February, 1918 THE MARINE REVIEW Sooner or later you will come to it — if you are going to help the Shipping Board beat their estimates for 1918 tonnage launched. Then you will really know how fast you can build ships. According to one authority this is the way to hasten construction, not only because it results in more effort being put forth in each calendar day, but because it is the best way to dilute skilled labor with unskilled. At the wood shipyard of the United States . Steamship Company the night shift has proved its case. : “Contrary to expectations,” says the New York Tri- bune, “it is found that certain kinds of work go forward faster by night than by day. With the particular field of operations of each gang bathed in artificial light and with darkness shrouding the yard as a whole, the men seem to concentrate more steadily and efficiently than in the daytime.” There’s a real need for Floodlighting. It is the one kind of lighting that will put speed and efficiency into night work. It is the one kind of lighting that every shipyard, drydock and loading pier in the country needs for protection. G-E Floodlight Projectors—built for hard service— quickly installed—~five distinct types--all necessary sizes. Get the aid of G-E Floodlighting Specialists send for literature—urge immediate adoption. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Sales Offices in Principal Cities SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK 7525 67 G-E FLGDDLIGHT PROJECTORS _ Please mention THE Marine Review when writing to Advertisers