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tending to a manifold in the engine room. There is also an independent 8-inch line from the engine room to the fore peak and similarly a 38-inch line to the after peak. From the engine room manifold to the boiler room and No. 38 and 4 holds there is an independent 5-inch suction line. These lines are of wrought iron pipe fitted with cast iron strainers and are placed as close to the shell at center line as possible and where they pass through watertight bulkheads stuffing boxes are used for water tightness. There is a 10-inch centrifugal ballast pump connected to a manifold from which the bilge and ballast piping leads. Three Electric Generating Sets Electric current is supplied by two 25-kilowatt and one 50-kilowatt Eng- berg generators. These are installed on the orlop deck in the after end of the engine room. There is a slate switchboard with all necessary instru- ments and connections. All wiring is run in conduit with watertight con- nections except in cabins where mold- ing is used. In the space reserved for cars 25- watt lamps and vapor globes with guards are fitted to stanchions and under shade deck in accordance with usual carferry practice. A number of lights in vapor globes are fitted in engine space, boiler space, holds and windlass rooms. Lights of this char- acter are also fitted around the out- side of deck houses. There is also ex- cellent lighting for all quarters and there are connections for operating fans. On top of the pilot house there is fitted a 1000-watt flood light and there are two 750-watt flood lights fitted on the shade deck aft. There is a tell tale board connected to the running lights in the pilot house. There is a cold storage room built of %-inch fir on the outside with layers of water proof paper and two 38-inch thicknesses of compressed cork and an inside ceiling of %-inch spruce. Bottom and sides of the box to a height of six inches is lined with 4-pound sheet lead soldered to form a pan and having a_ suitable drain. There is one 1-ton refrigerat- ing ice machine of Brunswick-Kroe- schell type. There is an ice making tank with a capacity of about 100 pounds per day. Signals and communication system is quite complete. There is a tele- phone between the lower bridge and the engine room. There is an ad- ditional telephone system connecting the captain’s and chief engineer’s rooms, wireless room and engine room to the pilot house. In the lower en- PORT ENGINE ON CARFERRY WABASH SHOWING CONTROLS gine room there is a telephone booth. Whistle pulls are fitted in the pilot house, both sides of bridge and in aft pilot house for each engine con- necting to corresponding whistles lo- cated one for each engine. One of these are of chime type. Two re- ply telegraphs with illuminated dials one for each engine is fitted in the pilot house and two are fitted aft. Both sets are connected to correspond- ing engine room telegraphs for each engine. There is also a mate’s tele- graph fitted in aft pilot house and also in forward pilot house. A com- plete alarm bell system fitted with signs as required by the steamboat inspection service and controlled by a switch in the pilot house is also in- stalled. The entire signaling and communication system on the ship was furnished and installed by .Chas. Cory & Son Ine. The exterior of the cabins is of steel, The interior bulkheading and panneling is of Haskelite plywood com- pletely insulted with hair felt, top, bottom and sides. The regular pas- senger staterooms of which there are 14 in number are arranged with one upper and one lower double berth. There is a lavatory in each state- room with hot and cold running water. Each stateroom is comfortably equipped. In addition to the ordi- nary staterooms there are two suites, each consisting of two rooms with shower, lavatory and bath connecting. These suites may be occupied as an apartment or divided into two sepa- rate rooms. Two of these rooms have wide lower berths only whereas the TWO 25-KILOWATT ENGBERG GENERATORS ON UPPER FLAT ENGINE ROOM OF WABASH MARINE REVIEW—December, 1927 1G