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160 carefully and painstakingly worked out and the steam plant has been giv- en credit for usual performance and no effort made at a forced showing. THe Marine Review naturally finds gratification, not only in the fact that it anticipated any other jour- nal in reproducing the paper, which % did in full, but also in that the paper not only supstantiates, but even supplements, the figures and Claims: first set forth in the Re- VIEW two yéars ago, in which at- tention was particularly drawn to the opportunities of gas power, applied to the great more especially as bulk freighter. As a direct result of our. presen- tation of the case, frequently since emphasized, much attention was direct- ed to the subject and nothing that has since transpired has called for any modification of the views then ex- and Mr. Straub's able. pa- per, coming from a recognized author- pressed, ity on gas production and combus- tion engines, clinches the argument. BUCKNAM PASHA. Probably few things are more in- jurious and less appreciated by a man of spirit than the average ful- some newspaper write-up. This is forcibly brought to mind by a re- cent article in a New York evening Peper, of: which the hero is. R. D. Bucknam, who is doubtless well re- membered by many on the great lakes. It is almost needless to say that either "Buck" was stringing the correspondent, or else had no knowl- edge of the matter as actually writ- Doubtless tion of facts for many of the state- ments made, but it is doubtful if even Bucknam himself ten. there is a founda- would recognize many of the incidents of his history in the story as printed. From a sailor on the great lakes to Bucknam Pasha of the Turkish navy is certainly experience enough for the lifetime of the ordinary man, but at the rate at which Bucknam has made history, he has plenty of time yet to be the Sultan himself. The shape into which some of the incidents of his life have been mag- THe Marine REVIEW nified by the imaginative correspond- ents is amusing. For instance, the trimming of a ship in the harbor of Key West to remove a broken propeller is made an unheard-of feat, whereas it is done in almost every harbor on the coast and on the great lakes frequently, and was done before Bucknam was born. The correspond- ent attributes to an admiral of the United States who witnessed the operation, the remark that it was one of the cleverest things he had ever seen done, which. might easily be true. Long before Bucknam went to sea, ships had had not only their propeller, but tail shafts and stern tubes as well, removed without dock- ing. The correspondent also sends Buck- nam to Chicago in 1893 to build the whaleback Columbus and sail her dur- ing the fair, and later to the Pacific coast to build the whaleback Sidney, all of which is correct, with the ex- navy, ception that the Columbus was not built at Chicago and Bucknam did not build her, nor did he sail her, nor did he build the whaleback Sid- the reason that no such ship was ever built. ney on the Pacific coast for He did, however, superintend the building of the City of Everett, at Everett, Wash., and sailed her on her round-the-world tour, to which reference has been previously. made in. Jae. Review, all of which 1s merely by way of showing that, in- stead of adding to Bucknam's laurels, of which he has many, the correspond- ent has merely made him ridiculous. REMOVAL OF THE CREOLE'S TURBINES. It is reported that the Curtis tur- the Line, bines in steamer Creole of the Morgan are to "the removed and replaced by reciprocating caeines The Creole has been laid up for some time and. has, in fact, never been taken over by the Morgan Line from her tbuilders, the Fore River Ship- building Co., of Quincy, Mass. The reports regarding the ship have been numerous and varied, but this much is certain, that she has not ful- filled her contract requirements as to speed and fuel consumption. It is June, 1909° altogether probable that the Creole's troubles are in a great measure those referred to elsewhere in this issue, as common to turbine-driven ships. In all probability, the difference in com- bined efficiency of engine and pro- peller as between the reciprocating engines and turbines, was either over- looked or not sufficiently considered, It is not to be considered for a mo- ment that this will in any sense af- fect the standing of the (Curtis tur- bine as a marine motor within those limits where the turbine may be prop- erly and profitably employed. The designed speed of the Creole, which is stated to be 16 knots, is in itself too low for the 'best results; in fact, it is doubtful if any design of tur- 'bine or propeller can make so good a showing at this speed as the re- the installation of engine. Moreover, Creole was the first the Curtis marine turbine, which has. the cruiser Salem, and is being installed in the battleship North Dakota. - The Salem did not make quite so good a showing as 'the Chester, which is fitted with Parsons was later discovered that the blading ciprocating since been installed in scout turbines, but it- in the Salem had met with serious injury, and it is too soon to say that the results obtained are to 'be con- sidered final. SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHI- TECTS AND MARINE EN- - GINEERS. The forthcoming summer convention of .the .society which is to be held at Detroit, June 25 and 26, promises to be a thoroughly enjoyable affair. The head- quarters will be at the Hotel Pontchar- train, and the professional sessions will be held in the rooms of the Employers' Association in the Stevens building, at the corner of Grand river and Wash- The pers to be presented will be few; in ington avenues. number of pa- intended more for the society; but it is to be hoped that it fact, the convention is as an initial summer outing will become a permanent feature, and if the efforts of the committee on ar- and the of De- troit count for anything, it most prob- ably will. The first day, Thursday, June 24, the rangements citizens