Show one of mcdonalds ships best wooden ship built ta ma the following story regarding the trial trip of the ballata one of the new wooden vessels turned out at the yard of the patterson mcdon aid ald company at seattle washington appeared in a recent issue of the post of that city mr mcdonald a former eureka man is the manager of 0 the company the newspaper article follows she s the best ship ever built on puget sound said leon ard engineer surveyor at the port of seattle for lloyd s regis try of shipping when he came ashore last evening after watching with critical eyes for seven hours the S S deleata bellata being put through her paces on the sound mr did not announce the technical rat I 1 ing he would give the ship but from bis his statement the owners are conti dent it will be the highest possible the contract called tor for the ship making ten knots time and again on the government staked e course 0 e of off af vashon island the bellata ballata did bet I 1 ter than that against a strong head wind she made 11 54 knots and the representatives ot of the builders and low ners as welt well as the official testers agreed that was enough on yie the bridge for the builders trial run was capt C W call vet eran in testing products of seattle shipyards and he was delighted with results doesn doean t she swing around prettily I 1 never saw a ship handle easier capt call remarked on more than one occasion the bellata ballata launched last april by the builders the patterson me ate donald shipbuilding company is the first to be delivered of ten ships of similar design contracted for by R M calkins to go into the service of the australian commonwealth in eluding the bellata ballata five have been launched four are on the ways and the keel of the tenth will be laid next month another ship will be given her trial run saturday the ballata is feet long 48 feet beam and 28 feet depth she is a full powered steamship of 4 dead weight tons equipped with twin screws and triple expansion I 1 engines her tier coat cost la Is about she is the biggest wooden ship in seattle the first ship completely designed and built on puget sound the first ship to come down the du bamish water way and the first steamship built in america tor for the australian government probably some time next week her new own ers will take her to san francisco to load oil and steel for sydna which port will be the bellata ballata s home hereafter the union jack with the southern cross flew from the he rail rall on the trials yesterday |