Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), November 1914, p. 442

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442 PROPERTY OWNED AND CONTROLLED Cleveland, O. Construction yard Boiler shop Machine shop Three dry docks Foundries : Lorain, O: Construction yards Boiler rg Two dry docks Machine shop Detroit, Mich. Brass works Machine shop Two dry docks Boiler shop Foundry Wyandotte, Mich. © Construction yard Machine shop Superior, Wis. : Construction yard Two dry docks . Machine shop: Self-propelled repair outfit with electric welder Chicago, Tl: North Plant :-- Construction yard South Plant :-- Construction yard _ Machine shop Three dry docks One dry. dock Milwaukee, Wis. Machine shop Two dry docks One floating dock Buffalo, N. Y. ; Construction yard Three dry docks Machine shop Port Arthur, Ontario, Can. Construction yard One dry dock Machine shop Boiler shop Foundry Condition of the Property "The condition of the property at the various plants has» been maintained; and necessary, but rather large expendi- tures have been made to change and en- large the dry docks, which enlargement has been requisite owing to the increased size of the vessels constructed on the Great Lakes. VESSELS BUILT Carrying Vessels capacity Plant. built. net tons. MSQEAAIY eee ee AS ee Sd. 8 53,700 Cleveland. oct ee es 1 9,500 Port -Areitt oo. a ses se 6 16,800 Detrott 00.3%: era Sas 1 3,100 PROTA ce OF Se wad cee 16 83,100 (Carrying capacity is based on 19 feet : draught. ) Summary and Prospects "Owing to the improved rules and regulations adopted by the vessel owners themselves, and the carrying by them of 25 per cent of the insurance, a much more careful operation of the vessels as to loading and navigation has resulted, and in consequence the repair work of the company has been considerably cur- tailed. "As to the outlook, every effort is being made to exercise the most rigid economy, as, unless conditions improve, - the prospects for business for the com- ing year are not encouraging. "At the close of the present fiscal year an audit of the company was made by The Audit Co. of New York, and the attached condensed balance sheet and certificate shows the affairs of the com- pany as determined by the Audit Co." EDWARD SMITH, President. THE MARINE REVIEW Naval Architect and Marine Engineers The twenty-second annual meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers will be held in Assembly room No. 1, Engineering Societies build- ing, New York*on Dec. 10 and 11 fol- lowed with a banquet on the evening of the 1lth in the Astor gallery of the Waldorf-Astoria. Following is the pre- liminary list of papers which has been promised but is not to be regarded as final : "International Conference on Safety at Sea," by Hon. E. T. Chamberlain. "Some Experiments with Models Hav- ing Radical Variations of After Sec- tions," by Naval Constructor D. W. Tayior,.U. S. N. ae "Expansion and Contraction of Certain Dimensions and their Effect upon Re- sistance," by Prof. H. C. Sadler. Subject not yet decided upon, by Naval Constructor J. G. Tawresey, U. S.N; "Stability of Vessels as Affected by Damage Due to Collision,' by William Gatewood. "The Application of Electric Propul- sion to Battleships, together with the Experience Gained in the Jupiter," by Lieutenant S. M. Robinson, U. S. N. "The Automatic Tension Engine, A New Marine Implement," by Spencer Miller. 3 "Subdivision Rules as Adopted by In- ternational Conference on Safety at Sea," by James Donald. "The Present Status of Marine Diese Engine Installation Engine Installations," by W. R. Haynie. "The Thermodynamics of the Marine Oil Engine," by John F. Wentworth. "The Behavior of Riveted Joints under Stresses," by James E. Howard. "Recent Developments in Submarine Signalling," by J. B. Millet. "Fire Protection. of Ships," by. W.. C. : Teague. Byerlyte Ship Flooring One of the most remarkable compo- sitions for ship flooring is manufactured by Byerley & Sons, 2484 West Fourth street, Cleveland. It is fast finding its way aboard all sorts of floating craft owing to its ability to withstand vibration without cracking. This peculiar characteristic is due to its resilient and expansive qualities. It seems to have about enough give to it to meet the varying conditions en- countered aboard ship, such as changes in temperature and the strains to be met with in heavy weather. The United States government has just covered a portion of the bridge of the battleship Michigan with it and has specified it for a dipper dredge which it is now building. On the great lakes it is giving eminent satisfaction, the floor- Byerlyte,. November, 1914 ing having been laid on the following steamers: The Grand Rapids and Puritan, of the Graham & Morton Transportation Co.'s fleet; the Richard- son, McCullough, Underwood, Chemung and Owego, of the Erie Railroad Lake Line fleet; the Tashmoo, of the White Star Line; the Victory, Mather, Jupiter, Stone, Neptune, Cygnus, Hydrus, Sirius, Cephus, Hemlock, Calumet, Pathfinder, of the Interlake Steamship Co.'s fleet, and the steamer Truesdale, of Brown & Co.'s fleet, Buffalo. It has also been installed on the United States govern- ment steamer Hannibal, the Lightships 96 and 98, and the Kate Adams, of the Memphis & Arkansas City Packet Co.'s fleet. It is announced that the fleet of the Mexican Petroleum Co., consisting of six large steamships and several small- er ships, all of recent construction, will be transferred from British to American register. The tank steam- ers owned by the Petroleum Carriers, Ltd., a subsidiary company, are as follows: C. A. Canfield, 6,350 regis- tered tons; Chas. A. Harwood 3,178 tons; Edward L. Doheny, 6,170 tons; © Herbert G. Wylie, 4,293 tons; J. Os- wald Boyd, 1,606 tons, and the Nor- man Bridge, 4,289 tons. The wrecked steamer H. M. Hanna Jr., which went on the rocks at Point Aux Barques, Lake Huron, during the great November storm last year and which was subsequently bought by the Reid Wrecking Co., of Port Hu- ron, is now'in dry dock at the yard of the Collingwood Ship Building Co., Collingwood, Ont. The steamer has been sold by the Reid company to Canadian parties and after repairs on her are completed she will be trans- ferred to Canadian register. It is also announced that she will be renamed Sir Wilfred Laurier. Bids will be opened about Oct. 30, by e©ol, Jervey; U. S.°- government engineer in charge of the Cincinnati district, for the construction of two steel deck barges for use on the Ken- tucky river. Plans and specifications for these barges have been approved. The New York Ship Building Co. has taken contract for a tank steamer for the Gulf Oil Co., involving about 3,000 tons of steel. The Canadian Shipbuilding & Dry Doce Co., Ltd, Owen Sound, Ont, has been incorporated with a capital of $2,000,000. The company will en- gage in a general shipbuilding and navigation business consisting of the construction and operation of vessels and dry docks. 2 2 '

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