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August, 1914 pointed wreck commissioner of the port of Montreal, having resigned his position as harbormaster of that port. Capt. T. Bourassa, deputy harbor mas- ter, will be promoted to the position ot harbor master, to succeed Capt. Demers, and Lieut. James F. Symons, who for the past year and. a- half has acted as assistant harbor master at Montreal, will succeed Capt. Bou- rassa as deputy harbor master. T. E. Dalrymple, vice president. of the Grand Trunk railway, and George Smithers of Burnett & Co., brokers, have been appointed directors of the Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd. The new steamer Messanabi, build- ing for the Canadian Pacific Atlantic service, was launched at Glasgow on June 20 at the yard of Barclay, Curle & Co. Her sistership, the Metagama, will be launched in the near future. These vessels are twin-screw steam- ers of 13,000 gross tons capacity and have cruiser sterns. The Collingwood Ship Building Co., Collingwood, Ont., has received con- tract from the Dominion government for the construction of a steam hop- per barge to cost about $160,000. The boat will be 165 feet long, 35-foot beam and 14 feet deep. She will be constructed of steel throughout and will be propelled by powerful engines of 800 horsepower. Combination of British Lands An important arrangement has just been concluded whereby an exchange of Shares is affected and a community of interests ensured between two powerful shipbuilding and repairing companies of world-wide reputation. The firms in question are Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd, of Wallsend & Wal- ker-on-Tyne and H. & C. Grayson, Ltd., of Liverpool .and Birkenhead. The Tyneside works of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., cover' sev- enty-eight acres and include shipyards at Wallsend and Walker, the Neptune Engine & Boiler Works at Walker, and the Drydocks Department at Wall- send, comprising two graving docks and two floating docks. Last year, as is well known, they effected an exchange "of shares with Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., shipbuild- ets and engineers of Whiteinch, Glas- 80w, whose works include the Clyde- holm Shipyard at Whiteinch, the Stob- Cross Engine & Boiler Works, Glasgow, the Clydeside Repairing Works at Govan, and the Elderslie Shipyard and Graving Dock at Scotstoun West. Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., also have a large interest in the well-known Wallsend Slipway & En- THE MARINE REVIEW gineering Co., Ltd., of Wallsend, and in Harris Bros., Ltd., owners of the two Cambrian Drydocks at Swansea. H. & C. Grayson, Ltd., are one of the oldest firms of the kind in Great Britain, their business dating as far back as 1765. They are owners of graving docks, slipways and_ repairing works at Liverpool, Garston and Birk- enhead. All these works are thor- oughly modern as_ regards _ buildings, plant and machinery, and they are capable of dealing with all classes of repair work of the heaviest description. H. M.- Grayson, the principal of the company .-is also a director of Clover; Clayton '& Go.,. Ltd; 2of Ro & H. Green and: Silley, Weir, Lid, Lon- don and of Jos. T. Eltringham & Co., Ltd., Willington-Quay-on-Tyne. The management of the three enter- prises at Wallsend, Liverpool and Whiteinch remains the same as before. It will be satisfactory to the customers of the various companies' to know that when either shipbuilding or repair work has to be placed on the west or east coast of the United Kingdom, an ad- vantageous continuity of supervision is at their command. Furthermore, they have the knowledge that the very wide experience of the firms in question, the services of their highly trained staffs and the best of modern machinery and plant will ensure all work entrusted to them being carried out in the most efficient and economical: manner possi- ble. Ship Building During May The Bureau of Navigation, Depart- ment of Commerce, reports 127 sailing, steam, and unrigged vessels of 20,052 gross. tons built in the United States 301 of the American Ship Building Co., will be launched during the present month, Ferryboat "Mayor Gaynor" The screw-propelled ferryboat, Mayor Gaynor, for the Department of Docks and Ferries of the City of New York, has. just been completed at the yards of the builders, the New York Shipbuilding Co., of Camden, Deeds The principal dimensions vessel are as follows: Length over all, 231 ft.; moulded beam of hull, 45 ft.; beam over guards, 64 ft.; depth, moulded, to main deck, 18 ft. 6 in. The ferryboat is of the double- decked type, with steel hull and cas- ings and' wood cabins. The hull is divided by five transverse steel water- tight bulkheads in such manner that the vessel will remain afloat with any one compartment flooded. The cabins on the main deck, for of the men and for women, respectively, are ornamented by panels. The seats are . arranged longitudinally either side of each cabin, with life preserver stow- age above, as is the usual practice. Oak stairways lead from main deck to the saloon deck cabin. This upper cabin is finished inside to top of win- dow rail in tongued-and-grooved oak, with paneling above. Here both long- itudinal and transverse seating is in- stalled to provide for maximum ac- commodation. Around the _ saloon deck house there is a _ considerable walking space ,and seats are built along the cabin sides. Toilets for the passengers are provided. The vessel is fitted with four metallic life boats about 20 ft. long, with one life Atlantic Porto -- and Gulf. Rico. Pacific. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. Moor -- ; : ee dds A097, i eS 949 Unrigged* . 11 2,124 a oa 6 242 otal... 59 3,229 31.0 4,191 METAL :-- Sailing. 2 184 as trees Steam' 75-400 1,851 eats 3 ee ee Unrigged .. 2° 2,065 .. cece gs otal {se sce 10 4,100 soos TOTALS :-- ili SELES 192 Hee eae ae eae 53 2,948 25 cee! Unrigged .. 13 4,189 aes Zp 24 Grand total 69 7,329 31 The largest steel steamers included in these Where built. Great Western e Hawaii. 'Lakes. Rivers. Total. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. ee ee | 8 ee 10 620 8 67 90 03733 es Ee 1 50 ' 18 2,416 ee ee a ee Be eres - reas 2 184 oS Ce 3 9,062 3 287 12. 4,200. ote sad 2 1,446 ao 4 3;517 a ee eae) ee ye se eae : GS 3 192 Ss woe 13 9,682 11 354 102 13,933 a ae 3 1,496 ies 22 5,927 Le ol 46> 11,478 11) a54 ae eos figures are: Name of owner. Name of vessel. Gross. Terug. Ollie Virei S. S.C me OUI. 045 ginia -S, -S. Co, 2 William D._ Crawiord----+--- 962 Ecorse, Mich. Chitsgs, Dain & Geagen South American Bay Transit Co. and officially numbered during May, 1914, as above. The steamer Kelley Island, build- ing for the Kelley Island Lime & Transportation Co. at the Lorain yard raft and one life float, in addition to about 1,200 life preservers. The ship is driven by one four- cylinder triple-expansion engine, 21% m. 33 in, 39m; 39. a By. See stroke, which is supplied with steam