Marine Review The National Publication Covering the Business of CLEVELAND ———————F —— SSS = Sees = THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTATION BY WATERSS 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 Buffalo A. G. Raufer Chicago Office, 1147 Peoples Gas Bldg. L. C. Pelott Fred B. Pletcher New York Office, 220 Broadway, Joseph Fuller, Eastern Representative E. C. Kreutzberg B. K. Price : H. R. Simonds 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, Caxton House, estminster, S. W. 1 Vincent Delport MARINE Revirw is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Busi- ness Papers Inc. and the National Pub- lishers Association. Entered Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, as Sec- ond Class Matter, under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright 1928 by The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, O. Transportation by Water FOUNDED 1878 NEW YORK CONTEN?S Vol. 58 April 1928 No. 4 Page American ‘Sittppuilding im “1927 sii acccb ieee 20 By A. H. Jansson Distinctive Ships—Where to Find Them.................... 21 Distinctive Ships Illustrated and Described.................... 22-62 Shipbuilding Record, Jan. 1, ’27 to Jan. 1, ’28.............. 64-65 Dixie—New Southern Pacific Liner a. Lteinslagtiee where 67 By Lewis J. Spence Shipbuilding in United States Declines—II.................... 73 By H. G. Smith Know: Your Service Conditions. ..(..0.....050:0..cgsn cons 74 By L. M. Rakestraw : America Re-enters Transatlantic Service........0...0...0.. 76 Dock Management Progress Section...........ccccccccccssseceeees 78 Panama Canal Has Record Traffic in 1927 By Seymour Paul Ports—Marine Business Statistics... eecsseeeneeeees 83 Up and Down. the: Great Lake&......<ccccs;:4scarcie 84 Lake ‘Levels——Pebruary ce es ee 84 Bradley, Carl D.—1860-1928......... Suiliecaintess eon ee 85 Electric Power Cuts Operating Costs...............cccccccee 87 By W. B. Bassett Subscription United States and its posses- sions, $3 per year; Canada _ $4.00; 9 Great Britain and other Foreign Coun- ; tries, £1:0:0. Single copies 85 cents. ( Back numbers over three months 650 | y] cents. Cable addresses: Penton, Cleve- land, and Irotrapen, London. The A. B. P. isa nonprofit organization whose members have pledged themselves to a working code of practice in which the interests of the men of American industry, trade and professions are placed first—a code demanding unbiased edi- torial pages, classified and verified paid subscribers, and honest advertising of dependable products. MARINE REvIEw—April, 1928 Se oe ea RIE