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A : a us , x See A, GER Nae 5a dale 3 ms Be : ine ‘ered the 210 THE MARINE REVIEW more government oil-burning ships from the Great Lakes ports where they are now under construction to the Atlantic ocean through the Welland canal were also taken up by Mr. Williams while in Washington. One hundred vessels have already been sent to the Atlantic. Approximately 100 government coal- burning vessels will be in operation on zl THE fastest passage in recent years between Boston and Buenos Aires is recorded of the Norwegian bark BeESSFIELD, Captain Larsen, which cov- 6500 miles in 54 days. The barkentine J. S. Emery, Captain Fickett, was 78 days on a similar passage. Both vessels were lumber laden. x x x _ The former Boston pilot schooner HeEsper recently arrived at that port from Bucksport, Me., with a cargo of herring, having been purchased by Capt. T. M. Nicholson who equipped her with aux- iliary gasoline motors. xk ok Ox Coal barges regularly in the trade between Virginia and Boston are being rigged as 4-mast sailing vessels, the latest being the CoastwisE owned by the Potter Transportation Co., at Machias, Me. Two former full-riggzed ships, the E. B. Surron and I. F. CuapmMan were given schooner rig several months ago and now are on oversea voyages. * * 1K Boston has developed a splendid ex- port trade with Cuba and, for February, the United Fruit Co. ships carried 25,000 tons of general merchandise to the is- land, the consignments having been loaded at Long wharf. kK ok Ox Boston’s fishermen’s strike which in- volved a dozen steam trawlefs for a period of three months has been settled. The masters are to receive $125 per month and 3 per cent of the stock, the mates getting $110 per month and 2 per cent. Earnings of skippers average about $5000 a year under the new scale. The concerns affected were the Bay State Fishing Co. and the Gorton-Pew Fisheries. * ok ok Capt. Aaron W. Soria, Boston, master of the American bark Montauk, died recently of influenza at Manila and was buried there. The vessel was bound from Australia for San Francisco and ° put in to place the captain in hospital. Captain Soria had commanded barks Gare, B. F. Hunt and H. G. Jounson. He was 64 years old and ran many years in the lumber trade between Boston and River Plate. of ** K Service between Boston and Yarmouth, N. S., by the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., was resumed in March with the NortH Lanp. The Canadian steamship ARANMORE which maintained © sailings during the winter has been returned to the Canadian government. The NortH LAND is commanded by Captain Ingalls IATA Kast a sa HNN the Great Lakes this season, Mr. Wil- liams estimates. * * & Body of a sailor recently found at the head of Wolfe island has been identified as that of. Charles Ivor John- son of Buffalo. Papers found on the body proved that the dead man was a wheelsman on the steamer MANOLA. ie [IE ULLAL with Captain McKinnon, formerly of the PrINcE GEorGE, as _ pilot. * K * Steamer Lapy or GASPE soon will be scheduled on the run between Boston and Halifax, N. S., in service of the Nova Scotia Steamships, Ltd., alternat- ing with the SAGAMORE. * * * The Boston Marine society now has 85 beneficiaries for whom each quarter about $4700 is appropriated. ee Steamship GEorRGE WASHINGTON which landed President Wilson in Boston re- cently is the largest vessel ever to enter that port, being of 25,570 gross tons. Pilot. -J.. G. Hartling of the Boston oT UIUC TEU iil HE 5-mast motor schooner JANET CARRUTHERS, which went ashore at the entrance to Grays Harbor, Wash., Jan. 22, is lying on the beach and it is possible that efforts may be made to salve her. It is stated that it may be necessary to excavate a channel through the spit to get her back into deep water but whether this will be feasible is not known as the hull is said to be badly hogged. The underwriters, who have taken over the work, have received bids for the vessel. Her value was $400,000 and when she went ashore she had a part cargo of large Puget sound timbers consigned to Japanese shipyards. 2K cS ok The port of Seattle, which made a profit of $700,000 on its terminal prop- erties last year, has announced that rates will be reduced to the end that charges may cover operating expenses only. The profit of 1918 was possible largely be- cause there was a heavy movement of Oriental freight. The port paid no taxes and charged off no depreciation. The commissioners have been severely criti- cized for their excessive charges which, it is claimed, have placed Seattle at a disadvantage compared with other ports. Now the port is revising its tariffs and will reduce its charges to a level that will meet operating expenses and over- head. * K ok While Oriental vessels are bringing but little cargo from China and Japan at this period, outbound vessels are UT April, 1919 Pilot association brought the ship into President’s roads and also took her out. ee a The Maritime Coaling Co., Boston, supplied the steamship Mr. Vernon, 7700 tons of bunker coal in 80 hours, at the same time bunkering the RAPPAHANNOCK with 2200 tons. The Mr. VERNON con- tract sets a new time record for the port. x ok x Capt. Edward Ellis of British steam- ship CorresMorRE died recently at his home in Liverpool. He was well known in Boston. ise. en The National Shipbuilding Corp., Three Rivers, Canada, has purchased the shipbuilding plant of the Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Co., Violet, La., about 12 milés down the river from New Orleans, and will con- tinue construction of steel tankers and barges for the Pan-American Petroleum & Oil Corp., which has a refinery at Destrahan, La., and oil wells in the Tampico district, in Mexico. The first steel ship ever constructed south of Newport News was launched at Violet from the yards of the transportation company last year, since which time three other tankers of the same type and size—2300 tons—have been built and launched there for Mexican oil service. The National company takes over the complete yards which employ 500 men. &9 oD) x LUUIUUUVIUUUUUULA AUT leaving with full cargoes of cotton and steel. These two commodities make an ideal combination for stowing and for filling a ship’s capacity. The steel is being moved to Japanese shipyards for the construction of new tonnage, some of which is being built in Japan for the United States shipping board. The cotton is a seasonal cargo and it is consigned to Japanese mills. ie eee Puget sound is again to have direct steamship service with Great Britain via the Panama canal. Two lines have re- sumed service on this route. The Harri- son line has dispatched the steamship Proressor from Liverpool for the Pacific coast and the Blue Funnel line is send- ing the steamship Eurypltus to Puget sound. Until two years ago, this route offered regular service via the canal but the exigencies of the war diverted the tonnage elsewhere and service was dis- continued. The Blue Funnel line has also resumed its regular sailings between Puget sound and Manila via China and Japan. The steamship Cycrors was the first to come since the service was in- terrupted months ago. One outcome of Seattle’s general strike “is the resumption of the open shop on the waterfront. The long- shoremen had just negotiated a new agreement with the employers when they joined the general walkout. The result is that the employers have since refused to recognize the union and open shop conditions again prevail.