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October, 1917 then send the message “collect” to Byng inlet, where the master can settle for it on arrival,” eae The Toledo Sand & Gravel Co. has been awarded the contract for raising the steamer Natrronco and coal cargo. The Nartironco, which was sunk in a collision in the lower Detroit river, was purchased from the underwriters by her former owner, A. B. Mackay, Hamilton, Ont., for $32,500. The steamer will be sent to the coast as soon as she is repaired. * * * The Peninsula Steamboat Co., San- dusky, O., has discontinued business and has sold its principal holding, the passenger and merchandise steamer OtcotT, to eastern parties, for trans- atlantic service. For years the Oxcorr was the first boat to leave Sandusky in the spring and the last to lay up in winter. x ok Ox Capt. J. T. Rose, member of the Duluth board of trade and one of the best known vessel agents at the Amer- ican head of the lakes, died at his home in Duluth at the age of 71 years. He entered the general vessel business in 1878. eae ae The Torcrete Shipbuilding Co., re- cently organized in Chicago, is reported to be negotiating for a suitable yard location near Detroit. It will build a 1200-ton cargo steamer for Great Lakes service. This ship will be built of a combination of steel and concrete. - Boston Bay Notes By George S. Hudson Strikes are causing much delay to coastwise vessels, most of the discontent centering in firerooms of steamers, par- ticularly those engaged in the coal trade between Chesapeake bay and New Eng- land ports. The question of increased wages frequently is answered by the operating companies acceding to de- mands rather than have their tonnage tied up. yi Ho ok Exportation of rum from Boston has ceased till after the war and denizens of the West Coast of Africa no doubt “must conserve the supply that has been shipped by schooner almost monthly since the exigencies of war resulted in consignments of that nature being re- fused by regular lines. New England distilleries are now producing alcohol to be used in the manufacture of smoke- less powder. oe The Purdy Towboat Co., Boston, has purchased of Rockland, Me., interests the 55-foot tug Hucu, which will be used in harbor work. ok * * Two-thirds of the British steamships regularly operated between New Eng- land ports and Europe prior to 1914 have been destroyed by German sub- marines or mines, their places having been largely replaced by chartered ton- nage, 8 ee! eae The Boston Marine Society spends about $12,000 annually for relief of its 87 beneficiaries. ea An U. S. submarine rammed the steamer MAYFLOWER of the Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co., the excursion ‘brought to this THE MARINE REVIEW vessel sustaining damage that will lay her up for the remainder of the season. The accident occurred in Boston harbor during a fog, the captain of the May- FLOWER blaming the commander of the naval craft. OM Ok F, A. Jones, for years general man- ager of the Eastern Steamship Corp., has accepted a position as manager of a government shipyard at Portsmouth, N. H., where 30 vessels are to be con- structed immediately. * * * B. N. Kenney, chief engineer of the Boston steamship Prtrer H. Crowe tt, was drowned off Pernambuco recently. Chief Kenney had been in the employ of the Crowell & Thurlow Steamship Co. several years and resided in Dor- chester, Mass. ce eee D. W. Simpson, a Boston ship broker, succeeds H. M. hitney as president of the Boston & Gloucester Steamship Co., the latter retiring after service cov- ering a period of nearly 50 years. The _TIMANDRA was oast 381 company contemplates new ports of call, also a freight boat equipped with mod- ern cargo devices, * * * The Boston sailing ship TiMANDRA, which sailed from Norfolk, March 6, for Buenos Aires, has been given up as lost. In some circles it is believed the sunk by the German raider SEEADLER. The ship was com- manded by Capt. Richard Lee, Yar- mouth, N. S., who was accompanied by his wife. The vessel carried a cargo of coal. ee ee, Offers have been made to Paul Butler, Lowell, Mass., owner of the American cup schooner America, for that. vessel which is now laid up at Boston, with view to placing the old queen of the sea in the cargo-carrying trade. oes ge J. W. Elwell & Co., New York, have purchased the Boston steamer Cape ANN, which will be converted into a tug for transatlantic towing. For the present the vessel will tow barges be- tween the United States and Martinique. Cws By R. C. Hill UGET SOUND has never wit- nessed before such a heavy foreign trade as August brought to Seattle and Tacoma. Forty-four steamers ar- rived from the Orient and west coast ports and an equal number cleared. This sets a record, the best previous month having been May of last year with 34 steamers in the offshore trade. The record of last month was made without the movement of lumber, which hereto- fore, has always formed a large portion of Puget sound’s foreign commerce. August witnessed unprecedented ship- ments of all kinds of Oriental cargo port and exceptional quantities of general freight cleared for Japan and China. The nationality of the vessels engaged in this trade is noteworthy. Japan furnished 27 of the total of 44. There were seven under British registry, one Swedish, one Dutch, and seven Norwegian. As proof of the great record established by August, the collections at the Seattle customs house were $282,361 as against $109,115 in August, last year. * * * The Alaska fishing vessels are winging their way from the northern waters and already some of them have arrived. The vanguard of the codfish fleet re- ports that the season has been poor, although the vessels will do well con- sidering the high price for their catch, which in quantity is below the average. + eo First of a large fleet of steel steam- ers under contract, the War L&roparpD was launched from the yards of J. F. Duthie & Co., East Waterwav. Seattle, Sept. 1. This is the first. launching at this plant which has been started since early this year. The War LEoparD is a standard-type, 8800-ton steamer and is building for the Cunard line. The spon- sor was Mrs. Charles D. Bowles. wife of the president of the Duthie company. The event was highly successful and marks the first of a series of launchings to occur in the near future. Three other steel vessels of similar type are on the ways at this point. Two other ways are shortly to be added. oe Good progress is being made at Ray- mond on the new wooden shipbuilding plant of Sanderson & Porter, who have extensive government contracts. The work has been handicapped somewhat by the difficulty in obtaining lumber, owing to the strikes in logging camps and mills. The office buildings are up while dredging, pile driving, construc- tion of work buildings and installation of machinery are being done as rapidly as possible. Six ways are being pro- vided and as soon as lumber is available in quantities, between 1200 and _ 1500 men will be employed. This yard has good rail connections and is expected to become one of the important plants in this section. ee ee Another steel vessel of the standard 8800-ton type was given to the water Aug. 16 from the plant of the Skinner- Eddy ‘Corp., Seattle. This steamer is the Lieut. Demissiessy, built for the French government and named after one of the heroes of the present war. This vessel is the first turned out for the allies under permission of the United States shipping board. She is the sev- enth launching from this new yard in 11 months. eo We While there has been considerable public criticism concerning the manage- ment of Seattle’s public water terminals, these immense piers and warehouses are at the present time taxed to their ca- pacity, principally with Oriental cargo. The movement of oils from the Orient has been very heavy and the storage tanks for this commodity, constructed by the port commission, are also filled to the brim. Several days ago, it was esti- mated that the port’s terminals con- tained 41,000 tons of cargo, valued at more than $44,000,000. When the can- ned salmon movement is on in earnest