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August, 1914 and to the safety her kind insure greatest amount of possible. The keel was laid in the middle of November, 1913, and the vessel was delivered to her owners during the first week in July, a period of less than eight months for building. After the served to the launching luncheon was launching party at the THE MARINE RFVIEW measurement. The rules, regulations and laws which govern this measure- ment vary from those for similar measurement on the Suez canal and in the United States and foreign coun- tries, and vessels require a remeasure- ment in ordér. to conform' to. the Panama rules. Z.. he collector of customs at New HATCHES, OF THE HAGARTY: Globe hotel, at which Thomas Long presided. He entered a vigorous pro- test against the admission free of duty of what he called "worn out hulks" from the United States; also against the admission free of British-built ships, adding that the government gave all sorts of favors to the railways but had nothing but hard knocks for the ship- builders, Among those at the launching were: 7H. G Hagarty: and family, Mes. Morton Jones, Mr. and Mrs. S. Casey Wood, W. H. Holland and son, George D.- Harman, Dr. Spragge, Thomas Britt, Robert Kerr, M. Hodder, C. G. Marlatt, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wright, Mrs. Robert McKay, Capt. S. Crangle and party, A. St. G. Boulton, Temple Blackwood, Capt W. J. Basset, Capt. James B. Foote, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Calderwood, Wilmot L. Matthews, Colo- nel D. R. Biscoe, Rev. J. S. Broughall. Tonnage Certificates for Panama Canal The following is a copy of circular No. 673 issued by the governor, Pan- ama canal, May 26, 1914: 1. Itisimportant that vessels which expect to use the Panama canal Should provide themselves with the Proper tonnage certificate, based upon the rules laid down for Panama canal OPEN, SHOWING STRONGBACKS York, the collectors in some of the other large cities of the United States and certain properly designated of- a9 and in order to avoid delay and meas- urement upon their arrival at the canal, it is strongly recommended that all vessels provide themselves with the proper certificate before their ar- rival in canal 'waters. 3. In case a vessel has failed to provide herself with the proper ton- nage certificate, it will be of great assistance and save time if she be provided with a full set of blue prints of her plans and a copy of the meas- urements which were made when she received her tonnage certificate, and also the tonnage certificate itself. 4. Vessels which have the proper certificate will probably suffer no de- lay in transit, but those which are not so provided will be delayed until the proper measurements can be made. 5. Foreign vessels may be measured not only in their home ports, but also in the port of New York and probably in other large American ports, with- out any additional charge, but those desiring such measurement should give sufficient notice in advance and appoint a date when they will be empty so as to facilitate the measur- ing. 6. Under any conditions the canal authorities reserve the right to check and correct any measurement or cer- tificate issued elsewhere. The new double-leaf bascule bridge - over the new United States ship: canal at Sault--Ste... Marie, = Mich... has a span of 336 feet and provides a nav- HATCHES OF ficials abroad have been authorized to measure vessels under the Panama rules and issue the required certificate, THE HAGARTY, SHOWING THE STRONGBACKS igation clearance of 279 feet. The bridge was designed by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago.