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14 THE MarRINE REVIEW ONE OF THE THIRD CLASS DINING SALOONS. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. The Munson Steamship Line, 82- 92 Beaver street, New York, held its annual meeting recently and an- nounces the election of the following officers: Carlos W. Munson, presi- dent; Alfred H. Bromell, vice presi- dent and secretary; Frank: C:: Mun- son, vice president and treasurer; Charles. M. Dimm, assistant © treas- urer, and John W. Reynolds, assis- tant secretary. : Ree C. (H. Eeach,. Boston, Mass. was the lowest bidder for the construc- tion of the dry: dock at Pearl Har- bor naval station, Hawaii, proposals for which were opened at the Navy Department, at Washington, Feb. 13. Eight firms submitted bids under vary- ing specifications. The lowest bid for the dock and accessories complete was $1,886,883. The dock will be the largest in the world, as it is tobe 795 ft.:in length. The Navy Department is preparing to make tests of the furniture used on warships with a view to selecting those types which offer the greatest resistance to fire... The tests will be made at the New York navy yard. There are objections to the use of metal furniture but it is reported that asbestos furniture now in use on board an American cruiser has given perfect satisfaction. . The results of this test will determine to a large ex- tent the types of furniture to be in- stalled on future warships. Foss & Strome, builders of small craft at Tacoma, Wash., are busy on the con- struction of a 70 ft. steamer for Weeks & Davis, also of Tacoma. She will have a beam of 14 ft. and a depth of 5 ft. and is of wood construction. The en- gine will be of the steeple-compound type with cylinder diameters of 7 and 14 in., with 12-in. stroke. Steam will be supplied by a Taylor water tube boiler with a working pressure of 250 pounds. The passenger accommodations are to be of the best. It is expected to- have the boat ready for her service between Tacoma and Wollochet Bay in _ the spring. The former lake steamer A. G. Lind- say, which was taken to the Pacific coast some time ago, is to have a new run of boilers fitted to her. The Lind- say was bought by a syndicate of Aber- deen, Wash., men and the expense of taking her around the Horn was so tion. great that she was placed in the hands of a receiver on arrival at her destina- 'After the sale by the receiver about $10,000 was expended in repairs and the Lindsay was put in the Seattle- Alaska run. The new boilers are to be THIRD CLASS' FOUR-BERTH ROOM. built at Seattle and_ will aboard the boat at Aberdeen. Walfrid Sylven, who is consulting naval architect to the Swedish navy, at Stockholm, and who was formerly connected with the United States Lighthouse Establishment, 'has _pre- pared designs for a new type of steamer fon ocean-river service by means of which freight may be transported from Mississippi river ports to Mexico and Central America be placed ONE OF THE THIRD CLASS DINING SALOONS.