March, 1927 MARINE REVIEW Marine Review The National Publication Covering the Business of CLEVELAND THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTATION BY WATER ——= Published monthly by The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. Cleveland Office, Penton Bldg. H. Cole Estep, Vice President A. H. Jansson, Editor J. D. Pease, Advertising Director F. V. Cole, Circulation Manager H. O. Taylor R. C. Coursen Boston Office, 1037 Old South Bldg. H. R. Simonds Buffalo A. G. Raufer Detroit V. E. Dolan Chicago Office, 1147 Peoples Gas Bldg. L. C. Pelott Fred P. Pletcher W. W, Maloney New York Office, 220 Broadway, Joseph Fuller, Eastern Representative E. C. Kreutzberg B. K. Price Pittsburgh Office, 2148 Oliver Bldg. S. H. Jasper W. H. Lloyd San Francisco Office, 24 California St. Don Partridge Washington, D. C. Office, 1653 Pennsylvania Ave. L. M. Lamm London Office, 2-3 Caxton House, Westminster, S. W. 1 Vincent Delport Subscription United States and _ its possessions, $3 per year; Canada $4.00; Great Britain and other Foreign Countries, £1:0:0. Single copies 35 cents. Back numbers over three months 50 cents. The Cleveland News Co. supplies the trade with MARINE REVIEW through_ the regular channels of the American News Co. European Agent, The International News Co., Breams building, Chancery Lane, London, E. C., England. Member, the Audit Bureau of Circula- tions, Associated Business Papers, Inc. and the National Publishers Association. En- tered at the Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, as Second Class Matter, under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright 1927 by The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, O. Transportation by Water FOUNDED 1878 Vol. 57 March 1927 No. 3 Seven-Year Record of S. S. Algic.................::0008 By A. H. Jansson Launch New Hudson River Liner........................ New York Central No. 34 Oil Electric Tug........ Coast Guard Boats and Engines.....................0+ Bunker Coal Weighed at Port Huron................ By A. D. Carlton Reduce Lake Vessels’ Fuel Bill—Part II............ By Henry Penton Photographs—Latest Events. ............ccccccccccceeeeeee Dock Management Progress Section................ Barge Canal Terminals By Maurice W. Williams Maritime Law—Late Decisions...................:..0000 By Harry Bowne Skillman Safety Equipment Is Recommended................ : Equipment Used Afloat, Ashore....................0 Ports—Marine Business Statistics.................0... eee eeeeeeseeesesee Tanker—Explosion—Being Rebuilt Personal Sketches of Marine Men.................... S. W. Wakeman, Vice President Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. By H. R. Simonds Carferry, Madison, Launched at Manitowoc...... Books—Review of Latest.. 6.0.0.6 Golo Sales of Ships—Recent.............cccc.ccsscsscssssscessennnnss Machinery and Shippin®..................sssesesssseeereeennees By M. B. Lambert Bracketless and Isherwood Systems Progress.... Marine Engineers Call on the President............ Evangeline S. S. Eastern S: §8.° Co. Launched 3.000 ok Lake Levels for January... o0sc cae What the British Are Doing...................... What’s Doing Around the Lakes..........0..00000... Freight Rates and Bunker Prices....................... Disasters—Marine, Late Flashes on............... ee Trade Publications Reviewed.............---......ccccceeeee Business News for the Marine Trade................ NEW YORK CONTENTS