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"TAE Marine. REVIEW 25 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CAYUGA TAKEN A WEEK OR SO BEFORE LAUNCHING. in contact.. Here also will be the ladies' retiring 'room, which will be specially fitted for the comfort and convenience of ladies, and will include a number of new features. There will be a staircase 7 ft. wide to connect the entrance hall with the promenade deck above. The dining room will be on the main deck, and will be fitted with large observation windows on each side, so that an uninterrupted view may be had. It will have a seating capacity of 150. The main deck will be of steel covered with wood, and interlocked rubber tiling will be used as a flooring in several parts of the vessel devoted to passenger accommodation. On the prome- nade deck the principal feature will be the general saloon, which will extend the full width of the steamer. It will be a particularly handsome apartment, and the sides, instead of being straight, will consist of a series of bow windows, so that views may be had ahead and astern as well as straight out. At each bay seats will be provided so that small parties may keep together. Two of the bays will be finished as private parlors, which will be available for letting to parties who desire to be alone. The upper promenade deck, which will be reached by a stairway from the general saloon, as well as by stairways from outside: on the prome- nade deck, will extend over the whole vessel, instead of ending just forward of the wheelhouse as in most vessels of this type. The rail will be inside the lifeboats, and. the entire width of the deck will be available for passengers. The captain's quarters, the wheelhouse, and the pilot's room willbe on this deck. A light shade deck amidships will give Shelter over this deck. The space over the engine room, instead of being closed in with steel plates, will be sur- rounded with a framework in which plate glass sides will be fixed so as to enable passengers to have a view of the machinery. On the lower or orlop deck will be found the crews' quarters, kitchens, smoking room, engines and boilers, etc. In working out the details there may be some slight changes from these arrangements but nothing material. The whole of the interior has been planned so as to provide the greatest accommodation for the passengers, and for the convenience of the crew in working the steamer. The decorations will be particularly striking. The entrance hall will have a heavy beam ceiling; the main stairway will be in cathedral oak; the dining room in mahogany, and other portions of the passenger accommodation in weathered and quartered oak. The designs show some very fine effects and will present a rich and artistic appearance. The furnishings of the various rooms will -be in harmony with the general decorative design and color scheme. The steamer is expected to be completed for the opening of the current year's traffic, and it is hoped to have her running on June 15, when a full service of six trips a day will be given. The steamers to be put on the run will be the Cayuga, Chippawa and Corona. The Chicora will prob- ably be used as a spare steamer, or put on some other route. BIDS FOR REVENUE CUTTER NO. 15. Bids for the construction of revenue cutter No. 15, de- scribed in the March engineers' issue of the Marine Review, were openéd on Saturday, March 3 with the following re- sults: BATH IRON WORKS, BATH ME. For the vessel in accordance with specifications... ..$199,000 MARYLAND STEEL CO., SPARROW'S POINT, MD. For the vessel in accordance with specifications...$219,000 With electric light plant omitted...... pea . .$212,000 THE PUSEY & JONES CO., WILMINGTON, DEL. For the vessel complete.........+..-+. eer With. electric Heht plant omiitted........,.....<. «107.750 The contract will undoubtedly be awarded to the Pusey & Jones Co. on their bid of $167,750. The Great Lakes Towing Co. is preparing plans for an ice crushing tug similar to the wrecker now in service at Duluth. It will be built at the company's yard in Chicago.