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January, 1927 their construction the finest work- manship and incorporate in every de- tail the long experience of the man- agement in providing for the safety, comfort and recreation of passengers. Each of these vessels carries nearly 100 more passengers than the ALLE- GHANY or BERKSHIRE and they are also more elaborate in other respects. They are single screw, oil burning ships, of steel construction on the Isherwood system of framing, 368 feet in length, 52 feet in beam, 36 feet deep to the hurricane deck, with a load displacement at 19 feet draft 6930 tons. A detailed account with outboard profile was published in the April 1926 issue of MARINE REVIEW. Of combination passenger and freight ‘type with all cargo handled through side ports these vesels were built under special survey to the highest class of the American Bureau of Shipping for hull, machinery and equipment. Accommodations are provided for 302 first class, 12 steerage and a crew of 88. Propulsion is by means of a single screw driven by a four-cylin- der triple expansion engine of 2700 indicated horsepower, with four scotch boilers burning oil supplying steam. A cargo of 3300 tons can be carried at a mean draft of 19 feet. Loading and unloading is done through seven cargo ports in each side of the vessel. There are six decks, orlop, lower, main, hurricane, promenade and boat deck, the last three being used for accom- modation of passengers and crew. MARINE REVIEW Officials January, 1927 Merchants & Miners Transporta- tion Co. President and General Manager A. D. Stebbins First Vice President F. G. Boyce Jr., Baltimore Second Vice President E. P. Whitney, Boston General Counsel T. H. Swank, Baltimore Secretary and Treasurer W. Wadsworth, Baltimore Superintendent of Transportation D. R. MeNeill, Baltimore Assistant to President C. D. Swank, Baltimore Directors Baltimore A. D. Stebbins; F. G. Boyce Jr.; D. H. Miller, Jr.; R. Brent Keyser; W. K. Cromwell. From Other Cities E. P. Whitney, Boston; W. B. Brooks, A. H. S. Post, Stevenson, Md.; E. W. Lane, Jacksonville, Fla.; E. R. Tinker Jr., New York Officials at Baltimore T. W. Kennedy, auditor; T. H. Penn, general passenger agent; J. B. Sweeny, general traffic manager; H. P. Wilmer, general freight agent; H. M. Cornwall, superintendent Baltimore division; James Barry, general claim agent; T. F. Lips, special agent; A. Cradock, purchasing agent ; W. S. Wainwright, supervising steward; W. W. Tull, general agent. Officials at Other Cities John Leigh, superintendent, Philadelphia, division; A. L. Bongartz, general agent; A. W. Graves, assistant general freight agent, at Philadelphia; C. H. Maynard, general agent, Boston; Wm. H. Miller, general agent, Providence, R. I.; A. E. Porter, general agent, Norfolk, Va.; H. C. Jones, agent, Newport News, Va.; R. M. Girffin, general agent, Savannah, Ga.; C. M. Haile, general agent, Jackson- ville, Fla.; R. W. Parker, agent, Miami, Fla.; R. T. Merrill, agent, West Palm Beach, Fla. - been installed. 23 There are four suites with private baths on each ship just forward of midships, 80 rooms. with beds, 98 double berth rooms, and 8 single berth rooms. Each stateroom is fitted with running hot and cold fresh water. An intercommunicating telephone sys- tem with telephones in each _ state- room connected to a central switch- board operated by an attendant, has The telephone equip- ment, of the most modern type and the first of its kind installed on_ ship- board using telephones with European type of hand sets consisting of both receiver and transmitter attached to a common bar, was furnished by Chas. Cory & Son, Inc. Three rooms have private tub baths and 16 are equipped with showers. These baths have hot and cold fresh, and also hot and cold salt running water. The staterooms are well ventilated and of comfortable size. Most of the rooms have two doors, one opening on deck and one to the corridor. A berth light, thermos bottle and electric fan is installed in each room. Ice water fountains are located con- veniently throughout the passenger spaces of the ship. Staterooms have large rectangular shaped windows, de- veloped by the Kearfott Engineering Co., which operate up and down in felt lined grooves by means of crank- ing a lever on the same principal as an automobile window. The felt lined grooves eliminate the annoying rattle often experienced with windows on board ship. PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS ON OLDER VESSELS—AT LEFT—STATEROOM ON S. S. ONTARIO—AT RIGHT—STATEROOM AND BATH ON THE HOWARD—TYPICAL ALSO OF THE GLOUCESTER AND JUNIATA eo ee