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Consumers Power, recently converted self-unloader, off Fairport Harbor, O., with cargo of limestone, July 10, 1934 charged almost abreast the stern. The engine room rearrangement is very. similar to that. of the .J.:-¥. ScHOELLKOoPF JR. with the Elliott 500- kilowatt turbine generator set in the fantail. This compartment is now in- cluded in the engine room proper by the removal of the bulkhead, giving the entire plant an unusually fine ap- pearance. The hold conveyors by Robins, are identical to the SCHOELLKOPF installa- tion except for a few minor altera- tions brought about by the differences in the two ships. All crew’s and owner’s quarters were thoroughly reconditioned. A new hot water system was installed forward and aft. All rooms on the main deck forward have forced ventilation. A new house was constructed over the after deck house to accommodate ten men. The vessels, as reconstructed is now aS modern in every respect as present day practice can make it. The main particulars of the Con- SUMERS POWER are given in the tabu- lation on the opposite page. The present self-unloader fleet of the American Steamship Co., Boland & Cornelius, Buffalo, N. Y., managers, all of the vessels of which were converted from ordinary lake bulk freighters by The American Ship Building Co., at its Lorain, O., yard is as follows: THUNDER BAY QUARRIES, DIAMOND AIL- KALI, Dow CHEMICAL, J. F. SCHOELL- KOPF JR. and CONSUMERS PowrrR. The names of all of these vessels except the SCHOELLKOPF were changed at the time of conversion: T. H. WiIcKWIRE JR. to THUNDER BAY QUARRIES, LOUIS R. Davipson to DiAMOND ALKALI; WM. T. ROBERTS to Dow CHEMICAL; and HAR-~- RY YATES to CONSUMERS POWRR. New Passenger Record By Conte di Savoia The Italian liner, CoNTE DI SAVOIA, arrived in New York on July 4 from Italy, the Riviera and Spain, with &37 passengers. On her return trip, sailing July 7 from New York for Gibraltar, Nice, and Genoa, she set a new record, car- rying 2005 passengers in her four classes, with every cabin filled. This breaks the record made by the REx on June 23 when she sailed with 1942 passengers. The Italian line carried, during the two weeks since and in- cluding the record made by the Rex, a total of 6408 passengers on its four ships, the Rex, SATURNIA, ROMA and Conte pr Savors, including her record passenger list mentioned above. According to Aroldo Palanca, gen- eral manager of the Italian line, all expectations have been exceeded by these continued heavy bookings, and not even during the prosperity years was there a greater rush of tourists to Europe. : The reduction of all hotel and rail- road rates, and prices in general, for tourists to balance the new dollar value abroad, Mr. Palanca believes, is largely responsible for the revival of the tourist trade to Italy and the Ri- viera. The current large number of tour- ists to Europe, the greatest since 1928, shows a return to more normal busi- ness conditions. The Rex sailed from New York on July 21 for Gibraltar, Naples, Nice, and Genoa with 1800 passengers. During the past month (up to July 21) the Italian line has carried east- bound a total of 9403 passengers on six ships, the greatest number of tourist to Southern Europe since the peak of the prosperity period. Passenger Sailings Up The SATURNIA of the Italian line ar- rived on June 26 in New York from Trieste, Ragusa, Naples, Palermo, Al- giers and Gibraltar. She sailed on June 28 from New York for Spain, Italy, the Riviera and Adriatic ports with every cabin in her first and tour- ist classes occupied, a total of 1310. On June 28 the Roma of the same line arrived in New York from Mediter- ranean ports and sailed on June 30 from New York for a 53-day cruise of the Mediterranean, calling at ports in the Agean, Adriatic and Black seas, and touching at the Holy Land, Port Said and Russia. She carried a total complement in her three classes of 1125 passengers, first being full. John E. Barkle, general manager, of the South Philadelphia works of the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., died suddenly at his home in Swarthmore, Pa., on July 10 at the age of 53. Born in Orbisonia, Pa., he was a graduate of Dickinson col- lege and had been continuously in the service of the Westinghouse com- pany for 33 years. MARINE REvIEw—August, 1934 Open Bids for Lease of Norfolk Army Base According to announcement received from James Craig Peacock, acting di- rector of the shipping board bureau, department of commerce, bids were opened July 16, for leasing the Army supply base at Norfolk, Va., for a pe- riod of five years beginning Aug. 3. The following bids were received: Virginia Piers Inc., $131,550 per an- num; Jesse Rothman, acting for a cor- poration to be formed, $132,600 per an- num; Virginia Terminals Corp., $141,- 000 per annum; and Norfolk Tidewa- ter Terminals Inc.,. $100,000. Before further action is taken by of- ficials of the shipping board bureau the bids were to be analyzed and the capability and responsibility of the re- spective bidders determined. The Norfolk Army supply base, one of the large terminal properties, un- der the jurisdiction of the shipping board bureau is now being operated by Norfolk Tidewater Terminals Inc. un- der a lease which has been cancelled by the secretary of commerce as of Aug. 2, on the ground that it was en- tered into without due advertising and competitive bidding, and with the fur- ther object of securing a revaluation of the rental value of the property. The old lease provided that the amount of rental should be 18 per cent of the gross revenue, with a guaran- teed minimum of $75,000 per annum, whereas the new lease stipulates that rental shall be at a fixed monthly rate, 13