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36 MARINE erwise. He is a golf enthusiast, a ski jumper, and an ardent tramper through hills and woods. During the days spent at Newport News, S. Wiley Wakeman had as a pal another recent Cornell graduate, C.. D. Hubbard. One day these two boys met the two charming daughters of a retired sea captain. One daugh- ter is now Mrs. S. Wiley Wakeman, mother of a thirteen- year-old girl, and two sons, who are attending Cornell. The other daughter is the wife of C. D. Hubbard, who heads the Boston office of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding REVIEW March, 1927 Corp. taking care of the New England activities, Mr. Wakeman has many interests outside of shipbuild- ing, among which are the following: Trustee of Cornell university; trustee of Thayer Academy, South Braintree, Mass.; president and director, United States Mutual Lia- bility Insurance Co.; vice president, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; committee member, Lloyd’s registry of shipping; director, University club, Boston; director, Algonquin club, Boston; and director, Wollaston Golf club, Wollaston, Mass. Launch Second Carferry at Manitowoc Carferry Madison building at Manitowoc N PRE-PROHIBITION days by common consent there was only one appropriate christening fluid. But times have changed and it is not unusual to find just plain water being used. But in all the history of shipbuilding it is probably safe to say that milk was used for christ- ening for the first when the carferry MADISON was launched at Manitowoc on Jan. 19. There is a reason for the apparent importance of milk in this case. The new carferry rep- resenting a very large investment would probably not have been needed had it not been for the great import- ance of the dairy industry to the state of Wisconsin. The gross income of Wisconsin farms in 1925 was $390,000,000, 49 per cent of which was from the sale of milk and cream. This vessel is the second carferry under construction within the year at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp. for the Grand Trunk railway system. Miss Marion M. Dixon of Chicago, daughter of George W. Dixon a di- rector of the Grand Trunk system was the sponsor. A large delegation of visitors from Milwaukee, Chicago, Grand Rapids, Benton Harbor and Detroit was present, including officials of the Grand Trunk railway system and Canadian National railway from served to about launched Oct. 23, Sponsor for the Grand Trunk Montreal and Toronto. 300 shipyard at the Elks club. The carferry MADISON is the second vessel of its type built at Manitowoc for the Grand Trunk railway system, the first ferry the and delivered be- MISS MARION M. DIXON at Launching of MapiIson railway just before launching Jan. 19. 1927 Luncheon was guests of the fore the end of the year, is now operating in the transport of railway cars across lake Michigan between Benton. Harbor and Milwaukee. When the MADISON is placed in service the Grand Trunk system will have in operation four vessels on this run. The two new carferries are sister boats, 860 feet long, with a beam of 56 feet, and a depth of 21 feet 6 inches. Four scotch marine boilers furnish steam for two triple expan- sion engines, directly connected to twin propellers. The deck of the ferry has four sets of tracks to accommo- date thirty of the largest type of freight cars. These ferries are de- signed for heavy winter service and extreme ice conditions. Construction of both of these two carferries, the GRAND RAPIDS and the ‘MADISON was carried out under the general supervision of Capt. Charles E. McLaren, manager of carferries for the Grand Trunk railway. Capt. McLaren’s offices are in Milwaukee. H. W. Ploss of Milwaukee is the general agent in the freight depart- ment. The plant of the Manitowoc Ship- building Corp. located on a pensinsula 35 acres in extent almost completely surrounded by navigable water, is particularly well situated both for GRAND RAPIDS,