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Se "'TAE. Marine REVIEW ATLANTIC COAST GOSSIP Office of the Marine ReEvIEw, Room 1005, No. 90 West St., New York City. In a sudden squall which struck the North river on Monday, the pressure on the great unprotected bow of the Maure- tania was too much for the shore lines, which parted, letting the big vessel swing across the dock. The stern lines held, however, and with the assistance of sev- eral. tugs, which were hurriedly must- ered, the Cunarder was returned to her berth. An ash barge which, with other small craft, was moored alongside the drifting vessel, was caught between the vessel and wharf and completely crum- pled. Owing to the fact that the housing built on the new Chelsea extension pier of the Cunard line is a'low-lying tem- porary structure, the Lusitania and Mau- retania tower high above its roof. At the;time of the accident to the Maure- tania, owing to its being high tide and very little freight aboard, the vessel was riding even higher than usual. The new turbine steamship Creole, of the Southern Pacific Co., will have her final trial trip on Saturday between New York and New Orleans. The Creole is the first large vessel equipped with tur- bine engines to be built in this country, and has accommodation for 148 first class, 48 second class and 500 steerage passengers. The most severe wind storm that Chat- ham, Mass., has experienced in many years swept along the shore about 3 o'clock, Monday, and after five minutes died down as suddenly as it arrived. No serious damage to local craft is ported. EGS The placing in commission of power - lifeboats is strengthening considerably 'the efficiency of the life saving service 'along 'the coast. The undoubted supe- riority of this type of boat over the boat manned by oarsmen has been effectively proven within the last year, and the de- partment has already authorized the es- tablishment of several additional boats on the New England coast. A power boat is in commission at the station at Stage Fort, Gloucester harbor, and it is expected that two more will be added to the service at life saving stations on the Maine coast. The tramp steamship Muriel Cover- dale is on her way--in ballast--from Port Said, Egypt, to Portland, Me. to load' grain for Great Britain. Shipping men consider it remarkable that a steamship should make a trip of about one-fourth the circumference of the earth without a cargo, to get freight to carry a matter of about 3,000 miles. The four-masted Boston schooner Augustus Welt has been towed into har- bor at Cape Lookout on the North Caro- lina coast, by the Cape Lookout light- ship, which picked her up at sea. The schooner Augustus Welt was aban- doned by the crew several days previous in a sinking condition, and was owned by Harrington, King & Co., of Boston. She was insured by a Boston firm' of underwriters. a The torpedo experimental range in Noyac bay, off Sag harbor, may, in the near future, be transferred to St. Jo- seph's bay, on the Gulf coast of Florida, owing to the presence of ice during win- ter at the present situation. For more than 16 years these waters have been used as ranges for the Whitehead and Bliss-Leavitt torpedoes. -- The Erie railroad's new double-decked ferryboat Jamestown went into service on the North river last Saturday. She is the fifth new boat added to the. Erie ferry service within the last two years, and is considered the fastest of her size and type in New York harbor. Her gen- eral dimensions are: Length over all, 224 ft.; beam, 64 ft., and twin engines of 1,600 H. P. She has sitting accommoda- tion for 1,100 passengers. The Lloyd Sabaudo Italian Mail Line's agent at New York has received a ca- blegram from Glasgow announcing the launching of their new 14,000-ton twin- screw steamship Principe di Udine. steamship, when completed, will have a speed of 18 knots, and is expected to run between Naples and New York in 10 days. 150 first class, 150 second class and 400 steerage passengers. She is expected to make her maiden trip to New York in June, 1908. The White Star liner Baltic, which. ar- rived at New York on Saturday, re- ported the first iceberg sighted this sea- son by the trans-Atlantic passenger steamer. The berg was 200 ft. in length and 50 ft. high. The annual banquet of the Matitime Association of the port of New York will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria on ' the evening of Feb. 8. The program this year includes addresses by Governor Hughes, Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf, Admiral Coghlan, Mayor McClellan, and Collector of Customs Ed- ward S, Fowler. 'is closely identified with The . She will have accommodation for: 31 THINGS WORTH CONSIDERING. Wide-awake sailors today believe in the common-sense course of spend- ing a portion of the dog-watch in self- improvement--getting to windward, as it were. The man who does not study these days remains at a standstill, and gradually drifts on a lee shore, a position from which he is unable to tack ship. Many excellent under-officers, and many wheelsmen and watchmen and able-seamen, would have been mates and masters of vessels long ago had they understood navigation. This is an age of progress, and you must join the onward march of other professions: The progress of the age education. Education not only imparts efficiency, but also.-commands the respect of the subordinates and superiors alike, and is the surest way to advancement. Navigation is a book study, and a man might just as well go to sea to learn to read and cipher as to expect to acquire a correct knowledge of navigation on the deck of a vessel. Do not confound navigation with sea- manship. The place.to learn seaman- ship is on board ship. The average practical lake man is a first-class sea- man, but a poor navigator. During the -winter season when boats are laid up the art of naviga- tion may be easily and quickly learned by the officers of same, who should consider it a duty. they owe their em- ployer to become familiar with "the science, So far aS it applies fo their calling, and to reach the highest '"'rat- line" in their profession--thus pro- moting their own interests. 'Accurate information from Buffalo gives the record cargo of the steamer Leland S. DeGraef, delivered at that port last week, as 421,961 bu. The steamer was billed for 422,000. bu., and therefore weighed out only 39 bu, snort, Considerable repair work will be done at the Buffalo ship yard during the present winter. One of the most - setiously injured boats is the James Gayley. : The annyal meeting of the Lake Carriers' Association has been post- poned until Jan. 16. Capt. Harry Gunderson, of the steamer Henry Steinbrenner, has_ re- tired from sailing to engage in busi- ness in Chicago. George A. Gallinger has been ap- pointed manager of the Pittsburg of- fice of the Independent Pneumatic Tool Co. with offices at 1210 Farm- ers' Bank building.