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16 THE MarRINE REVIEW ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. The steamer I. N. Foster, owned .by Lars H. Jensen, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., broke ,yher shaft when 20 miles off the Sturgeon Bay canal, bound for Hol- land, Mich. The steamer was loaded a number of men that attended his lectures, expressing their appreciation of what was done in Collingwood for the sailors during the season of 190€ and 1907. Capt. Coles says that he has been assisted in his lectures by Clarence E. Long's articles now run- SHIP BUILDING DURING JUNE. The bureau of navigation' reports 113 vessels of 63,025 gross tons were built in the United States and off- cially numbered during the month of June, 1907, as follows: ning in the MARINE REVIEW. WOOD STEEL ~ TOTAL MORE ABOUT O ee le STARBOARD AND : PORT No., Grogs |No., Gross ||No.| Gross |No.| Gross _No. | Gross . --_-- ol eae ---- ---- 9) ¢ The nautical term starboard, as every Atlantic and Gulf.................... 13) 1,080) 33) 1,700 1 34} 13) 24,16 « a : : a. DOPlO RICO, eye 8 okies 2 ele coer fol 1 379 sailor knows, is toward the right look- Pacific ...... ee tees] cereees 15 B19) | oo. .feeee eee vee 5 . Me ek 2 veccel. [i fas many Gee ec "ay 153 i 1B a eee 16 36,184 phrases: such as starboard bow, star- Western Rivers...........-..1.0-+-- poe le ei 2 i board beam, starboard quarter, star- Total: ¢.:°; es Poa Oh a i eat 34} 18) 59,166 113! 63,0°5 board watch, starboard tack, 'starboard ee : : helm, starboard gangway, etc., etc., in The largest vessels in this list are with stone and had the barge Oak- Nn 9 r leaf in tow. She was towed to Mani- towoc for repairs. At the annual meeting of the Long- shoremen's Association held in Detroit last week, President D. J. Keefe and Secretary-Treasurer John F. Joyce were * the lake-built boats.' L. S: DeGraff, Wil- pen, George F. Baker, Thomas Lynch and Smith Thompson, and the coast boats Saratoga, Creole and Bunker Hyl. fact, anything pertaining to, situated. or turned, to the right on: board ship. | ; Starboard is derived from the Anglo- Saxon" words "steer board" or "steer, side," so called because in the' ancient galleys the steersman held the steering- Yee eae SHIP BUILDING FOR FISCAL oar, fastened to the right of the center re-elected. The vice presidents elected of the stern in the right hand. YEAR. are:.. 1. Vi, O'}Comnor, Buffalo; W. i Starboard and port are the sea equiv- | The bureau of navigation reports Fuller, Chicago; T. Fahey, Buffalo; ' alents of right and left respectively, | 989. sail. and steam vessels of 423,577. M. Kelleher, "Ashtabula; J. G.. O'Neill, Port. This word has many distinct gross tons built in the United States Duluth; O. A. Anderson, Galveston; J. meanings. Its purely nautical use, and officially, numbered, during the J. Higgins, New Orleans; I. H. Sander- however, is for left ag 'opposed to ste. veal ended June 30, 1907, as follows: - son, Toronto; Ralph Clemens, Mabile; board--right. Port was not so many years ago called "larboard, " which like- WoOoD | STEEL Tiemine wise means the left side of a vessel Sail Steam Sail Steam : +s one oma a ee the | No.| Gross |No.| Gross |'No.| Gross|No.| Gross|| No. _ Gross : ' se ey eo ead. tae, prennd Atlantic and Gulf. ;.:sii.vivveeecs es "445| 16,616] 808| 14,748|| 9 | 5,652) 711 111.450|| 533 | 148,675 waren, ete. Larboard'is now obsolete, Porte Rico.....03,.(cecs.sbee sth esees: Be ll -agel aaralf tc.) coc Jd eeell ae oral Mee ciciglly superseded, by ' Bee ee ae nee nugleoe sm hogan ee ee "c cE) : : : ° otis : A wee Pee eee fe ' ' Je 19, ee ne a OMEN, Ween gers elo a 158|_ 5,064|) | 02: 3) 9ti|| 161 | 6,978 i soun i i. ee ete oO a oe heart) On ne PR i se fh es 167| 19 834 691| 37,1761 9 | 5,52) 1221360,865|| 980. | 423,577. count of. the resemblance in sound of. these two, terms no end of confusion arose while larboard was employed. Bear in mind that' both have the same { meaning, but - that it is incorrect to J. B. Phillips, Brunswick, Ga. An Antarctic expedition has been organized by Lieut. Shackleton, who _was a member of Capt. Scott's crew, During the corresponding year end- ed June 30, 1906, 1,079 sail and steam vessels' of 348,345 gross tons were built in the United States and of- us e "larboard" for, port. Hence, the ficially numbered, as noNons: and it is shortly to leave London for ee the port tack, the port rail, the port watch, the port Sas the: WOOD STEEL . TOTAL port bow, etc., etc. : Seo ae Sail | Steam Sail Steam fs Official recognition was | given to ihe era < 'port" in substitution' for the No.|Gross|No. Gross No.|Gross|No.| Gross || No. Gross - term "larboard" by George Bancroft Atlantic and GUI ee eee. el Ohi eo ae 389 "16, 702 | 8 | 3,506) 52 43,221 666 93,139 OO POrto ICO 65 ee eke ees Bl eID |e aie fo ee ee eae 2 15 secretary of the navy, by an order foe Pea eae aye 20 3,412 138) 2420 [ool oeae 1 847|| 134 11,179 ; WV ooo ois cos eel ee isin ce ve Scie one A gs |i eee eo a Saelbceee lis se Gaba [ae wmlGua es visa ea eal eee es 5 dated Feb. 18, 1849. Great Leke6i reece ese. 7 100] 64) S,8BA Es 52 | 237,724||° 123 | 239,448 Larboard is believed to be a corrup- Western Rivers: 6.66. sos eee eee eee TSO 4 VIG Seale ee 4 449 154 4 564 fen of "lower board,' that side of the Otel ie eae ales 246) 33.327] 716} 29 771 8 3,506 109 381,741 1,079 348.345 vessel being considered inferior to the - COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. starboard. 1907 1906 No. Gross : No. Gross Sail and creas eat is cota oF ge neal oe Secs ee eee gis Oe e eae WMI Seed, tics cree ois ad See. 7 A PVR ROO es ooo cs ko ous oe 3 73 899 The schooner Emma L.. Coyne was nee ee ee eee sunk in the Detroit river at the lower TR OUA ae ok sp ete s 1,364 510,865 SPOUAI Meee a ee soe, Hate 421,744 end of Fighting Island as the result of é collision with the steamer Wallula. The Charles Culver, chief engineer of the the far south. Lieut. Shackleton has Coyne was bound down in tow of the steamer J. C. Pringle. The schooner was badly damaged but a tug succeeded in taking her near Ballard's Reef, where she sank. big steamer B. F. Jones, has resigned and Engineer Quin, who was waiting in Cleveland to take out a new boat, was sent to Ashtabula to join the ' Jones. secured an ideal vessel for his. pur- pose in the Endurance, which as the Nimrod spent many seasons in the north Atlantic in search of seals. The headquarters are to be on King Ed-