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April, 1913 THE MARINE REVIEW VIEW OF NIAGARA BETWEEN PONTOONS LOOKING FORWARD number of 9,000 ton oil-carrying ships being built, some of which are also in the hands of Messrs. Swan, Hun- ter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd. The San Fraterno has been built upon the Isherwood system with longitudinal framing to the highest class of 'Lloyds under special survey. The oil holds and bunkers are di- vided into fourteen compartments by transverse bulkheads and are further sub-divided by a central longitudinal bulkhead which is carried through all the holds, pump rooms and coffer- dams. There are two cofferdams five feet in length at each end of the range of oil holds. The quadruple expansion engine and the boilers have been built by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co., Ltd., and will be placed in the after end of the ship, fitted with the Wall- send-Howden patent apparatus for burning liquid fuel. The accommodation for the captain and his officers will be most comfor- table, and will be in the bridge house amidships. The engineer's cabins will be fitted in the poop and close to them will be the crew's quarters. Wireless telegraphic apparatus will be fitted and it may be said that the San Fraterno in every detail of de- sign, in the installation of oil pumps, in the main engines and auxiliary ma- chinery and in all items of outfit, will represent the most modern and ap- proved type of steamship for carrying oil. J. S. Harland has been appointed coal and dock agent at Marquette, Mich., vice H. B. Bell, resigned. Want Gen. Uhler Retained The National Board of Steam Navi- gation, through Fred B. Dalzell, - its president, and H. L. Joyce, its secretary, has petitioned President Wilson to re- tain George Uhler, supervising inspector of the steamboat inspection service, in office. In this request they are sup- ported by practically all the steamship interests of the country. Mr. Uhler is the only man on the board of supervising inspectors who is a practical engineer. The petition reads: "Whereas, George Uhler, supervising inspector general, has for the last ten years discharged the duties of his im- SHOWING NIAGARA : 133 portant office with great ability, acknowl- edged efficiency and absolute impartial- ity, and whereas his incumbency in said office has demonstrated to everyone do- ing business with that office his recog- nized and admitted fitness, his practical knowledge of the navigation laws, his personal familiarity with the conditions existing over the great waterways of the country over which he has jurisdic- tion, his business capacity and eminent executive ability as well as his fairness to both employer and employe on all questions submitted to him for decision. "Whereas, That we, the owners and operators of 80 per cent of the floating equipment of the port of New York and adjacent waters, urgently urge upon the president of the United States and the honorable secretary of commerce the importance of retaining him in the position which he now occupies." The National Board also recommends the retention of Henry M. Seely as supervising inspector in New York har- bor, certainly the most important post in the steamboat inspection service, say- ing: "From our point of view, having as we do at all times almost daily rela- tions with these two officers of the gov- ernment, we feel it would be a great -- mistake for the steamboat inspection service to lose the service of either one of them, and we earnestly and most respectfully urge upon his excellency, the president, and the honorable secre- tary of commerce their retention. "We feel that we do not only repre- sent the sentiments of: the employer, but the vast majority of licensed of- ficers employed on all vessels coming under their jurisdiction." LYING BETWEEN PONTOONS LOOKING AFT. NOTE GUN- PORT ON THE PORT SIDE FORWARD