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18 and 1% miles north of the entrance piers. The chart of Cheboygan Harbor is also entirely new, prepared from a special survey made by the Lake Sur- vey in 1907, and engraved on scale of 1:12,000 (about 5% inches, to the mile). The chart covers the town and 'the Cheboygan River passing through it, the water front along the south channel of the Straits of Mac- kinac from Cheboygan light: on the east to 2 miles westward of the river mouth, and the hydrography out to deep water in the Straits, with pass- ing and entering sailing courses. All these charts are for sale by the MARINE REVIEW. SHIP YARD NOTES. The Philadelphia Ship Repair Co., of Philadelphia, has recently complet- ed extensive repairs to the Ericcson line steamer Anthony Groves Jr., and she has resumed her service on the Philadelphia and Baltimore run. Mr. John H. Moran, son of Robert Moran, the noted Seattle shipbuilder, has organized'the Moran Engineering Co., at Seattle. Associated with him are James D. Mudge and Harold D. Stern. All three of the men are Cor- nell graduates. The Moran Co., Seattle, Wash., and the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal, are each to build two of the submarines for the United States navy authorized by the 60th congress. Eight in all are to be built, the other four being awarded to Atlantic coast build- ers. The Sumner Iron Works, Everett, Wash., has obtained a contract for re- pairing the steamer Telegraph, owned by the Oregon & Washington Steam Navigation ©o. The: work on the vessel will include new high pressure cylinders which will bring her out a tandem compound outfit. There will also be other changes. Watson, Frye & Co., Bath, Me., are to install the engine and _ boiler in the steamer which is being built for the Popham Beach Steamboat Co., by the Kelley-Spear Co., of Bath, In addition to the installation of her machinery Watson, Frye & Co. will also make some alterations to the hull. The entire plant of the Frederick A. Verdon Co., West New Brighton, Staten. Island, N. .Y., has. been: ac- quired by Messrs. George H. Waters, David H. Gildersleeve and Frederic L. Colver. The purchase includes 'the ship yard, dry dock and marine machinery business. Mr. Waters has THe MaRINE REVIEW for the past six years been superin- tendent of the Verdon plant. The new incorporation will be known as the Waters, Gildersleeve, Colver Co, with officers as follows: President, George _H. Waters; vice president, David H. Gildersleeve; secretary and treasurer, Frederic L. Colver. The Seaford Marine Railway Co., of Seaford, Del., has an order for a 49-ft. power boat for T. H. Pickford, of Washington, D. C. She is to be a duplicate of the Irene II, designed by Edson B. Shock, of The Rudder, and will be equipped with an 18 H. P. engine to be installed by E. M. Fulton, of Baltimore, Md. The Heffernan Dry Dock Co., Se- attle, Wash., recently completed re- pairs to the hull of the steamship Cecil, which went ashore off the lower California coast in January; the Hef- fernan Engine Works is at present engaged in repairs to her machin- ery, to which the greatest damage was done. W. Irving Adams & Son, of East Boothbay, Me., have a contract for a fishing schooner for J. W. Trefethen @ ©o, of Portland, Me. The. new vessel is to be schooner rigged with an auxiliary 25-H. P. gasoline engine. She will be 70 ft. long, 20 ft. beam and 8% ft. deep and will be fitted with all modern appliances. It is expected to have the craft ready for launching by May 1. The Heflernan Dry Dock Co., Se- attle, Wash., is repairing the steamer Multonomah, owned by the Olympia & Pacoma Nav. Cor Site: 1s to: have @ mew stern, kine post, hog . posts, sister keelsons, bilge clamps, stack, two bridges through forward and aft. She will be raised 8 in. and after com- ing out of dry dock will have her engines lined up. She will also be given a thorough refurnishing and re- painting. © Charles L. Rohde & Sons, Baltimore, Md., are getting out the frames for two open harbor lighters for Balti- more owners. They are of the same dimensions, being 85 ft. long and 8 ft. deep. The same company 1s con- structing a covered lighter for the Maryland Transportation Co., to be eo i. long, 24 ft. beam and 7% ft. deep. The well-known tug. Grey- hound has also been practically re- built at this yard recently and has undergone a satisfactory trial trip. The Harlan & Hollingsworth Corp., Wilmington, Del., launched the steel freight steamship New London, March 6. She is one of the two vessels building at that plant for the Vermont Transportation Co, for key. vice between New York and New London. The second steamer wif] co ready for launching in a few wee : The dimensions of the vessels are: Length, 296 ft.; beam, 45 {¢. The Moran Co., Seattie, Wash, has obtained a contract for overhauling the steamer Flyer and among the changes will be the installation of a new pro- peller. The vessel may also be recop- pered. E. W. Heath, Tacoma, Wash., recent. ly launched the gasoline fishing schoon- er Active which he is building for the Tacoma Fish Co. The Active is 65 ft. long, 15 ft. beam and 6 ft. molded depth, Capt.- Matthew McDowell, of Tacoma, Wash., is to build a set of marine ways at Gig Harbor, near that city. They are to be capable of accommodating a vessel of 200 tons and are expected to prove very popular with Tacoma vessel men. The Chesapeake Marine Railway Co,, Baltimore, Md., is building a two-masted auxiliary schooner for the pilots of Georgetown, S. C. The vessel will be 62 ft. long, 15 ft. beam and 8 ft. deep and will be equipped with a 50 H. P. gasoline engine. The Gas Engine & Power Co, and tie Charles LL. Seabury & Go, tow solidated, Morris Heights, N. J., have obbtained an order from J. Adolph Mollenhauer, commodore of the Pent- aguu Corinthian Yacht. Clg a, 3 steel power yacht 79 ft. 3 in. on the water line and 14 ft. 4 in. beam. She will have a draught of 3. ft. 6 in, and her power will consist of an 80-horse- power Speedway motor which will give her a speed of 14 miles. The Moore & Scott Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal., are negotiating for the purchase of the marine ways of- W. A. Boole & Son, at Alameda, Cal. Since the -purchase of the five dry docks of the San Francisco Dry Dock Co., by the Schwab interests, which control the Union Iron Works, that company has reserved all the docks for its own use, thus prevent- ing other San Francisco repair plants from bidding on repair jobs. It is understood that the Risdon Iron Works is to build a dock of its own and it has also been announced that Capt. Harry Goodall and a number of prominent ship owners of San Francisco are forming a_ syndicate to build a large steel floating dry dock, It is expected that the dock will be built on the Atlantic at a cost of $750,000, and it is to be capable of accommodating any merchant ves set on the Pacific, coast.