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"TRAE. MARINE. REVIEW - Launch of the William E. Corey. The steamer Wm. E. Corey, build- ing for the Pittsburg Steamship Co. was launched from the South Chi- cago yard of the American Ship- building Co. on Saturday afternoon last with more than usual impressive ceremonies. A special train carry- ing about 3,000 persons was run from the LaSalle street station of the Lake Shore railway to the yard and the great steamer took her in- itial plunge in the presence of as dis- tinguished a group as has ever wit- nessed a lake launch. The launch Was a success in every way. There are elements of danger, of course, in every launch and shipyard officials probably do not breathe easily un- til the ship is actually in the water, but side launches have: been de- veloped into such a science on the lakes that the layman cannot. con- ceive where the elements of danger lie because the ships slide so smoothly and easily into the water and it. is all over in five seconds' time. The Corey was no exception to the rule. She took the water on an even keel. The movements in launches are so rapid that the boat is likely to get under considerable headway before the sponsor thinks of breaking the bottle, but Miss Ada Corey christened this vessel in honor of her brother before it had. ad- vanced a foot on the stocks The 'bottle was. cleanly broken. and drenched the sides of the vessel. Miss Corey was assisted by Miss AG. Whigham, Mrs." W- EB; Corey; Mrs. R. P. Bain- bridge, Miss M. E. Gray, Miss E Kuhn, Miss O. D. Munroe and Mrs. A. L. Dinkey. © In the absence of Mr. W. FE. Corey who is in Europe, the United States Steel Cor- poration was represented by Mr. James Gayley, vice- president, and the Pittsburg Steamship Co. was repre- sented by Mr. Harry Coulby, president and gen- eral manager of the com- pany. The ship building company was represented by Mr. W. L. Brown, Mr. Russel C. Wetmore and Mr. Robert Logan. The Corey is the second of the quartet of giant MISS ADA COREY. Sponsor. MR, WILLIAM FE. CORBY, steamers building for the Pittsburg Steamship Co. to be launched. She differs from the others only in cabin arrangement. The other three ships have no passenger accommodations whatever, having only one spare room to accommodate an occasional representative of the company. The passenger accommodations of the Corey, however, are quite complete, the state-rooms, five in number, be- ing decorated in birch and enameled white, each stateroom having a pri- vate bath. There is also an obser- vation room on the forecastle deck with unusually large windows. 'This room is decorated in Circassian wal- nut. The passenger accommodations, of course, include a private dining room. The Corey is, of course, the flagship of the fleet. The Corey and: her 'sisters offer further testimony to the originality of design now marking the evolution of shipbuilding on the lakes. They are in a number of features unlike any ships built or building. In the first place they are the longest on the lakes, being 9g ft. longer than the Augustus B. Wolvin, or 569 ft. over all, 540° Tt: keel, 56: ft beam and 31 ft. deep. While the general principle of construction is the same as their predecessors in the ab- sence .of stanchions. and stringers or any _ interfer- ence below deck with the unloading machines, the vessels are not of arch con- struction. Mr. Coulby af- ter consulting a number of authorities concluded that an arch was primarily in- tended to support weight from the top' and that a more rigid longitudinal con- struction could be secured by a straight girder across the deck. The construction of the cargo-hold also is a departure from anything at present on the lakes. The cargo hold descends in a straight line from the deck until within 9 ft. of the tank top when an inner hold or hopper is constructed 9 ft. from the skin of the ship and descends to the tank top. The top of the hopper is joined to the skin of the ship by an incline construc- tion, thus avoiding what