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22 TOLEDO SHIP BUILDING CO. The Toledo Ship Building Co. is making no particular splash, but a visit to its yard shows that it is do- ing a very profitable business in a very quiet way. The new dry dock, THE MarINeE REVIEW though there are normally, four or five weeks in the dead of winter when it is not advisable to attempt to ope- rate a dry dock, The Sahara went into No l. dry dock Jan, 18: and came out Feb. 1. No, 2 DRY DOCK WITH .THE STEAMER SAXON DOCKED, which is known as No. 2, went into commission on April 29 when it docked the little steamer Lakeside. As a working unit the dock is com- plete but the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. have considerable work on hand before the great retaining wall at the head of the dock and its em- bankment are completed. When this 'is finished, the sight from the retain- ing wall will be an imposing one. It forms a natural platform from which thousands may easily witness future launches at this yard. In fact, the new dry dock will act as a launching slip for two building berths, one' on each side of the dock. The berth to the right, being 110 ft. wide, is intended to accommodate the beamiest of passenger boats. While, as shown by results, the work of transforming this yard has been pro- secuted with great energy, it will take the balance of the year to erect the punch and shear shop and put the entire yard into a well groomed con- dition, Meanwhile, the actual work of ship construction and repair is going on at a merry clip. In the Marine Review's Ship Building issue of Jan. 3, the work performed at this 'yard since it was taken over by the _ Toledo Ship Building Co., was chron- 'icled. Since then repair work has been pushed forward incessantly, The H. S. Wilkinson went in March 18° and' came -out March 25. The Carrington went in March 25 and came out March 29.. The Yuma went John Ericsson went in for general repairs on April 17 and will come out of the dock during the present week. As stated, No. 2 dock went into commission on April 29, making repairs to the little steamer Lakeside, which were completed the following day. On May 1 the steamer Clarence A. Black went into the dock for re- pairs' to her bottom and came out¢ May 11. The steamer Warrington went in May 13 and came out May 18. The Saxon entered the dock on "May 23 and willbe in it for the balance of this week. In addition to this program which, as' seen, has practically kept the dry docks in continuous operation, save for the brief period in February. when it was not profitable to operate them, repairs have been made in the open slips to twenty-eight steamers, in- cluding the Smeaton, Princeton, Cor- nell, Bunsen, Hoover & Mason, Eugene Zimmerman, W. C. Richardson, Mar- cia and many .others.. The Saxona and. Maida -are. at..present..in the slips. It is believed that the French cruis- er Chanzy, which went ashore on one of the Saddle islands recently, will prove a total Joss. 'Heavy. seas in- 'terfered with the work of salvage and the vessel gradually filled. The old wooden dry dock, which was sold by the government at auc- THE STEAMER JOHN ERICSSON IN NO, 1 DRY DOCK WITH THE SAXONA AND MAIDA IN THE SLIP, in March 30 and came out April 4. The Portage and Robert Holland occupied the dock from April 4 to April 8. The H. S. Sill went in April 26 and came out May 15, undergoing extensive repairs to her bottom. The tion at Portsmouth, N. H., recently, is to be towed to Lynn Harbor, Mass., by the purchaser, where it is to be broken up. A nose is to be built on one end of the dock in order to make the towing somewhat easier.