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62 British Are Doing (Continued from Page 46) This is effected by the use of a Gill uxial-flow pump with a syphon shaped transfer pipe and a special vaned type discharge valve. The operation consists of taking up water from a bell mouth inlet opening flush with the bottom of the boat on one side of the center line of the hull, by means of a screw pump of the verti- cal spindle type and passing this water through a short syphon pipe set athwart ships to a vaned deflect- ing valve which discharges the water almost horizontally beneath the boat on the other side of the center line in any direction desired by the steers- man. Get Cement Cargoes (Continued from Page 29) parts to the screen frame a_ shaky motion which seems to be admirably suited to this purpose. This scheme of cleaning sacks and then reclaiming the cement about MARINE REVIEW inally sacked. When the new cement sells at $2.70 a barrel, the reclaimed cement sells at about $2.00 a barrel. Although a commercially operating property, one of the principal objects of the Tidewater Terminal Co. is to build up the commerce of the port of Boston as a whole. This, of course, is good sound business as increased port traffic means increased traffic for the Tidewater company. The close association of the company with the interests of the port, however, is shown by the personnel of its board of directors. Of the five directors, four are Boston men: Joseph W. Powell, chairman of the board of governors of the Maritime association of the Boston chamber of commerce; Frank §. Davis, manager of the Mari- time association; George S. Lovejoy, and Harry H. Wiggin. The pier it- self is under the management of Capt. J. M. Hoffman, and the Tidewater Terminal Co. is headed by its presi- dent, Harvey C. Miller, Philadelphia. At the time the Terminal company was organized by Mr. Miller in 1922, the mayor of Boston, together with FIG. 5—TRANSFERRING CEMENT IN BOSTON TIDEWATER TERMINAL. GAGE TRACK ON THE PIER WHICH GREATLY FACILITATES FREIGHT CAR HANDLING pays for itself. That is, the cement recovered pays for the labor charge and something towards the overhead. It has been found that when using French sacks which are heavier than the American, but not as heavy as the Norwegian, 2700 empty sacks will produce 3% barrels or 14 full sacks of cement. This reclaimed cement is sold at a lower price than that orig- BAGS DIRECT FROM SHIP TO CARS AT THERE ARE 16 MILES OF STANDARD THE the Boston chamber of commerce, had been endeavoring for some time to lease the property to private inter- ests for port terminal purposes. Their efforts, however, were unsuccessful. Mr. Miller at this time was operating a similar government pier at Phila- delphia with particularly favorable results, and it was on this record, largely, that the lease to Mr. Miller October, 1926 of the property at Boston was made. The government is frequently ac- cused of entering in competition with private business. T. V. O’Connor, chairman of the shipping board, has explained that the Boston Tidewater Terminal Co., under instructions from the shipping board, is restricting the use of the pier to incoming and out- going cargoes in order not to com- pete with private capital invested in warehouses and upon which federal, state and municipal taxes are paid. The storage of cement, paper, wood pulp, pig iron and similar commodities is carried on with the co-operation of the American Warehousemen’s asso- ciation. In nearly all cases the com- modities now handled were not pre- viously handled by any other pier at Boston. Prices and delivery service of ce- ment handled over the pier are said to be a distinct advantage to the building industry of Boston and sur- rounding country. As a purely dock problem the addi- tion of cement trading has utilized space and facilities not otherwise re- quired, and has contributed largely to the profitable operation of the whole property. August Lake Levels The United States lake survey re- ports the monthly mean stage of the Great Lakes for the month of August as follows: Feet above Lakes mean sea level SUPORIONs aiicorscstitnctssiccussees hasturnarnsdeteer eee 600.98 Michigans Huron cz ssveorsegssecesentsssvecess 578.59 Soe Ol aa ress coscstaaeeta peuccetuanee coueieinve 574.01 TST Pac cca Se ceeances tava sua sed akan cons cuteuarevaveutin 571.30 QOTEATIO ay tac ueeeanestieaccactasssedscesweasesegeaine 244.99 Lake Superior was 0.12 foot higher than in July and it was 0.54 foot lower than the low August stage of a year ago. Lakes Michigan-Huron were 0.06 foot higher than in July and were 0.15 foot higher than the low August stage of a year ago. Lake Erie was 0.08 foot higher than in July and it was 0.22 foot higher than the low August stage of a year ago. Lake Ontario was 0.21 foot lower than in July and it-was 0.09 foot higher than the August stage of a year ago, 1.30 feet below the average stage of August of the last ten years. Charles H. Bedell, consulting en- gineer for the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., died on September 2, following an operation for appendi- cities. He was born Dec. 19, 1861 and attended Haverford college Philadel- phia and John Hopkins University, Baltimore.