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358 SHIP BUILDING DURING AUGUST. The bureau of navigation reports 84 sail and steam vessels: of 17,361 gross tons were built in the United States and officially numbered during August, 1909, as follows: 4 TAe Marine REVIEW the inside, it being impractical from a financial standpoint to use pneumatic riveters on the outside. ° _ The work on the Eir involves an out- lay of approximately $78,000. The contract calls for the work to be com- pleted in 47 working days. WOOD. ' STEEL. Sail. Steam. Sail. Steam. TOTAL: No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. eilantic and Gull 3... 2... 7 1,008 20 594 Pet 13034 2 5,650 30 8,286 WGrto "Rico 66. i as oo 2 10 Ps Se Res 2 10 PCACIHO ee ok, 3 Pols site Wek es 1 19 19> 15206 1 32 es RSs 2k 1,257 TUAW OR iis eae coe ee Soe os A eters Pee ae its a ies is Cooke s stehs Gicat Lakes 053. es os 10) 206 Shee 4 6,907 14. .- 7,113 mVestern Rivets 2.66.0 coe ee. 7 695 s Pee 17 695 OD Ota eee ake oa os es 10 1037 66. 25701 2 1,066 6 122957 84 17,361 "REPAIRS TO STEAMSHIP EIR. The repairs to the Norwegian steam- ship Eir, which are being made by the Heffernan Engine Works, Seattle, are the most extensive that have been made to any vessel on the Pacific coast for over 4d. year. dhe iris a steel steamer 346 ft. io. length, 49 tt, 5 in. beam and 29.35 ft. in depth, with a gross tonnage of 3,804. She went the Grays Harbor bar and received se- aground recently on vere injuries to her bottom. _ She was docked at 2:45 p. m. Satur- day, Aug. 14, in the Heffernan Dry Dock Co.'s_ floating dock at Seattle. This dock had been towed to Seattle from Quartermaster harbor, 30 miles away, only two days previously. That the dock was safely installed in its new location and ready to take on a 4,000-ton ship in two days time speaks well for the energy and resourcefulness of the Heffernan Dry Dock Co. The work of repairing the Eir is being done by the Commercial Boiler Works, Seattle: The work consists. in practically renewing the bottom of the vessel, particularly on the starboard side which received the most damage. Ninety shell plates have been taken out and faired in the shop; a number of plates were renewed. Some plates are being faired in place. The plates of the Eir are unusually large, those Oy ite bottom bene 26 ft. 6 in. in length and 6 ft. in width. Each of these plates weighs 3,800 lb. Their mere removal and replacement is con- siderable of a task. The plates are dropped onto rollers and hatled out of the dock into open space by means of blocks and tackle. One hundred and five frames are be- ing taken out and either faired in the shop or replaced with new material. In riveting the plates in place again, pneumatic hammers are being used on AKERS GEAR ON CAR FERRY ASHTABULA. The Akers Steering Gear Co., 1160 Old Colony building, Chicago, has re-~ ceived an order from the Pennsylvania & Ontario Navigation Co., operating the car ferry Ashtabula, to equip that steam- er 'with its emergency steam _ steerer. When the Ashtabula was built she was equipped with the Akers hand emer- gency gear, which has been used on several occasions during the past three years. During the present summer, however, the car ferry backed into a dock, striking the rudder and practically putting the regular steering engine out of commission. As the engine was built in Bath it 'was necessary to' get: the various parts from the manufacturers. Meanwhile the Akers hand gear was used with excellent results. As the ear ferry has to be out in all' sorts of weather, both fall and winter, the man- agement concluded that it was not a sensible thing to steer her in emergency cases by hand and accordingly has or- dered the hand gear taken out and the steam gear put in. AUGUST LAKE LEVELS. The United States lake survey re- ports the stages of the great lakes for the month of August, 1909, as fol- lows: Feet above tide- Lakes. water, New York. DUDeCHOr? OC cr hie. s bee Cee eee a 602.42 Michigan Turon)... .2t0.meu. eens 581.04 OT Ceo cheb arstehy 6 seu Gen eee en Gu, BAO 79 Omtano e e s: 246.82 Since last month Lake Superior has risen 3 in., Lakes Michigan-Huren have fallen l-in., Lake Erie has fallen 3 in., and Lake Ontario 4 in. During. September Lake Superior is likely to rise 1% in., Lakes Michigan- Huron are. likely to dall 2, in, Lake Erie is Wikely to fall 3% 4in,,' and: Lalce Ontario 5 an Lake Superion is 7% in. lower than the average August stage of the past 10 years and 6 in. lower than last year. September, 1909 It is 6% in. higher than in july, 1892, - but 11% in. lower-than in 1899, and 10 in. lower than in 1903. : Lakes Michigan-Huron show a stage 134 in. lower than the average August stage of the past 10 years, and & in. lower than last year, but 14 in. higher than in August, 1896. In August, 1885, 'the water was 2734 in. higher. Lake Erie is 1%4 in: above the mean August stage of the past 10 years, and 414 in. lower than in August last year, but- 17 in. higher: than: in 1895. It-is 1534 in. lower than in August, 1876, and 1534 in. lower than in August, 1883. Lake Ontario is 414 in. higher than the average August stage of the past 10 years, and 13% in. lower than in August last year. In 1870, it was 133% in. higher, and in 1883 12% in. higher than in 1909. In August, 1895, it was 2934 in. lower than this year. UMBRIA AND ETRURIA TO BE SOLD. The Cunard Steamship Co. have decided to sell their steamers Umbria and. Etturia,.. which, are. at -present laid up at Birkenhead. These vessels were built and engined by the famous firm of John Elder & Co. (now the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.), and the Umbria first sailed on Oct, 31, 1884, «and the Etruria: on Aprit 251885; They are each 500 ft. long and of 8,120 tons gross, with compound engines of 14,00) I. H. P., giving a speed of 19 knots, these en- gines being probably the largest com- pounds ever built, as soon afterwards twin-screws and triple-expansion en- gines were introduced. The vessels were, with the exception of the Ore- gon (also built at the Fairfield yard), the first to bring the voyage to the States under seven days. In 1882 the Alaska had reduced the time from Queenstown to New York to 7 days 6 hours 43 minutes; in 1884 the Ore- gon reduced it to 6 days 9 hours 42 minutes, and then the' Etruria and Umbria held the blue riband till the end of 1889, when the City of Paris did the passage under the six days. These vessels have run_ successfully for a. quarter of a century, and have been great favorites with Atlantic travelers, being splendid sea_ boats, and crossing with the same regular- ity as when they were first built. ---------- PERSONAL. J. H. Sheadle, of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., who has been abroad during the past two months, returned this week. eh Te Ik oa ort a Raa BR te Bt \ UN Ae