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: November, 1912 THE MARINE REVIEW og pp a ae Ves 3 . Ser © © Ee we OE ter rer ay ee a fe : . & oe xs i. as x e EAMER | SEE-AND-BEE OF THE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT Co.'s FLEET ' : sign, being finished in either ver- 22. The program of papers to be milion wood, satin wood, mahogany, discussed is as follows: red gum wood, silver gray maple, | ee Le Be S Thursday, .Nov. 21, 1912. prima vera and enamel.: The furni- ture and decorations of each of these "Experiments on the Fulton," by 'parlors will be in keeping with the character of the wood finish. Each parlor will contain twin brass beds, 'a divan, tables, dressers, chairs, mir- rors and plenty of cushions to lend an. aie of cComiort. Hach or .these parlors will have a private bath fin- ished in pure white enamel, and in addition the rooms which are named in. honor of officers of the company will have private balconies. The lighting. fixtures of the parlors will be carried out in Sheffield silver and Tuscan gold. Some of the parlors will moreover be paneled in_ silk, a brocade and finely embroidered~ cur- tains which richly dress the windows. LEI TIE RCE es Naval Architects and Marine Engineers | The twentieth annual meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will be held in the Engineering Societies building, 29 West Thirty-ninth street, New York, on Nov. 21:and 22, followed by a ban- quet in the Astor gallery of the Wal- dorf-Astoria on the evening of Nov. Prof: ©. He Peabody,.- member ot council. "The Design and New. Construc- tion Division of the Bureau of Con- struction and Repair, Navy Department." by Naval Constructor R. H. Robinson, U.S. N.- member. "Engineering Progress.in the UW. S, Navy", by Capt. G. W..Dyson, U. S. N. "Marine Lighting Equipment of the Panama Canal," by James Pattison. lhe Lightship,. by Georsey ©. Cook. "Oil Fired Marine Boilers; = by cE. H. Peabody, member. "The Preservation of :the: Metals Used in 'Marine Construction," by Lieut. Com. Frank. dyon; U.S. N: Friday, Nov. 22, 1912 "An Electrically Propelled Fire- proof. Passenger Steamer,' by W.. T: Donnelly and G. A. Orrok, members. "Notes on Fuel Economy as Influ- enced by. Ship. Desion." by si, a. Rigg, member. "Different Applications of the Ma- rine Gyro in Science," by Elmer A. Sperry, member. "Rudder Trials Sterett," 'by Asst. of the Ue SS Naval Constructors Ret anson, U.S) NN. ane J. C. Hansaker, WU: S:°N., fimiogs. "Logarithmic Speed Power gram," by Thomas M. Gunn. Dia- Piers for High Level Bridge The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.,; of -Cleveland, has «secured the contract for the construction of nine land piers for the new high' level bridge over the Cuyahoga river at Cleveland, as well as the capping of the two river piers, the contract in- volving an expenditure of $498,000. Piers 1 and 2 will have two caissons in each. These are located on' the hill side. The three piers on Merwin street will have deep cofferdams and the four piers near the Erie station will be based on concrete piles. About 27,000 cubic yards will be excavated in the wet and 20,000 cu. yds. in the dry. Between 3,000 and 4,000 tons of steel sheet piling will be used: and about 30,000 yds. of concrete. The contract calls for the completion of the work in 600 working days. The Greenport Basin & Construction Co., Greenport, L. I, is building a tug 75 ft. long for the Breakwater Co., of New York, for service in Honolulu, where it is building a breakwater from the lava of an extinct volcano, The tug will be shipped to Hawaii in a knocked-down condition, 2