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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
10
Local timetable notice lists Puget Sound Steamers routes with connections to Victoria and Port Townsend via Colman Dock and Marion Street. Indicates travel between Victoria B C and Port Townsend with listed stops and timing.
A dense OCR style shopping list catalogs multiple stalls and items such as pure cane sugar pure natural milk fresh corn meal soap minced clams skinned soles Alaska salt herring halibut cheeks shad rice noodles tea and canned goods with scattered prices and unit descriptions, reflecting a busy market ledger.
Seattle shipyards won contracts totaling 21 million dollars for nineteen 8,800 ton standard vessels. Fourteen ships will be built by Amen Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, five by J Pf Duthie. Earlier deals included 10 vessels at 5,800 tons and a Skinner & Keddy package valued at 100 million.
The American Concrete Pipe and Shipbuilding Co of Tacoma secured a lakefront site on Lake Washington near Bryn Mawr after obtaining 20 million dollars in contracts from foreign representatives. The plan calls for concrete ships of 7 500 to 10 000 tons with two, possibly three, shipways and a future dry dock for repairs.
After registering and classifying 6,000 Beattie Construction Dry Dock workers, Skinner & Eddy shipyard begins a new phase Monday. Two additional 8,800 ton steel freighters are scheduled for keel laying as Dave Hodgers of Skinner & Eddy oversees the project.
The Alaska Steamship Co liner Victoria under Captain John A. O'Virien sailed from Pier 2 at 10 am on the first voyage of the year to Nome and St Michaels, carrying 400 passengers and a cargo of fresh fruit and vegetables. Many prominent Alaskans, returning from Seattle and other cities, took passage.
A fragmented grocery listing shows prices for soaps coffee milk and canned goods from various brands and stalls including Crystal White Naptha Ivory Mount Vernon Carnation Shasta jelly and Albers products. Shoppers see items like green beans strawberries rhubarb shrimp bread butter and baked powders with multiple 10 to 45 cent price points.
The French repelled German efforts to push toward Paris between the Ourcq and the Marne as the war enters its 1401st day and a major offensive period. Allied lines held elsewhere along the front with French counterattacks described as effective aided by forested cover in Laigne Compiegne and Villers Cotterets regions.
The writer recalls a Monday night class starting with awkward raw recruits of dancing and returning Friday at seven sharp to see the same boys again, highlighting progression between sessions.
The government free navigation school at the University of Washington shows a steady rise in enrollments as eligibility rules tighten to require sea experience. With the first group graduating under relaxed admission, space remains for more registrants as Pacific Coast Steamship Co. gears up to employ graduates as junior officers paid by the Shipping Board on coastwise routes.
The Todd interests in Seattle move ship repair operations to Harbor Island in the Maynard building as the executive head. Ground for the new dry dock, largest north of San Francisco, was broken last week with piling due next week and construction to begin, aiming for an opening on July 1.
The Star described stevedores and riggers as dock workers in a Saturday account of their Red Cross contributions. A stevedore later corrected the mislabeling, clarifying their exact job titles.
Franciscus M. Van der Heiden faces a murder trial for the August 15, 1916, killings of Mr. and Mrs. J A Collinson in Seattle. He pleads insanity as jurors are questioned on their views. He appears debonair in court, while jailers note many women send him flowers and meals.
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