Routes On The Lake
Anderson’s company had over 50 stops on the lake, including the elegant C.C. Calkins Hotel on Mercer Island. The company’s main terminal was at Leschi which in 1888 was connected to Seattle by cable car. Leschi Park was a popular resort, for example over 40,000 people went there on the Fourth of July, 1908, and this was good for the water tour business which was an important part of the Anderson firm’s trade.
In 1911, the Anderson Steamboat Company offered a "beautiful 25-mile cruise around Mercer Island for 25-cents." The other advertised routes and departures were:
- Fortuna left Madison Park eight times daily for Kirkland and Juanita;
- Aquilo left Madison Park seven times daily for Houghton and the "Bay Route";
- Triton left Leschi Park eleven times daily for Medina, Bellevue and the "Scenic Route";
- Atlanta left Leschi Park six times daily for points around Mercer Island;
- Cyrene left Leschi Park eleven times daily for East Seattle and points on the west side of Mercer Island.
Business fell for the traditional passenger only boats as interurban train routes and then automobiles came to dominate transportation. In 1917, the small steamer Swan and, reportedly Urania were transferred to Puget Sound, where they continued to be operated by Anderson Steamboat Company in passenger service to Port Orchard. This is doubtful as to Urania as she burned for a total loss off Houghton on February 12, 1912. In 1926, the steamers Bremerton (ex-Kitsap) and Reliance, belonging to the Kitsap County Transportation Company, were rafted up together with the Anderson tug Dart. A fire started and all three vessels were destroyed.
Read more about this topic: Steamboats Of Lake Washington
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