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August, 1926 aft, with side bunkers running the length of the fire room and engine room. The record of these boilers showed that they were the original ones installed in the ship. All equipment in both the engine and boiler rooms was completely taken out. Nineteen new floor frames to- gether with a new keel, keelson and web frames were installed. These frames, which were directly under the boilers, were the only frames on the ship which showed any serious corro- sion. The side bunkers in the engine room together with the screen bulk- head were removed. A new engine foundation was _ in- stalled. The new engine is a triple expansion marine type with cylinders 23 x 39 x 66 inches in diameter by 42 inches stroke developing 2300 indi- cated horsepower built by the Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co., Hamilton, O., In addition to the engine a new inde- pedent Worthington condenser was in- stalled. All new pumps and auxiliaries were installed together with a forced draft blower and engine. The new boilers are of the water tube type, Ma KUNE REV ik w built by the Babcock and Wilcox Co. A new screen bulkhead was located forward of the old screen bulkhead and a new athwartship bunker was in- stalled forward of the boilers. After installation of the boilers, new up- takes, fidley top and smoke stack com- plete were fitted. One of the pleasing results of this reconditioning is that although a larger engine was installed together VIEW OF THE NEW TRIPLE EXPANSION STEAM ENGINE INSTALLED IN THE HERMAN WINTER—LOOKING FORWARD AND TO PORT FROM ENGINE ROOM FLOOR 29 with additional machinery, the pres- ent arrangement is more roomy. The fireroom has a much larger working space and it is possbile to walk com- pletely around the boilers. The en- gine room also, due to the well planned arrangements, permits of ready access to all parts without crowding. The remainder of the vessel was scaling, given a_ thorough cleaning THE SAME ENGINE FROM THE MIDDLE GRATINGS and painting and new masts were in- stalled. Considerable speculation as to the advisability of such an expenditure on a vessel of this age is being made in marine circles. The Eastern Steam- ship lines, however, feel that the hull being in excellent condition warranted the new engines and boilers, which make it a valuable vessel to them for many years to come. The general de- sign makes her particularly adapted to the freight coastwise trade and she should therefore have far greater earning power than a much cheaper but unhandier vessel. Diesel Electric Tug Enters Service HE first diesel-electric vessel I to be assigned to the _ port of Norfolk and the Virginia Capes arrived at the Pennsylvania railroad dock recently to enter per- manent services there. The tug which, except for the main diesel oil en- gines, is operated throughout by elec- tricity will run between Cape Charles and Norfolk. Incidently the arrival of his craft increases the local towing fleet of the Pennsylvania railroad to a total of ten tugs of all kinds. The arrival of the WiIcoMIco was marked by the presence of a large number of railroad officials and others invited to inspect the new tug. Among those at the dock were: Capt. Edward Richardson, boatmaster of the Penn- sylvania railroad at Norfolk, William Ives, Norfolk, manager of the West- inghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., and Cecil Gray, representing the trans- portation department of the same com- pany. While the use of the diesel-electric tug boat is a departure from estab-