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368 The Dickson is 600 ft. over all, 580 ft. between perpendiculars, 58 ft. beam and 30 ft. deep. She will carry about 12,000 tons of TAE MARINE REVIEW ore on favorable draught. She will come out in about a fortnight and will be commanded by Capt. A. P. Chambers. DF erwood Rights for the Great RESIDENT James C. Wallace, )P of the American Ship Building Co., announced upon: his return from England, on Aug. 20, 'that he had closed a deal* on behalf of the American Ship Building Co., for the rights to the Isherwood or longi- tudinal system of construction of ves- sels on the great lakes. The company will during the winter construct at its Lorain yard a 10,000-ton steamer upon this system, to be ready at the opening of navigation next spring. There is one steamer now building on the great lakes under this system, the William P. Pal- mer, at the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works. While she will be launched this fall, she will not go into commission until next spring. Before the Pittsburg Steamship Co. definitely concluded to build the Pal- mer upon this system J. W. Isher- wood, the designer, and C. Buchanan, Lloyds assistant chief ship surveyor, and James H. Mancor, Lloyds chief surveyor for the United States, spent several weeks on the lakes: Mr. Wallace's announcement that the American Ship Building Co. has become the licensed agents for this system of construction on the great lakes is of far-reaching importance. It is not to be understood, however, that the other shipyards on the lakes may not build vessels upon this sys- tem. They can do so by paying royalty to the American Ship Building Co. Mr. Wallace stated that the Am- erican Ship Building Co. had no dis- position to monopolize the rights of this form of construction on the lakes, but had, as a simple business proposi- tion, become its licensed agents for the great lakes. Mr. Wallace has ap- parently returned from England a thorough believer in the system. He found the English builders, notably Sir W. G.-Armstrong, Whitworth & fc, and |}. LL. Thompson' & Sons of Sunderland enthusiastic about the type. The chief advantage of this system for the lakes, according to Mr. Wal- lace, lies in the fact that it allows a better distribution of metal than is possible under the transverse system, ales making a lighter and stronger ship. He thinks there is no question what- ever that it will eventually supersede the transverse type on the lakes, and thought it prudent, therefore, to secure the Isherwood rights for the Great Lakes the type to.save 10 per cent of the: hull promptly. He estimates or launching weight and would there- fore have that much greater carrying The at Ecorse, will have 384 tons less steel capacity. Palmer, now building in her than the Dickson, just launched. In other words, she will carry 384 more tons of ore. This would mean that during a full season such a ship would carry an extra load, provided, of course, she carried a full cargo each trip. There are fifty-two steamers either built or building under the Isher- wood system. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. are now building three for the Dominion Iron & Steél Co. Blom & Voss of Hamburg are also building some. The Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., and the Maryland Steel Co. also have orders for vessels upon this system. The Isherwood system was de- scribed in THE Marine Review, June 4, 1908. Briefly, the closely spaced trans- verse ribs are omitted and the trans- verse strength is obtained by fitting on the shell and deck plating a series of strong transverses at widely spaced intervals. These transverses extend completely around the sides, bottom ana deck of the ship and are slotted to allow of longitudinal frames and beams being fitted continuously through- out the transverses. No topic among vessel owners, ship builders and naval architects has been more widely discussed along the lakes during the past fortnight than this one and the general opinion is that Mr. Wallace has made a very shrewd move, though architects are, by no means, a unit as to the advantages of the type for the lakes. September, 1910 Car Ferry Launched The car ferry, Marquette & Besse- mer No. -2, was launched from the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co., on Sept. 3, being christ- ened by Miss Loiz E. Scott, daughter of John R. Scott, of the Carnegie Steel Co. The car ferry is building for the Marquette & Bessemer Dock & Navigation Co. and will be operat- ed between Conneaut and Port Dover. . She ie 350 ft. long, 56 ft. beam. and 191%4 ft. deep, having capacity for 30 freight cars. She has two triple-ex- pansion engines, cylinders 19, 35 and 52 in. diameter by 40-in. stroke, sup- plied with steam from four Scotch botlérs, 13 ft. 9 in. diameter and 12 ft. long. The launching party were given a luncheon at the Union Club by the ship building company. This con- cludes the program of launchings by this company for the present year. A. A. Schantz On Saturday, Aug. 13, A. A. Schantz, -- general manager of the Detroit & Cleve- land Navigation Co., celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of his connection with the line. In his honor a dinner Mr. A. A. SCHANTZ. was given, at which there were 13 guests and 13 courses. During the 30 years with which Mr. Schantz has been associated with this company, many changes have taken place; the company has grown from a small one to a great one, and much of the credit is due to Mr. Schantz. He has exemplified the biblical injunction, to do with all his might whatever his hand findeth to do. His career is a marked example of the success that comes from pitching into