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204 Death of Alfred Noble Alfred Noble, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Tunnel & Terminal rail- road and a former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, died April 19 at St. Luke's hospital, in' New York City. Mr. Noble was born in Michigan, Aug. 7, 1844, the som of -*Charles and Lovina 'No- bles: He 'served three years inthe Army of the Po- tomac.';. He was -graduated from the University of Michigan in 1870 as a civil engin- eer, and for the next 12 years was in charge of im- provements in ie. 3t,. Mary's Falls canal and St. Mary's river. From. 18.83: to 1886 he was gen- eral assistant en- gineer,.oi the Northern Pacific railway, and for some years after Poet was in charge of the construction of railroad bridges in various parts of the country. Mr. Noble was a member of the Nica- raugua canal board in 1895, of the United States board of engineers on deep waterways in 1899 and 1900, of the Isthmian Canal Commission from 1899 to 1903, of the Board of Consult- ing Engineers of the Panama canal in 1905, and was chief engineer of the East River division of the Pennsyl- vania, New York & Long Island rail- road and successor from 1902 to 1907. This company and the Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York railroad, in 1907, became the Pennsylvania Tunnel & Terminal railroad, organized to build the electric division of the Penn- sylvania railroad including the tunnels under the Hudson river. For his work at this time Mr. Noble received the John TV ritz medal. (In. May, 1912, he received the Eliott Cresson medal from Franklin Institute at Philadel- phia. He was president of the Amer- ican Society of Civil Engineers in 1903, and of the Western Society of Engineers in 1897, The steamship Advance, of the Panama Railroad Steamship Line, one THE MARINE REVIEW of the finest little sea-boats in Atlan- tic service, now laid up at New York for repairs to its hull, is to be con- verted into a freight vessel for carry- ing explosives. A completely - insu- lated magazine of 300 tons capacity will be installed, at a cost of about ALFRED NOBLE $10,500. The vessel will not carry passengers and will be operated oth- erwise in accordance with 'tthe regu- lations of the Department of Com- merce and Labor with regard to the transportation of explosives. It will be operated on an independent "wild cat" schedule, making such calls as are required by its new service. In addition to its cargoes of explosives, it will carry as ballast on both out- ward and homeward voyages. such freight as will: stand the delays inci- dent to its principal service. The Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry Dock Co, launched the tug Alice Stafford for the Chicago terminal ser- vice of the Erie railroad, last month. The tug, which was built from de- signs by Babcock & Penton, New Some and Cleveland. is 120 ft: in length, 28 ft. beam and 14 ft. 9 in. deep, and is practically a duplicate of Hee Albert). Stone, which was. de- scribed in the April issue. The tug Timothy J. O'Byrne was also launched the same day for the Chicago Park Commission. May, 1914 Steam Yacht Galatea A new steam yacht built for E. L. Ford, of Detroit, was launched at Wilmington, Del., April 4, and named the Galatea. Designed by William Gardner & Co., of New York, she is schooner rigged and of the following dimensions: Length over all, 192 Tt length, water line, 157 ft.; beam, 24 ft., and draught, 10 ft..6 in. The hulj is heavily constructed of high tensile steel, with six watertight bulkheads, dividing her into five compartments, The two midship ones contain the machinery and coal. The after one is given up entirely for owner's and guests' quarters and the two forward ones for crew space. The propelling power consists of a triple-expansion engine and two water-tube boilers, de- signed for 12 knots, normal speed, and 14 knots under forced draft. The coal bunkers are of sufficient capacity to give the yacht a cruising radius of 2,500 nautical miles without recoaling. A refrigerating plant for cold storage is fitted. Cape Cod Canal The $12,000,000 canal being built at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will be op- ened for the passage of light-draught vessels in July, according to report. The people of the cape are already making plans for a marine and land pageant to celebrate the opening. The question of whether a bridge or ferry should be selected at Bournedale is now about the only feature over which there is any dispute. The canal com- pany, it is reported, is desirous of installing a ferry, whereas citizens of the cape towns want a bridge. The matter is being arbitrated before the state public service and harbor and land commissions. Contract has been awarded to Van- couver Island lumber firms to deliver to the order of the Dominion govern- ment at Toronto 24,000,000 ft. of tim- ber to be used in the construction of the new harbor works at that city. De- livery must be completed within four years. A contract of this size is con- sidered large in the lumber business, and the fact that it is the first contract to be placed as a direct result of the opening of the Panama canal in the current year is taken as an earnest of the vastly increased trade for Van- couver Island to follow from that event. James C. H. Ferguson has been ap- pointed: Pacific coast representative of Cramps, Philadelphia. He ae formerly with the Midvale Steel Co. Se ep Gaeta ie iia A a 7 Aa Sy Sri kg Gy as Mae