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MARINE REVIEW © 59 FROM SHIP BUILDERS AND SHIP OWNERS, The schooner Edward H. Cole was launched from the ship vard of Cobb, Butler & Co, of Rockland, Me., last week. The usual winter fit-out is being made in the vessels of the Anchor Line of Buffalo to keep them up to the high standard of the company. The Dunkley-Williams Co., South Haven, Mich., report that they are doing nothing beyond the ordinary fitting-out of each boat which occurs every spring. The International Mercantile Marine Co., better known as the Morgan shipping combination, reports that it is doing no building or building work at the present time. The Baker-Whiteley Coal Co. of Baltimore has placed a contract with John Dialogue & Co. of Camden, N. J., for a steel tug, 120 ft. long, to be delivered during the summer. The Northern Navigation Co., Collingwood, Ont. is making extensive repairs to its steamer United Empire. The work is being done by the Collingwood Dry Dock Co., Collingwood, Ont. The Northern Steamship Co., Buffalo, N. Y., report that they are making no further improvements or changes in their vessels than would be covered by perfect fitting-out during the winter. The White Star Line of Detroit is giving its steamers a general overhauling and thorough renovating, and some new furnishing and fittings. The steamers of this company are all of steel and are built for a special trade. Wm. H. Reed of Rockland, Me., has leased the East End Yacht Club property and will convert it into a ship yard for the construction of wooden vessels. He will shortly begin work upon a four-master. The General Mifflin, a steamer built for the quartermaster's department of the United States army, was launched last week from the yard of the Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco. The steamer was christened by Miss Lottie Patten. The Manitou Steamship Co. of Chicago is only operating at present the steamship Manitou.. The equipment of this steam- er is in excellent and satisfactory condition and no fitting-out is being done further than some minor interior decora- tions. The Goodrich Transportation Co. of Chicago have had plans prepared for a new steamer, but have not definitely decided upon building one. It will be some time yet before they arrive at any conclusion. The vessels of the fleet are now undergoing the ordinary course of fitting-out. The Clyde Line of New York has given a contract to Cramp's of Philadelphia for a new steamship to replace the Kiowa, which was lost last year. The new steamer will be of steel, 345 ft. long, 45 ft. beam and 29 ft. deep, and will be designed principally for freight. Read Bros., Fall River, Mass., are building a steam fishing boat, 65 ft. long and 15 ft. beam; and also a 43 ft. water- boat with 1114 ft. beam and which is to be equipped with a 20 H. P. Standard motor. She is building for Mr. J. K. Sullivan, and is to be used mainly in Newport harbor and vicinity. Congressman Thomas S. Butler has secured the promise of Secretary Moody that when the time comes to give a name to the first of the new scout ships to be constructed it shall be called Chester. This is deference to a city where a great many naval ships were constructed by old John Roach, whose ability as a constructor of government craft is known the world over. The New York & Texas Steamship Co. of New York, better known as the Mallory Line, are installing new boilers and giving a thorough overhauling to their steamship Nueces at Wilmington. Contract has also been given to the New York Ship Building Co. Camden, N. J., for new boilers for the steamer Cancho. A thorough overhauling will also be given to this steamer. The Diamond Jo Line, St. Louis, Mo., has added one new steamer to its fleet, the new steamer St. Paul, which was finished at Dubuque, Ia., last fall. The company says that she is the largest and finest side-wheel passenger steamer on the Mississippi river and will accommodate in staterooms about 350 passengers. The company has repaired, repainted and refurnished all the other steamers in its fleet, expecting to have a large passenger travel during the World's fair. The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., with headquarters at Detroit, Mich., report that they are spending about $50,000 on the Alpena and Mackinac, giving them entirely new so- cial halls, finished in Mahogany, rubber tiling and new deco- rations and claim that they will compare favorably when com- pleted with all modern side-wheel steamers. These two steamers operate between Detroit and Mackinac island. The company is giving all of its boats a general overhauling, and says that the outfitting and renewal expenses for 1904 will be over $125,000. The New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steam- boat Co., New Bedford, Mass., have installed new electric lighting plants on the steamers Gay Head and Nantucket, and will refit both of the steamers with new plumbing of the open pattern. One of the steamers of the fleet has been offered for sale and if the deal is closed the company will either buy or build a steamer for the season of 1905. The fleet now con- sists of the steamers Oncatena, Gay Head, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The first is a steel hull; the others are of wood, and all are side-wheelers with beam engines. The Plant Line, running between Boston, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island, has just completed the overhauling of the steamer Halifax, and she returned to her route on March 2. The steamship Olivette will be over- hauled in April and will go on her route June 1. The Plant Line will also operate a steamer on the Bras d'Or lakes, con- necting with their line at Hawkesbury and running through the lakes to Sydney, C. B. It is also the intention of the com- pany to build in England a new steamer similar to the Hali- fax to be ready for the season of 1905. The Champlain Transportation Co, and Lake George Steam- boat Co., with general offices at Burlington, Vt., operating steamers on Lake Champlain and Lake George, report their fleet to be in good condition and to require nothing beyond the ordinary repairs. Two of their steamers, the Beaumont and Sagamore, are new. The steamer Chateaugay formerly had a round wheel house, but the company is now putting in a panel finish to make its appearance more modern. Their wooden steamers, the Horicon, Mohican, on Lake George, and the Maguam on Lake Champlain, are in good condition and no extensive repairs are being made on them. The freight and passenger steamer Boston, built for the marine service of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, was launched last week at the yard of the Fore River Ship & Engine Co., Quincy, Mass. Her principal dimensions are: Length over all, 318 ft.; length on lower water line, 391 ft. 3 in.; breadth over guard, 63 ft.; breadth of deck, 60 ft.; depth molded, 22 ft. 6 in. She has watertight compartments in the double bottom, while above it the vessel is divided by watertight bulkheads with a collision bulkhead and a water- tight collision steel deck, extending back to the stern 11 ft. below the main deck. Her engines are in a steel enclosure. She has steam steering gear and double freight elevators at her forward and aft hatches. The vessel was christened by Miss Mary S. Gardner of New London. Mr. Stevenson Tay- lor, consulting engineer, together with Mr. J. Howland Gard- ner and Mr. J. Rogers, assistant marine superintendents, rep- resented the owners. Mr. F, T. Bowles, president; Mr. H. G. Smith, manager; Mr. H. Brown, assistant manager, and Mr. Henry R. Curwen and other officials of the ship yard, were present.