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operation on the Ohio river. On the Monongahela river where over 95 per cent of the commerce is han- dled over private terminals, the car- go handling facilities are specialized and little general or packet freight is handled. On the other two tribu- tary streams, the Cumberland and Tennessee, the type of terminal in a few instances, is equipped for direct river-rail transfer of freight, but in most cases the equipment is simple, being intended merely for loading and unloading freight into and from the river boats and barges, with no need for river-rail transfer. At a great many points on the Cumber- land and Tennessee the only sort of terminal facility is a boat landing, either improved or unimproved de- pending upon the amount of freight passing over it. Terminal Facilities at Larger Cities The city of Cincinnati recently completed one of the largest river- rail terminals in the country. It is shown in an accompanying illustra- tion. This terminal consists of a two-story warehouse, offices, loading platform and derrick. There is also an overhead steel bridge unloader for transfering freight direct from barge to railroad car and vice versa. One of the most modern terminals located on an inland waterway of this country is the new Mead John- son Corp. terminal at Evansville, Ind., on the Ohio river. This ter- inal is illustrated in accompany- ing views. This modern river-rail terminal has connections with all railroads entering the city of Evans- ville. At present it is served di- rectly by the American Barge line, the Mississippi Valley Barge line and all independent towing operations. The terminal is 285 feet long and 110 feet wide, with a 45-foot over- hang from the river piers to the end of the terminal. This enables the spotting of barges either between the piers or beyond the outer end of the piers, permitting direct transfer of freight by the use of cranes. The warehouse building is con- structed of brick, steel and concrete, is fitted with automatic sprinklers, 32 thermostatically heated and is 585 feet long by 150 feet wide. There are double tracks along the river front and a single track on the land- side of the warehouse. This trackage system permits spotting 64 cars at one time and insures quick loading and unloading. In addition to rail- Inland Waterways Corp. terminals. Upper—River-rail terminal at Minne- apolis with loco- motive crane for handling heavy freight between barge and railroad car. Center — A view of the mu- nicipal terminal at St. Louis with ver- tical lift type of equipment for transferring ._ freight from rail to river carrier. Lower—At Baton Rouge, La. Trans- ferring iron and steel water transfer facilities, there are efficient loading and unloading means for transfer between truck and barge and vice versa. In the warehouse there is 19,000 square feet of storage space on one floor. The freight handling equipment con- sist of two high speed 52-foot span, MARINE REVIEw—June, 1931 10-ton capacity overhead traveling electric cranes, 110 feet clear span runways, electric trucks and tractors and skid platforms. This equipment permits the careful, speedy and eco- nomical handling of all types of freight. The two cranes in use have gq hoisting speed of 60 feet per min- utes and a traveling speed of 300 feet per minute. The barges are loaded through the top and cargo is handled on skid platforms. The skid platform is a small wooden struc- ture, 12 inches from the floor, 40 x 64 inches. Three of these wooden platforms are placed on a steel skid platform which is then lowered into the barge through the top by the overhead crane. In the barge, freight is loaded on the three wooden plat- forms and the steel skid is hoisted either to the track where it is load- ed into cars or back to the terminal platform where hand lift trucks pull it into the warehouse. All commodities are left stored on. these wooden skids and the skids themselves are tiered by a power truck. By this method, considerable handling, which would be required if the hand method were used, is eliminated within the warehouse since, as the freight is loaded out of the warehouse upon trucks or cars, the power lift truck raises them off the pier and carries them to the door through which the handling is done. The only labor takes place in the barge, cars or trucks. This ter- minal is capable of handling steel 108 feet long and any type of freight or commodity. It is one of the most efficient and economical in operation on the rivers. Terminal Facilities on Mississippi Regarding terminals in operation. on the Mississippi river, a description of different types operated by the Inland Waterways Corp. will serve, in connection with accompanying il-- lustrations, to give some idea of their facilities. At Memphis, Tenn., the corpora- tion operates a terminal of the eS- calator type for package freight.