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Iron Hull Service Boat of Welded Construction Blectric arc welding is becoming more and more an established meth- od in the construction of vessels, and particularly so for those of smaller size, A year and a half ago the Hans Hansen Welding Co., Toledo, O., completed an all electric arc welded vessel called the G. F. Becker for use as a mail boat on the Detroit: river. This vessel is a substantial eraft of considerable size, her length overall being 64 feet, 9 inches and molded beam 16 feet. She is pow- ered with a 125 to 150 horsepower Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine and has a speed of over 13 miles per hour, In the year and a half that has elapsed, the Becker has been in con- stant service carrying out the provi- sions of the mail contract of her owner, Frank Becker, Detroit. She has proved entirely satisfactory in, every respect according to reports. received, bce os tae : advanced slightly and the trend is up. © Probably the “American dollar abroad has been the The same builder recently com- pleted an all electric arc welded serv- ice boat for the Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co., Detroit. The new boat, shown in the accompanying illustra- tion, is being used by the owner for’, &« ““remains that shipping business is carrying supplies and men to dredges at work in the Detroit river. The hull of this vessel, which is 28 feet in length and 8 feet, 4 inches in beam, is constructed of iron of 11 gage thickness, supplied by the American Rolling Mill Co. This ma- terial known in the trade as “‘Armco”’ iron is said to be rustproof. No rivets whatever were used in the construc- tion, The frames were made from 1% x 1% x 3/16 inches angles and 1% x 3/16 inches flat bars. As all her seams and connections are welded the hull is virtually as if made from one single piece of iron. The cabin is of all steel construc- tion with steel welded window frames fitted with plate glass. The deck is of diamond floor plate which eliminates the hazard of slipping. A 100 horsepower Kermath gaso- Service boat for Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co., Detroit. rustproof iron, upper works of steel. construction. 40 line engine gives the boat a cruising speed of around 15 miles. The boat can be used during cold weather, as long as the river is navigable, as the ice will not have any effect on the welded seams. The Delta line, owned and operated by the Mississippi Shipping Co. Inc., has removed its office from the Hi- bernia Bank building to the Board of ‘Trade building, New Orleans. Pacific Freight Market Volume of business increased sharp- ly during the month of November in all export trade from the Pacific coast. Regular lines reported full cargoes and space tight for the immediate future, according to information re- ceived from the chartering department »“ofthe General Steamship Corp. AS a consequence, the volume of : charters effected during the month ig about double that of any previous month of the year. Freight rates have depreciation of the “major factor in stimulating the buy- os ing of American products in export, “put whatever the reason is, the fact showing the first real sign of a defi- nite upward trend. Several vessels were fixed on time- charter basis, mostly for short trips, as with the uncertainty in exchange rates, timecharter operators show no inclination to speculate on the future. A good volume of business was done in tankers for both dirty and clean oils from California to various desti- nations, and at slightly improved rates of freight. ltalian Ship Performance With the departure of the CONTE DI Savora of the Italian Line from New York on Nov. 25 this notable vessel has completed her first year in serv- ice. During this period the CoNTE DI SavorA has had the unique distinc- Hull of this boat is of Electric arc welding was used throughout in Speed 15 miles per hour MARINE REVIEW—January, 1934 tion of having made the trip between Italy and Ambrose Light, entrance to New York harbor, and return, without once being behind schedule. This schedule called for a seven-day passage either way between Italy and New York, with stops at the Riviera and Gibraltar, and a five-day crossing between Gibraltar and New York. On May 22 the Savo1A made a new record of four days, 19 hours and ten minutes for the westbound crossing on the southern route. The Rex, sistership of the SAvora, later beat this record, and all Atlantic records, by making the westbound crossing from Gibraltar, over a course of 3181 nautical miles, in four days, 13 hours, 58 minutes, at an average speed of 28.92 knots, for which rec- ord the Rex still holds the blue rib- bon of the Atlantic. H. H. Westinghouse Dies Henry Herman Westinghouse, chair- man of the board of directors of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., and an outstanding mechanical engineer, died Nov. 18 at his home in Goshen, N. Y..,. at the age of 80. He was one of seven brothers in a family of ten children and was born Nov. 16, 1853 in Central Bridge, Scho- harie county, N. Y. His engineering career began in the shop of his father who was a manu- facturer of agricultural machinery. He attended the Union high school in Schenectady, N. Y., and studied me- chanical engineering at Cornell uni- versity in 1871. The following year he came to Pittsburgh to become as- sociated with the Westinghouse Air Brake Co. This company, founded largely upon the inventions of Mr. Westinghouse’s brother George, had been organized in 1869. He became general manager in 1887 and vice president in 1899. Upon the death of his brother George in 1914, he became president, and was elected chairman of the board of directors a year later. Second Class for Tourist The Italian line is making an inno- vation in allotting the modern accom- modations designated as second class for tourist use on the liners AUGUS- TUS, RomMA, SATURNIA and VULCANIA. The first sailing on which this new bargain in travel is to become effec- tive will be that of the Roma sailing from New York Jan. 10 for Mediter- ranean ports. This makes available superior ac- commodations at the low tourist fares. It is further evidence that transat- lantic shipping companies are keer- ing up with the times and are giving passengers more for their money in the way of fast modern liners and luxurious accommodations than ever before.