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28 MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. "==-- NEW TYPE OF FUELING STEAMER. The C. O. Bartlett & Snow Co. of Cleveland have just de- signed and built for M. A. Hanna & Co. of Cleveland, a self- propelling, twin-screw fueling steamer for use in. Erie harbor. The vessel is 165 ft. long and about 35 ft. wide, with a carrying capacity of 700 tons. The coal is carried in receiving hoppers or pockets, which run nearly the whole length of the vessel A longitudinal carrier runs the entire length of the bottom of the vessel, which when it is desired to fuel a steamer, receives the coal by means of gates at the bottom of each hopper or compart- ment. Each hopper is provided with three gates or openings, which are quickly opened and closed. 1 he coal is carried along by the longitudinal carrier and emptied into another inclined carrier, which is located near the stern of the boat. This inclined carrier takes the coal up and discharges it intu a transverse car- rier, located on top and mounted on an iron frame, which can be made high enough to suit any vessel and so arranged and con- Fueling Steamer for [1.A.Hanna&Co. Built by the C. 0. Bartlett & Snow Co., Cleveland. structed as to be moved out in either direction over the vessel that is being fueled--or far enough to admit of the coal being dropped into the bunkers. To each end of the transverse carrier is a telescope spout. This telescope spout can be lengthened or shortened to accommodate the hatch of any vessel. The longi- tudinal, inclined and transverse carriers are all operated by a double 9 by 12 throttle engine situated on the main deck of the steamer. The transverse movement and the telescope move- ment, raising and lowering, is operated by a double engine, 8 by 9, situated on the second deck. Five men will man the fueling steamer and operate the entire machinery, which has a capacity of at least 300 tons per hour. The steamer, as stated, is self pro- pelling and can move alongside any vessel desiring to be fueled. LAUNCH OF THE FRANK H. GOODYEAR. "I christen this ship Frank H. Goodyear and may she be the luckiest ship on the lakes" shouted a stentorian voice as a big lake freighter moved down the ways at the Lorain works of the American Ship Building Co. last Saturday noon, and with that a muscular arm shot a bottle of wine at the vessel's bows. It is not an unusual thing when a dainty young woman throws the bottle to have it fall unbroken into the berth; but this particular bottle fared not so gently. It was smashed into smithereens and the golden spray thoroughly drenched the vessel's nose. The christening certainly was very thoroughly performed. Custom has taught us to regard the act of christening vessels as a purely feminine function, and, therefore, it appeared odd to the beholders to see a stalwart man perform the ceremony. Usually it is some young symphony in pink who lightly taps the vessel's stem with the cypress slender minister of wine, but had this vessel the power of articulation it would probably have rebelled as the blow which it got on its snout as it sped down the ways. It was owing to the unavoidable absence of the other half of man that Mr. H. H. Gardiner, great of physique and of a merry humor, performed the necessary office of christening. The ship building company invariably presents to the "young thing" who does the christening, a beautiful bunch of American Beauty roses, and even upon this occasion this delicate attention was not omitted. The roses were held durin~ the ceremony by Mr. T. T. Morford, steamboat man- ager at Buffalo, in much the same gingerly and uncertain fashion that a man holds a strange baby. They were presented with a sweeping bow by General Manager James C. Wallace to Mr. Gardiner, who simulated the confusion of the " young thing" to perfection. Messrs. Gardiner and Morford were accompanied from Buffalo by Walter Jerome Dunham and George Urban, Jr. They came as friends of Mr. Goodyear for whom the ship is named and who is largely interested in her. Mr. Goodyear is at [Aug. 28 the head of the Buffalo & Susquehanna railway and deals on a very large scale in hemlock bark and hemlock timber. Mr. Gardiner is general freight agent and passenger agent of the railway. Capt. John Mitchell, for whom the Goodyear is built, entertained the Buffalo gentlemen, officials of the ship building company and a few friends ot the Union club after the launch, A similar steamer, also for Capt. Mitchell, will be completed at the Lorain works before the close of the present season of nayi- gation. This will give Capt. Mitchell twelve of the largest and finest freighters on the lakes. The new steamer is 436 ft. over all, 416 ft. keel, 50 ft. beam and 28 ft. depth of hold. She has triple- expansion engines with cylinders 22. 35 and 58 in. diameter and a common stroke of 40 in. Steam will be provided by two Scotch boilers, 13 ft. 2 in. wide and 12 ft. long. allowed 175 lbs. steam pressure. She departs somewhat from the ordinary construction of hold, owing to conditions which have latterly arisen in the use of automatic unloading machines. Mr. Robert Logan is respon- sible for these changes in hull construction. The vessel will have a deck house amidships that will be in outward appearance and in interior arrangements similar to a private railway car. This was suggested by Mr. Goodyear. The steel house is being built by the ship building company but the interior work, such as car berths. etc. is to be done by the Barney & Smith Car Co. of Dayton, O. The Gocdvear will carry 6,200 tons on a draught of 18 ft. and will cost $280,000. Capt. Harry Stewart will sail her and William Fritz will have charge of her machinery Cant Stewart is mate of the steamer James Gayley of the Mitchell fleet. Last season he was master of the steamer William F, Sauber. TURRET STEAMERS FOR THE LAKFS, It is quite evident that Hon. Mr. Tarte and other members of the Canadian government are fully alive to the necessity of increasing Canadian transportation facilities in their own chan- nels, and it is not surprising therefore, that new lines of vessels are planned at Toronto and several other places in the lake district. It would not be surprising to find quite a fleet of vessels of the turret tvpe. now owned bv Peterson, Taite & Co. of Newcastle, Fneland. engaged in the Canadian lake trade next season. The Newcastle firm has auite a few vessels of the turret kind (several times described in these columns) that would be well suited to lake service. Reports from Toronto indicate that Mr. F. R. McCarthy of Montreal, steamship and freieht broker, has ar- rangements well in hand that will provide business for several of these vessels. He has had business connections with Peter- son. J'aite & Co. for a long time past and is well acquainted with the lake trade. It is understood that a company to operate the vessels is being formed in Joronto, and that Messrs. Wm. Mac- kenzie Frederick Nichols. Senator Cox and other gentlemen of that city are interested with Mr. McCarthy in the enterprise. RECOGNIZING BRAVERY OF A SHIPMASTER. Reference was made in the Review recentlv to the life-saving medal awarded by the United States government to Capt. Fred Tohnson of the tug S. M. Fisher, for skill and heroism in saving the lives of his own crew and those of two barges which the tug had in tow during a terrible storm on Lake Frie in November 100. The Fisher is owned by the Lake Michigan Car Ferry & Transportation Co. of which Mr. 0. A. Koss is manager. Mr. Koss and other officials of the car ferry company evidently hold Capt. Johnson in very high regard, as is evidenced by their de- sire to direct attention to what the government has done and to recognize themselves the honor that is due him on account of his conduct in the Lake Erie storm. It is nearly two years since the accident occurred to the tug Fisher and her tow, but on account of the slow and careful methods of the government, the medal was received by Capt. Johnson only a few weeks ago. It was accompanied by a long letter from Secretary Shaw of the treas- ury department. giving a detailed account of the heroic rescue. Recognizing the value of such a letter, aside from the award of the life-saving medal. Manager Koss of the car ferry company, arranged a meeting of friends of Capt. Johnson on the tug Fisher a few days ago, and during a trip of inspection in the vicinity of Calumet harbor (South Chicago) a very pleasing ceremony was carried out. The letter was read in full by Congressman James R. Mann and the congratulations of the party extended to Capt. Johnson over a sumptuous lunch that had been prepared for the occasion, Notwithstanding the difficulty that ship yards are generally 'experiencing in getting material from the steel works, it is expec- ted that the fire boat which the Ship Owners Dry Dock Co. of Chicago is to build for the city of Milwaukee, under the super- vision of W. J. Wood, naval architect of Chicago, will be well under way in a couple of weeks. Plates for the hull will not be forthcoming, however, until October or November. 'The boat is to be launched into the big dry dock of the Ship Owners company. Propelling machinery and boilers for this vessel are finished, the former at the works of the Chicago Ship Building Co. and the latter at the works of John Mohr & Sons. The pumps, which are building at the works of the American Fire Engine Co., Sen- «ca Falls, N. Y., are also practically completed.