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October, 1909 TAE MarINE. Review 409 ; : BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA. The Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, Mass., report the battleship North Dakota as 95.2 per cent com- pleted on Oct. 1. The North Dako- ta will leave the Fore. River yard -on Wednesday, Oct. 27, and. will pro- ceed to. Provincetown 'where a few. runs will be made over the measured mile. On the following day the ves- sel will be docked in the navy yard at Boston, and the bottom cleaned and painted, after which she will go to Rockland, Me., where the stand- ardization trials will be made on Nov. 2, to be followed shortly thereafter by the steam and endurance runs re- quired by the contractor. It is hoped that the vessel will be completed and PERO SHS delivered to the government within VIEW. OF THE "PLANT oF THE Fore River Yarp, the current year VIEW OF FORE RIVER YARD. The view published herewith, of the - yard of the Fore River Ship Building Co.,. Quincy,.. Mass., is: taken tom the forward battle mast of the North Da- kota and shows the whole yard with the exception of the .copper shop and offices of the Electric Boat Co. The vessels under construction on the slip way beginning with the lower boat, are: Yacht for Commodore James; U. S. torpedo boat destroyer Perkins; U. S. torpedo boat destroyer Sterrett; molasses barge Fifi; molasses barge Graziela; ammunition lighter No. 13; sulphur boat -Herman Prasch,; mc. lasses lighter Micuelito. The picture does not show the 100- ton gantry crane which at that time. was being employed installing casement armor on the North Dakota. Barriesuie NortH Daxota, SHow1NG Her 95.2 Per Cent CoMPLETED, ; OPEN SHOP ON THE PORT- LAND WATERFRONT. The three big Portland grain ship- ping houses of Kerr, Gifford & Co, o Balfour, Guthrie & Co. and the Port- ; land Flouring Mills Co.,-on Aug. 13, : put into effect a sweeping order de- ' claring an open shop on all grain- 3 handling work at their various docks on a flat wage scale of $3q@jr a 10- hour day. The action marks the crisis of a struggle that has been brewing between the shippers and the grain handlers' union since last April A stubborn fight is anticipated and as a result, open shop at Portland. Some ) of the fal grain shipments may be di- verted to Puget Sound. - It is estimated that 250 sailing ships will be required to export the Wash- ington and Oregon wheat crop this © year. About 50 of these vessels have already been chartered. i Can NN a Rea es ea oa CeNT COMPLETED. 2 Pee BAtrLEsHie NorTH DAKOTA, SHOWING Her 95.2