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58 junction with the main dining room. The buffet will be designed after the plan of an old wine cellar with vaulted ceilings between the columns, the plaster being tooled to represent huge blocks of stone masonry. A striking feature of the room will be paneled oak hogsheads with iron bands above the settees on _ either side of the room, with electric fixtures in the form of old hammered brass lanterns, A popular place for the ladies will be the palm court located aft on the upper deck, with pergola and bay window forward and a fountain with .tunning water. A drawing room in Marie Antoinette style will be located on the gallery deck aft, just beneath 'the palm court. The lounge on the upper deck near the stacks will be of Gothic design worked out in Eng- lish oak and willinclude carved capitals, arches, brackets, lanterns and electro- AKE ship builders are assured of t quite a bit of work during 1912 after all. The Pittsburgh Steamship Co. has given contract to the American Ship Building Co. for the construc- tion of two bulk freighters to be 600 ft. over all, 580 ft. keel, 58 ft. beam and 32 ft. deep, and to be built on the Isherwood system of construc- tion. The Pittsburgh Steamship Co. is apparently satisfied with the steam- er William P. Palmer, which was built upon this system, though it is understood that the new _ steamers will be strengthened in certain par- ticulars. Both boats will be built at the Lorain yard and will come out late in the summer. Contracts for two canal size .boats are also pend- ing. | Within a few weeks the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. will award THE MARINE REVIEW liers and a fireplace with electric heat. The City of Detroit III will go into commission in June next and will op-: erate daily between Detroit and Buf- falo, in conjunction with the City of States and Western States will be transferred to the Cleveland-Detroit - run, operating daily, though on Sat- urday and Sunday nights two extra steamers will be put on this route. The company has changed its policy regarding the naming of its steam- ers. Hereafter it will retain the orig- inal names of the steamers, differ- entiating them by a numeral. It will not be possible for the company to make this uniform, however, as the -- City of St. Ignace, which was for- merly the City of Cleveland, cannot be renamed because she is too old, the law forbidding a steamer's name to. be changed after she has reached a certain age. contract for the construction of a new sidewheel passenger steamer, de- signed by Frank E. Kirby,to ply be- tween Cleveland and Buffalo. This new steamer will be the largest ves- sel of her type in the' world and steel will enter more largely into her construction than is usual. For in- stance, her steel structure will be carried to the promenade deck, the orlop, main and promenade decks be- ing entirely of steel. She is to 'come out in 1913. The Crosby Transportation Co., of Milwaukee, has also prepared plans for a steamer for Lake Michigan service and it is understood that they will be submitted to the ship builders shortly. The design of this steamer is by W..T. Nevins of. Chi- cago. The Standard Oil Co. has given con- February, 1912 tract to the American Ship Building Co. for an oil barge, to be 258 ft. long, 43 ft. beam and 25 ft. deep for service in the Atlantic coast trade. This makes. nine vessels that the American Ship Building Co. has contracted to build for the Standard Oil Co. during' the past year. The Pelee Island Sand & Gravel Co. .has given contract to the Ameri- can Ship Building Co.. for a steamer to be used in the sand tradé to be 166 ft. long, 156 ft. keel, 37 ft. beam © and 10 ft. deep, equipped with a compound engine, cylinders 17% and 384% in. diameter -by 30-in. stroke. She will trade between the islands and Lake Erie ports. a The Pittsburgh Steamship Co. sold three of its smaller vessels last week, the Masaba and Marina passing to Hutchinson & Co., of Cleveland, and the Corona. to. O'Brien & ©'Gor- man, of Toronto. It is understood that the Corona will be converted in- to a conveyor type of boat for the stone and gravel trade, and that it is ' also intended to reconstruct the Mas- aba and Marina for a special trade, though particulars are not as yet obtainable. It is clear that ship builders are - going to have a better season than was expected at the opening of the year. The bulk freighter Wm. P. Snyder Jr, .a duplicate of the James M. Schoonmaker, was launched, from the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes En- gineering Works on Jan.. 27, . being christened by Miss Elizabeth Russel, little daughter of John Russel, vice president of the Great Lakes Engi- neering Works. Work upon the Snyder Jr. is well advanced and she will be ready to go into commission at the opening of navigation. These two steamers, as known, are the largest on the lakes, being 617 ft. over all, 597 ft. keel, 64 ft. beam and 33 ft. deep. They can pass through only one lock at the Sault and will not be able to avail themselves of full carrying capacity until the third lock at the Sault is finished. The steamer Castalia, formerly known on the lakes as Harvey H. Brown's yacht, is undergoing remod- eling at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co. The Castalia was lengthened 72 ft. in 1905 and she will now get a new steel deck house forward. The old wooden house will be removed. She will be given anothet hatch forward. Three hatches forward and two hatches aft will be changed to 12-ft. centers, the hold stanchions being removed.