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satirical in his reference to the addi- tion of another vessel to the present fleet. now hustling and bustling in car- rying cargoes from port to port in the season of 1908. Julian Kennedy upon being called upon spoke very simply. He paid a tribute to the many sturdy qualities HOISTING THE PENNANT ON THE BRITTANIA. of Mr. Meacham and: hoped that the boat named after him would for many years continue to expedite the com- merce of the lakes, now. so large and so rapidly increasing. Mr. Brown in introducing. Mr. Pes- MISS ELIZA JANE KENNEDY, SPONSOR. sano said that the Great Lakes Engi- neering 'Works ship building that. ships were now built at the yard while one waited. He congratulated the Great Lakes En~ gineering Works upon its ) excellent record. - : -Mr..Pessano in: reply said that the~ Daniel B.: Meacham' represented the had so systematized- TAc Marine REvIEwW THE LAUNCHING PARTY. forty-ninth launching of the company in four years. Their first ship was launched on May 5, 1904. He admit- ted that such a record did resemble very much the manufacture of ships. This led the toastmaster to reply that the forty-niners were gold seek- ers and he hoped that the new ship would: find gold as.well as they. A toast was then proposed to Miss Ken- nedy, the sponsor. : James E. Davidson 'stated that all of the ships built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works were good ships. He considered a ship to be about the biggest thing that an engineér creates, in that it is supposed to stand strains in all kinds.of-. weather--and -to- carry cargoes at all angles. CAPT. THOMAS DERINGER AND MR. W. M. MILLS, - Pittsburg; 'Mr.'Cramp, of Philadelphia, felt that féw'appreciated what Mr. Pessano 'had accomplished because so few people understand what a ship really is. He thought it very wonderful that 49 such ships as he had seen launched that. MR, JULIAN KENNEDY. day should have been built by one company in the brief space of four years. Brief speeches were made by Henry: B... Smith,..of Bay.-City, and) W. > Ot, Mills, of North Tonawanda. Those present were: Miss Kennedy, Mr. Ju- lian Kennedy, W. P: Cheney, from MR. STILLMAN,, MR.. W. I, BABCOCK AND MR.- JOHN. R. RUSSEL CLIMBING THE GANG PLANK, Wim. M. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kerr,:Mr,-and Mrs. Fred Rogerson, Mr. and Mrs.. W, He Hun- : ter, from' North Tonawanda; Capt. dec J. H: Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Brown, Capt. John Perew, C. W. Stith, from. Buffalo; James: Nacey, from