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November, 1914 Oil Tanker Gulfstream The Gulf Refining Co. New York, has just added a new oil tank steamer, the Gulfstream to its fleet for their coast- wise trade between Texas and Atlantic ports. The new steamer is a duplicate of the Gulfoil and was built by the New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J. to the highest. class of Lloyds register. She is built on the Isherwood longitudinal system of construction and is 406 feet 6 inches over all, 51 feet beam and 30 feet 2 inches deep. Her capacity is 2,285,000 gallons of oil in bulk, contained in twenty-two separate oil-tight compartments, in addition to which there is also a large cargo hold, and smaller compartments, fitted with all the necessary cargo booms, winches and handling gear in which barreled oil or general cargo can be transported. THE MARINE REVIEW auxiliaries, in addition to which there is installed a 2-ton ice machine connect- ed with ample cold storage capacity, pro- viding an abundant supply of fresh stores at all times. The engine room is also fitted with an up-to-date machine shop with a complete outfit of tools necessary for making ordinary repairs. There are seven cargo pumps, each cap- able of discharging .cargo at the same time through independent lines. The steering engine is fitted directly on the rudder stock and operated from the bridge and from aft by telemotor gear. There is also an independent hand gear which can be used in times of emer- gency. A powerful automatic towing machine has been placed on the stern of the ship. The officers' and. wireless op- erator's quarters are located in a house amidships, raised above the deck. . The LAUNCH OF OIL TANKER GULFSTREAM She has two decks with raised poop and quarter deck, while the expansion trunk is carried above the upper deck. The propelling machinery of the Gulf- stream is located aft and consists of "triple-expansion engines having cylinders 27, 45 and 75 inches by 48 inches stroke, developing 2,700 maximum indicated horsepower. She is designed for an av- erage service speed of 11% knots. Steam is supplied by three single-ended Scotch boilers, 14 feet 8 inches diam- eter and 11 feet long, at a pressure of 190 pounds. She can burn either coal or oil, her oil burners being of the me- chanical atomizing type. The bunkers for the fuel oil have a capacity of 176,- 000 gallons and are placed at both ends of the vessel, so that cargo or fuel may be carried. The vessel -is fitted with the usual dining saloon is located in the after section and is connected with the house amidships by a fore and aft bridge. The engineers, petty officers, seamen and wipers are berthed under the raised quarter deck in the after section, which also accommodates the saloon, mess rooms, galley, stewards' storerooms, etc. The electric generating plant consists of two 10-kilowatt General Electric marine direct connected sets for 110 volts, driven by vertical engines located on the main deck in the engine space. The plan to widen the Menominee river above the West Water street bridge at Milwaukee will now be pushed to completion as the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul railroad has dedi- cated the necessary land for that pur- pose. ~ Osborn, - Ore. oo 431 Miscellany Under the terms of the Panama Canal Act, the railroads were forbidden to own or operate any water line after July 1, 1914. There were so many in- dividual problems involved in this en- actment, however, that the Interstate Commerce Commission found it im- possible to give a ruling on the numer- ous applications and therefore issued a general order permitting the railroads to continue 'their present ownership and operation until ordered otherwise. The commission began the consideration of lines affected on the great lakes during the early part of October and expect to reach a decision some time before the close of the year. J. G. White of New York, has es- . tablished three scholarships in the Span- ish language at the Pennsylvania State College, in line with the general move- ment throughout the country to seize opportunities offered for the expansion of United States trade in South Amer- ica through the opening of the Panama canal and the war in Europe. He of- fered the prizes "as a stimulus to the students to fit themselves for handling Latin-American trade.' Mr. White's offer was accepted by the board of trustees. The new tug J. Hooper Hammersley, 'building for the Seamen's Church Insti-: tute, New York, at the yard of Wm. R. Croton-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., willbe launched shortly. The new tug is 77 feet x 16 feet x 8 feet., and will accommodate 100 seamen with their dunnage at one time. She will be fitted with a fore and aft compound 75 horse- power engine, built by Skinner & Arnold, Albany, N. Y., and a water-tube boiler. The Hammersley was designed by Clinton H. Crane of New York, The Great Northern Pacific Steam- ship Co., with a capitalization of $5,- (00,000, has been incorporated at Salem, This company will operate steam- ers on the Columbia river and Pacific ocean, according to its articles of in- corporation. Two big passenger steamers now building to ply between Astoria and San Francisco are nearing comple- tion. The new steamship company is a subsidiary of the Hill railroad lines. The British steamer LaHesbaye was recently converted from a coal to an oil burning vessel by having installed the latest White mechanical fuel oil burning system for natural draft by the» Washington Engine Works, New York. -The vessel has been renamed Panuco and was changed to American register. The steamer Alpena of the Wyandotte Transportation Co.'s fleet was loaded with 5,200 tons of stone at Alpena in 40 minutes on Sept. 21.