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September, 1910 TAE Marine REviIEw 367 qe WILLIAM B.1 LAUNCHING THE BULK FREIGHTER WILLIAM B. Dickson at THE Ecorse YARD OF THE GREAT LAKES ENGINEERING WoRKS. » HE © bulk William Be Dick son, building . for the Pittsbureh Steamship Co., was launched from the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engi- freighter neering Works on Saturday, Aug. 27. She was named in honor of the first vice-president of the United States Steel Corporation and was christened by his daughter, Miss Emma Young Dickson, of New York. This is the second of three freight- ers under way at this yard for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. to be launched. The W. J. Olcott was launched some time ago and the Wil- liam P. Palmer will be launched in' THe Dickson LAUNCHING PARTY ON a few weeks. Quite an event was made out of the launching, the Great Lakes Engineering Works chartering, the steamer | launching party to the ship yard. About 300 persons saw the vessel go overboard, and as is usual at lake yards, the launching was successful in every way. The launching party was subsequently entertained at luncheon at the Detroit club and with an auto- mobile trip throughout the parks, though this latter feature had to be somewhat curtailed, owing to the nec- essity of Mr. Dickson's return to New York the latter part of the afternoon. Harry Coulby, president and general Pittsburgh Steamship toastmaster at the proposing a_ toast manager of the Go. acted: as luncheon. After THE LAUNCHING STAND. Pleasure to take the*!, to the sponsor he introduced Mr. Dickson, who spoke briefly upon in- dustrial affairs. He admitted a lull in trade but regarded it as only tem- porary. Mr. Coulby then introduced Antonio C. Pessano, president and general manager of the Great Lakes Engineering Works, who expressed his pleasure at the optimistic views of Mr. Dickson and thought the country could not do other than go ahead. "Its progress must," he said, "con- tinue to be onward and upward." President: William Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers' Association, upon being introduced gave a few illuminat- ing facts regarding lake commerce, saying that for every minute of the twenty-four hours of the day, 228 tons of freight pass over the Limekiln crossing. -He was confident that the great strides of the past would be more than equalled in the future. John P. Whelan, the collector of the port, also spoke briefly. In the launch- ing party were: Mr. and Mrs. Wm.. B. Dickson, Misses Emma, Susie and Eleanor Dickson, W. B. Taylor and Miss Stella Taylor, of New York; H. G Dalton, E.,C. Collins, Cést Jonna Mitchell, John Scott, F. B. Smith, L. Hausheer, of Cleveland; Antonio C. Pessano, H. W: Hoyt, William Liv- ingstone and Mr. and Mrs. John B. Whalen, of Detroit.