The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

aay, 1910 Kentucky St = iil i] TT China Basin TAE Marine REvIEw = 09 Fi ET. Yy TIC Sec tion (3 s/30F ty /AOFt-+.- 200Ft be a = ' Hoos hy S|) So NOY 2 oak S|) As s ee | SSL Ne s "SS Bie nie 8 - S Nis SHS < S hy TSIS sls z 8 S | SN Sy y S N =) S|! 3 S Ss | a G | 3 = 9 ee SI! = > 8 I} St S| < x i a ey | | GENERAL PLAN,. SHOWING LocaTION or New Piers ft. wide and 18 ft. high in the clear. At each of the outer corners a pro- LORY VY}: H q | LM ide \ WELZ "F xr ee a ie ¢ My . I fa Bojts| Staygerdd 2 | Glide ob we pat eps . ¥4 Nhigk lotted nw s $ | | 4 £ | - | a Varies =a Detar, or Cast Iron BELL, WHICH 1S Fitrep to Bottom oF EaAcH CONCRETE PILE. tecting dolphin consisting of about 48 60-ft. piles driven in a close cluster 1s placed, while the sides and end of the pier are protected by a row of fen- der piles spaced 3 ft. on centers. A railway spur connecting with the belt railroad traverses the full length of each pier, the rails being supported by intercostal 24-in. 80-Ib. I-beams Spaced 4 ft. 10 in. apart. The piers are not provided with 'ranes or freight handling apparatus, the tackle aboard ship being depended upon for loading and unloading. The AND NEw minimum depth of water alongside the deoeks is 25 ft. : LIABILITY IN LOADING. In the case of Taylor vs. United Fruit Co. et al., recently decided by the supreme court of Louisiana, it ap- peared that the defendant company had in its possession and under its control as charterer a. steamship named the Bertha, employed one Le- geal, who was engaged in the busi- ness of loading and unloading ships and having a number of men under him to load a cargo of crossties up- on the steamship. While the latter's workmen were in the hold of the ves- sel to receive and properly stow the © ties when received there, others upon the shore were engaged in swinging the ties therefrom on to the vessel. It appeared that when the men first went into the hold the hatch above was open, but later, by direction of one of the officers of the defendant com- pany, the mate of the ship covered a portion of the open hatchway. The cover was improperly and insecurely placed over the hatch, so that when the ties were being lowered into the 261 SECTION OF SEAWALL. falling cover, sued both the company and the defendant, Legeal, to recover damages for the injury so received by him. A judgment in his favor was af- (] Enp ELevaTion oF New Ptrr. firmed by the supreme court, which held that under the circumstances the defendant company was legally respon- sible for the injury. : The Harlan & Hollingsworth Cor- poration, of Wilmington, Del., has been awarded a contract by the Central Hud- son Steamboat Co., for a steamer 280 ft. long, to carry 3,100 passengers and to have a speed of 20 miles an hour. 8-1" 2 Corr or Twisted Bars Spiral Wrappings Yxh"s 9"C tol CONCRETE PILE, hold they struck this covering, dis- lodged it and caused it to fall upon the men below in the hold. The plain- SHOWING REINFORCEMENT. The new craft is to' be launched next April and will he named B. B. O'Dell Jr.