Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-03-03 | Page 1 | First Dredger Crossing Pacific is at Victoria

FIRST DREDGER CROSSING PACIFIC IS AT VICTORIA I Victoria, B. C, March 3. The Ger-man Ger-man dredge Fruhllng, the first dredger dredg-er to cross the Pacific, roached port last night from Kiel by way of Algiers, Sabang and MoJI, whore calls were made for coal on the world-circling cruise, bound to tho Fraser river to be delivered by Captain H. K. Lausen to tho Canadian government which purchased pur-chased Ihe suction dredger at a cost oi $260,000 to deepen the Frazer rlvei to 30 feet between New Westminster nnrt th Piilf.