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180 to burn coal or oil and the oil burn- ers are of the mechanical atomizing type. In addition to the usual auxil- jaries, the vessel is fitted with a two- ton ice machine connected with am- ple cold storage capacity, providing an abundant supply of fresh stores at all times. The engine room is also fitted with an up-to-date machine shop, and a complete outfit of tools necessary for making ordinary repairs. The steer- ing engine is fitted directly on the rudder stock and is worked from the bridge and from aft by telemotor gear; while for additional safety there is also an independent hand _ gear, which can be used in times. of emergency. For towing pturposes a powerful automatic machine has been placed on the stern of the ship. The bunkers for the oil fuel used to drive the ship have a capacity of 176,000 gallons and are placed at both ends of the vessel, so that cargo or fuel iay be carried. There are seven cargo pumps, each capable of dis- charging cargo at the same _ time, through an independent line. The ship’s officers and wireless operator are berthed in comfortable quarters located in a house amidships, raised above the deck, and communicating with. the after part of the vessel, where the dining saloon is situated, by means of a substantial fore-and- aft bridge. The engineers, petty offi- cers, seamen and wipers are berthed under the raised quarter deck in the after section, which also accom- modates the saloon, mess rooms, gal- ley, stewards’ storeroom, etc. The electric generating plant consists of two 10-kilowatt. G. E. marine direct connected sets for 110 volts, driven by vertical engines located on the main deck in the engine space. Lumber Steamer William O’Brien As announced in last month’s Re- view, the New York Shipbuilding Co. recently launched at their works in Camden, N. J., a steel single-screw lumber steamer which they are build- ing to the order of the Carpenter O’Brien Co. Particulars of the vessel ate as -tollows: Length 8B. P., 36! feet 9 inches; beam, molded, 51 feet; depth, molded, 27 feet; draught, load- ed, 21 feet 6 inches; gross tonnage, 5,535; speed at sea, loaded, 11 knots. The vessel has been built for the package lumber trade between New Mork and Jacksonville, Fla., and is from plans and_ specifications pre- pared for the owners by Edward S. Hough, naval architect and marine engineer, of San Francisco, Cal. The vessel has a single steel deck with poop and combined shelter deck THE MARINE REVIEW and forecastle. A double bottom is fitted under machinery and in No. 2 cargo hold only and provision is also made for using No. 2 cargo hold as a deep water ballast tank. A watertight center line bulkhead runs the entire length of the cargo holds, from keel to main deck. The -fore peak is also fitted for ballast and the after peak May, 1915 large dining room for officers and also the ship’s galley is also fitted in the poop. The deck machinery con- sists of a windlass with warping ends fitted on the forecastle, two steam capstans of the dock type also fitted on forecastle and two of the same type fitted on aft end of poop. A Hyde combined hand and steam steer- Or RS | ee YO s Vr Ne x 4 % so eS. e a. 4 RS * a Na” XA x aK AY bles a as S77 oo <7 |x Se < SS, we Vas. Ay, 2 Nm SSS oe s \j X X “oN i) <> LAUNCHING THE GULF COAST AT THE NEW YORK: SHIP BUILDING COLZS 2YARD for fresh water. Extra large twin hatchways are fitted to each cargo hold and the vessel is specially de- signed for carrying package lumber of standard unit dimensions. Provi- sion is also made for carrying a deck cargo in the well separating the poop and shelter deck. The terminals be- tween which the vessel trades being specially equipped with cargo hand- ling appliances suitable. for loading and unloading this type of vessel, the vessel herself has a minimum of cargo handling gear; a portable mast with two booms and _ steam _ hoists, being fitted at the forward hatch only. A large cross bunker for the carriage of oil fuel is provided at the forward end of the boiler space. The accom- modations consist of an upper deck— house aft for the captain, with state- room, office and bath, and small house for containing pilot room superposed. Deckhouse on poop at sides and after end of engine casing for accommoda- tion of officers, engineers, wireless operators and two spare rooms, with bath rooms, etc. The oilers, seamen, firemen, steward, cooks and _ waiters, with toilets, etc., are berthed in poop at sides abreast engine casing. <A ing engine is fitted in the poop aft and is geared to a quadrant on rudder head, controlled from _ steering sta- tion on top of poop house through rods to hand wheel and also from pilot house by telemotor. The pro- pelling machinery is fitted in the stern and consists of one triple ex- pansion inverted reciprocating engine of about 2,200 indicated horsepower, and three single-ended Scotch boilers having a working pressure of 180 pounds and fitted for burning oil fuel. Why the Diesel Engine Has Not Come to the Great Lakes By James C. Workman Chief Engineer At the present time there are only two Diesel engined ships of any size on the Great Lakes, the Calgary and Fordonian. The first ship to invade our waters was the Toiler; she was rather unfortunate in being under-powered and not capable of stemming the current in the St. Lawrence, and from the writer’s experi- ence on this propeller, after her break- James C. Workman, chief engineer of the American Ship Building Co. in the Live Wire.