hour,' Vhs... 34. Greiling Bros., Green Bay, Wis., were the lowest bidders for building rein- forced concrete caissons and pile pier at Racine, Wis. Their bid was $149,468.