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THE Marine REVIEW May, 1910 ment will consist of a two-crank com- pound engine, with cylinders 8% and 17 in. diameter, 12 in. stroke, with a fire box boiler 6 ft. diameter, 10 ft. long, built for a working pressure of 150 lbs. The John H. Dialogue & Sons Co., Camden, N. J., is also building a steel tug from designs by Mr. Furstenau, for the Hainesport Mining & Transportation io, Hainesport, N.' J: The. tug: has -a length of 86 ft. 6 in. on deck; beam, molded 20 ft.; depth, molded, 10 ft., and is being built in excess of the re- quirements of the Bureau Veritas. The machinery equipment consists of a two- crank compound engine, with cylinders 15 and 30 in. diameter, 20 in. stroke, with a fire box boiler 9 ft. 6 in. diam- eter, 13 ft, long, built for a. working pressure of 150 Ibs. A complete elec- tric light plant, with search light, large fire pump for fire fighting purposes and a large centrifugal pump for wrecking purposes are also included in the equip- ment. The contract price for this tug was $38,000. PASSENGER STEAMER CARTH- AGE. The mail and passenger steamer Carthage was launched from the Nep- tune works, Newcastle-on-Tyne, of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., on Monday, April.25. The ves- sel is being built for the Cie. Generale 'Ttansatiantique, of Paris, and is in- tended for their service between Mar- seilles and Algeria. She is a handsomely modeled twin- screw steamer, over 400 ft. in length by over 51 ft. beam, propelled by two _ sets of four-crank triple-expansion en- gittes, on the well-known Yarrow, Schlick & Tweedy system, supplied OvuTBOARD PROFILE OF STEAMER HArT ISLAND. by eight Shite nied boilers fitted with Howden's system of forced draft. The speed of the vessel will be 19 knots. The passenger accommodation is of the most luxurious description. The first-class passenger staterooms, in- cluding de luxe rooms, for 170 passen- gers in all, are situated amidships. They are supplied with dining saloon, lounge, smoking room, etc., etc., on the furnishing and fitting of which the greatest thought and care are be- ing exercised. The second class pas- sengers, 94 in number, are accommo- dated aft, and they, in addition to the usual staterooms, have dining saloon, smoking room, lounge, etc., etc., the fittings of which will com- pare very favorably with those of the first class in most liners. The third class, 70 in number, are berthed for- ward, and they have, in addition to the usual living rooms, a good dining saloon on deck. The vessel will be rigged as a two- masted schooner, and the equipment of machinery for maneuvering her, hand- ling cargo, etc., will include eight elec- tric winches in addition to the usual steam steering gear controlled by telemotor, capstans, windlass, etc. She is also to be fitted with an installa- tion of wireless telegraphy. For service in the Mediterranean, it is needless to say that the ventilation has been the subject of much care and consideration. Electricity is large- ly used on board, not only for lighting the vessel throughout, but also for ventilating the various rooms by means of fans, for extra heating of some of the most elaborate rooms by electric fires, and for working some of the deck machinery. There is also steam heating throughout. Altogether the vessel will be one that is likely to uphold the credit of the Tyne in general and her build- ers, Swan, Hunter & Wigham Rich- ardson, Ltd., in particular. IS A LANDING STAGE A VESSEL? Is a landing stage a vessel? It would seem as though the answer were ob- vious, but. apparently it has been necessary for five lord justices of England to declare that a_ landing stage is not a vessel. The case was an appeal from an order made by Justice Bargrave Deane in admiralty in the action of the Mersey docks and harbor board against the steamer Craighall for damages sustained by the steamer striking the Woodside landing stage in the river Mersey. The court held that a landing stage had none of the characteristics of a ves- sel and could not possibly be includ- ed within the term of "vessel." The question of limitation of liability was involved. The Grand Trunk Pacific railroad now building across Canada to Prince Rupert, B. C., has acquired the site of the flyer dock at the foot of Mar- ion street, Seattle, on which prop- erty a large. passenger and freight pier will be erected in the near fu- ture. The new dock will be 700 ft. in length, extending to the outer-har- bor line. In appointmenrs it is said it will excel the Colman dock, which for over a year, since its completion, has been considered the finest pier on the Pacific coast.