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July, 1910 taking trips on the route to note con- ditions and needs, locally and other- wise. Much slipshod and _ careless work is done by some builders when building to their own plans and unless duplicating a boat for an owner al- ready well satisfied some of them cannot always be trusted. A. case could be cited where a ves- sel had to have $35,000 expended on her aiter tlin, and had not met with an accident either. Her due to incompetent hull and working details; later sold alter a few . sea- sons' about one-third of ber original cost: . Still another ves- sel had to have expended on her one- third of her cost in changes during her. second season; this was also due to faulty Another one season's inefficiency was design in she was service for entirely design. TAE MaARINE REVIEW case which must still be fresh in the memory of marine men is that in which a vessel owning firm sued the builders for over a quarter million dollars for defects due to the errors of the builders' chief hull draftsman. We could cite nearly a dozen cases where vessels have. gone into com- mission this year on the great lakes and have been the cause of annoy- ance, delay, expense and discussion, between the builders and owners, and in each and every case the trouble can be traced to faulty, incompetent or careless designing. A naval archi- tect recently stated that he was kept busier by owners in changing and overhauling "botched" jobs on _ ves- sels, than in designing new tonnage. Wie WwW: July <5, 1910. Excursion On New Steamer Alabama BOUT from tendered an Chicago and vicinity were excursion on Lake Michigan . 200 prominent business men as the guests of the Goodrich Transit Co., Wednesday afternoon, June 30. The event was in the nature of a "house 281 warming" for the new steel steamer Alabama recently added to the Goodrich fleet. The steamer left her dock at the foot of Michigan avenue at 1:30 for a cruise in the lake and returned at 5:00 p. m. No attempt at a trial of speed was made, although one brief spurt. was indulged in to show the visitors what the new boat could do. Albert W. Goodrich, president of the Goodrich Transit Co., and H. W- Thorp, general manager, were the hosts of the occasion. Many prominent in marine and transportation circles on Lake Mich- igan were among the guests, as well as a number of well known business men from Chicago and representatives of the city government. Light refreshments were served. At the conclusion of the trip Messrs. Goodrich and Thorp were fairly overwhelmed with congratulations and toasts were proposed in honor of the good ship Alabama. A complete description of the Ala- bama with drawings will be published in the August issue of THe Marine Review. The steamer is one of the most sumptuously and_ tastefully furnished vessels on the lakes. She was designed : AMA. Tue GoopRiIcH TRANSIT Co's NEw STEAMER ALAB