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February, 1918 long and 40 feet beam. She carried a crew of 35 men, recruited mainly from New England. 2k K 1 Capt. Hubert G. Haybarger, master of the steamer F. L. Rossins, will take charge of the free government naviga- © tion school which has been opened at the Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland. Captain Haybarger will re- MMIGRATION Commissioner H. J. Skeffington has been assured by Secretary Wilson, ment of labor, that steps are to be taken to provide a new immigration station for the port of Boston to replace the unsatisfactory quarters on Long wharf. Twelve years ago an agitation for a new station was started: and a site in East Boston was purchased, but the sum appropriated for the structure fell - far short of requirements. * * 2K Boston harbor was so icebound early in January that old-timers among ship- ping men could recall no parallel. None but high-powered steamers were able to force a passage through the barrier which extended as far as the eye could discern. The sheet of crystal was rib- boned with leads which. closed under force of wind and tide. Ferries were so hampered that railroads were not maintaining schedules. Cargoes of coal could not be placed alongside piers be- cause of the ice blockade and_ tugs with loaded barges were stalled for con- siderable periods at the western en- trance of the Cape Cod canal and in Vineyard and Nantucket sounds. ho OR tke Two more large steamers of the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., the Gov- ERNOR DINGLEY and the CALvIN AUSTIN, have been taken over by the govern- ment for use in training seamen for the new merchant marine. The ships have been berthed at East Boston and will accommodate classes of 500 each. On Jan. 1 recruits were being sent to the Austin, where they are to be drilled in classes of 10 by practical instructors. Henry Howard, director of recruiting, with headquarters at Boston, expects to have at least 50,000 men grounded in rudiments of "sailoring" within the next 12 months, as more training schools are to be opened as quickly as suitable vessels are available. It is Mr. How- ard's purpose to send the training ships: on cruises to give the students practical instruction. ee Word confirming loss of the Boston 3-masted schooner Corin C. Baker one of the best known coasters of New: England, has been received. The vessel, com- manded by Captain Chaves, foundered while bound 'from an Atlantic port to Cape de Verde islands. poe Oe All hope has been abandoned for the safety of Capt. Richard Lee, his wife and crew of 18 of the Boston sailing ship Trmanpra, which left an Atlantic port for Buenos Aires with a_ cargo of coal March 6 of last year. In marine circles it is hinted that the big iron of the depart- main in charge of the school during the closed season of navigation. ES * * The steamer Ocontz is being rebuilt by Charles Roe & Co., Harbor Springs, Mich. The vessel has been laying at the dock for some time, having been dismantled last spring. She. will be operated as a ferry after being rebuilt. eo Ok The steamer War Ferret, built for craft was destroyed by time bombs. Captain Lee's home was in Yarmouth, NS; ek A fleet of ships and barks is reach- ing Boston from the Far East and Africa with cargoes sorely needed by importers. Wool receipts are not far below normal because of the assistance rendered by sail craft in 'absence of steam tonnage. * * * Three steam trawlers for the Bay - State Fishing Co., Boston, while bound from the lakes to the coast have been frozen in. These vessels wére expected to materially relieve the shortage of sea food which is becoming acute at the principal market centers. xk * * The Cunard line recently gave all of its employes at Boston a bonus of 10 per cent of their wages, this being 'the second bonus of the same amount for 1917. Ne Fire badly damaged the gas producer tug B. G. Purpy, only vessel of the type in Boston waters. * 2K * The British schooner St. BERNARD, familiar in shipping circles along the New England coast, was destroyed in the recent explosion. at Halifax, N. S. All hands on board were killed. eo ok ok Among 'recent sales by the Boston Ship Brokerage Co. is that of the 40-year-old, 3-mast schooner F. H. OpiorNE to New. Orleans interests for $20,000. The vessel is of 307 net tons register and will be placed in the gulf trade. ee The gulf foreign freight committee, with more than 150 representatives from all parts: of the south in attendance, met in New Orleans, Jan. 8. E. V. Boyd, head of the organization, presided. The use of inland waterways and _ship- ping on them as a means of relieving freight congestion on railroads handling trafic into and out of gulf ports was discussed. ; se Men at sea to whom questionnaires have been mailed by local exemption boards in the ports of the south have been granted additional time in which to file their answers. This affects nearly 1000 men in. New Orleans and probably 2500 more in other gulf ports. ee "The Public Belt railroad, which girdles the city of New Orleans and connects itic and Gulf Coasts -- (tii tii ti tittttitKtiiittt»p™GiiomwiooiiittiVvwltrIr. iC every wharf and _ waterfront THE MARINE REVIEW | | 93 salt water service, was launched Dec. 29 at the Detroit yard of the American Shipbuilding Co. The War Ferrer is Welland canal size and will leave for the coast at the opening of navigation in the spring. eee The whaleback steamer Henry Cort, owned by the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., which was sunk in a collision with the steamer MipvaLe, near Bar Point, Lake Erie, will probably be raised this spring. eee Ut i inrcrcjc/:itttt ti tt:itttttttstx ttn ttittNit:itktxKNi: yA I warehouse with the railroads entering the port, has decided to expend $115,000 immediately in extending its tracks and _ bettering its service by connecting the wharves with a number of inland ware- - houses. Sam. W. Weis has been re-elected head of the traffic and transportation bureau of the New Orleans association of commerce. * * * A training station for the United States shipping board, with a training ship on Lake Ponchartrain, is to be established at an early date, according to Ernest Lee Jahncke, who is in charge of the work of the gulf division of the shipping board. The date of opening of the training station, according to Mr. Jahncke, depends on the readiness with which the men of the gulf coast respond to the call for men for the merchant marine. ee The United States Steel Corp. has placed orders for 50,000,000 feet of lum- ber for the construction of houses for workmen at its new shipyard at Mo- bile, Ala. KR OOR Cost of bunker coal at shipside in New Orleans harbor has been reduced nearly $1 a ton by the action of John G. O'Kelley, state fuel administrator, in compelling dealers to make complete reports of cost of coal, handling ex- penses and selling price. ** * * M. J. Sanders, of the Leyland line, W. P. Ross and W. F. Cunningham, all ' of New Orleans, held a conference rfe-, cently with the federal shipping board relative to developing a line of about 20 barges on the lower Mississippi river, with government aid, tohelp relieve rail- road congestion. The idea of the barge line had its inception at a meeting of busi- ness men of Memphis, St. Louis and New Orleans, in St. Louis, Dec. 17 and 18, to consider the revival of river traf- fic by means of barges and tugs, the main object being to bring coal from the north and send back sugar, rice ~ and coffee. x so * The International Shipbuilding Co., incorporated by Henry _ Piaggio, called the father of wooden ship- building on the gulf coast, has begun to -- enlarge its already large yard at Pasca- goula, Miss. The company recently bought a strip running 1800 feet along the East Pascagoula river, by 1100 feet deep, giving it control of 3400 feet on the river, with an average depth of 1200 feet, or approximately 120 acres. The company began clearing the new