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August, 1918 for the coast about a month ee the date of launching. ek ® andard Oil tanker WutiIAM ay lett Lorain, June 20, on her maiden voyage to the upper lakes. She is in command of Capt. C. D. Brown. The vessel was built at Lorain at a cost of $1,000,000. The Superior yard of the American = 2 D and. U B = CE conditions in Bering sea are un- usually severe for so late in the season. The first vessels have just arrived at Nome, one of them having been icebound two weeks and the other 10 days. Reports from Bristol bay in- dicate that the fleet of icebound cannery ships has at last been released. One was lost, and several seriously damaged. * * ok Seattle is the logical gateway for the dispatch of troops and supplies to -- Siberia and Russia and it is expected that if the government decides to inter- vene in the former dominions of the czar, Seattle will become the port of embarkation. Thousands of tons of locomotives, cars and other railroad supplies are still in storage there await- ing shipment to Siberia. This material was booked for Vladivostok but ship- ment was cancelled until conditions in Russia become normal. With the large number of steel ships being completed on this coast, the government could promptly assemble a large fleet of trans- ports, colliers and cargo carriers. ok * * Due to the perils of the Suez route, Passenger travel across the Pacific has been exceptionally heavy for months and all accommodations are at -a Premium, being taken usually for a month in advance. It is understood that some of the Canadian Pacific liners have withdrawn, which adds to the scarcity of berths. Reports from the Orient state that Japanese ports are badly congested with freight, due to the scarcity of vessels. A recent estimate showed an accumulation of 460,000 tons of cargo for export at Japanese ports. * 2k * Longshoremen in British Columbia ave signed a six months' working agreement with their employers, which Involves a considerable increase in wages and places them on a par with Puget sound. The general scale provides for Cents per hour straight time and ") Overtime for working on deep-sea ships On specific cargoes, the scale 's: Lumber, 85¢ and $1.221%4; coal, 85c and $1,221, : trimming bulk grain, 90c and $1.25. For dock trucking, 65c and l is to be paid. For foreign coast- Wise steamships the rate is 75c and $1 and for coastwise vessels 65c and 90c. K ok ok te of unknown origin destroyed the a Steamship RAvaLui, of the Pa- we Steamship Co., while the vessel a a Toute from Seattle to southeast- ac laskan ports, June 14. The cargo "sisting of coal and cannery supplies THE MARINE REVIEW Shipbuilding Co. launched steamer No. 534 on June 22. The new boat will be completed and ready for business about 30 days after launching. This steamer also is building for the Emer- gency Fleet corporation. xk * *K The steamers E, N. Brerrunc and C. G. BreirunG were purchased by the Morrow Steamship Co., of Buffalo, from the Juliet Graveraet Steamship Co., on EE tUHDvDBvT Tritt TiC ERA was a total loss. The RavaLtr was beached at Lowe Inlet, B. C., where she burned to the water's edge, entailing a loss of approximately $450,000. The vessel carried about 80 passengers but none was lost or injured. Eo %* * The steel steamships CHippewa and Iroguots, products of Great Lakes yards and brought to Puget sound about 10 years ago, are again to enter active service. They have been chartered for use as training ships by the sea training service of the United States shipping board. These vessels are owned by the Puget Sound Navigation Co. and have been used on various Puget sound routes and as excursoin ships. They are now being altered and provided with accommodations for a large number of ' apprentices, who will make short sea trips in them. The CuHippewa and JIro- QUOIS are regarded as ideal vessels for this work. They will operate out of West Seattle where a large training station for apprentices is being erected. ok * +k With eight chartered wooden auxil- iary ships, which will later be replaced by steel freighters, the American Lib- erty Steamship line is planning to be- gin a regular freight service between Puget sound, Manila and the East Indies. There is an insistent demand for space between north Pacific ports and Straits settlements and the new line expects to build up a regular trade. eee What is regarded as a novel. feat was recently completed upon the ar- rival of the 3500-ton drydock OrEcon at Seattle, after being towed from Port- "and, Oreg,, a distance of 370- miles, The big dock was formerly operated at Portland by the Oregon Drydock Co., but it was purchased by J. T. Hef- fernan, Seattle, who is establishing a repair and drydock plant at West Seat- tle. The dock was towed by the tugs RicHarp Hotyoxe and Tyrer. The dis- tance from Portland to the sea is 110 'miles, from Astoria to Cape Flattery 135 miles and from Cape Flattery to Seattle 125 miles. Excellent weather prevailed while the dock was on_ the open Pacific. Four days were required to tow from Astoria to Seattle. * Ae Increase of her foreign trade has induced Seattle to duplicate two. of the large public terminals, provided the voters grant the necessary funds. The estimated cost of these improve- ments is $2,441,000. The tentative plans contemplate the erection of a duplicate 363. June 20. The price was not given out. The ore freight contracts for the boats, which run for a number of years, will be carried out by the new owners. The E. N. Breirune, formerly the J. W. Moorz, was built at Toledo in 1890. She is 246 feet keel, 41 feet beam and 242 feet deep. The steamer C. G. BREITUNG was built in Cleveland in 1895 and was formerly the Yate. She is 371 feet keel, 45 feet beam and 27 feet deep, a i cc Loast es of the Smith cove terminal, the largest on the Pacific coast, as well as a dupli- cate of the Hanford street wharf, one of the most successful of the public terminals. : ee Me The old wooden steamship ROSALIE, famous during the Klondike rush as one of the large fleet operating out of Seattle, has been destroyed by fire. While the hull is beyond repair, the engines and machinery can be salved. Kk The wooden steamship Joun Kirr- NAN, built by the Kiernan & Kern Shipbuilding Co., _ Portland, Oreg., has been sold to French _ interests but will remain under the American flag. This vessel is listed as a carrier of 2750 tons. Her engines were built at Toledo, O. x Ce The largest sawmill on the north Pacific. is to be erected on the Olympic peninsula, below Port Angeles, Wash. It will have a daily capacity of 1,250,000 - feet. Extreme speed will be shown in its construction in order to complete within a year a contract for furnishing the government 300,000,000 feet of air- plane spruce. The contract has been signed by Siems-Carey-H. S. Kerbaugh, a new corporation, the members of which have heretofore figured in large railroad contracts. Forty miles of road will be built from the terminus of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road in order to reach the vast stands of spruce in which the new mill will be located. x Ok Four historic wooden tugs, the Ricu- ARD HoLyoKke, Prosper, TYEE and Wan- DERER, have been purchased by the Skin- ner & Eddy Corp. from the Puget Sound Tug Boat Co. Capt. C. T. Bailey, better known as "Buck", a veteran Pu- get sound pilot and tug boat master, has been appointed superintendent. The growth of the Skinner & Eddy Corp. has been so rapid that the need of a fleet of tugs has been apparent for some time. The tugs will be used in assisting at launchings, in towing mate- rial to the shipbuilding yard and also at the plant of the Port Blakely Mill Co. The Puget Sound Tug Boat Co. retains the Pioneer and Wyappa. It also owns the steel tug Gorran, at pres- ent commandeered by the government. ie & Incorporation of the Todd Drydocks, Inc., with a capitalization of $1,000,000 has just been completed. This company is the successor to the Seattle Con-