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February, 1916 damaged. The Norwegian bark VaL- ERIE, from Buenos Ayres, lost life- boats. ee ear cae steamer ANTILLA, of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co., Ward Line, while outward bound for Cuba collided with a tug towing a string of barges outside the Narrows, and as a result a big hole was smashed in her port bow. She had to be beached on the Sea Gate shore of Gravesend bay. With the assistance of numerous tugs she was finally towed to a dry dock, eet The schooner C. H. Brown, form- erly of Perth Amboy, built in 1889, has been sold to Captain Theodore Krum. ee James W. Elwell & Co., of New York, have acquired by purchase the steamer Esxasonti, British, 1,682 tons, IpertA, British, 2,061 tons, and LAssELL, 1,225 tons. : Kk x The Atlantic Transport liner Man- CHURIA, formerly one of the Pacific Mail steamers, and now under the British flag, was recently in New York harbor from London on her maiden voyage under her new owners. ee : The barge Gipson, which went ashore on the Five Fathom Bank off the New Jersey coast loaded with 3,000 tons of coal, is a total wreck and has broken up. A hard fight was made by the coast guard cutter SENECA and wreck- ing tugs to save her. It is said Gipson was drawing 27 feet of water when she struck on a four fathom spot. eee SrockHoLM, the first vessel to be placed in service by the newly-formed Swedish-American Line, has arrived in New York on her maiden voyage under her new owners. The vessel was form+ erly the Holland-American liner Pors- DAM, and was purchased for a large sum of money, and an additional $135,000 was expended in overhauling her. This vessel marks the beginning of a great maritime project on the part of the Swedish-American Line, in which the Swedish government. is interested. eee Two steamers of the Pacific Alaska Steamship Co.’s fleet are now undergoing extensive repairs at one of the yards in Erie Basin, Brooklyn, at a cost of $100,- 000 for each vessel. The steamers are ADMIRAL SEEBREE and ADMIRAL CLARKE. The vessels are being completely over- hauled, fitted with new steel masts, new stern frames and the pilot houses are being shifted from the forecastle head to the after part of the vessels. The ports are being plated and steel cargo booms installed capable of lifting 20 ton weights. When finished the vessels will be equipped with all the latest cargo handling gear and the work is expected to be completed early this year. Until the Panama canal is reopened, the ves- sels will probably make one or two trips from New York to the West Indies in the sugar trade, but they will ultimately - be employed in the cargo trade from ae get Sound ports to Alaska or from i get Sound ports to San Francisco, tor which purpose they were originally pur- chased gis : il- i team- The first of four oil-carrying s : ers which are being built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Mass., has been launched. THE MARINE REVIEW y) g Around <> ss WA Vs 83 By A. A. Willoughby HE demand for carriers on the j Pacific coast has been so_ brisk that charters are being made tor trips as late as the fall of 1916. This situation is almost unprecedented in the annals of Pacific coast shipping. The demand continues largely for lum- ber carriers to Australia. Windjam- mers are receiving a measure of popu- larity again and charter rates to Aus- tralia’ range from 85 to 100 shillings. A number of the boats have done little off shore duty for a number of years. Fully a score of boats will leave for Antipodean ports during the coming spring and summer. ot ee The wrecking steamer GREENWOOD was nearly the victim of an accident recently. A 60-ton steel safe which was being loaded from the GREENWoopD to the Norwegian freighter THor, fell through the deck when the lashings gave way and crashed through to the hull. es The United Engineering Works, Oak- land, has. ° contracted to build 4 freighter for C. Henry Smith, - Inc, San Francisco. The vessel is to be 340 feet long, 48 feet beam and 27 feet molded depth; it will be fitted up to burn either coal or fuel oil. kk OR The largest cargo of wool that ever came through the Golden Gate arrived on the W. R. Grace boat Aztsc early in December; it contained 13,821 bales. The wool was transshipped to two trains of 48 freight cars for special shipment to eastern mills. AztTEc, Capt. Stewart, was 30 days making the run from Brisbane. * * * The bark Prince VALDEMAR’ which was partly dismantled in a storm and has been lying in Mexican waters for some years, was recently brought to port in tow of the tug Herrcutres. The bark has been purchased by Geo. W. McNear, Inc, and will be given a thorough overhauling, including new spars and an auxiliary engine. She will go into off shore service. A. M. Garland, formerly traffic man- ager of the Pacific Mail, has been ap- pointed assistant to the president and general manager of the new China Mail S. S. Co., operating the steamship Cuina.- H. N. Thomas, formerly gen- eral passenger agent of the Pacific Mail, will act in a like capacity with the new company. et a Mania, formerly the flagship of the Spanish navy in Pacific waters, cap- tured by the United States at Manila bay, has been sold by the Union Iron Works into whose ownership it passed from private shippers, to the Pacific Engineering Co., San Francisco. The steamers TuHos. L. Wanp and Sacinaw have been purchased by J. H. Baxter & Co. These are the first steamers to be used by this company, which has been a large operator of windjammers. oo. The Grace liner SANTA CectL1A which arrived at port early in December, was The damage was but nominal. - the first of the ‘steamers which had been diverted to the Magellan route on account of the canal slides to reach San Francisco. The Santa CECILIA was followed by four of the American- Hawaiian freighters, Arizona, NEVADA, IowAN and CoLumBIaAn, ae ene The schooner Henry K. Hatt, owned by Geo. E. Billings & Co., has been chartered to carry a cargo of lumber to South Africa at the record-breaking price of 142 shillings, 6 pence. The schooner has a carrying capacity of 1,500,000 board feet. oe ok The steamers VaLpEz and JuNEAU which are on their way to the Golden Gate from Philadelphia, under charter to the Quaker Line, will hereafter be operated on the Pacific coast. They were formerly in service on the Great Lakes. ee, A. F. Thane & Co. have ordered an auxiliary schooner for the lumber car- rying trade. The schooner will be a five master, of steel construction and will cost in the neighborhood of $250,- 000. x ee The announcement of the sale of the ship Manca Reva by C, A. Thayer & Co. to eastern buyers for a reported price of $130,000, brings to light some interesting facts. The ship cost $110,- 000 to construct some 20 years ago, and during that time has earned her original cost many times. She was formerly known as PyrENEES, but fol- lowing her being wrecked on Manga Reva reef in the South Pacific, she ay renamed after being repaired in 001, 0 Delaware River Notes By De. CO. S.Street HE British steamship CHEVIOT RANGE reports a severe storm and the loss of Captain James Fell. She crept into the. Delaware Dec. 29. Her bridge was completely wrecked and her boats gone. She is now at Girard Point undergoing repairs. Her cargo is china clay. Richard Piper has been given charge of the vessel. He was first mate under Captain Fell. Captain H. -B. Thompson of _ the American steamship PETROLITE, owned by the Standard Oil Co., arrived at Marcus Hook Dec. 30. He reports an attack on his vessel by an Austrian submarine. He lowered a boat and went alongside the submarine and was ordered to procure some food, which was refused, as Captain Thompson. ex- plained he had only enough for his own wants. Captain Thompson would not discuss the matter further. Pa cane” * On New Years day there was a fleet of 35 steamers in Philadelphia loading and discharging cargoes. There were a number of vessels lying at anchor waiting their turn to load for outgoing voyages. In addition to the steamships, there were fifteen sailing vessels. Five of them were square riggers and the balance schooners.