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LA the Coasts, Lakes and What's Doing and Who's Doing It wwtH]HtCIEat:=:O-GVwii nls itiaaaT ny HE anxiety of Great Lakes vessel | owners and managers to have their fleets in readiness for an early start in the coming season, has caused a rush in the steamboat inspec- tion offices. A large number of vessels have been lined up for inspection dur- ing March and April, and local inspec- tors in the Great Lakes district will be given additional help in order to get the freighters out on time. Henry L. Simpson, assistant inspector of boilers, Norfolk, Va. has been ordered to Cleveland to assist in that district, and other changes are being made to facili- tate dispatch. ae The Bristol Transit Co., capitalized at $290,000, was recently incorporated at Columbus, O., by Capt. W. C. Richard- son, E. W. Oglebay and D. Z. Norton. The new company. will operate the steamers SENATOR and CoLoNEL, recently purchased from P. H. McMillan, vessel manager, Detroit. * * At the annual meeting of the grand lodge of the Ship Masters’ Association, held at Toronto recently, the following officers were elected; William J. Crosby, Detroit, grand president; A. W. Stalker, Toledo, grand vice president; John Mc- Donald, Marine City, grand treasurer ; Walter D. Hamilton, Chicago, grand sec- retary. The next meeting of the grand lodge will be held in Cleveland, At a meeting of the directors of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., A. F. Harvey and. HE: Collins were elected vice presidents. Mr. Harvey is assistant gen- eral manager and Mr. Collins is traffic manager, and both have been connected with the Pittsburgh company since it was organized. : Ue ta In line with the ruling of the inter- state commerce commission, divorcing the boat lines from the railroads, em- ployes of the package freight lines have received definite notice that their ser- vices will no longer be required after March 31 eae eae Frank M. Van Liew, local United States inspector of boilers at Port Huron, died recently. Mr. Van Liew had been a federal marine boiler in- spector for 25 years. * OK Thomas F. Falkner, superintendent of the Pittsburgh Coal Co.’s dock at Ash- tabula, has been appointed manager of the Port Royal Dock Co. at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. ee ae The car ferry Pere Marquette No 19, which grounded on Big Point Sable, Lake Michigan, in January, was released and towed to Ludington. The damage Ce eee ee eee rere ee ee MSS 7 Y y By A. A. Eiben to the ferry is estimated at $60,000, but her cargo was not harmed. She will be in dry dock for ~ considerable time. > James Fellows, formerly. manager of Miller’s coal dock, Port Huron, Mich., died suddenly on Jan. 28 ** The annual meeting ‘ of _ officials, masters and engineers of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. will open at the Hollen- den hotel, Cleveland, March 27, con- tinuing four or five days. Wages and other matters in connection with the operation of the vessels of this fleet will be taken up. ee The new 9,000-ton steamer, to be built at the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co. for M. A. Hanna & Co., and which will go into commission in September, 1916, will be named in honor of H. F. Black, a director of the Cambria: Steel Co. eke George W. Bach, instructor of the engineering school maintained by the Lake Carriers’ Association, has resigned, to become general manager of the Union Iron Works, Erie, Pa. David Gaehr, consulting engineer, has succeeded Mr. Bach. Re ake 3 A storm signal tower for the benefit of vessel men is to be erected and equipped at Sandusky. It is to be 50 feet high, of concrete and steel construc- . tion, and will maintain signal lights heretofore shown from the top of a staff on the roof of the federal build- ing. The tower will be ready before the opening of favigation.. * Ox Work is progressing on improvements at the coal docks of the Zenith Furnace Co., Fifth Avenue West and Bay Front, Duluth. A 300-foot extension to the docks, with a rearrangement of the coal handling system, will give the dock an added capacity of 125,000 tons annually. The work will be completed before the opening of navigation on the Great Lakes. ee The Lumber Carriers’ Association of the Great Lakes elected the following efficers at its annual meeting in Detroit; O. W. Blodgett, Bay City, Mich., presi- dent; Henry McMorran, Port Huron, first vice president; Fred P. Potter, Cleveland, second vice president; W. E. Holmes, Chicago, third vice president; W. Hamilton, Chicago, secretary- treasurer. a gee The demand for tonnage on the Great Lakes continues unabated and lake ship yards are closing additional orders for vessels for 1917 delivery. The Toledo Ship Building Co., Toledo, recently 118 _C00ttwt0tt# LLCs I own the Great Lakes closed contract with a Norwegian inte: est for four vessels for 1917 delivery, This brings the total of vessels under otder for 1917 delivery up to eight, and it is understood that several other con- tracts will be announced later. aes ge In addition to the list of lake vessels recently sold, which apneared in the February issue of The Marine Review, a number of vessels have changed hands, including the following; Steamer SpoKANE, sold by the Reid Wrecking Co., Sarnia, Ont, to coast parties steamer OcEANICA, sold by Tonawanda Iron & Steel Co. to Captain John O’Hagan, Tonawanda; steamers INLAND and J. B. Ketcuum, sold by Reid Wrecking Co., Sarnia, to Roy M. Wol- vin, Duluth; steamer FERDINAND SCHLEs- INGER, sold by Wisconsin Steamship Co. Milwaukee, to Captain Chester Massey, — Superior, Wis.; steamer MAHONING, sold by Anchor Line, Buffalo, to eastern parties for service between Philadelphia and Cuba; steamer JESSE SPALDING, ~ sold by Harvey-Morrison Co., Cleveland, — to New York parties; steamer Nor- MANIA, sold by Ashtabula Steamship Co. to Captain W. C. Richardson, Cleve- land, O.; steamer Jonn J. McWILLIAMs, sold by Gratwick Steamship Co., Cleve- land, to E. F. Smith, Central West Coal Co. Menominee, Mich.; steamer Mo- HAWK, sold by Western Transit Co, Buffalo, to Crosby Transportation Co, Milwaukee. This brings the total ves- sels sold since Oct. 1, 1915, up to 66. Delaware River Notes By Dr. CS, Sieger APTAIN A. PEGG of the Italian C steamship Botocna recently brought his craft to the new dock of the DuPont Co., Carney’s point, N. J, 10 load with nearly $500,000 worth of am-_ munition for the Italian government. — Botocna has the distinction of being the first ocean-going vessel to dock at the new pier. ki oe The super-dreadnought OKLAHOMA fe-— cently arrived at the New York Ship Building Co.’s plant, Camden, N. J, after her speed trials off the coast of Maine. ee a ee The Italian bark Era recently reached Philadelphia after a 103-day voyage, during which she nearly turned turtle several times in heavy storms. She will be repaired and will load with coal for Italy. x ok The Chester Ship Building Co. has recently received contracts for about $6,000,000. This new contract work brings the company’s total of new