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June, 1919 Cajoot, a Los Angeles-built vessel, is now on berth for Kobe, Shanghai, Hongkong and Manila and will get away 'on her initial voyage during May. cording to the plans of L. D. 'Sale, president of the company, the firm ex- pects soon to be operating a line of steamers to all ports of call in the Orient and will also enter the Austral- asian and West Coast territories, giving SUNN NA O HE Boston tug CHARLES W. PARKER - Jr, employed in towine -- coal barges between Chesapeake bay points and Boston, is believed to have foundered off the New Jersey coast with a loss of 17 men.. The PARKER was cominanded by Capt. J. CG. Catharmn, Somerville, Mass., and was owned by the New England Fuel & Transportation Co. The barges MaryLanp and Battt- MORE, in tow, were picked up by rescue craft. xe ee The 4-mast schooner Lewis' H. Gowarp, of Boston, has been _ sold through Crowell & Thurlow to the French-American line and will be placed in overseas trade. ok * * Capt. 'C:., Re Kelley, for 12. years 4 port warden at Boston, has taken com- mand of the 6-mast schooner WYOMING which will load at New Orleans for a port in Europe. Khe The all-water service .between Boston and New York has been resumed by the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., with the BeLtFast, Captain Robinson, and _ the Nortu Lanp, Captain Ingalls. The Bet- FAST, however, collided with the Saga- more bridge in the Cape Cod canal and will have to be repaired before resum- ing service, eee Fire on the Leyland line steamship ScytH1an damaged a cargo of flour to the extent of $30,000 and the departure of the ship from Boston for Liverpool was delayed five days. kk *€ The barge Ocroraro, owned by the Reading railroad, caught fire in Boston lower harbor recently and although the blaze was soon extinguished, the cargo of coal had to be unloaded to permit the barge being taken to her home port for repairs. oe The New England Barge & Tower's association, which was recently incorpo- rated to take the place of the organiza- tion of owners under the shipping board, has elected officers as follows: Presi- dent, Capt. A. L. Crowley; vice presi- dent, E. M. Richards; secretary, G. H. Sargent; treasurer, J. J. Burke. * * * The NorFotk, a new tug owned by the Northern Transportation Co., re- cently reached Boston from Norfolk on her maiden voyage with two barges in tow. +. * Ss The Boston-Baltimore service of the Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. which was suspended during the Ac- > THE MARINE REVIEW Los Angeles direct connection with all transpacific trade. * *K The Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oak- land, Cal., recently launched two 9400- ton cargo steamers and one 10,000-ton tanker in one day. As soon as the ways were vacant, three more keels were: laid. Harly in August, the war, has been resumed with one sail- ing weekly. ee Service between Boston and Maine ports has been resumed by the East- ern Steamship Lines, Inc., after many months of inactivity. The CAMDEN now makes three trips each week to Bangor, Me., and the GoverNor DING- Cramp's Yard is Busy URING the war, the Wil- liam Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, built 17 torpedo boat destroyers, transports, passenger and cargo vessels and oil. tankers for the government. Between the time of the declaration of war and_ the signing of the armistice, the yard laid keels for 30 vessels, 28. of - which were launched. At the pres- ent time the company has enough. government work on hand to keep its yard busy for two years. The net earnings of the com- pany for the last eight months of 1918 were $1,539,095. For the cor- responding period of 1917 the net earnings were $1,507,402. After depreciation, interest and other charges were subtracted, the sur- plus for the 8-month period of 1918 was $1,085,326. This was a slight increase over the amount earned for the same period of: 1917. It equaled $17.79 a share on the $6,098,000 outstanding common MM the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts al 0000000000000 stock. LEY maintains a similar service to Portland, Me. Kook CS The new commonwealth pier, Bos- ton, has been thrown open to business and the first ship to berth there is the VEENBERGEN from South Africa. The pier shed, which is 140x400 feet, is connected with the Boston & Albany railroad. x * Review of the state tax laws of Louisiana to eliminate or change any clauses tending to restrict foreign trade through the port of New Orleans, or to discourage the location of new busi- ness there will be taken up at the next regular session of the general assembly. Taxes of Louisiana on business and on raw taterials and their manufacture are higher than they are in other states, and this discourages the establishment 311 Moore company intends to launch six vessels, three of each of the above types, in one day. The company also has begun the construction of a wooden floating drydock of 10,000-ton capacity. This unit will be built in four sections with two pumps _ for each section. The work is in charge of Howard C. Holmes, engineer, San Francisco. =| a { ---- 4 = = = of shipyards, ship lines or other enter- prises in: the state. +. ee The Mobile Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Ala., recently launched the sixth and last of the 3500-ton composite ships for which it has contracts. The hull was christened Oyaxa. The company will devote its attention from now on to steel ships. Lk Cee oe The Jahncke Shipbuilding Corp. re- cently launched the PoNTCHARTRAIN, a 3500-ton Ferris-type hull at its yard at Madisonville, La. This is the. fourth and last vessel of this type to be con- structed by the Jahncke corporation for the shipping board. This yard will be kept open permanently, and is now start- ing work on a number of wooden auxil- iary schooners for service on the Gulf of Mexico., oe # Of interest to all shipbuilding com- panies and repair plants which may be now located or may seek to locate in New Orleans is the recent ruling of the board of commissioners of the port that no permits will be granted for pipe lines running through the levees which hold the river in check there. The ruling came up on -application of the Jahncke Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. for permission to run a 12-inch water pipe through the levee. "ee Advices received by New Orleans _shipping men indicate that exports from the United States to Australia during the first eight months of 1918 exceeded American imports from that country by $8,000,000. Py way of comparison, it also was reported that there was a bal- ance of $40,000,000 in trade against Australia in favor of the United States in 1912. Heavy shipments of clothing, agricultural machinery and machine tools have been made to Australia from New Orleans in the first few months of 1919, going by way of the Panama canal. « «a Buena Ventura, the most important 'port of Colombia, is to expend $1,000,000 on wharves and terminals, according to report among steamship men in New Orleans. The harbor improvement project was financed through G, Amsinck & Co., New York. : Lk Ferris type steamers Beaumont and Onerco, built by the Beaumont Ship- building & Dry Dock Co., Beaumont, Tex., sailed for European ports recent- ly. Both were fully equipped, provi- sioned and loaded at Beaumont. --