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From the Old Log Book Stray Items About the Great Lakes, Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts and Inland Rivers from MARINE REVIEW Files of 10, 20, 30 and 42 Years Ago OCTOBER 1884 N THE Marine Record, then the name of Marine REVIEW and a weekly, for Oct. 2, 1884, it was noted that word had been received from Washington, by local steamboat in- spectors on the Great Lakes, that an assistant inspector had been appointed to examine and pass upon all life saving apparatus and life preservers and to brand them at the manufac. turers before they could be used on the boats. ‘ * * * N VIEW of the large modern fleet of lake freighters now owned by Pickands & Mather Co. it is interest- ing to recall that the H. S. Pickands built by Captain Kirby, at Grand Haven, Michigan was launched on Oct. 8, 1884 and Colonel Sylvester Larned of Detroit delivered an able address. The Pickands of that day was a three masted full rigged ship with a carrying capacity of 1200 tons and her cost was $70,000. .Some of the details of construction are interesting; length overall 200 feet; length of keel 175 feet; beam 32 feet; depth of hold 14, feet. The frames were white oak, got out of 6 x 7-inch fletch. On the keel the depth of the frames were 17 inches, at the bilge 15% inches, and at the top 7% inches. Her main keel- son was 16 x 16 inches and there were two sister keelsons 16 x 16 inches; two rider keelsons 12 x 14 inches and four floor keelsons 14 x 16 inches. The ceiling was of 6 inches and her planking was four inches. A belt of iron 114 inches and 8 inches wide was laid under the sheer strake. She was built for the grain and coal trade be- tween Chicago and Buffalo, and the iron ore trade between Escanaba and Fruitport. OCTOBER 1896 HIRTY years ago the MARINE Review mentioned the launching of the big steel steamer JOHN ENGLIS, at Roach’s shipyard, Chester, Pa. The JoHN ENGLIS was built for the Main Steamship Co. for use in the freight and passenger service between New York and Portland. She was to have 126 staterooms for passengers and a freight capacity of 2000 tons. Her speed was to be 18% miles an hour in service. Her length was 213 feet and the beam was 46 feet. Power consisted of one triple expansion engine with cylinders 30, 48 and 75 inches in diameter and 56 inches stroke. The steam plant consisted of six boilers carrying a working pressure of 180 pounds. A total horsepower in excess of 4000 was expected. * * * S PEED for boats is not of so re- cent an origin as one would be inclined to think. Thirty years ago the MARINE REVIEW published some interesting facts concerning the steam yacht MARIETTA. * * * ER dimensions were 143 feet over- all, 16 feet beam and 9 feet 11 inches depth of hold. Accurate records of speed, in trying different propeller wheels, were kept on a course between a buoy off Larchmont and one at Glen Cove, Long Island, N. Y., a distance of a little over two miles. With the last wheel tried the vessel averaged 19.88 miles with 180 pounds of steam and natural draft. This was a speed she could maintain for any distance. Her engine had cylinders 12, 18 and two 22 inches by 15 inches stroke, turning 300 revolutions at 200 pounds steam. OCTOBER 1906 | Sl aie the heading of “Mariners Creed,” the following excellent advice for seafaring men was pub- lished in Maring Review twenty years ago: Geis matAes in the lead, as it guards me against dangers which the eye can not see. I believe in the look- ‘out, as it guards me against dangers to be-seen. I believe in the log, as it checks my distance run. I believe in ascertaining the latitude, as it helps me to define my position. The lead guards me against dangers invisible, the lookout guards me against dan- gers visible. The log guards me against false distances. and the lati- tude helps me to define my position. 26 HE above is an excellent creed for all mariners. Scientific devel- opment of aids to navigation within the last 20 years, particularly, for instance, the newly developed auto- matic depth finder working on_ the sound and echo principle, will help to observe this creed. The depth finder has been very thor- oughly tried out and will do with rapidity and accuracy what is done slowly and laborously with the lead. The lead however, will never disap- pear as the elemental basic check. Adherence to a policy of eternal vig- liance in safeguarding the ship against its seen and unseen dangers would prevent many accidents. ‘OCTOBER 1916 N INTERESTING account is given of the Canadian govern- ment ice breaker J. D. Hazen, in the October, 1916 number of Marine RE- view. The vessel measured 290 feet long overall; 275 feet between per- pendiculars, 57 feet 5 inches beam, 82 feet molded depth. A _ designed draft of 19 feet 3 inches, gave a dead- weight of 950 tons. The vessel was fitted with two powerful reciprocat- ing engines, developing a total of 8000 horsepower. The stem a mas- sive steel casting raked aft. * * * HE war had begun to make its effect felt. All the neutral coun- tries of Europe had begun to produce ships at maximum capacity. Yards in Holland had work in hand for 5 years ahead and similar conditions existed in Scandinavian yards. Even Spanish shipbuilding took a remark- able turn for the better and a new shipyard was laid down at Bilboa. * * * T IS strange in the view of subse- quent happenings to read of the evi- dent friendly reception extended the German submarine Deutschland on her trip to the United States in 1916. This visit was evidently considered an honor, for the. city of Baltimore re- ceived the German officers and crew with elaborate receptions and _ there was very evident relief shown when news came that the submarine had returned safely to Germany.