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24 THE MARINE REVIEW washed off the pin rails had chafed themselves almost through at the nips. The weather life boat lay wrecked on ’ the skids. By the noise that came up from the saloon companion-way, the steward must have been up to his knees in broken dishes. Perhaps it was just as well we couldn’t hear what he was saying to the cook. With the increasing light came more frequent lulls in the gale. “This is Christmas and I am going below to have a nap”, declared the weary skipper. The glass was rising again. By noon the wind and sea had lost their sav- agery. The cook from ‘his wrecked galley strove to prepare a meal worthy of the day. At nightfall SoUTHERN CROSS was_ under full upper topsails and on her course again, and the seamen began to wonder if she could make port before New Year’s day. j SAViat s that: to above the horizon?” “That,” said the ‘old man’, “Ss the vertical shaft of light from the Diamond Shoal light vessel. How she ever hangs onto her anchorage in such a hell of a place was always a puzzle to me. Shake hands, mate; Merry Christmas! The sight of that great light is a fine Christmas gift to those who plough the ocean for a living. “Take the compass bearing of the light, sheet home the lower topgallantsail and _ tell the steward to give the boys a drink!” leeward, Ships at Panama The 83 ships held up at the Panama canal by the slide in the latter part of September have been reduced to nine on the Pacific side and one on the Atlantic side, not including the ships of the Luckenbach line which come and go in the maintenance of a regu- lar service, trans-shipping cargo by means of the Panama railroad. The ships on the Pacific side :are the yacht SuLTANA, the training ship NEw port, the dredge San Dreco, and the commercial vessels ADMIRALEN, GRA- HAMLAND, Navajo, Epison Licut, NEw TON and LApy CarrincTron. The vessel held up on the Atlantic side is Aca- JUTLA. Washington dispatches quote the de- partment of commerce as stating that over 11,000 seamen have been examined and approved under the new La Follette seamen’s law. G January, 1916 Farr Appointed. President E. FARR, president of the M Detroit Ship Building Co., was © chosen at a recent meeting of the Doard: . of “directors . of ~ the American Ship Byilding Co. to ‘suc- ceed the late Edward Smith as presi- dent. O. J. Fish, secretary and treas- urer, was made vice president. This promotion was the second in three years and was extended by the directors in recognition of Mr. Fish’s able services. He has been associated with the American Ship Building Co. longer than any of the other officials. M, E. FARR general manager, was elected a director. Three other vacancies in the board of directors also were filled. The new directors are Kellogg Fairbanks and Charles L. Strobel, Chicago and Moreau Delano, New York. The office of chair- man of the board of directors is still vacant. J. S. Gorman was -elected auditor. Mr. Farr as head of the Detroit sub- sidiary of the American Ship Building Co., is a prominent figure in Great Lakes marine circles; He was born in Clayton, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1863; and after graduating from the Clayton high school followed the lakes for one season. He then entered the employ of the banking firm of Elias Farr & Co., Marquette, Pee <a Ui, Neb., and when only 21 years of age was made cashier of the bank. One year later he was given full charge of the bank’s affairs. In 1892 he entered the employ of the Detroit Dry Dock Co., becoming secretary and treasurer in 1899, vice president in 1905 and presi- dent in 1907. At the present time Mr. Farr is also president and treasurer of the Calcite Transportation Co. a di- - rector of the Scotten-Dillon Co., and of the First & Old Detroit National Bank. In addition, he is interested in a number of business enterprises in De- troit. He has taken a leading part in the educational, charit- able and philanthropic affairs of the city. New Pacific Line The China Mail Steamship Co., which. was organized on the Pacific coast, for traffic be- tween San _ Francisco’ and China, is financed wholly by Chinese in the United States. The former Pacific Mail liner CHINA, which was secured by the new company, has inaugu- rated the service. The: capital .of the .China Mail Steamship Co. is said to be $2,100,000. Besides acquir- ing CHINA the company is said to hold options on other steamships.'. Look Tin Eh, president of the Canton bank of San Francisco, has been active in the negotiations that preceeded the formation of the China Mail Co. The original plan called for the co-operation of Chinese on both sides of the ocean. San Francisco Chinese, however, intimated that they preferred to have the project financed in this country, CHINA is a vessel of 5,060 gross tons and 3,186 net tons. Owing to low fruit prices? the EAstLANp disaster, and the fear that the new seamen’s law will cause added difficulties in the operation of its vessels, the Graham & Morton Trans- portation Co., 35 years old and con- sidered one of the strongest passenger lines onthe Great Lakes, is in the hands of a receiver. The assets of the com- pany are valued at $1,400,000 and the liabilities are listed at $600,000. The company owns five steamers, CiTy oF Benton Harsor, City or Granp Rap- ips, City oF TRAvERSE, HoLtaNnp and PURITAN, ,