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October, 1913 Byerlyte Deck Floors Ship owners generally are paying considerable attention to the new com- position Byerlyte for deck flooring, which has been adopted by some lake owners for flooring in cabins and on freight decks, owing to its many ex- cellent properties for use aboard ship. The distinctive features of Byerlyte deck floors are: They can be laid over old surface as well as on a new base and will adhere to steel decks and joint up perfectly to angle iron or partitions. Being absolutely impervious to water or air prevent and retards corrosion or rust of iron or steel decks. They are slightly resilient and easy under foot, having a_ delightfully smooth tread, very similar to linoleum, adding greatly to the comfort and eficiency of those who use them and are positively noiseless under foot and wheel. They also make an ideal sur- face over which to lay rugs and mats. Iron-wheeled trucks roll over these THE MARINE REVIEW warmer in the winter than any other floor. They are of a sheet or monolithic type, with no open seams or joints; insects cannot find harbor in them and vermin cannot gnaw them. They: are easily cleaned by mop or by flush- ing, and when dry, are perfectly clean and odorless, as they are non-absorb- ent, Atikokan's Accident The accompanying photographs illus- trate the rather singular adventure of the whaleback steamer Atikokan. Her steering gear became disabled and she ran ashore at Marine City, St. Clair river, demolishing some buildings belong- ing to the Pesha Art Co. Torpedo Destroyer Melville The destroyer tender Melville, which ~ the New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J., is building for the navy SARA eR AL CSS) Was att ain PARTING OF THE. WHALEBACK if' they were importance freight or floors as noiseless as rubber-tired, an item of where noise of trucking, baggage is objectionable. They will not grind under either light or heavy trucking, and will with- stand such traffic and wear as is inci- dent to handling baggage and freight, and the more wear they are subjected to, the more dense and durable they become; in fact, they are practically indestructible as far as wear is con- cerned. They are made up of varying de- gtees of hardness, depending upon conditions and traffic they are expect- ed to carry with sufficient elasticity to take care of vibration, expansion, and contraction as well as any tortion mo- tion, sudden shock, stress or strain they may be subjected to. These floors are not only wear- Proof and. water-proof, but acid and fire-proof, They are non-conductors of electrolysis as well as heat and Cold and are cooler in the summer and BNNs. | : ae. Pah 375 a small foundry, so that full advan- tage can be taken of the qualities of the destroyers without reference to the vicinity of a base for supplies and repairs. While the vessel is not in- tended to undertake offensive opera- tions on her own account she will be armed with eight 8-in. guns for her own defense. Obituary Thomas Walton, widely known among naval architects as the author of "Know Your Own Ship" and other standard works on naval architecture, died from heart failure last month. He was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and began his career as a naval archi- tect with Dobson & Sons, shipbuild- ers, Newcastle. In 1892 he was ap- _ pointed to an important position on the staff of Ramage & Ferguson, Leith. Later he took up lecturing on naval architecture at the Leith School -of Navigation, and was so successful STEAMER ATIKOKAN'S WHEEL CHAINS AND THE RESULTS THEREOF department at a cost of $1,310,000, will be the second of its kind in the navy department, the other being the Dixie, which was purchased at the time of the Spanish war and converted into a tender. The Melville is de- signed to serve as a general supply and repair ship for a flotilla. of 15 destroyers, and provision has been made for a flotilla commander so that the tender will ordinarily serve as the flagship of the flotilla. The ves- sel will have a capacity for a consid- erable quantity of stores and spare parts for the destroyers as well as pro- vision and other supplies for the crews of these smaller vessels, thus enabling the destroyers to be encum- bered as little as possible with weights not strictly required for offensive op- erations. In addition the tender will carry a large reserve supply of tor- pedoes and ammunition for the use of the destroytrs and will have a fully equipped repair shop, including 'years. that he was induced to embody his views in book form. Since 1899 Mr. Walton has been ship surveyor to the Board of Trade. He was 44 years old. Capt. John C. Dow, of the United States coast and geodetic survey, died at sea, Aug. 24, while en route from Honolulu to San Francisco. He had followed the sea for more than 40 In 1898 he enlisted in the United States navy and at the close of the Spanish war was transferred to the geodetic survey as a nautical ex- pert. Byron W. Parker, president and general manager of the White Star Line, Detroit, died in his home in that city on Sept. 18 as the result of a nervous breakdown which he suffered five months ago. Mr. Parker was sixty years old and had been identi- fied with lake trade since his early manhood. Charles H. Starke, president of the Milwaukee Bridge Co., and widely