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442 forced draft and built to carry 180 Ibs. steam pressure. The fast steamer H. B. Kennedy, built by the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, Portland, and operated by the Puget Sound Navigation Co. between Seattle and Bremerton, Wash., recently made a remarkable speed run over the government measured mile. With one of her two boilers in use, the Kennedy is reported to have made 15.88 knots per hour and with two boilers 17.5 knots. On an unofficial trial sev- eral weeks ago the Kennedy is said to LAUNCHING HE bulk freighter William P. Palmer, the first steamer to be built on the Ish- erwood or longitud- inal system on the great lakes, was suc- cessfully launched at the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works on Oct. 15. This steamer is building for the Pittsburg Steamship -Co., and is named in honor ot William P. Palmer, president .of the American Steel & Wire Co. She was christened by Mr. Palmer's six- year old daughter, Jane, one of the youngest sponsors that ever christen- 'ed a ship on the lakes. The launch- ing was witnessed by about 1,000 per- sons who were taken to the ship yard on the steamer Promise. The event obviously attracted more than usual attention among vessel owners and architects and the opin- ion among them was practically un- animous that a better built ship does not. exist on the lakes. In fact, at THE Marine REVIEW have made 20.83 miles with 300 people on board. The Kennedy is equipped with Ballin water tube boilers, built by the Ballin Water Tube Boiler Co., Port- land, Ore. The H. B. Kennedy is said to be the fastest passenger steamer on Puget Sound. The Puget Sound Navigation Co. will soon let contract for a fast day steamer to operate between Seattle and Tacoma. The new steamer will be over 200 ft. long and will have a sus- tained sea speed of 18 knots. The city of Tacoma will vote' on the authoriza- November, 1910 tion of a new municipal dock on Oct. 29, and the Puget Sound Navigation Co. agrees to have the new steamer in operation within seven months after the city authorizes the dock. The Princess May, which was recently saved from Sentinel Island, Alaska, where she was wrecked, is being fitted to use oil fuel while being repaired by the British Columbia Marine Railway Co., Victoria, B. C. At the present low price of oil on the Pacific coast, it is estimated that the saving effected by the use of oil is from 40 to 60 per cent. THE WILLIAM P. PALMER Miss JANE PALMER, THE SPONSOR. the luncheon at the Hotel Pontchar- train which was tendered to the guests by the ship building company after the launching, Mr. Harry Coul- by, president and general manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., stated that she was the finest ship in his judgment that had ever been built on the lakes, that he had gone over her in great detail and that he had never seen better workmanship. He added that the Palmer represented a new type of construction on the lakes and he hoped that all expectations would be realized. He also expressed the great personal pleasure he felt in naming the ship after Mr. Palmer. Mr. Palmer in replying said that he was deeply sensible of the honor of having such a splendid steamer named after him. President Pessano of the Great Lakes Engineering Works expressed his gratification at the smooth way in which everything had worked at the yard, was immensely pleased at the compliments which had been shower- ed upon the ship, and expressed his belief that the new type would mark an advent in the construction of lake vessels. He predicted that the Pal- mer would carry a greater load than her sister ship, the W. B. Dickson,. which was launched at the yard in Remarkable Photographic Record of the Palmer's Launching