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46 LAUNCHING THE WILPEN. The bulk freighter Wilpen, building for the Shenango Steamship Co., was launched at the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works on Saturday last and was christened by Miss Mary Black Snyder, daughter of Wm. P. Snyder, of Pittsburg. This unusual name is compounded from Mr. Snyder's full name which is Wil- liam Penn Snyder, and the ship was named in honor of his country place near Pittsburg. The Wilpen is 574 ft. over all, 554 ft. keel, 58 ft. beam and 32 ft. deep. Her engines are triple-expansion with cylinders 24, os and 65 in. diameters, by 42-in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers, 16 ft. by 12 ft., equipped with forced draft and allowed: 170 Ibs. pressure. z The Wiipen is intended to be the flagship of the fleet that the interests associated with Mr. Snyder are now' putting on the lakes. She is a well constructed. vessel, being of unusual strength. The plates used in her con- struction are thicker than those ordi- narily found in a lake freighter. For instance, the: plates in the tank top are 54 in. thick instead of the usual YZ in. Her passenger accommodations are of unusual elegance. Her texas in- stead of being 12 ft. fore and aft, as is customary, is 24 ft. fore and aft and 34 ft. wide. The captain's quar- ters on the starboard side run the whole length of the texas. Mr. Sny- der's quasters are on the port side of the texas and the rooms for the two mates are just back of his quar- ters. There are three bath rooms on the texas deck. The passengers are. accommodated on the spar deck be- neath the texas. 'There are six state- rooms in addition to one room for the maids and one room for the valets. The passenger quarters are divided by hallways running both fore and aft and athwartships. For- ward of the passenger quarters is the private dining room with pantry on the port side connected with the gal- "Jey beneath by a dumb' waiter. The staterooms are finished in white enamel. The dining room will be fur- nished throughout in mahogany. Brass beds will be used in the pas- senger quarters instead of the usual built-in berths. An observation room 28 ft. wide is located forward of the texas. This room will be finished in mission oak with mission furniture. - The pilothouse will be a part of this room. On top of the observation room will be the second pilothouse entirely in- closed, instead of as in most ships, having the customary canvas canopy. 'the General Electric Co. 'THe Marine REVIEW In addition to the regular dining room aft there will be a private dining room for the captain. The quarters for the crew have been carefully worked out. They are very commodious and have every convenience including separate baths for each department. Three. sets of steering gear will be fitted, including the Akers emergency steam steering gear. The electrical quipment, which is very complete, will be supplied by Capt. Henry Peterson, who has been superintend- ing the construction of the vessel will bring her out. At the conclusion of the launch luncheon was served at the Detroit club. Mr. Snyder was accompanied from Pittsburg in the special car Ty- rone by Mrs. Snyder, Miss Mary Black Snyder, Miss Lucy Kay, Miss Bessie Woods, Miss Loader, Messrs. Jack Cappeon, G. Collinson Burgwin and Hamilton Harlow. In the De- troit. party were: Col. Frank Hecker, Cole. E. L. B. Davis, William Liv- ingstone, George H. Barbour, Mr. and Mts, 1. 4. Waldo, Mrs. J.C. Hutchins, Mrs. Arthur McGraw, H. Wie TLOyt, John R. Russel. Mr. W. B. Davock attended from Cleveland and the Hon. Peter White from Marquette. © LAUNCHING THE LELAND 6S. DEGRAEF. The freighter Leland S. DeGraef, | building at the Lorain yard of: the American Ship Building Co. for the Weston Transit Co., of Tonawanda, was launched at noon on Saturday last and was christened by Mrs., De- Graef, wife of the man in whose honor the boat was named. The De- Graef is the largest boat ever built at- Lorain, being 605 ft. over all, 585 ft. keel, 60 ft. beam and 32 ft. deep. Her engines will be triple-expansion with cylinders 2214, 37% and 65 in. diameté-s by 42-in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers, 15 ft. 414 in. by 11 ft. 6 in, equipped with Ellis & Eaves draft and allowed 200 lbs. pressure. Her auxiliary ma- chinery is very complete. Her elec- trical equipment is supplied by the General Electric Co. In the launch- ing 'party were: Mr. and Mrs. Le- land S. DeGraef, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mills and Miss Mills, of North Tona- wanda; Mr. Robert Logan, Mr. Ro- bert Wallace: and Mr. QO, H.. Steele, of the American Ship Building Co. EDDY-MAIDA COLLISION. The steamer Selwyn Eddy, at one time the largest steamer on the lakes, was sunk in the Detroit river last Saturday off the village of Ecorse Antonio C. Pessano and. 'was short 2,774 bushels. 1907, the steamer Luzon on a sepa- in collision with the steel barge Mai- da, of the Pittsburg Steamship Co.'s fleet. Immediately after the collision the captain of the Eddy headed for the Canadian shore, the steamer sink- ing about 50 ft. from the shore in 25 ft. of water. The Maida was bound down in tow of the steamer Van Hise. She became unmanage- able in the current before her anchor caught and sheered into the Eddy, which was upbound with coal. The Maida's stem was badly twisted in the collision but she proceeded to Lorain where her cargo of ore will be unloaded and where she will be repaired Mr. R. Parry Jones, repre- genting the underwriters, has closed contract with Capt. Harris W. Baker, of Detroit, to raise the Eddy. SHORTAGE IN CANADIAN - GRAIN CARGOES. Editor Marine ReEvIEw:--The fol- lowing memoranda of the out-turn of a few cargoes of grain from Fort William and Port Arthur may be of interest to some of your readers. In the fall of 1903 the steamer Se- vona over-ran on a cargo of wheat from Fort William 8,604-10 bushels; in the fall of 1904 the steamer Ogle- bay with wheat from Fort William On May 13, rate consignment of wheat in No. 1 hold from Fort William and _ Port Arthur was 912 bushels short. On the 16th of the same month the steamer W. D. Rees on a consign- ment of 170,000 bushels of oats (Ca- nadian measurement, 34 lbs. to the bushel) was short 516-24, and on. May 20 last the steamer Uranus on a consignment of 235,475 bushels of oats, Canadian measurement, _-was short 1,352-32 bushels, and on the same date the steamer F. W.: Gil- christ on a consignment of 244,266-20 bushels of wheat was short 861-20 bushels. The worst shortage last month in proportion to the value of the cargo, was the steamer Plankin- ton which came from Fort William with a cargo of 98,075-40 bushels of wheat and ran short 1,964-40 bushels. ; Brown & Co. Buffalo, June 1, 1907. The steamer Frontenac which ran on Lake Michigan last year is scheduled to open a regular freight and passenger service between Cleveland and Bay City, making the inifial trip on June 9. The steamer Samuel Mitchell of the Richardson fleet towing the barge Chickamauga made the run 'from Cleveland to Marquette in sixty hours, an unusual performance.