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400 portation business of the millions of people affected by the seaboard com- merce. Railroad expansion clearly can- not meet, in any length of time, the swift-growing requirements of Amer- ican business; at the best railroad ex- pansion, no matter what time may be given, is necessarily limited, while the possibilities of expansion upon water- ways, properly constructed, are prac- tically without limitation. It is clear to us that it must be greatly to the public advantage that the demands of the prospective certain growth of com- merce shall be anticipated rather than that they shall be disregarded until the choking of the channels of trade and the semi-paralysis of business shall make remedial measures compul- sory after heavy losses. have been in- flicted. The time for action is now. Prevention of congestion, not delay until there must be relief from con- gestion, is what we aim at. "Fifth--_The American people, pro- ducers, business men and the great body of consumers, are entitled to the lower costs and the savings which al- ways ensue upon resort, upon a large _ scale, to a water transportation. That cost is rarely half, and often very much less than half, of the movement of commodities by rail; and besides, removal to inland and perfectly safe channels of much of the coastwise car- rying trade now forced upon the sea will mean large saving of insurance, of time, of loss of property, of money and of human life. Appeal to New England. "Sixth.--We appeal strongly to New England to stand by and actively to promote this great enterprise. that important part of our country needs, in a particular degree, emanci- pation from almost complete depend- ence upon railroads. Taking in every year 24,000,000 tons of coal and send- ing out $2,000,000,000 worth of her manufactures, New England has re- quirements for the economical move- ment of commodities which should en- list her public sentiment and the ef- forts of all her public men in the act- ive promotion of the Atlantic deeper -waterways. "Seventh---This undertaking has the peculiar fortune that no important in- derest is openly arrayed against it, and no noteworthy argument for its abandonment has ever been presented from any source. The case is and al- ways has been one-sided, and in the continued absence of a_ negative the affirmative would, in our judgment, have won its case long ago but for the apathy of the people who have not -yet learned in what direction their best interests lie. time Surely -- TAL MARINE REVIEW "Kighth.-- Upon the communities verging on the proposed Atlantic coast inland waterways we urge strongly the necessity that there shall be early preparation for enlarged commercial operations by the acquirement by the public authorities of water frontage, by the equipment of each port with modern mechanical appliances for movement of freights and by the cre- ation generally of terminal facilities which will be effective for the loading and unloading and the economical handling of commodities. "Ninth--wWe direct attention, in con- clusion, to the following facts: "The Federal government should construct the waterways, 'because they will be a part of the coast defen#e in of war, 'because the channels should 'be as free to all comers as are the river channels now controlled by the general government, and because the enterprise is distinctly national and not local. "Tf Americans will look at the canal Steamer HE steamer Currier was launched from the yard of the Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, Mass., on Sept. 20, 'béing christened by Miss Anne Currier, daughter of Guy Cur- rier, of Boston, for whom the vessel is named. The Currier will be ready for her maiden trip to Havana in No- wetuper.. She is building for the Cuba Distilling Co. The Currier is a single screw steam- er constructed of steel to the highest class in Lloyd's register and special- ly designed to be operated in either the molasses, bulk petroleum or gen- eral freight trades, a combination rarely met with in cargo vessels. The principal dimensions are 370 ft. by 52 ft. beam, and operating on a draught of 22 ft. 6 in, the vessel will carry 6,500 tons deadweight. The arrangement of the ship con- sists in placing the machinery right aft and dividing the dead flat body into five double tanks each bounded by transverse and centerline oil-tight bulkheads. A general cargo hold is fitted forward and aft of these tanks, and the steamer has a continuous in- ner bottom as far forward and aft as practicable. These tanks may be utilized for the transport of either mollases or bulk petroleum, for which purpose they have a special pumping system installed for either loading or discharging the liquid cargo. The October, 1910 construction already completed and now in process of large extension in the civilized countries of Europe, and even in Canada, they will find an in- centive to action, not only from na- tional pride, but from the conviction that, with all our progressiveness, we are being left behind by other peoples. "Tenth--It is the recommendation of this association that Congress shall extend the internal waterways survey to and including the coast: of Maine. Resolved, That this association make grateful acknowledgement and extend most cordial thanks to the State of Rhode Island, through her distinguish- ed governor and legislature to the -city of Providence, through his honor the mayor and municipal council, to the Providence Board of Trade, to the several committees and all the citizens of the state and city for the genuine welcome, the complete and systematic arrangements and the lavish hospitality provided for the delegates to the third annual meeting of the association." Currier wing spaces at each side of expansion trunk, together with the forward and aft cargo holds, can be used for the carriage of general freight cargoes to- gether with the oil tanks when not operating in the petroleum trade. For this reason the ship has been pro- vided with two steel pole masts, each rigged with four 5-ton derricks for 'the rapid handling of general mer- chandise. The Currier has a long poop, short bridge and top-gallant forecastle, the former of which encloses quarters for the firemen and seamen with a poop deck house arranged with commo- dious quarters for the engineers. The bridge house is fitted up with cabins, saloon, pantry, etc., for the navigat- ing officers, and has a steel deck house on top specially arranged with a suite of rooms for the captain. All the latest and most approved auxiliary machinery has been in- stalled comprising a Hyde steam windlass, combined steam and hand steering gear, stem capstan, powerful deck winches, electric light through- out, and the usual pumping, drainage, fire main, sanitary and fresh water system. The propelling machinery consists of a set of triple-expansion engines supplied with steam by three single ended Scotch 'boilers, the installation developing sufficient power to propel