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102 sion being appointed to take charge of the work. The plans for the work were submit- ted in February, 1912, and in the fol- lowing April, the voters authorized a bond issue of $5,000,000 for preliminary development. The dock itself consists of a rein- forced concrete retaining wall with a concrete floor, both. of which are sup- ported on pile clusters. The space in- side the retaining wall is filled with material which was dredged from the harbor; but the floor is constructed to bear its load independent of this filling, having been tested to a load of 900 pounds per square foot. The specifica- tions called for a maximum load of only 250 pounds. Former Bulk Freighter Now Tanker By Hollis F. Bennett The bulk cargo motor ship CALGARY, which recently arrived at the works of the Baltimore Dry Docks & Ship Build- ing Co. Locust Point, Baltimore, for conversion into a bulk oil carrier, is to be used in the oil trade between Tam- pico and New Orleans, by her charterer, W. J. Payne, Richmond, Va. Catcary, and her sister ship, Totter, were built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co., Wallsend, Newcastle- on-Tyne, in 1912, Catcary is driven by two Swedish diesel motors, and is ca- pable of a speed of approximately seven knots loaded. Both ships, which were designed for service on the Great Lakes, are owned by the Great Lakes Trans- portation Co., Midland, Ont. Since her coming to the lakes, ToILEr’s machinery has been removed and a steam plant in- stalled in its place. Utilize Present Tank Space The alterations being made to Cat- GARY, in order to fit her for her salt water career, include the installation of three cylindrical oil tanks, 38 feet in diameter, and one similar tank, 36 feet in diameter, on the present inner bot- tom of the vessel. The wing space be- tween Nos. 2 and 3 cylindrical oil tanks and the shell is also being fitted for a large cargo tank, bulkheads being built from the sides of the ship to the tanks. The three inner bottom tanks are being adapted for cargo oil carrying. A du- plex cargo oil pump which is to be in- stalled in the: forward hold, forward of No. 1 tank, will have a 10-inch suction, with a branch to each .circular tank and wing tank, and two 6-inch — suction branches to each of the three double bottom tanks. Steam for the pump and for a 3-ton evaporator and auxiliaries which are to be installed will be derived from two boilers now in the ship. THE MARINE REVIEW Ocean NE OF the oldest and strangest O of occidental vessels afloat today is the former British convict ship Success, last of the “Ocean Hells’ which transported murderers and vagrants, erring states- men and pickpockets: to the~overseas’ penal colonies generations ago. Pur- chased by enterprising showmen, Suc- cess has been making lengthy visits in American harbors, from New York to San Francisco, Portland and Seat- tle. It is said that 600,000 people in- spected her at New York and 850,000 PRISON SHIP SUCCESS at the Golden Gate city. Thousands of original instruments of torture, from the time of the Spanish inquisi- tion to the days when Success was in her prime, are on exhibition in her cabins. SUCCESS is-now 123 years old, having been built in 1790 at Moulmein, “by the old pagoda lookin’ the sea.” Yet this old hulk succeeded in crossing the Atlantic ocean under her own sail in 96 days. Massively built throughout of Burman teak, she was launched as an armed East India merchantman, with brass cannon bristling from her sides, and was fitted handsomely for the reception of princes, nabobs and the wealthy traders of the Orient, whose goods she carried over the seven seas. Her tonnage is 589, and she is 135 feet long, with 29-foot beam. Her hull is 2 feet 6 inches thick. With a square cut stern and quarter galleries, the vessel is stamped with the hall mark of antiquity, and her bluff bows show that she never could have Getinguishsd herself for speed. Success served as a merchant ship until 1802 when the British govern- Viuseum of Horroy ~ the door. eastwards to- March, 191 ment purchased her for the felg transport trade. She served in thj capacity until 1851, when she was mad a receiving prison in Hobson’s bay, Australia. Cells, strong and gloomy, : were constructed ’tween decks, and in these the: most desperate criminals of the British empire were housed. Re. fractory prisoners were immured for the long days and nights in the dun- geons in the dark depths of the lower hold. a Black holes, in which _ prisoners who had been guilty of a breach of discipline were placed, were 2 feet 8 inches in width, with doors fitting as tight as iron valves. The only air in these black holes was admitted — through a perforated iron disc over Prisoners were so hand- cuffed that they were prevented from standing upright or lying down, but were obliged to stoop or lean against the shelving side of the vessel as she rolled in the restless waters of the bay. ‘Crosses the Atlantic In 1912 Success attempted what was perhaps the greatest feat in all her remarkable history, when she sailed from Southampton for New York. Lloyds refused her insurance; the British government refused her clear- ance, and captain after captain Te- fused her command. Captain John Scott and Capt D. H. Smith aga cleared port with Success on the same day that the ill-fated Triranic sailed from the port of Southampton. She made port in Boston harbor in 96 days, the crew worn and half starved, but triumphant. Will Build River Boats The Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co.,; Louisville, Ky., has let a contract for the construction of an all-steel ferry excursion steamer to the Howard Ship Yards Co., of Jeffer- sonville, Ind. It will be 200 feet long, with a 56-foot beam. The ca- pacity will be 2,000. Could Readily Enlarge From inquiries addressed to some 30 or more ship yards in the United States, the New York chamber of commerce has gathered the informa- . tion that within a year or more most of the ship building plants of the — country, if the demand for tonnage | justified it, could enlarge their capaci- ty from 15 per cent to 60 per cent.