One authority states that about three years later, Arthur M. Hunt sold both boats (Sentinel going to the newly formed Merchants Transportation Company) and quit the steamboat business.

[3] Another authority indicates that Arthur M. Hunt bought out Bibbins' interest in a shipyard on the Puyallup river, where he superintended the construction of boats such as Ariel (1912).

[4] In May 1913, the Hunt Brothers, consisting of Arda R., Arthur M., and Lloyd) launched Atalanta, built at the Marine Supply Company in Tacoma, as a replacement for Crest on the Gig Harbor route.

It came from a twin-screw yacht in New York and I can still hear my dad arguing with his brother Arthur that they should have bought both engines -- one for a spare.

She cruised rather easily at 18 miles per hour and when we closed off the first cylinder and bypassed live steam to the second etc.

[5]In 1914, the Hunt Brothers sold Ariel to Henry and Marcus Johnson, who brought her up to Lake Washington to run in the suburban passenger business.