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5. consort barge, onl y some 50 feet ships were built in 1900. shorter Ship of the M o n t h - cont'd. than the steamers. All six of these The reas on that these boats were known as "The College Line", or the " C o l lege Class" of freigh te r, is that they all were n amed for famous Un i t e d States i n s t i t u t i o n s of higher education. The steamers were n a m e d CORNELL, HARVARD, LAFAYETTE, PRINCETON and RE NS SELAER. It was p r o p o s e d that each stea mer w ould tow a consort barge, and a c c o r d i n g l y it was p l a n n e d that five barges w o u l d be built. In what might have bee n deem ed an a c c e p t a b l e " ges ture" in those days but w ould be thought inapp r o p r i a t e today, the barges all were to be n amed for wom en 's colleges. The names s e l e c t e d for the barges were BR IARGATE, BR YN MAWR, M O U N T HOLYOKE, SMIT H and VASSAR, but beca us e Carne gi e sold his lake sh ipping i n t e r e s t s a f ter only two full yea rs of operation, onl y one of the five bar ge s a c t u a l l y was constructed. BRYN MAW R was nam ed in hon ou r of Bryn Ma wr College, loca te d at Bryn Mawr, Penns yl vania, w hich was fo unded by the Qua ke rs about 1885. BRYN MAWR was built in 1900 at South Chi ca go as Hull 41 of the Chic a g o S h i p bu i l d i n g Company, and she was launched on Tuesday, June 12th, 1900. E n r o l l e d at Duluth, Minnesota, unde r U . S. off ic ia l number 3845, she m e a s u r e d 4 0 0 . 0 feet in length, 5 0 . 2 feet in the beam and 2 3 . 9 feet in depth, w ith tonna ge of 4294 Gross and 3853 Net. Her overall len gt h was 4 1 2 . 0 feet. BRYN MAWR had three cargo holds, three w a t e r t i g h t bulkh ea ds , and 13 hatc h e s w h i c h m e a s u r e d 8 feet by 32 feet. Naturally, there was no p r o p u l s i o n m a c h i nery, but the barge was fitt ed wit h a donkey bo iler w h i c h p r o v i d e d s team for the towing and dec k winches and also for the st eering gear. Unfortu n a t e l y , we have been u n a b l e to de termine any i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g the d i m e n s i o n s of this boiler or the i d e n t i t y of its manuf ac tu re r. As o r i g i n a l l y built, BRYN MAW R was schoo ne r rigged. She had two v e r y h eavy mast s and, as a p r e c a u t i o n against b e c o m i n g sepa ra te d from her to wing s t e a m er in h e a v y weather, sail could be set if required. The foremast, w hich spor ted a short boom, was plac ed just abaft the bre ak of the fo re castle, w hile the m a i nmast was ste pp ed about three-quarters of the wa y dow n the deck. BRYN MAWR had a straight stem and a coun te r stern, wit h a gentl e sheer to her decks. Her anchors were suspe nd ed from h awseholes set just abo ve the loaded w a t e r l i n e and quite close to the stempost. There was a h a l f - r a i s e d foreca stle, while the q u a r t e r d e c k was flu sh w ith the spar deck. An ope n rail ran around the f o r e c a s t l e head, and anot he r down each side of the spar deck, the only closed b u l w a r k bei ng the steel taff ra il aro un d the stern. D ec k wi nches were placed be tween Hatc he s 1 and 2, and b e t w e e n 11 and 12 for w o r k i n g the m o o r i n g cables whe n docki ng or canalling, and there was a p o w e r ful towing w i n c h forw a r d to handl e the steel cable c o n n e c t i n g the barge wit h her steamer. The towin g cable fed in thr ou gh a large f a i r l e a d p o s i t i o n e d right forward, close to the top of the stempost. The to wing w i n c h was lo cated inside a small, low de ckhouse set at the after end of the forec a s t l e head, the cable f e e d i n g into the front of the dec kh ou se th rough anot h e r big fairlead. A top the house was located an eme r g e n c y s t e ering wheel, but the barge n o r m a l l y was not ste er ed from this position, v i s i b i l i t y of the angle of the barge and towline b eing be tter fro m the stern of the boat. Aft, there was a small de ck house whi ch a c c o m m o d a t e d the ba rge's crew, wit h a small, f o u r - w i n d o w e d p ilothouse above. Two life bo at s were carr i e d ato p the cabin, one on either side. There was a fairly short and skinny sm ok estack, w i t h a p r o minent steam 'scape pipe set to the port side of the funnel. A canvas w e a t h e r c l o t h was oft en carri ed ac ross the dec k rail in front of the pil othouse, and another around the open n a v i g a t i o n bridge on the m o n k e y ' s island atop the pi lo thouse. The hulls of the pain t e d red, w h ile ships of Carn eg ie 's Pitt s b u r g h the cabins were white. We have S t eamship C o m p a n y were only two p h o t o g r a p h s of