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x 470 Completing Big Pier Pier B, the substructure of which has been completed at Smith cove, Seattle, by the port of Sedttle, not - only is the largest commercial ocean pier but also the largest pier of any kind in North America. It is 2580 feet in length, 365 feet in width and kas accommodations for berthing 11 ocean steamships' at one time. The transit shed is 500 feet long with a width of 120 feet for the first story and 130 feet for the second story. Seattle's assertion of having the largest pier was recently contradicted by Chicago which claimed its muni- cipal recreation pier was of greater size. Investigation shows that Seattle's new terminal has an area of. 946,860 'square feet while the area of the Chi- cago pier is 876,000 square feet. It was found that the next largest com- THE MARINE REVIEW. masted, the engines are there to be called into service. If anchored near a lee shore with no chance of crawling off--start the engines. Had the Lawson been equipped with auxiliary power, she could have been saved. And the Lawson is but one of thousands of good ships that have piled ashore; not through lack of seamanship but because ability to make sail quickly was the only means at hand to save the vessel from destruction. Right Capsized Ship In righting the capsized wooden steam schooner Frep BAXTER, an in- genious scheme was used, the plan having attracted attention along the entire Pacific coast. Special cribs were built 'on the vessel's hull and_ these were filled with sand to assist in bring- August, 1920 another crib, 35 feet in length, was built on the same side and 150 tons of gravel were placed. A third crib of the same size also contained 150 tons. When these three cribs were filed with 500 tons, the hull took a sharp list to starboard of 40 degrees. Then the company's wrecking barge was brought alongside to port. Three holes were bored in the keel and into them were fitted huge bolts. To each was fast. ened a cable capable of Standing a pull of 200 tons. The cables were passed down the starboard side of the wreck, under the overturned hull and brought up on the port side where they were attached to the salvage barge with powerful tackles from the donkey en- gines. Two of the cables were used to heave the ship over and the third to keep her from rolling too far. When all was ready, the donkey engines PIER B (IN FOREGROUND), mercial pier in North America is iat at tlalitax, N,"S,, whose area is 450,000 square feet. According to Seattle port officials, measurement of area is the only fair method of de- termining size of terminals. Modern Sailer Economical (Concluded from page 459) future, however, is the auxiliary; no matter what her rig may be. A _ vessel fitted with crude-oil engines, placed aft: for convenience, offers a decided ad- vantage to navigators and one that is beginning to be appreciated. Internal combustion engines take up a certain amount of hold space, to be sure, but the advantage gained through being able to make headway in all kinds of weather should not be undervalued. When a dead beat to windward is en- countered, instead of sailing 500 miles to make 250, all that is necessary is to start the engines and plow ahead right in the wind's eye. Again, in light airs, the engines can be used to advantage in decreasing the port-to-port time. If the vessel should happen to be dis- NEW TERMINAL AT SMITH COVE, SEATTLE, IS THE LARGEST WHARF IN THE WORLD. AND GREAT NORTHERN TERMINALS IN BACKGROUND ing the disabled vessel right side 'up. Carrying a deckload of piling, the Frep BAXTER, bound from Everett, Wash. tor San. Pedro, Cal. began 'to take water in a tiderip and put into Port Townsend, Wash., with a list of 40 degrees. Soon after reaching calm water, the deckload broke the lashings and went overboard after which the FreD BAXTER capsized, breaking her masts, smokestacks and samson_ posts used to hold a deckload in place. The underwriters awarded the contract for bringing the wreck to Seattle to the Washington Tug & Barge Co. on a "no cure, no. pay" basis. When Capt. J. C. Brownfield tackled the job he found that a pull of 550 tons would be required to right the hull. No floating equipment on Puget sound has this capacity. Thereupon Captain Brownfield called the law of gravity to his assistance. With keel out of the water, a crib 8 feet, long was constructed on the starboard side of the ship's bottom. Two hundred tons of sand and gravel were then dumped into this crib. This weight listed the hull to starboard. Then PIER A IS SHOWN IN CENTER hauled on the cables and the hull was speedily righted on an even keel. After being towed to Seattle, the BaxTEerR was taken to the old Skinner & Eddy yards where $70,000 is being spent to rehabilitate the vessel. The upper works and equipment will have to be renewed and considerable time will be required to again fit her for the coasting lumber trade. Harry Coulby, president of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., 'Cleveland, and H. G. Dalton of Pickands, Mather & Co., sailed recently for Southampton, England. They will spend a month motoring through the British isles, and later will visit Belgium. H. A. Blackburn, formerly export T8. Duthie & -Co,, and. fora long time chief engineer of this large Seattle shipbuilding plant, died recently at his home in that city. H. A. Blackburn, formerly export adviser for Pacific ports, is now ad- vertising manager for the Erie Forge fo... Erie, Pa,