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34 There are two triple expansion main engines with cylinders of 20% x 34 x 56 inches and _ 36-inch stroke, built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp. Boilers; four in number are of the scotch marine type, 14 feet 6 inches x 20 feet, also built by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp. The steering engine, mooring wind- lasses, gypsy engines, storm apron and operating windlass, and steering stands, were also designed and built. by the shipyard. There are four tracks on the main deck which will accommodate 30 freight cars. Located on the spar deck are 12 staterooms, dining saloon and large observation room forward MARINE REVIEW for accommodation of passengers, quarters and mess rooms for the crew, pantry, galley and _ storerooms. The Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp., in addition to being actively engaged in the design and construction of all types of steel passenger and freight vessels, diesel ships, dredges, tugs, lighters, scows and marine machin- ery, has built during the past few years two carferries of a similar size as the GRAND Rapips for the Pere Marquette railway, one for the Ann Arbor railroad and one for river service for the Wabash railroad, all of which are in operation and giv- ing excellent service to their respec- tive owners. As extensive recondi- December, 1926 tioning and repair work is constantly under way on cearferries operating on the lakes in addition to new con- struction, it can be said that this yard is unusually well qualified to handle the design and construction of ships of this class. The ManDISON, a sister ship to the GRAND RAPIDS and for the same serv- ice, is now under construction for the same company and_ will be launched in the next few weeks. The launch of the GRAND RapiIps was a success in every way and in addition to the officers of the Grand Trunk system, was attended by a large body of men prominent in the offic'al, commercial shipping fields. Ship building Experience Helps Operator J. F. Paige has had a varied and interesting technical and __ practical background of experience in designing, building, repairing and operating ships. After six years as apprentice and journeyman on mechanical and marine engineering work, he spent five years at sea in the merchant marine, serv- J. F. PAIGE ing through all grades to and includ- ing chief engineer. From 1903 to 1916 he was connected with the Fore River Shipbuilding Corp. and the Fore River plant of the Beth- lehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass. While with this company Mr. Paige served as foreman, superin- tendent of machinery, assistant chief engineer and assistant general superin- tendent in charge of all classes of merchant and naval work. He was then sent by the company as official representative for two years in Japan and one and one-half years in Italy, in connection with important naval contracts. In 1917 he went to the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Port Arthur, Ont., as general manager in charge of all work in connection with the design, building, drydocking and repairing of varied types of passenger and freight vessels. Mr. Paige continued in this position until December 1919, when he was made operating manager of the Halifax Ship Yards, Ltd., Halifax, Canada, where he engaged in similar work including the building of several vessels of 10,000 tons deadweight. In February 1924 he returned to the United States and was appointed manager of the operating department of the United States shipping board, Emergency Fleet Corp., at New Orleans. In this position he had full charge of operations and main- tenance and repairs under the juris- diction of the Fleet corporation in the gulf district. In August 1925 he was transferred to Washington as_ head of the revenue and expense section, and in November of that year he was appointed assistant to the vice presi- dent of operations. Mr. Paige’s connection with the Emergency Fleet Corp. terminated Sept. 1, 1926 when he resigned to accept a position with the Black Diamond Steamship Corp., New York, ' as operating manager. The Black Diamond Steamship Corp., acting as managing operator for the United States shipping board, operates a fleet of sixteen vessels on routes between Boston, New York, Hampton Roads, Philadelphia and Baltimore to Ant- werp and Rotterdam. He is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- neers, the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers and the American Society of Naval Engineers. Thau Made Manager Marine Engineering Walter E. Thau, formerly electri- cal engineer marine section of the general engineering department of the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., was recently promoted to the position of manager of marine engi- neering. Mr. Thau was born in Cincinnati, WALTER E. THAU in 1887. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati, with the de- gree of bachelor of science in elec- trical engineering, and in 1911 he entered the apprenticeship course of the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1912 he entered the engineering department to take up the work of applying electrical equipment to main roll drives and auxiliaries in steel mills. He remained in that work (Continued on Page 50)