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Complete Passenger Boat for Canada S. S. Lines Making her maiden voyage, leav- ing Montreal June 18 for Quebec and returning to Montreal June 19, the S. S. St. LAwReNc#, latest and finest addition to the fleet of the Canada Steamship Lines Ltd., was completed in record time after her launching which occurred on June 1. She will enter the Montreal Saguenay service of the Canada Steamship lines. The St. LAWRENCE was built at the Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Levis, P. Q., with Prof. Herbert C. Sadler acting as consulting naval architect, and is the largest vessel serving the river whose name she bears being 3809 feet 10 inches in length and 67 feet wide at the main deck. She has twin screws and is an oil burner. Her engines and boilers were built in England. All staterooms, 250 in number, are out- side rooms. Of these 18 are parlors equipped with twin beds and private bath. Half of the balance are equipped with toilets. The public rooms are commodious and are beautifully finished. The lounge situated aft on A deck oc- cupies the entire width of the ship and is finished in oak paneling, with an ivory tinted ceiling. Wide plate glass windows afford an_ excellent view. A flat hardwood floor has been fitted in this room for dancing. When chartered for conventions this room, accommodating 500 people, may be used for assemblies. The dining room is paneled in walnut and also has wide observa- tion windows. The floor is covered with heavy carpet and the ceiling is of ivory tint. It is possible to ac- commodate 200 guests at one time. The entrance lobby and stairways are also finished in walnut but the hall- ways and stateroom interiors are of duco finish in an ivory tint. Safety of passengers has received special attention. Fire detection ap- paratus and sprinklers have been in- stalled in each room and along the hallways. Every consideration has been given to the comfort and con- venience of the guests. It is in- teresting to note that the company’s program calls for the construction of two additional similar vessels, to be ready by May 1, 1928. BF A te On June 25 the steamer B. F. Ar- FLECK was launched at the Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Toledo, O. This steamer is a duplicate of the A. F. Harvey, recently completed at the yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Detroit. She is being built for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. and will be delivered during the summer. Capt. G. H. Banker will be in com- mand. The large freighter, a 12,000-ton vessel, 604 feet long overall’ and 60 feet wide with a depth of 32 feet was named after B. F. Affleck, presi- dent of the Universal Portland Ce- ment Co., a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corp. with plants at Chicago, Duluth and Pittsburgh. Mr. Affleck left school at the age of 18, entered a machine shop, _ studied nights, held a clerical position in a railroad office and later became sales- man, general sales manager and then president of the Universal Co. Mrs. B. F. Affleck christened the boat. After completion the B. F. AFFLECK will carry ore from the head of the lakes to Lake Michigan and Lake Erie ports, limestone from Michigan to the steel and cement plants at Chicago, Buffington, Ind., Gary, Ind., Lorain, O., and Duluth, and _ coal from Lake Erie ports to ports on Lakes Michigan and Superior. The new steamer is one of the units in the lake carrying developments of the Universal Co., a feature of which was the formal opening by vice president Charles G. Dawes on June 9 of the company’s harbor at its Chi- cago (Buffington, Ind.) plant—the first private harbor to be built on Lake Michigan in 20 years. It is one of only three such harbors on all the Great Lakes. The others are at Gary, Ind., and at Calcite, Mich. Lake to Ocean Service A subsidiary of the recently organ- ized Terminals & Transportation Corp. of America, the Detroit New York Transit Co. has started a_ direct freight service between New York and Detroit. The first sailing was the motorship Twin Ports from New York on May 28. It is planned to make this a fast merchandise and package freight service between these two ports. Automobiles are likely to form a good share of the cargo. A number of prominent automobile man- ufacturers are backing the project. A. Miller McDougal heads the sub- sidiary company as well as the parent organization. To begin the service the two mo- torships Twin Ports and Twin CITIES have been chartered from the Min- nesota Atlantic Transit Co. They are. to sail at nine or ten day in- tervals from either terminal. The barge canal to Oswego on Lake On- tario and the Welland canal will be used. MARINE REVIEW—July, 1927 John F. Metten Heads New Engineering Co. In order to save the technical talent represented by the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co.’s organization a new corporation has been formed known as the Marine Engineering Co. with head- quarters in Philadelphia. John F. Metten, chief engineer of Cramps and with many years of experience in the design and building of ves- sel machinery has been chosen to head the new concern. The announcement of the retire- ment of Cramps from shipbuilding gave considerable cause for thought to the officials of the navy depart- ment and it is planned that the en- gineering concern of which Mr. Met- ten has been chosen president will continue intact the technical _ skill which is so essential in such a special- ized art as shipbuilding. The new company will design of all the scout cruisers. Eight such vessels are to be built and the drawings and plans will go along with the building of the ships cover- ing a period of three years. Appointed Commissioner Arthur J. Tyrer, assistant commis- sioner of navigation, department of commerce for the past 25 years, has been appointed commissioner succeed- ing D. B. Carson, who has resigned. Commissioner Tyrer is well known to shipping men and has had _ per- sonal contact with many of them. He began as a clerk in. the bureau of navigation in 1902 and has worked his way up from the ranks. Secretary Hoover of the depart- ment of commerce announced that D. B. Carson of Nashville, Tenn., who recently asked to be relieved of the duties of commissioner of navigation, has consented to undertake special service with the department of com- merce in connection with matters re- lating to the enforcement of the navi- gation laws. Directors Re-elected . The Interlake Steamship Co. held its annual meeting early in June in Cleveland and the following directors were re-elected: Samuel Mather, H. G. Dalton, Harry Coulby, H. S. Pick- ands, Elton Hoyt II, H. P. McIntosh and Moses Taylor. The following officers were also re-elected: President, Harry Coulby, vice president, H. S. Pickands; secretary and treasurer, S. E. Bool; assistant secretary and treas- urer, C. C. Canfield and auditor, H. P. Drake. 41 have charge of the i lei ae