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154 has been elected a director of the Great Lakes Transit Corp., Buffalo, to 'succeed his brother, the late Marvin M. Marcus. Edwin C. Andrews was made second vice president to fill the PPROVAL for construction of a A new channel in the harbor of Plymouth, Mass., recently has been given by Secretary of War Baker. The report recommends construction of a4 channel 15 feet deep at mean low water and 150 feet wide northwesterly from Craig's northerly wharf for a dis- tance of 900 feet and a turning basin 300 feet square at the end of the chan- nel, Cost of the project is estimated at $102,000; of which the army engineers recommend the federal government pay $51,000, provided the state of Massa- chusetts assume responsibility for the remainder. x * + The North American Steamship Co., Boston, recently has been incorporated with Robert S. Smith, captain and ma- rine constructor of New York, as presi- dent. W. D. Moroney is treasurer and Louis Levy is secretary and general manager. The company plans to give Boston a direct freight service to Irish ports. * * Anchor line service between Boston and Glasgow will be resumed March 7, the steamer MassiLi1A being selected for the initial sailing. The Anchor line has announced also that two 10,000-ton steamers now under construction are to be placed in the Boston-Glasgow service in the near future. eek Under a new arrangement some of the steamers leaving Costa Rica for. Boston will call at the Canal zone to pick up cargo destined for Boston. The United Fruit Co.'s steamer San Mateo inaug- urated this new service. *x* * * Replying to a protest from Senator Lodge of Massachusetts against the removal of 11 shipping hoard vessels from Boston to Hampton Roads, Chairman W. S. Benson of the ship- ping board reported the withdrawal of the ships was temporary and was ordered because the climatic conditions at Hampton Roads were better than at Boston. x * xk Steamship service between Boston and Montreal, via the St. Lawrence river, is contemplated by the Canadian Steamship Lines. Ltd. It is proposed to place two 8000-ton steamers on the ~oute, and to have them call at Halifax, N. S., Char- lotretown,, FF. Ly St Jotms. N. FF. Quebec and Montreal. * * - The old steamer State or MAINE has ended an eventful 40-year life. Built in 1882 at the yard of Goss, Sawyer & Packard, Bath, Me., she ran for years as a passenger and freight boat between Boston, Portland and St. John, N. B. For the past year or two she has been used as a sort of floating boarding house MARINE REVIEW office formerly held by, M. M. Marcus. i in finan- A. D. Thompson, prominent in ft cial and ore mining circles, died at Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 8, after a Late News From Atlantic Seaboard in connection with the Hog Island ship- yard and recently sank at the wharf. _s * According to a recent report from Antwerp, a new steamer line is to be established between that port and New York. The preliminary tonnage of 20,- 000 tons is to be supplied by the North German Lloyd. Plymouth and Antwerp, New York and Boston are to be the ports touched. + The steam trawler RosEwAy was re- cently sold at United States marshal's sale at Boston to satisfy claims against the vessel. She was bid in by J. F. O'Hara for $15,250. The appraised value of the vessel is $40,000. x ok Ox Owing to the prevailing depression in ocean freight, the Warren Transporta- tion Co., Boston, recently turned back to the United States shipping board, seven of its steamers. They include the CRANE CREEK, LAKE GASPER, LAKE GRAV- Iry, CoveruN, LAKE GRANBY, COUPARIE and Courtois. It is understood these boats soon will be numbered with the hundreds of other shipping board steam- ers tied up in the James river and in Hampton Roads. eek The Lehigh Valley Transportation Co., which for many years has operated a big fleet of barges between Perth Amboy, N. J., and New England, recently was purchased by New York interests and henceforth will be known by its original name, Bee Line Transportation Co. Capt. David R. Chase, Quincy, Mass., is to be general manager of the new concern, oe * Tentative plans to keep the destroyer plant at Squantum, Mass., in operation were outlined recently by a subcom- mittee of the house committee on naval affairs. The plant, which was built early in the world war at a cost of $14,000,000 has little commercial value and the sub- committee will recommend it be used partly as a service and repair base for destroyers and submarines and partly as a storehouse for naval supplies. * * * Conforming to the practice of the United States Mail Steamship Co. in naming its steamers in honor of former presidents of the United States, it is un- derstood that the name of the Mount VERNON will be changed to PrEsIDENT JAcKson. + * & The Betts Lighterage & Wrecking Co. recently has been incorporated for $100,- 000, with its*main office in Boston. * ok Ox The oil tanker Inp1a Arrow, third of four bulk oil steamers to be constructed for the Standard Transportation Ca. New York, was launched recently at | March, 199) _ prolonged illness. He was One of original promoters of the Dut Missabe & Northern railroad th, 4 member of the firm of A, D. Thom son & Co., grain dealers, Dulyth > the the Fore River, Mass., works of the | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, The Inp1a Arrow is 485 feet long, 62 feu} inches beam, 39 feet 6 inches depth anj about 27 feet draft. * kK * Rates on freight shipments from Bo. _ ton to Portland, Me., havé been reduce 10 per cent by the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., following a similar cut by the Burton Steamship Co. : kk x , The American Maritime Co. has bee incorporated in Boston for $50,000 to buy and sell vessels. 4 & Frederick A. Briggs, general agent of the Canadian Steamship Lines, Ltd, recently announced plans of his company ~ now under consideration provide for two 8000-ton steamers, with accommodations for 200 passengers and of 4000-ton freight capacity. The company has m- ee der consideration also a Boston-Halifax -- service making direct connections with Montreal steamers. * 2% A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the United States district court by the Lowrance Navigation Co, Boston. Its liabilities were given as $160,477.71 and assets as $101,827.68. * * * According to a new regulation of the United States public health service, con- sular bills of health and quarantine in- spection are not required for vessels plying between Canadian Atlantic ports and United States ports as far south a -- Boston. * ok x The 4-mast schooner ALcAaEUS Hoops was launched recently at Stockton Springs, Me. Capt. D. A. Nash, for- merly of the schooner Ernest A. MIs, will command the new craft. * kek The schooner Esperanto of Glouces- ter, Mass., which won two straight heats in the international fishing vessel chat- pionship over a 40-mile course off Halt fax last November against the Canadian schooner DELAWANA, is offered for sale by the Gorton-Pew Vessels Co. *K- OK The Gloucester, Mass., fishing schoon- er GEORGIANA recently was sold to Capt T. P. Kemp, of Newfoundland, and_the vessel will be enrolled under the British lag. a x * x A notable addition to Boston's shi? repair facilities will be the big floating drydock at the Fore River shipbuilding plant, Quincy, Mass. It will be capable of taking in a vessel of 10,000 tom The dock, which is constructed with pontoons, will have 18 feet of wale over the sill at low tide. It is 525 fet long and 92 feet wide on top.