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April, 1909 "TAE Marine. REVIEW Tue Hupson River Day Line STEAMER ROBERT FULTON AS SHre Witt Look WHEN COMPLETED. S « dining room, situated on the main deck aft, will be in Delft. The Robert Ful- ton will have four decks, namely: Main, saloon, grand promenade, and observa- tion decks. Owing to the fact that the vessel was built entirely under cover, making day and night work possible in all kinds of weather, the New York Ship Building Co., were enabled to turn her out in record-breaking time. The fitting out is now proceeding rapidly, the Robert Ful- ton being scheduled to go into com- mission on May 29. This means that only four and one-half months will elapse from the laying of the keel until the vessel is completed. Frank E. Kirby and J. W. Millard, naval archi- tects and consulting engineers, are the designers of the Robert Fulton. Miss Anita Merle Smith, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Wilton Merle Smith, and grand-daughter of Commodore Alfred Van Santwood, founder of the Day Line, christened the vessel. The Robert Fulton will be the second steamer of her type to be placed in the Hudson River Day Line service by this company within recent years, the Hen- drick Hudson being too well known and much appreciated on this route to need further mention here. Along the entire route of its steamers the Day Line has done much to beautify the Hudson and add to the pleasure and comfort of the patrons of the company. In addition to the magnificent pier at West Forty- Second street, New York City, piers and passengers buildings have been erected at Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and Albany. The Hudson River Day Line has more than doubled its service in the lower half of the river by placing the famous steamer Aibany in the New York to Poughkeepsie excursion service. It feels perfectly confident in asserting that in service alone there is nowhere in ¢he world its equal for transporting tourist passenger traffic. The Robert Fulton will operate in conjunction with the Hendrick Hudson, and will be a most notable addition to the Hudson river fleet of pleasure steamers. been obtained at this point with over for nearly 20 years identified with the VERDON SHIP YARD SOLD. The entire interests of the Freder- ick A, Verdon Co. had a modest Verdon shipyards, dry dock and ma- rine machinery business at West. New Staten Island, have been Waters, Gilder- sleeve, Colver Co., which will in fu- ture operate the yards. The Freder- ick A. Verdon Co, had a modest beginning in 1886, in Jersy City, N. Six years ago the plant was transferred to the present site at West New Brighton, a desirable location having Brighton, purchased by 'the J., removing Jater to Hoboken. 600 ft. of water front. George H. Waters, president of the Waters, Gildersleeve, Colver Co., was floating equipment department of the Pennsylvania Railroad, where he reached the position of chief drafts-_ man and assistant master mechanic,