Alida

(Steamer) - The steamer Alida, which appeared in 1869, commenced running on the Victoria route in July, 1870. She made but few trips to Victoria, as she was rather frail for crossing the Straits, and in September the steamer Isabel was operated in connection with her, the Alida going no farther than Port Townsend. E. W. Wright, Remarkable Trip of the 'Shoshone,' Willamette and Columbia Transportation Enterprises, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.185-6.

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Alida

(Steamer) - The Olympia's first antagonist, the Alida, was never a success, and was laid up in Olympia in 1871 after a year's work, but came out again in 1872 and ran between Olympia and Seattle in command of Capt. J. G. Parker. In 1873 she took the first passengers from old Tacoma to the new town to connect with the first railroad train to run in the Puget Sound country. Captain Starr was succeeded in command by Captains Clancey, Browner, Wilson, Grant, Parker, Morrison, and others, and James Griffiths was chief engineer of the craft longer than any other man. John Robertson also filled that position for a few months. She was out of commission the greater portion of the time after 1879, and in August, 1890, while laid up at Gig Harbor, was burned to the water's edge by a brush fire which swept down from the forest. Her engines were saved in a damaged condition and are now lying in Lake's shipyard, in Ballard, Wash. E. W. Wright, The Alaska Purchase, Advent of Many Fine Steamers on Puget Sound, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.172.

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