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April, 1910 detailed from the navy as assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Cornell university, and during the years 1885 and 1886 he was: occupied with the inspection of machinery then building, and with work on preliminary design for proposed vessels. From 1889 to 1894 he was again attached to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, This experience, together with his experience in the affairs of the West- inghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., admira- bly fit him for the duties which his connection with the Babcock & Wil- cox Co. will impose upon him. Mr. McFarland was vice president of the American Society of Mechani- cal Engineers in the year 1907, and at TAE Marine REVIEW the present time is vice president of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. He is also a mem- ber of the Engineers' Club of New York, Duquesne Club of Pittsburg, the Army and Navy Club of Washington, and the Army and Navy Club of New York. He has been a frequent contribu- tor to thé téchnical "press;° and iis papers on engineering topics have won for him an enviable reputation as an engineer of broad experience and advanced ideas. Mr. McFarland will be located at the general offices of the Babcock & Wilcox Co. in the Singer Building, New York City. New Queenborough and Flushing Mail Steamers Pe three new cross channel steam- ers of the Zeeland Steamship Co. of Flushing, Holland, are of an interest- ing type, and are certainly among the best equipped of any similarly en- gaged vessels afloat. They are twin- quired, and designs were prepared for paddle steamers, twin-screw steamers, and turbine craft. It was finally de- cided to adopt reciprocating machin- ery and twin-screws as affording the best aggregate of the qualities of QUEENBOROUGH AND FLusHING MAIL STEAMER ORANJE NASSAU STEAMING 22% KNOTS. screw. vessels, named "Prinses Juli- ana," "Oranje Nassau," and "Meck- lenburg"' and have been built by the Fairfield: Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Scotland. They will displace paddle-steamers which have hitherto carried on the Queenborough-Flushing service. So popular has the, Flushing route become that it was felt that larger and swifter vessels were re- speed, absence of vibration, and ma-. neuvering power. The contract for the new vessels stipulated for three steamers about 360 ft. in length, each having two sets of quadruple expan- sion, four crank balanced reciprocat- ing engines, capable of driving the vessel at a mean speed of 21 knots over the 120 miles of shallow North Sea which lie between Queenborough 153 and Flushing. Modern passenger steamers are often referred to ag "floating hotels," or "palaces," but in no hotel is a guest expected to share his room with another traveler, and in the experience of the Zeeland Co., it was found that there was a steadily increasing demand for "a room to my-. self." In arranging the accommoda- tion, therefore, special attention was given to 'obtaining as many single berth staterooms as possible, and in each ship there are no less than 64 one-berth cabins out of a total of 145. The vessels are each 363 ft. in length, over all, 45 ft. 4 in. in extreme width, and 25 ft. 10 in. depth to upper deck, and of about 3,000 tons gross. There are five decks--lower, main, upper; promenade, and boat deck, and ten water-tight bulkheads, extending to the height of the maain deck. There are two funnels, which, with a fore and aft rig, give the vessels a smart appearance, as our illustration shows. Other features of these new ships are the provision of submarine signalling and wireless telegraph apparatus. The submarine signal receiver works in conjunction with submarine _ bell- _ sounding apparatus installed at Flush- ing harbor, and on the North Sea lightships, and enables the vessel to ascertain her true 'position and to enter. the harbor with absolute safety and certainty in foggy weather. There is in each steamer accommodation for 244 first-class passengers, of whom 64 will have single berth, and the ma- jority of others two-berth cabins, A 'Separate group of two- berth cabins © forward on the main deck is reserved for ladies, with a handsome sitting room and stewardess's cabin immedi- ately adjacent. Aft there are berths for 110 second-class passengers in cabins. for. two, four, or "six. dhe promenade deck, which is 195 ft. in length, forms a spacious promenade for passengers, while the boat-decks afford protection in inclement weather. The cargo capacity of these new vessels is, considering their passenger - accommodations and speed, very large, 'and the outfit of powerful, silent winches and derricks, provided for handling this is remarkably efficient, and will undoubtedly make for rapid dispatch, which, in view of the perish- able nature of much of the merchan- dise carried on this route, is a mat- ter of much importance. Cargo is carried in holds both forward and aft, as well as in special spaces underneath the forecastle deck, where are also situated large and conveniently-ar- ranged mail and baggage rooms, to- gether with a complete postal-sorting