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82 THE MARINE REVIEW: March, 1912 Fitting-Out in Lake Yards Remodeling the Castalia The steamer Castalia, owned by the Brown Steamship Co., Perry-Payne 'pbuilding, Cleveland, is undergoing ex- tensive alterations. The old wooden deck houses are being entirely re- moved and new steel decks fitted where old houses stood. castle deck is being extended aft about 8 ft. and new steel Texas and pilot houses are being built on this new forecastle deck, with new steel bulwarks around the forecastle. The three forward hatches are being re- 'built, 'makine then .12. ft. center hatches and arches are being fitted be- tween these new hatches. The stanch- ions and beams through the cargo hold are being removed and a new system of trusses known as Herri- man's system is being introduced. When the work is completed the hold will be entirely free from any ob- struction, making her equal as far as strength and ease of operation are concerned, to modern arch construc- tion vessels, and her general appear- ance throughout will be that of a thoroughly modern steamer. Victory's New Boilers The Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry - Dock Co., Manitowoc, Wis., are install- ing two new boilers, 13 ft. 6 in. by 11 ft. 6 in, allowed 180 lbs. pressure in the steamer Victory, belonging to Pickands, Mather & -Co.'s fleet. These boilers are being placed on the tank top instead of on the boiler deck, as was previously the case, and this necessitates the tearing out of the boiler deck an putting in new athwartship coal bunkers together with ventilators and new piping. The company is also removing the old boiler and installing a new one in the steamer Samuel Mather (small), of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co.'s fleet. The new boiler will be 13 ft. 9 in. diameter and 11 ft. 6 in. long, allowed 160 Ibs. pressure. This work necessitates shift- ing of the athwartship coal bunker bulkheads and putting in new piping and ventilators. The steamer Marion, oi the Michigan, Indiana & [Illinois Line of Chicago, is undergoing extensive re- building at this yard in addition to the installation of one fire box boiler, 12 ft. in diameter and 15 ft. long, allowed 135 Ibs. steam pressure. The company is also putting in a new boiler pan and a new steel boiler house. Detroit & Buffalo Line Changes The Detroit & Buffalo Navigation Co. are putting in new composition floors in the galleys of the steamers Eastern The fore- States and Western States. The City of Aipena, too, is being equipped with water-trimmed tanks, doing away with the old-fashioned sand barrel ballast. Six new parlors will be installed on the City of Detroit II. Rapid progress is being made on the new steamer City of Detroit III, and it is expected that she will undergo a trial trip about May 15. The company has made appli- cation for changing the names of some of its steamers as follows: City of Alpena to City of Alpena TL, . City "of Mackinac to City of Mackinac II, City of Detroit to City. of Detroit II, 'City of Cleveland to City of Cleveland III. Union Steamboat Line All the steamers of the Union Steam- boat Line (Erie railroad) are being given a thorough overhauling and ex- tensive improvements in line with the policy of the Erie to establish and maintain its physical. equipment in the best possible condition. Much was done in this direction last year, but the scope of improvements has been much broad- ened for 1912. . The Owego is receiving new. boilers and extensive machinery alterations at Cleveland. The Underwood and Tioga are under- going modifications at Chicago. The latter ship, it will be remembered, made a remarkable record last year'as a re- sult of the improvements inaugurated during the winter of 1910-11 and a further improvement is looked for. The Starrucca, Richardson, McCul- lough, Binghamton and Chemung are receiving extensive machinery and _ boiler alterations at Buffalo. The Binghamton is receiving new houses throughout, new spar deck, and her bunker arrangement is being atlered to give about 120 tons - additional cargo space. Plans have been prepared for new boiler installations in the Starrucca and Chemung which, however, will not be carried out until next winter. All the ships of the fleet have been fitted with wire mooring machines. The electric wiring throughout has been torn out and the ships rewired on the most modern system. The old engine type generators have been re- moved and new and larger (Terry) turbo-generator units installed. New switchboards have been fitted in several of the ships. The Line has added a steam fuel lighter and dock accessories to its equip- ment and will hereafter handle its own fuel coal. As a result of the improvements authorized and under way, the manage- ment look for a large improvement in economy of operation and a substantial increase in the efficiency and capacity of the' fleet: Northern Navigation Co. The Northern Navigation Co., Ltd., Collingwood, Ont., have made some improvements in the steamers Ma- jestic; Germanic and City of Midland. On all of these steamers electric push buttons have been installed in al) staterooms and other parts of the. vessels, and they will be provided with annunciators and bell boys to look after the requirements of guests. The company. is . also putting .in running water on the steamers Ger- manic and City of Midland, which will .make considerable improve- ment. on these . tivo, boats; and. .in addition is installing a new pantry and new lavatories on the steamer City of Midland. Alterations and im- provements on the hull and machinery of the steamer Huronic are also being made, Changing to Arch Construction The steamers M. A. Hanna and H. S. Holden, owned by Capt. John Mitchell, of Cleveland, are being mod- ernized at the yard of the Toledo Ship Building Co., Toledo. The tank top plating .on these steamers has been removed and the tank stiffeners - trebled; water bottom scraped and painted; upper deck removed and ships changed to arch construction; 22 hatches put in, 12 ft. centers, with high steel plate hatch coamings with steel hatch covers; mooring engines put in for handling the wire lines. 'Ither vessels at the Toledo yard are the steamer J. B. Neilson, receiving new boilers and other alterations and repairs; the passenger steamer Arrow for the installation of new boilers; and the steamers J. P. Morgan and Wid- ener for docking and for examination of the bottom. McMyler Derrick on Lighter The Donnelly Salvage & Wrecking Co., Ltd., Kingston, Ont., have placed a five-ton McMyler derrick with a yard and a half clamshell on their 700-ton lighter Grantham. They have also placed two specially constructed pulling machines in the wrecking steamer Saginaw, each machine hav- ing 2,000 ft. of 114-in. flexible steel cable, capable of pulling 100 tons each on a single wire. This is considered the most powerful pulling machine on any wrecking tug on the great.