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"TAE Marine Review The Rogers was christened by Miss Marion H. Rogers, niece of Mr. H, H. Rogers, of the Standard Oil Co., in whose honor the steamer was named. At the conclusion of the launch the launching party was taken in a special train to the Auditorium hotel where luncheon was served. Mr. E. C. Collins, traffic manager of the Pitts- burg Steamship Co., presided. Those present were: Mr. W. LL. Brown; "Mr. and Ge -- Dody,: Mr, and: = Mrs ay. Haynie, Mr. A. T. Ewing, Miss Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund: V. Dexter, Mr. Nelson G. Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus A. Rogers, Mr. Rowland T. Rogers, Capt. and Mrs. Dennis Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. Homer J. Carr and Mr. and Mrs. C. "ES Coris, The Rogers will go into commission in about three weeks. .Her .. companion 'ship, the J. . Pierpont Morgan, has already broken the cargo carrying record On {he | lakes having carried 13,294 gross tons of ore from Escanaba to 'South Chicago on her maiden trip. : , LAUNCHING THE WILLIAM G. POLLOCK, The steamer Wm. G. Pollock, building for Mr, W. H. Becker, of Cleveland, was launched on Saturday morning last at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building MR, W. G. POLLOCK. Co. and was named in honor of Mr. Pollock by Mrs. W. H. Becker. Rarely has a ship yard been so crowded with personal friends on the occasion of a _ launching, Messrs. Pollock and Becker being among of the most popular men on the lakes. The steamer went overboard without a hitch at eleven o'clock and luncheon in honor of the event was given at the Roadside club at four o'clock Saturday afternoon. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Becker, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Pollock, James C. Wallace, George Arnold, Robert Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Donaldson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saal, Capt. John Mitchell, W. A. Hawgood, Capt. Arthur H. Hawgood, 23 Martin Mullen, H. B. Hawgood, James J. Buckley, J. H. Hobbs, of Pittsburg; Capt. Henry W. Stone, W. H. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams, Robert Logan, N. J. Boy- lan, Capt. Boylan, Burt Foster, Harry Donaldson, John Kelley, George Randerson, Frank Seither, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McBeth, Miss McBeth, Charles L. Murfey, Willie Becker, Miss Zuelika Becker, J. L. Wallace, Miss Lydia Wallace, Miss Edith Randerson and Miss Matthews. oe The W. G. Pollock is one of the smallest steamers now under construction on the lakes. She is 440 ft. over all, 420 ft. keel, 52 ft. beam and 28 ft.-deep. She will have triple-expansion engines with cylinders 22, 35 and 58 in. diameters by 40-in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers, 13 ft. 9 in. by 11 ft. 6 in., fitted with Ellis & Eaves draft and allowed 180 lbs. pressure. Ud NEW WRECKER AND LIGHTER. The American Ship Building Co. will build a wrecking tug and lighter at its Buffalo yard for the Great Lakes Towing Co. 'This expenditure was authorized at a meet- ing of the executive committee of' the Great Lakes Towing Co. held in Cleveland this week. It will be some weeks before the details are worked out, but it is the purpose 'to make the tug the most powerful on the lakes and the wrecker the most capacious. The tug willbe in fact a floating repair shop. She will have grab buckets for lighter- e . ' oe ten ' : ing cargoes, compressed air outfit, machinists' and black- smiths' outfit, electric light' plant, and all appliances to _ facilitate the, wrecking and repair of ships. The tug will cost.about $150,000. The lighter will be much larger than the Newman and Rescue and will be capable of being taken out in- heavy weather. She will be of about 3,000 tons capacity. The size of lake ships has increased: so rapidly of late years that President Smith of the towing company holds that the ordinary wrecking tug is not. powerful enough to handle them. IN HONOR OF MR. FIRTH. At the meeting of the board of directors of the Erie & Western Transportation Co., Mr. John E. Payne was elected president. The office of vice president at Buffalo and also the office of vice president at Philadelphia was discontinued, the president assuming the duties hereto- fore assigned to the vice president. The resignation of Mr. Firth was received with great regret. The board of directors adopted the following minute: "The retirement of Mr. Frank J. Firth from the pres- idency of this company, after occupying the office for twen- ty-five years, meets with the sincere regrets of this board. His administration of the company's affairs has been marked by an unwavering interest, tireless energy and conscientious care; and it has been in the largest meas- ure due to his conservative foresight, coupled with his keen appreciation of the public requirements, that the company has been brought to its present high standard. "The members of the board desire to put upon record their cordial appreciation of all that Mr. Firth has been to them individually and of his invariable courtesy, and to extend to him their best wishes for his future welfare and happiness as well as their gratification that he is to '9 continue a member of the board. --------_-- TT The steamer Saturn, of the Gilchrist fleet, collided with the schooner Ontario in Lake Huron about fifty miles north of Port Huron in a heavy fog. The head gear of the Ontario was carried away by the bow of the Saturn. The schooner was taken to Port Huron by the Saturn,