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June, 1915 THE MARINE REVIEW | a fd -- Bare werd & Po AL yay" Phabwe _ Gu rn tt CH Shp, Ike River We 4)» 7. ha UPrcve. ES a -- --Tl2ar Burr. Enc ine Ropu Lar. tsa x Sm : : Pewee «= 3) 8° : /ape Peorat BULKHEAD e shows the starboard side of the vessel. One watertight door will be fitted between the engine and boiler rooms. Two ballast pipes will be fitted on one side of the division and three on the other. Bulkhead 29 is the end of the tank and is composed of two 5 in. by 5 in. by 12.5-lb. angle frames plated over. The double angles shown are for connecting the A longitudinal to the tank end. Bulkhead No. 30 forms the after peak bulkhead and serves the same purpose as the fore peak. This bulk- head is fastened and the materials are similar to the fore peak excepting around the shaft this bulkhead is doubled, Steamers Underwood and Cooke Remodeled The steamers F. D. Underwood and Delos W. Cooke, of the Erie Rail- road Lake Line, have undergone a thorough overhauling at Buffalo and all the latest and most up-to-date improvements in package freight ships have been added. New boilers, fitted with improved . smoke-preventing and fuel-saving me- chanical draft systems, have displaced the former natural draft boilers; the propelling and auxiliary machinery has been reorganizéd on the most improved lines, and every provision of assured value in the economic and 2 'e 4 NO. 24 rapid handling of package freight has been added. The alterations have also greatly enhanced the external appear- ance of the ships. Attention has been given to the increased comfort and safety of the officers and crew and the reduction of labor in handling ship. In the latter respect alone the abandonment of the customary cum- bersome. and unsafe manila lines and the substitution in all the ships of the fleet of the comparatively light and easily handled but much stronger steel wire cables handled entirely by fast moving engines not only greatly reduces the port labor of the crew but adds greatly to the speed of handling ship. On the Underwood two new steel houses have been built forward, con- taining private accommodations for guests. of the lime. The forward house contains two large sleeping rooms with bath and toilet between. The after house contains a private dining room with pantry and galley adjoining. The sleeping rooms and dining room are finished in bog oak, the bathroom, galley and pantry in enamel white. A Pullman berth and large davenport in one bedroom con- vert this room into a day parlor. Unusually large portlights, in ample number, in lieu of windows, supply ' abundant light. All the work on these quarters and in fact all over the ships except the 209 building and installing of the new boilers, has been done by the com- pany's own staff in Buffalo. The Erie ships under the policy of -- President Underwood of providing a fleet and service second to none have undergone a transformation which has brought forth much commendation. Coke vs. Oil as Fuel on Steamships The following report by G. W. Dickie, and published in the Vancou- ver Province, on the comparative costs of coal and oil as fuel on two of the C. P. R. British Columbia Coast Ser- vice steamships, is of interest, in view of the number of vessels which have recently been built to consume liquid fuel, or have been changed so that either of the two fuels may be used. The costs of coal and oil for the steamship Princess Victoria are given herewith: Coal. P 100° tons: at $4505.30 $4000 9 firemen at $59 a month each....... 16.50 9 trimmers at $45 a month each..... 13.50 Food for (18: men.:23.5).2...0 3. 7.56 Totals oh oo ee Ne ee $487.56 Oil. 344,17 barrels, "at 90c. 40.6 $314.25 6 firemen) seat ae a es 11.10 Food/for.6..men 225.4 oe: 2.52 otal'! ceeuees see se 327.87 The costs for the Princess Chidione a larger vessel and of greater horsepower, are as follows: Coal. . Per day. 1002 tons at $4508. ce $450.00 13 firemen at $55 a month each..... 23.80 10 trimmers at $45 a month each.... 15.00 Food: for 23:menhs 44 ia. oes oe 9°56 Total ec es cee ret eee ee ee ee $498.36 Oil. 844.17 barrels: at 90c. 012. $314.25 6; shremen 20. ON ie ees eee 11.10 Food: for 6. mene .t. 0604 co ae 2.52 Totals oe es as Ge eee $327.87 William Simons & Co., Ltd., Renfrew, recently launched complete with all machinery on board and with steam up ready for trials a 700-ton hopper steam- er, being the first of a fleet of eight dredging vessels they have on _ hand for the naval port, Emperor Peter the Great, now under' construction at Reval by the Imperial Russian govern- ment for warship purposes. The ves- sel is propelled by compound surface condensing marine engines, supplied - with steam from mild steel horizontal multitubular boilers constructed for a working pressure of 120 lbs. per square inch. Powerful steam gear is provided far rapidly raising and closing hopper doors. The ice-breaking tug J. I. Horne was launched at Port Arthur, May 9. She is 125 ft. long, 28 ft. beam and 16 ft. deep and is owned by James Whalen.