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Page 3 LAUNCHING THE J. E. UPSON reprinted from The Marine Review March, 1908 In presence of thousands of persons, the bulk freighter J. E. Upson was launched from the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co. on Saturday morning and was christened by Mrs. E. H. Churchill, daughter of the man in whose honor the ship was named. Mr. Upson is president of the Wilson Transit Co., owners of the vessel, but he is better known as the president of the Upson-Walton Co.. which has been continuously in business for the past 37 years and has fitted out more vessels than any other ship chandlery house in the United States. Following the practice of the Cleveland yard the Upson went overboard on time, in fact anticipating the time schedule by a few minutes. Mrs. Churchill made a very clean break of the bottle, baptizing not only the ship but also quite a number of spectators on the launching stand. The Upson is 524 ft. over all, 504 ft. keel, 54 ft. beam and 30 ft. deep. Her engines are triple-expansion with cylinders 23, 38 and 63 in. diameters by 42-in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers, 14 1/2 ft. by 11 1/2 ft., fitted with Ellis & Eaves draft and allowed 180 pounds pressure. Capt. J. S. Wood will be her master and Fred Harmon her chief engineer. The luncheon at the Union Club following the launching of the steamer was marked by exquisite attention to details and was in perfect taste throughout. To begin with the banquet room was beautifully decorated, the tables being literally buried beneath a wealth of roses, tulips, daffodils, carnations, sweet peas and ferns. Certainly no such floral display has ever marked a launching before. The room, being artificially darkened, the illumination was by candle J.E. UPSON built in 1908 at Cleveland, Ohio Dossin Museum Collection