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one Boats were made at the New York Shipbuilding Co. and the life rafts by the Carley Co. Trim tanks, holding 32 tons, are on every guard and her entire fresh water supply can be carried either forward or aft below. Williamson's steering gear is used. One Hyde steam capstan is used forward and two gypsy capstans at the aft gang- ways. Lake Ship Building R. B. Wallace, general man- ager of the American Ship Building Co., closed contract in Montreal last month for the construction of a bulk freighter for Canadian interests to be the largest on the great lakes. The new freighter, which will oper- ate in the grain trade, will be 625 ft. over all, 605. ft, keel, 59 ft. beam and 32 ft. deep, and will be built on. the Isherwood system of construc- tion. The work will be done at the yard of the Western Shipbuilding & Diy Dock. Co, Port. Arthur, \Ont., which. is a' subsidiary of the Amer- ican Ship Building Co. The vessel is intended primarily for the grain trade and has been designed to pass through the Canadian lock, which is 60 ft. wide. This steamer is 8 ft. longer than the steamers Col. James M. Schoonmaker: and W: P.. Snyder Jr., of the Shenango Steamship Co.'s fleet, but she will have 5 ft. less beam. She is to come out in 1914. The bulk freighter James Caruthers was launched from the Collingwood yard of the Collingwood Ship Build- ing Co. on May 22 for the St. Law- rence & Chicago Steam Navigation THE MARINE REVIEW Co., being christened by Miss L3G. Wright, daughter of A. A. Wright, general manager of the company. "he general dimensions of the steamer are: Length over all, 550: ft. 8° in.} June, 1913 t building for the Cleveland Steamship Co., was launched from the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co. on May 17. The Dustin is Sas ft. over alt) 58 ft:: béam and 32 &. DINING ROOM OF STEAMER WASHINGTON IRVING length between perpendiculars, 529 tt.; beam, 58°it.; molded depth, 31 ft. She is equipped with triple-expansion engine with cylinders 24, 40 and 66 in. diameter supplied with steam from three Scotch boilers 13 ft. diam- eter by 11 ft, long, allowed 185 Ib. and fitted with forced draft. She is equipped with side tanks and her 31 hatches are spaced 12 ft. centers. dhe bulk freighter A. C. Dustin, PROMENADE DECK STEAMER WASHINGTON IRVING deep, and is built on the Isherwood System. The ice crushing: tug, J. IT, Horne, building for the Great Lakes Dredg- ine Co, Fort William, Ont, < was launched at Port Arthur on May 10th. the new. tue is 125 ft. lone, 28 ft: beam and 16 ft. deep, and is to be given sufficient power to keep the harbor open all winter. Sidewheel Steamer Seeandbee The new sidewheeler Seeandbee left the yard of the Detroit Ship Building Co,, Wednesday, May 28, at 7:50.a. m., On her first trial trip, The machinery had been turned over slowly for several hours each afternoon .for three days preceding, but due to the great power the engine had to be turned so slowly that little benefit in the matter of wear- ing bearings down could be expected. The engines were run at a moderate speed down the river and gradually in- creased after the compasses had been adjusted and steering gear tried out. The trip down was to Put-in-Bay and then back to Detroit. On the way back the engines were speeded up gradually until 31.5 revolutions was attained without any difficulty, with 30 per cent slip in wheels. This would represent a speed of approximately 23 miles, but owing to the shoal water and no _ at- tention being paid to distances, this cannot be verified, but a speed consid- Mh ia re a