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May, 1909 'TAE Marine. REVIEW SSEGCROSBY CROSBY TRANSPORTATION CO. MILWAUKEE WIS. AS REBUIETBY gent MANITOWOC DRY DOCK CO MANITOWOC WIS. 1909, o7 Fic. I--Tar FG be furnished to match. The staterooms will have every modern convenience, hot and cold water, open plumbing, electric call bells, and will be electric lighted. On the main deck aft, will be located social hall, from which stairs will lead to upper cabin. In social hall will be purser's and steward's offices and rooms, also baggage and parcel room. On main deck forward will be galley, officers' mess room, smoking room and officers' quarters. Th deck crew will be housed forward below main deck. The vessel is to have four gang ways, three of which' are to be used for freight and one for passengers. The freight space will be separated from passenger space by means of steel deck above and steel bulwarks at either end. She will be equipped with steam steerer and windlass. The vessel is to cost $200,000.00 and will have a passenger carrying capacity of 1,500 passengers and sleeping accom- modations for 300 passengers, and will. carry 1,200 tons of freight. She will be provided with the latest improved life boats, rafts and life saving appli- ances and will be equipped with wire-. less telegraphy. ' The reconstruction plans-have been approved by Nevins & Smith, of Chi- cago and Cleveland, who will also look after the work. The Crosby will -be placed. on the Grand Haven route be- tween Milwaukee and Grand Haven, Mich., in connection with the Grand Trunk Railway System, BOOK REVIEWS. ' The Resistance and Propulsion of Ships. By William F, Durand. Sec- ond edition. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 6 x 9. 422 pages. Sup- plied by the Marine Review for $3. The, reason for issuing this work in its revised form is not apparent since the amount of new matter is comparatively small and _ consists Crossy aS Sue Witt AppeaR WitH Her New Upper Works. chiefly of the results of Prof. Durand's experimental work with screw pro- pellers which has been already very fully set forth in previous publica- tions, and of some developments in hull design. The turbine is dismissed with scant reference to its influence either on hull or propeller design or on the general problem of propel- ing the ship. Engineers and naval architects will find little in this new work that is not already before them and will probably agree to differ as to the value of most of that, since it can scarcely be said that the new points. covered are .by any means demonstrated. The Great Lakes--The Vessels that Plow Them, Their Owners, Their Sail- ors and Their Cargoes. By James Oliver Curwood. 227 pages, 6 x 9 in. 72 illustrations. G. B. Putnam's Sons. Price $3.50. This work was published originally in serial. form in Putnam's and the Reader under the title, "The Romance of the. Great Lakes." The publisher has done his work well, as the letter- press is wholly creditable; but not so- with the author. It is a poor thing, being inaccurate and superficial. When facts are-so readily obtainable, it is unpardonable to err. The great lakes afford a vast theme for the intelligent historian but this work is merely bombast and twaddle. We repeat that it is a pity that the author should em- ploy fiction when the truth is. SO readily obtainable. Consider this sen- tence concerning Harry Coulby, pres- ident and general manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Co.: "There was a time when Coulby was a poor mechanic working his 10 hours a day; then he developed 'talent' and went into a ship yard drafting room. Now he is undeniably the king of lake shipping." gerate. Had the author said that Mr. Coulby was a stenographer, that he assisted John Hay in writing his "Life of Lin- coln," that through the offices of Hay he met Samuel Mather and entered the employ of Pickands, Mather & Co., eventually succeeding to member- ship in that firm and the operation of its docks and vessels, he would be nearer the truth. Mr. Coulby occu- pies the first position as an employer of labor on the lakes, but he reached that position through entirely natural processes. Consider also this paragraph: "How many of our millions have heard. of J. C. Gilchrist and the Gilchrist fleet, a man in one way unique in the ma- rine history of the world and a fleet which if plying between New York and Liverpool would be one of the present day sensations. Gilchrist, like Coulby, has 'worked up from _ the depths' and today as the head of the Gilchrist Transportation Co. he holds down 75 distinct jobs. Seventy-five owners have placed 75 ships under his generalship and from each he receives a salary of $1,000 a season, or a total of $75,000. He is-.one of the Na- poleons of the lakes: He handles ships and men like a magician; his holds -are never empty, his dividends are al- ways large." | This paragraph must be alike sur- prising to Mr. Gilchrist and his stock- holders. -Recent developments in the affairs of this company make further comment unnecessary. The author's tendency is to exag- In his desire. to do full jus- tice to the American Ship Building Co. he increases its seven yards. to 11, and then magnanimously . pronounces the plant of the Great Lakes Engi- neering Works at Ecorse,to be the greatest in America. In his description of William Liv- ingstone, president of the Lake Car-