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November, 1920 begun last October, but the contract was later canceled, it is claimed. The action is for $275,000 damages in addi- tion to money claimed expended for labor and materials, British Place Contract Here Unable to place a contract satisfac- iorily in British yards, the Canadian Pacific interests have placed an order with. the Wallace shipyards, North Vancouver, B.C, for a large and fast coasting steel steamer, designed espe- cmly for the Alaska route, This eo- se! will replace the Princess SopuHta, which was lost in Alaskan waters two _ years ago. The. .new liner, however, will be larger and faster than the former boat and will cost three times as much. The contract price is said to be $1,500,000. In this connection, it is interesting to note that the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, the finest and speediest of the Canadian Pacific railroad's coasting service was built on the Tyne in 1908 for $635,000. The new vessel will have a speed of 17 knots as against 20 for the CHaRtotTE. The liner will be 322 feet in length and will have accommo-: dations for 260 saloon passengers and 150 in second class and crew. She will be operated on a weekly schedule be- tween Vancouver and Skagway. At the Cholberg yards, Victoria, B. C. three wooden barkentines are under construction. They are being built under subsidy arrangements with the Canadian government. The first carrier is expected to be ready for December loading. The 8800 deadweight ton steel steamer Ciry or VANcouveR has been launched at the Coughlan yards, Vancouver, B.C. This vessel was built to owners' account and will carry a cargo of rail- toad ties to Great Britain. This car- tier is a sister vessel to the MARGARET CoucHin already in operation. The first section of the 15,000-ton floating drydock being constructed for the public dock commission, Portland, Oreg., has been launched. Each pontoon is 8514 x 12634 x 54 feet in height. The dock will be located adjacent to the dock of the Port of Portland and both will be operated under joint man- agement of the two commissions. The Louisiaha plant of the Merrill- Stevens Shipbuilding Co., Jacksonville, Fla, located at Slidell, about 32 miles from New Orleans, will be reopened soon, according to S. Cuyler Jenkins and W. J. Payne, principal owners of the Louisiana branch. Keels for two tankers to be built for the Standard Transportation Co. New York have been laid at the South yard of the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Gloucester, N. J. in Little THE MARINE REVIEW Take First Steamer to Gulf The 9600-ton steel ocean going steamer New Orteans, built for the United States shipping board by the Doullut & Williams Shipbuilding Co., - New Orleans, was taken out across Lake Pontchartrain, through. the Rigolets and thence to Mississippi sound, in Sep- tember. She is the first deep-sea steam- ship ever to navigate the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. The trip was made under the ship's own power, with 82 persons, including the crew, on board. Capt. M. P. Doullut, of the construct- ing company, handled the out across the lake. ship Nearly four days were required to cover the 30 odd miles from the mouth of the inner harbor and _ navigation canal at New Orleans, where the New ORLEANS was built, owing to the lack 607 into the river instead of dragged over the mudflats of Lake Pontchartrain. The locks probably will be finished late this year, or early in 192], News of the Shi) The shipping board has authorized the sale to foreign purchasers and granted permission for transfer to foreign registry of 10 steel steamers of approximately 3700 deadweight tons each, constructed on the Great Lakes by the American Shipbuilding Co. The registries to which transfer of these vessels will be allowed are France, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Great Britain and its colonies and depend- encies. These vessels, equipped to burn either coal or oil, were constructed by the American Shipbuilding Co. for FIRST BIG SHIP TO CROSS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN of water in the lake, which at the deep- est is only 17 feet. The ship grounded after passing through the drawbridge of the Louisville & Nashville railroad. Two tugs were unable to budge her, owing to lack of water, and three trains were held up for some time by the stern of the vessel projecting over the bridge. Falling tide in the lake, making the water still lower than normal, held the ship tied up all of the first night Lake, about 30 miles from New Orleans. The NEw ORLEANS was taken a long and circuitous route around the gulf from Mississippi sound and thence 110 miles up the river to New Orleans for delivery to the shipping board at that port. Other hulls now building at the Doullut & Williams yard, and at the yard of the Foundation Co., also on the new $20,000,000 canal, will be held in the canal, according to present plans, until the locks into the river are com- pleted, and they can be taken direct its own account. The _ shipbuilding company, it is said, will receive about $662,700 each for the vessels, which approximates $171 a deadweight ton. The new Fore River drydock of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. is near- ing completion. Practically all frames for the pontoon tanks have been com- pleted, it is reported. Five of the bulkheads have been riveted. Work has been begun on the first of two scout cruisers to be built at the Fore River, Mass., yard of the Bethle- hem Shipbuilding Corp. The keel for the fighter was laid on Aug. 16. The mold .loft is laying down the lines of the battle cruiser Lexincton. When com- pleted it will be the largest and fastest ship of its class afloat. A marine exposition will be held by the United States shipping board and the National Marine league, in New Orleans, at Mardi Gras time, in Febru- ary, 1921.