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NEW STEAMER MASSACHU- Sa 1s: The new steamer Massachusetts the first of the three freight steamers constructed by. the Quintard Iron Works Co., of New York,- and "the William Cramp & Sons Ship & .En- gine Building Co., of Philadelphia, from lines made by J. Howland Gard- ner, . superintendent of marine con- struction, and his .assistant 'W.° S. Rogers, for what is now known as the New England Steamship Co., a subsidiary company of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., made a trial trip from New York to Fall River on Tuesday, June 4, 1907, and succeeded in breaking all records down the sound. When the. contract was made for these steamers, Mr. Stevenson - Tay- -lor, of the Quintard Iren Work Co., promised Mr:. Mellen, president of the New York, New Haven :& Hart- ford Railroad Co., that they would carry 720 tons of freight on the main deck, that the propelling machinery would develop 7,000 H. P., and that the steamers would make a speed of 16,, knots. | = On this trial trip the Massachu- setts, with a load of 800 tons on board, more than fulfilled, in every respect, all of the promises made. The Massachusetts left Pier 18, North river, at 3:12 p. m. and engines wee stopped off the company's pier in Fall river at 11:00 p.'m., thus making the run from: dock to Rock Ga 7 hours and 48 minutes, an average of 23 sta- tute miles per hour, or 20 knots. It has always .been claimed that the steamer Metropolis, many years ago, made the run from Pier 3, North river, New. York, to Fall river, in 8 hours and 42 minutes. ~The 'steamer- Puritan, on June 8, 1899, made the run from the dry dock, at the foot of Pike street, East river, New. York, to' Fall river, in 8 hours and 24 minutes, which fully equalled the claimed record of the steamer Metropolis. : The steamer Priscilla has never had the opportunity of making an especial fast run all: the way from dock to dock, New York to Fall river, though she has made better time than the steamer Puritan between intermediate points. ee The steamer Massachusetts, like all the large steamers of the present time, and differing from the days of - steamer Metropolis, was compelled to run slow through the North and East rivers all of the way to Throggs Neck, and, of course, through the shoal water of Mount Hope bay, ap- proaching Fall river, was also com- TAE Marine REVIEW pelled to go slow, drawing as she did, 15° ft. of water. Nevertheless, the Massachusetts beats from dock to dock, utes. record of the all other records at least 54 min- The steamer Puritan, on May 26, 1893, the day on which she went out to try her speed alongside of the 'Richard Peck, made the run from Stratford to Point Judith, a distance of 87% statute miles, in four hours and two minutes. The Massachusetts made this same run in three hours, 34 minutes and nine seconds. The 'steamér- Priscilla, on July 21, 1894, when 'trying conclusions with the, steamer City. of Lowell," made ' the run from Throggs Neck to Lit- tle' Gull, a distance of 95,,milés in four hours and 30 minttes. The Massachusetts made this same run in four hours and three minutes. Of -tourse, all runs of (this. ¢har- acter, are made with the tide more or less favorable, but to determine the actual speed through the water of the steamer Massachusetts, her run from Execution to Point Judith, was used. This run measured as close as possible for a steamer to make is 12214 statute miles, or, 106.4 nautical miles. : The Massachusetts made this run in five hours, eight minutes and 29 sec- onds, which gives a mean speed of 23.82 statute miles per hour, or, 20.67 knots; making an allowance of 1% knots for the tide which, under the circumstances, is considered liberal, gives a speed through the water, of the Massachusetts of 19.17 knots. The engines were designed for 125 maximum revolutions per minute, but on this run, they averaged 133 for both engines, developing over 9,000 Ae, : The representatives of the various interests on board were as. follows: Capt. J. W. Miller, vice president; Capt. H. O. Hickerson, general super- intendent; Mr. J. Howland Gardner, superintendent of marine construc- tion; Mr. William S. Rogers, assistant superintendent; all representing the New England Steamship Co. Mr. Nicholas F. Palmer, president; Mr. Stevenson Taylor, vice president; -Wr. Warren T. Berry, general super- intendent; from the Works Co. Mr. Carroll S. Smith, and 'Mr. Stockman, representing the Cramps' company. To say that everybody was immensely pleased with the per- formance is to speak very mildly. All were satisfied and called the steamer a perfect success. . Quintard Iron 29: NEW MARITIME EX CHANGE COMMITTEES. The following committees, eeeently appointed, have just been posted at the New York Maritime Exchange. They will serve until June, 1908: Executive--Charles R. Norman, J. Raymond, Smith, Wm.-D. Dickey. Floor--William H. R. Killeen, C. H. Callaghan, Frederick P. Nichols, Fred- erick Bolander, John J. Hinchman. -- House--G. B. Lockhart, W. Free- land Dalzell, J. Fred Lohman. ne Arbitration--C. B. Parsons, Henry J. Kimhardt, John V. Barnes, Hugh Kelly, Wm. H. Withey Jr., Anton A. Raven, Geo. T. Hay, Thomas Corner, Daniel C. Chase, A. W. Smith. Railroad Cross- Ties--Jas. E. Brod- head, George So Baxter, Wim. k. Cook, Simon H. Brown, Warren E. Gates. | Finance--McDougall Hawkes, E. Clifford Weeks, Franklin D. Mooney. 'Complaint--Alfred .D. Snow, David B. Dearborn, Max M. Norman, Fred- erick E. Scammell, Arthur M. Smith. Supply--Edward H. Loud, Wm. Boyd, Wm. E. Cleary: Southern Pine Trade--Frank B. Haviland, Joseph. H. Eckstein, Charles S. Langdon, John M. Bond. Arbitration on Delivery and Receipt of Southern Pine--F. V. L. Jones, A. C. Puddington, Jesse J. Eppinger, C. W. Chadwick, Robert R. Sizer.. Public Piers--C. H. Callaghan, Wm. H. R. Killeen,-A. W. Smith, R.-G. Moran, John C. Gregory. : Admission--Wm. L. Gerrish, "Selah H. Cornish, Andrew M. Campbell, George E. Winter, Amos D. Carver. Law--E. . Clifford Weekes, nore H. 'Loud, J. Frank Dunham. Steamship Affairs--Gustav H. Schwab, Ernest C. Bliss, A. Emelius Outer-_ bridge, Edward F. Geer, George S. _ Dearborn. Maritime Affairs -- Archibald: H. Ball. AL). Newbury, Joel W. Brown, Melbourn P. Smith, Edward Cole. Lighterage--Wm. E. Cleary, John 'Tracy; "Marcus He Deacy, Henry MM. Lee. Arbitration on Railroad Cross-Ties --Frederick Bolander, James E. Brod- head, George A. Tooker, Andrew J. Bailey, Richard D. Wrigley. Capt. Mulcahey, of the British steamer Eretria, which was unloading ore at the Pennsylvania Steel Co.'s wharf at Chester, Pa, during the past week, had with him his eighteen months old son. who has completed his seventeenth trip across the ocean. It is believed that he is the youngest person who has ever made so many. voyages between the two continents.