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July, 1917 and the Globe Ship Building Co. also operate yards in that city. xK * * The steamer Orton of the Orion Transportation Co., Green Bay, Wis., has been sold to Herman Greiling of Greiling Bros., Green Bay. * ok * About 30 men employed at the Amer- ican canals at the Soo have petitioned Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, for an increase of 20 per cent in pay. They also ask to be permitted to buy supplies from the government at Fort Brady, a privilege now given to dis- charged soldiers and pensioners of the government. The petition states that when the United States took over the canal in 1881, General Weitzel, United States engineer in charge, used as a basis for figuring, the wages paid on steamboats. At that time a captain re- ceived $1200 annually, mates $75 a month, engineers. $90 a month, second engineers $70 a month. At the present time, the assistant superintendent of the canal force’ is receiving $1320 an- nually, the first lock man $75 monthly, the chief engineman $120 monthly, the foreman lock master $80 to $85 monthly and the assistant engineman $80 to $90 monthly. x kk Blocks of ore to be moved from ports at the head of Lake Superior to run through the season have been covered recently at $1.50 a ton free, an advance of 50c over the general rate. Wild rates a year ago were marked up 50 cents a ton at about the same time. Little wild chartering has been done so far this season, as the long delay in opening the season left few boats in position to seek additional business. ok * ** The Pringle Barge line has purchased the supply steamer Superior from the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. The machin- ery will be placed in a new tug which is being. built for general: towing. Cap- tain Pringle has sold the tug DuNcAN Ciry to Carl D. Bradley, Calcite, Mich., where she will be used for harbor towing. : eis Me me Fires proved troublesome during the latter part of May to boats navigating on Lake Superior and a number of vessels lost considerable time. Peer teas The steamer Winnirec has been fitted at Toledo to carry automobiles between Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo. She was recently purchased by George Warner, Cleveland. ee The steamer War Cross. built at Cleveland by the American Ship Build- ing Co. for the Cunard line, left for salt water on May 19. She is of the standard Welland canal size.” iar tose The Norwegian steamer CLEVELAND, built at the Superior yards of the American Ship Building Co., entered Buffalo harbor on May 21 with a cargo of flax from Ft. William, being the first ship to enter that port flying the Norwegian flag. She left for salt water the next day. x * & The tugs Minicraco and Burke, each towing a scow, arrived in Erie on May 24 ‘to load a cargo of coal for Trenton, Ont. The use of scows in carrying coal clearly reflects the scarcity of tonnage. THE MARINE REVIEW a2 By F. K. Haskell HE entire transpacific fleet of the Blue Funnel line including the liners Proresiraus, ‘TALTHYBTUS and Ixion, which have been plying be- tween Seattle and ports in the Orient, has been commandeered by the British ad- miralty. Their loss from Puget sound traf- fic will be more than offset by increases announced in the fleets of Japanese and Norwegian ships plying in the transpa- cific trade. Big carriers have been requisitioned as needed by the entente allies, but the commandeeripg of the Oriental fleet of the Blue Funnel line is the first time that Great Britain has taken over for government. service in one order all the vessels operated on one trade route. This condition has been an- ticipated by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Mitsui & Co. and other companies and firms operating in the oriental trade. Among these others there are Frank Waterhouse & Co., A. M. Gillespie and Thorndyke & Trenholme, who have chartered freighters in the oriental trade which will aid in moving the enormous cargoes offering. ho Oe The keel of the first boat to be built in Kelso, Wash., for many years was laid there recently. Louis Paquet is in charge of the building operations. <A .number of boats will be launched from this port during the summer for opera- tion on the Columbia river. * * * President P. D. Sloan of the Sloan Shipyards Corporation, Olympia, Wash., announced to his 200 emplov-- that they would participate in the profits of the company and are to receive 7 per cent of their wages at the end of each year— the same percentage that is paid to the holders of preferred stock. x ok Ox Lloyd J. Wentworth, president of the Portland Lumber Co., has been named Oregon representative of Major-General Goethals. He will have charge of the shipbuilding in Portland for the govern- ment and will work in conjunction with Capt. John F. Blain, Seattle, who has the northwest territory. ree oe Wooden shipbuilders of Seattle and Tacoma were guests recently at a ban- quet given by L. H. Griffiths, Seattle. The purpose of the meeting was to ad- vance the wooden shipbuilding industry. Among the speakers Sloan, Capt. J. L. Anderson, Capt. O. D. Treiber, Nicholas Babare and J. H. Hyde. ee Capt. J. F. Blain, northwestern repre- sentative of the United States shipping board, has announced the following ap- pointments to his staff: Harry Brandt. well-known Seattle steamship man, chief clerk; Capt. W. A. Magee, Astoria, ship- building expert and steamship master, traveling inspector; Capt. W. Z. Haskins, former chief officer of the CoNGRESs in- spector; Elwyn H. Burns, former first assistant engineer of the Conaress, chief engineering inspector. kk Ox The 10-000-ton steel motorship GEroRGE WASHINGTON. has. been chartered by were Joseph A. . H. F. Ostrander at private terms for a voyage from Puget sound to Manila and Honolulu. The vessel loaded early in June. The addition of the GEoRGE WASHINGTON makes four vessels in the Ostrander oriental fleet. Boston Bay News By George S. Hudson A new freight service between Provi- dence, R. I., and Philadelphia is about to be inaugurated by Capt. Theodore Krum, Melrose, Mass., formerly owner of the steamship City or PHILADELPHIA. Captain Ktum has purchased the 500-ton steamer THETIS and will secure several motor-driven vessels for the service. * * * Fire in the holds of the British steam- ship Matoprro, at Boston, resulted in serious damage to the ship’s tunnel and. propeller shaft when bales of jute and gunnies expanding from water poured into the holds crushed the structure. The shaft had to be removed and straightened. The damage to ship and cargo amounted to about $200,000; tem- porary repairs are being made at Boston. et ea The White Oak Transportation Co., owner’ of the whaleback steamer Bay Port, which sank in the Cape Cod canal, Dec. 13, has brought suit against the canal company to recover the value of the vessel which was blown up to open the waterway. ne x x x Wilfrid O. ‘White, member ot the maritime committee of the Boston cham- ber of commerce, has been commissioned lieutenant, senior grade, and attached to the office of the chief of staff at the Boston navy yard where he will, have charge of compass equipment. x ok Ok } ie Capt. Alexander A. Corkum, member of Volunteer Harbor No. 4 and the Boston marine society, a well-known master of steam yachts, has been en- gaged as commander of the former Ger- man steamship KoL_n, now undergoing machinery repairs at Boston. * *k ** Capt. M. H. Blake, Boothbay, Me., re- cently master of the schooner Ipa C. SouTHARD, has been secured to command the six-masted schooner RutH E. MerRILL in the transatlantic trade of the France & Canada Steamship Co., which’ purchased the vessel from the J. S. Winslow Co., Portland, Me. Ke Capt. Angus McLeod, Somerville, Mass., 40 years a coasting skipper, has retired with the sale of the six-masted schooner Wyominc by the J. S. Wins- low Co. to the France & Canada Steam- ship Co. James Brown, for 35 years a steward with Captain McLeod, also has retired from the sea. . * ok x Six steam colliers, the HaAmppen, TRANSPORTATION, COASTWISE, BRISTOL, NorroLkK and MrppiEesex, owned by the Coastwise Transportation Co., Boston, were tied up by a strike for increased wages.