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244 THE Marine REVIEW STERN VIEW OF DROTTNING VICTORIA. The staterooms are situated below the car deck aft, In addition to the ordinary first class staterooms, there is a regal suite of rooms, the latter being on the saloon deck, The steamer is 370 ft. in length by 51 ft. beam, and has about 300 ft. of double track on her car deck. She is driven at a speed of over 17 knots per hour by twin-screw, triple-expan- sion engines, which with the boilers have also bee built at the Neptune Works of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd. On. trial trip the stipulations as to speed, power, were considerably exceeded. Mr. Pegelow, director-general of the Swedish state railways, represented the royal administration of the Swedish state railways on the trial trip and other directors of the Swedish state railways were also present as well as Mr. Hok, under whose supervision the vessel has been built. The supreme court of California has decided that Terminal Island or West etc.' Long Beach, whose municipal par- entage has been in litigation for sev- eral years, belongs to San Pedro. August, 1909 WHITE STAR LINER MEGANTIC, The twin screw steamer Megantic, 'built by Messrs. Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Belfast, for the White Star-Dominion Line, left Belfast Lough on Friday, June 4, and proceeded to Liverpool, whence she sailed on her first voyage in the Canadian service on Thursday, June 17. The Megantic, as is already well known, is a sister ship of the Laurentic, but has twin screws, where- as the Laurentic has the combination of reciprocating engines and turbine. The entry of the White Star Line into the Canadian trade has been very fit- tingly signalized by the construction of these two steamers, representing the latest triumph in the art of shipbuild- ing. The Megantic and Laurentic are the largest vessels in the Canadian trade, being 565 ft. long and about 15,000 tons. The new vessel is designed to carry a large quantity of cargo, and also a full complement of passengers-- about 260 first class, 430 second class and over 1,000 third. class. Fhe passenger accommodation has _ been carefully arranged, and is in every way up to the White Star standard. The entrances and public rooms, as well as the staterooms, will be ad- mired not only for their artistic decoration, but also their height and roominess. In addition to the general comfort insured by the luxurious ap- pointments and spacious character of the rooms and promenades, every other possible provision has been made, and many popular devices adopted to en- hance the comfort and pleasure of the passengers. In the Atlantic service few things are more important than efficient ven- PROMENADE DECK oF THE DRoTTNING Vicrorta LooKING FoRWARD,