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Se eee Ile De France Sails (Continued from Page 16) cafe terrace. The terrace is 75 feet 4 inches in width and duplicates on the sea the interesting side walks and cafes of the Paris boulevards. Adjoining the smoking room on the port side is the bar of unusual size. It is 29 feet 6 inches long and 6 feet 9 inches deep. Forward of the grand salon on the starboard side is an attractive library and writing room. Opposite on the port side is the Punch and Judy show and children’s playroom furnished with appropriate sized chairs and benches. On both sides of the promenade deck, forward of the library is a winter garden of glass enclosed deck space. The two sides each 58 feet 11 inches by 24 feet 6 inches are connected by an enclosed passage. The winter garden is at- tractively decorated with flowers and plants and fitted with wicker furni- ture of the porch variety. One of the special features of this vessel is the large amount of deck space. From the cafe terrace forward to, but not including the winter garden, the promenade deck is 368 feet 4 inches long and in some parts is 24 feet 6 inches wide. On the for- ward end of the sun deck .is a very complete modern gymnasium. It is 89 feet 3 inches long by 29 feet 6 inches wide. It is claimed that the grand din- ing salon of the ILE DE FRANCE is the largest ever built on any steamer. It is like all the other public rooms characterized by the beauty and taste of its decorations. The room is entirely done in marble in three different delicate shades of gray. The walls are ornamented only by luminous squares of glass of an old gold tint which spread a soft diffused light. One hundred and twelve large port hole settings furnish light during the day time. Indirect lighting is used entirely in the dining salon. The stair case to the dining room is unique, built of gray marble, it descends from both sides to a central landing and from this landing it de- secends directly to the floor in three directions separated by marble balus- trades. Forming the background for the stairs, facing the captain’s table and rising to full height from landing to ceiling is a great mural painting in the style of the ancient maps in color, of a map of the province of ILE DE FRANCE. It has the appearance of being a rare old giant tapestry. The floor covering of the grand dining salon is a _ specially made domestic carpet costing one million francs. 48 Forward of the main dining salon are four private dining rooms. Two of these will accommodate eight diners each, the other two six diners each. The decorations of these dining rooms give an atmosphere of real comfort Pupils of the Boule school under the direction of their professors are re- sponsible for the decorative concep- tion and execution of these smaller dining rooms, to the smallest detail. A specially built permanent chapel presenting a fine example of church decoration is one of the unique fea- tures of this vessel. The decorations are in. light colored lemon wood with panels in emboine and much _ gold bronze. There is a dome over the altar and the crucifix of molded glass is lighted from behind. Above the crucifix on either ‘side of the dome ceiling are paintings in color and gold of Saint Louis: and Saint Gen- evieve the patron saints of ILE DE FRANCE. The altar rail is a hand wrought iron grill. The chapel is two decks in heights and the lower floor accommodates fifty worshippers and the tribune or balcony seats 30 more. : There is a grand foyer four decks in height around which on the lower deck are grouped shops, a_ branch of one of the famous Paris stores. Here may be found a beauty parlor, barber shop tobacconist, candy shop and other similar conveniences. Between the funnels all obstruc- tions have been eliminated leaving clear stretches of deck space large enough for a regulation sized tennis court. Unboxed automobiles of pas- sengers, to a number of 60, can be accommodated in a special hold. It is impossible to convey by words an adequate idea of the richness, beauty and comfort of this new flagship of the French Line, the ILE DE FRANCE. Canadian Package Boats The single screw package freighters Ciry oF HAMILTON and CITY OF MONTREAL were recently completed by the Midland Shipbuilding Co., Midland, Ont. for the Canada Steam- ship Lines Ltd.. These vessels are used in the Toronto, Hamilton, Mont- real package freight express service. Both vessels were launched Jan. 12 last, within one half hour of each other. They are of all steel canal type fitted with ’tween decks and double bottoms, 238 feet long, 38 feet beam and 23 feet in molded depth. Power is furnished by triple expansion steam engines with two boilers each 13 feet 6 inches in diameter. MARINE REVIEW—July, 1927 The speed is 12 miles per hour and the deadweight capacity is 1500 tons. Recent Sales of Ships The United States shipping board has approved the sales, and transfer of registry in one case, of the follow- ing tonnage: APHRODITE, steel steam yacht, owned by Payne Whitney of New York to Greek registry in view of a proposed sale of this vessel to A. K. Ringa of New York and _ Athens, Greece. Mr. Ringa is a naturalized citizen of the United States. CONNNERSVILLE, CRANENEST, CRAINCREEK and CRAWLKEYS, steel steam vessels of shallow draft, lake type of 3364 tons deadweight each, equipped with reciprocating engines of 1240 indicated horsepower and designed to_ steam at 91% knots, to Madrigal & Co., Manila, P. I., for the sum of $112,000. The vessels will be operated in the Philippine coastwise trade and from the Philippines to Australia. SACRAMENTO, SUIHERLAND, steel, steam ves- sels of 7462 and 173887 deadweight tons re- spectively and each equipped with engines of 2030 indicated horsepower and designed to steam at 10 knots to the Charles Nelson Co., San Francisco for the sums of $104,000 and $107,000 respectively. CHANTIER, steel, steamship of lake type and used as a supply ship by Commander Richard E. Byrd in connection with his flight to the North Pole, to C. B. Repp, Plainfield, N. J. for $383,000 payable 25 per cent in cash and the balance in five equal install- ments. World Markets LAMPAS, single deck steamship, 8300 dead- weight tons, 5505 gross tons, for about £70,000 to Petroleum Maats ‘‘La Corona,” The Hague. NoLISEMENT, single deck steamship, 8060 deadweight tons, 4447 gross tons, for £46,000 to Tempus Shipping, Cardiff. WESSERLING, single deck steamship, 7810 deadweight tons, 5098 gross tons, for about £30,000 to Delmas Freres, La Rochelle. DAYTON, single deck steamship, 8200 dead- weight tons, 53829 gross tons, for £46,000 to Care & Marquand Shipping Co., Cardiff. Lake Cargo Movement Though apparently this season on the Great Lakes is a slow one from the vessel man’s point of view on account of the amount of idle tonnage, statistics show that 4,969,219 tons of ore was delivered at Lake Erie ports during the month of May this year which was a very considerable in- crease over the deliveries for May last year which amounted to 3,337,888 tons. Also the receipts for the whole season to June 1 this year were 5,- 701,987 tons compared with 3,337,888 for the same period last year. This means that last year no cargoes were carried earlier than the month of May. This year considerable move- ment was taken care of in April. The movement of coal is apparent- ly lighter than last year, but only apparently so. Shipments for this year up to June 6 for instance were 9,948,338 tons as compared with the same period in 1926 when the move- ment was 5,889,724 tons. An earlier start and several large new steamers has had the tendency to ease up on the demand for vessels of any kind.