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SOREN Om - April, 1914 being stopped. If it can be proved that the engine was stopped, I would not be willing to allow half the dam- ages. I would want my half cut off pretty near the end. But if the en- gine was working ahead I am ready to divide all the time.' Conference with Dock Agents Tuesday afternoon's meeting was devoted to a joint conference with the dock agents at both upper and lower lake docks. In opening the meeting with the dock people, Mr. Coulby emphasized the fact that the keynote of the meeting was safety to. the men... 1 swant," Saud he, "the hearty co-operation of the docks to this end. I think before our ships start out in the spring that I will make the rule forbidding any ship to leave port before her hatches are on. Some masters® think that. the dock people won't like this and that as soon as the last ton is aboard they want them to get away from the dock. I don't believe we will have to sacri- fice safety to speed in this- particular because by the exercising of a little flexibility we can work together and most of the hatches will be on by the time the last spout is lifted." The meeting was then turned over to FE. .C. Collins, who fas -direet charge of traffic with the docks. He welcomed the men very heartily and gave a short resume of the year's work. The only record that was brok- en during the year was in total ton- nage moved, 17,155,000 tons, as against 16,111,000 tons for 1912. Neither at upper nor lower lake ports was dis- patch quite as good as in 1912. The Northwestern dock led again with an average of 1 hour:22 minutes per 1,000 tons, the Iron Range being second with an average of 1 hour 43 min- utes per 1,000 tons. At the unloading docks the Superior dock at Ashta- bula led with an average of 1 hour 33 minutes per 1,000 tons, the P., Y. & A. being second with an average of 1 hour and 58 minutes per 1,000 tons. These records are the same at both docks for the years 1912 and 1913. The upper lake problems were first taken up. It was recommended that the docks furnish the vessel with a list of ore in pockets and where it is located and that on the other hand the vessel state the number of tons required and the number of cars to be put in each hatch. After the dis- cussion came the suggestion of creat- ing a standard for each boat and de- fining about how it should be loaded. If this were fixed within definite lim- its, Mr. Coulby felt that a sailor in being transferred from one boat to another would be slow in changing loading methods. In this connection THE MARINE REVIEW Mr, Collins submitted data concern- ing the distribution of loads in three of the Class A steamers, the boats being divided into three compartments, forward, amidships and aft. In one of the vessels' the changes in percent- ages from trip to trip amounted to 9 per cent or practically 1,000 tons of the total cargo. One vessel, how- ever, was ideally loaded every trip, having 35 per cent forword, 32 per cent amidships and 33 per cent aft, rarely varying from these figures and even then only 1 per cent. "That boat has certainly got a good mate," said Capt. W. J. Hunt. "That boat carries more ore than any boat I ever heard OL To the surprise of everyone, Mr. Collins said that the boat did carry the biggest cargo of the whole fleet and when one of the captains inquired how that particular mate took the ore one of the dock men replied that he took it faster than any mate he ever met with. "How *1s-it,? said. Mr,. Coulby..'that that man is only a mate?" Mr. Coulby said that it was clear he would not be anybody's mate much longer but that he would have to find him another job. The dock agents at lower lake ports submitted a number of recommenda- tions touching upon ladders, lights in cargo holds, cleaning deck end holds, holding vessels to dock, vessel dam-- age to docks and bulkheads and bulk- head doors. The list of the dock agents present was as follows: feavo: - brar bors: (31: W. Kreiter, Two Harbors; J. M. Clifford, Escanaba; G. J. Quigley, Ashland; C. E.~Andrews, Escanaba; O. W. Johnstone, Ashland; George Treviramus, Duluth; G. W. Watts, Two Harbors; P. B. Sullivan, Duluth; H. E. Hansen, Two Harbors; John Sampson, Ashland; H. J. Robertson, Escanaba; J. S. Harland, Marquette; W. F. Morgan, Marquette; J. W. Coria, Ashland; G. M. Stoik, Escanaba; J. C. Morrell, Superior; H. A. Barren, Cleveland; A. S. Chisholm, Cleveland: BF: Mohr, Chicago; H. A. Brassert, Chicago: J: oi. Hearding, Duluth; F. T. Bentley, Chicago; J. F. Townsend, Pittsburgh; John Fritz, Pittsburgh; J. H. Woods, Cleveland; M. Shiras, Pittsburgh; Mr. Whigham, Pittsburgh; R. R. Richardson, Conneaut; C. Walk- er, Conneaut; P. J. Fickenger, Con- S. J. Blake, Conneaut; AWW. Ft, South Chicago; -C..¢ Ht. S. Pickands, . Ash- Thomas Owens, neaut; McGowan, Wheeler, Gary; H. tabula; C. Montgomery, Ashtabula; w. E.. Chilson, Ashtabula; E. O. Whitney, Ashtabula; G. S. Meek, Fair- port; W. T. Moore, Cleveland; T. R. Gilmore, Huron; R. J. Aspen, Lorain; 147 James ~ Daniels, Lorain: Co - Cole, Cleveland; "D, K, 'Smith, - Erie; J. M; Amsden, Ashtabula. ; The third day's session was a joint one with the captains and engineers, and the entire forenoon was consumed in reading the joint report of the cap- tains and engineers. One of the chief points of interest was the working out on a number of boats of a .definite speed for a given number of revolu- tions, so that the master may have his approximate speed through the wa- ter. at given signals. The. fresh water tanks will be cleaned thoroughly once a month and the general sanitation of the ship will be in charge of the committee on safety. As it was found that sani- tary drinking fountains could be in- stalled aboard ship very easily, it was decided to equip the vessels with them and dispense with individual drinking cups. Separate seacocks will 'be fitted for filling the fresh water tanks wherever possible with sanitary pump which will be used for no other purpose. It was also decided to dis- pense with all red table cloths and to furnish white table cloths for all dining rooms. The red table cloths now in stock will be used in the mess room. The Licensed Officers' Mutual Bene- fit Association, which was started by the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. two years ago, now has 487 members and has paid 12 death claims since it was . formed. The average sum paid has been $940.60 and is about the cheap- est insurance known anywhere. At the conclusion of the morning session, Mr. Coulby stated that the keynote of the meeting was "Safety" and distributed safety buttons among those present. Loading the Ships Frank B. Smith, chief engineer of the fleet, read a very valuable paper on the loading and speed of ships, as follows: "During the past season a number of questions have come up relative to loading of ships, speed of ships under different conditions, and in connection with the speed, the question of steer- ing has been brought out quite prom- inently. "Taking up first the question of loading the ships, and the hogging in some cases and in other cases sag- ging of hulls, we have gone into this matter quite thoroughly. I accom- panied Mr. Harvey to Duluth and we observed the loading, under Mr. Har- vey's. direction, of several of the large steamers, and we found that be- ginning at the after end of the cargo -- hold, putting a pocket in every other