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December, 1913 New Steel Lighter The accompanying photograph shows the steel lighter Willard U. Taylor, owned by the Undercliff Ter- minal & Warehouse Co., of New York, with a load of 560,/19- Ibs. of sugar, representing 280 tons weight, or the capacity of 15% cars. This vessel was designed by Cox & Stevens, of New York City, and built at the works of John H. Dia- loene. é¢. Son., "Camden, .N. J... The wim ie. THE MARINE REVIEW and contains galley, mess room, three staterooms and toilet and at the forward end the pilot house. The main deck house roof is extend- ed out to the side of the vessel for a considerable distance, in order to afford protection to, cargo.. As usual, the machinery has been kept aft as far as possible, in order to leave the maximum 'available deck house forward for carry- ing cargo. This lighter will easily carry a load of between 300 and 350 tons. In the design of this vessel, Cox & "STEEL LIGHTER: WILLARD U. TAYLOR dimensions of this lighter are: Length over all, 110 ft.; beam, 30 it.: depth, molded, 12 ft. She is equipped with heavy wooden spar and boom, hoisting engine and outfit, and her motive power consists of an inverted single cylinder, direct- acting, high pressure engine, 20 in. diameter, 26 in, stroke... The boiler is of the leg type, of ample size and is designed for a working pressure of 150 lbs. The vessel is heated by steam, lighted by electricity and has _ every modern appliance known and required for this type of craft. Her hull is constructed of _ steel throughout, and is designed with a view to securing the most lasting structure that could be produced on the given dimensions. All 'the material entering into the hull was carefully tested at the works, and the builders used all possible care in con-. struction. On the main deck, the deck house, which is constructed of steel, -is. di- vided into fire room and engine room compartment and lamp locker. The upper deck house is constructed of wood strongest and Stevens were directed to produce a vessel that would embody all the best possible features of a craft of her type and from her record in service, | she appears to be all that the owners had expected. Atlantic Transport Liner Maryland On Saturday, Nov. 1, the screw car- go steamer Maryland, built by Har- land & Wolff, Ltd., for the Atlantic Transport Line for their service be- tween London and Baltimore, left Belfast and, after satisfactory trials, proceeded to London, Capt. S. W. Watkins being in command of the vessel. The new vessel is 383 ft. 6 in. in length overall, and 50 ft. 4 in. extreme beam, with a gross tonnage of about 5,000. She has been built to the Board of Trade Survey, and the double bot- tom is constructed on the cellular principle with watertight bulkheads extending to the upper deck. There are five steel decks. The Maryland is specially designed for the service; she will carry a large 463 cargo and is provided with the latest | and most approved facilities, having sixteen derricks, each lifting 5 tons; eleven double purchase winches, and steam windlass. The steering gear is of the Harland & Wolff's type, sit- uated in a steel house aft on the up- per deck and controlled by telemotor from the navigating bridge. The vessel has good accommoda- tion for the captain, officers, engineers and crew; complete installation of electric light, also wireless telegraphy and submarine signalling apparatus. During construction the vessel has been under the supervision of Capt. Tubb, marine superintendent, and B. P. Fielden, superintendent engineer of the Atlantic Transport Line. Cascade Boiler Circulators The McNab Co., Bridgeport, Conn., patentees and manufacturers of the McNab direction indicators-and other McNab engineering appliances, ad- vise that they have shipped from their works this week seventy sets of their Cascade multiflow boiler circu- lators for the following steamers, which are employed on the great lakes .and Atlantte 'coast: Clritord Moll, Leonard B. Miller, D. R. Han- na, Peter Reiss, Moses Taylor, E. W. Oglebay, (Bo F. Berry, W. S2 Mack, car ferry Ashtabula, Milwaukee, S. Oi fue No: 15; S) O. Tug Astral. Further contracts for the supply of these circulators are also in hand. The McNab Cascade boiler circulator was recently invented by Alec. Mc- Nab, vice president of The McNab Co., Bridgeport, Conn. The lake steamers Charlemagne Tower Jr., Wallula and Lansing, re- cently sold to Atlantic coast inter- ests, are at the works of Blaisdell, Leeman & Co., Bath, Me., undergoing alterations to hull and machinery to fit them for service as lumber carriers on the coast. The steel tug Newark, built by the Skinner Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, Md., for the Lacka- wanna railroad, recently underwent her trial trip. The tug is intended for service in New York harbor, and is 105 ft. long, 25 ft. 6 in. beam and 12 ft..6 in. deep. The Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., launched the freight steamer Manoa for the Matson Navigation Co. Nov. 1. The new steamer is a sister to the Matsonia, described in the Octo- ber Marine Review.