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tO GH bo lows:--"I wired you that the steam- ship Monitoria reached the Scaw in 4714 hours from Blyth, when we met strong southern winds and currents; still we got to Elsinore, in 63% hours. We ran close in, got a boat, and I just caught a good train, landing me in Copenhagen 6514 hours after leav- ing Blyth. The vessel behaves splend- idly, there was a. heavy northerly swell, but she rolled very gently, and no matter how the swell caught her, there was not one single kick. Noth- ing is, nor ever has been, fixed upon THE MarINeE REVIEW saw that in any other ship during over 40 years experience. It has been truly a pleasure to me to make. this short run, and am sorry it was no longer. I may add that when the Monitoria went full speed astern at Blyth, it was quite extraordinary to see the way the water followed the grooves and rushed out at the stem." BATTLESHIP FLORIDA LAUNCHED. The battleship Florida was launched from the Brooklyn navy yard May 12. June, 1910 chinery and water tube boilers. The turbines will be of the Parson type and will consist of ten turbine units on four: shafts. Her installation of 12 Babcock & Wilcox boilers will be placed in three watertight independent compartments, each with a double fire room. The con- tract calls for a maximum speed of 2034 knots on a run of four hours. The rate war between the Inland Navigation Co. and the Kitsap County Transportation, of Seattle, which has continued for the past six months, orinterntianincteenti oe So LAUNCHING THE BATTLESHIP FLoRIDA AT THE BrooKLyN Navy YARD. the cabins, not even the inkstand, and they have passed through some very heavy weather. The Monitoria is like a gull on the sea, she seems to be in harmony with the waves and to take them easy and kindly. The corruga- tions along the sides of the ship have certainly a wonderful effect; whether you look at the stern alongside the vessel or at the stern, everything seems smooth and easy, and you can see the propeller working when the ship is running at full speed. I never The Florida s:.a 'sister. ship of: the Utah, building at the yard of the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J., which was launched Dec. 23 last. The keel of the Florida was laid in March, 1909. The Florida is 521 ft. 6 in. long, 88 ft. 3 in. beam with a mean draught of 28 ft. 6 in. when carrying a two- thirds supply of fuel and stores. In external appearance, she will resemble the North Dakota with two smoke stacks, two lattice observation masts and five turrets. She will have turbine ma- Photo by E. Levick. has been ended and the old rates are again in force to the various points on Puget Sound. The Alaska Barge Co., recently in- corporated by George M. Savage and W. R. Nichols, of: Tacoma, has four barges in use freighting for the North- west Constructing Co. The Oregon & Washington Ferry & Navigation Co., 377 Railroad avenue, Seattle, will extend its wharf at the end of Marion street to a length of 600 feet.