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150 say just at present exactly how much it was, and the naval expert said it was a well established fact that con- tractors in running government ships on their trial trips werg very par- ticular to get a good helmsman, as the difference in speed attained in that way made quite a big difference with the amount which they received for their contract. Steering the Ship "In connection with that, cize any one, my only object being to improve conditions as much as pos- sible, that the mate on this steamer made it a practice of remarking in the presence of the wheelsman that nobody could steer that boat and keep her close to her course. Inoticed, how- ever, that before we got across the lake, and, in fact for the last half of the distance. actoss Lake 'Huron,. the steering of the boat had been very much improved and also the speed of the boat had increased. I will say, however, in connection with this that we did find later that there was too much lap on the controlling valve- of the steering engine, and after that was corrected, we were told that the boat steered better, and I saw no reason why she should not steer as well as either one of the new ships that came out last summer. Also after those steamers were put in com- mission, we found there was great dif- ference in the speed of the three boats, but after making a run across Lake Huron on two of those ships, under almost exactly the same conditions of weather and trim, there was only a difference of three minutes in the time across Lake Huron and only a differ- ence of 135 revolutions. The weather was almost identically the same. There was only a difference of 0.4 of a rev- olution per minute in the two boats, and another very important point is, that the boat that made the most rev- olutions in crossing the lake, and also that had the highest revolutions per minute, was the one with the coarsest pitch of her wheel. Both of these boats, on these runs were steered very fine, and by actual measurement on the chart made by Captain Watt, there was only % mile difference in the distance they ran, so that this appears to be one of the best real compari- sons we have had and demonstrated 'pretty thoroughly that where the boats are well steered, make good eourses, and have the same kind of weather, thére is practically no dif- ference in their speed. "Going into the question of pro- peller wheels, I think we have dem- onstrated pretty thoroughly, not only I wish. to remark, without intending to criti-_ THE MARINE REVIEW April, 1914 Deprecate Judge Tuttle's Comments At the annual dinner Capt. D, Sullivan, of Chicago, read the fol- lowing resolution, which had been signed by every captain and engi- neer of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co.'s fleet: Resolved, That this committee de- precate the sweeping assertions made several days ago by Judge Tuttle, of the United States District Court, at Detroit--that the first consideration of all the owners and vessel managers of the Great Lakes First. | Resolved, That we beg to contra- dict this statement so far as it ap- plies to this line and tts manage- ment, as the latter has always in- structed us that safety of the lives and property under our care must always be our first consideration. Wm. J. Hunt C. L. Birtrand M.K. ChamberlinJ. R. McRae R. F. Humble <A. E. Buddemeyer H. G. Harbottle A. J. Armson J. F. Parke Sr. H. Gunderson WiC. Ter. H. W. Endelman I'. J. Crowley Neil Patterson W. W. Smith M. B. Sturtevant Joseph Olsson Leon Bourlier W. E. Stover S. E. Meeker W. P. McElroy George Randolph John Burns A. Montague H. D. McLeod G. M. Ackley Geo. J. Maloney W. H. Kilby George H. Lane C. D. Secord SS: Cy Allen CS. Boyce F. A. Bailey A. S. Brown A. P. Chambers Alex Smith W. H. Moody W. J. Story Frank Rice T. F. Zealand Richard Jollie C. M. Conkey Wm. S. Hoag W. F. Cottrell Chas. Gegenheim W. E. Warner J. W. Morgan George W. Ames J. N. Rolfson John Noble A. C. Moser J. T. Gemmell C. J. Grant A. R. Thompson Geo. H. Banker - F. W. Light Hi. J. Regan J. N. Ames Daniel Murphy T. J. Cullen el ab Keeney G. W.. McCallum J. W. McEachren J. A. Smith H. T. McLeod A. Nordahl SE. Toner. Charles Gordon John Skelly J. LaFramboise E. H. Learned Geo. B. Kendall Wm. Dornbrook C. R. Thrasher A. W. Armson H. M. White S.W. Armstrong H. M. Saveland H. F. Schroeder George A. Bell C. L. Barnhart Henry Walper Joseph Hasler Geo. Holdridge M. F. Sweeney A. W. Burrows J. F. Walsh C. G. Ennes E. M. Smith R. H. Richmond Chas. Weitzman H. B. Moore H. A. Shaw L. Haggan H. D. Wood F. C. Lapesh David Bouille W. G. Staley «A. J. Talbot W. O. Stebbins A. Collins George Arnold A. C. Hansen Fred Warning |. J. Nahrstedt H. Edmondson A. R. Robinson L. O. Willix .H. Culp L. L. Vradenburg Ee LL, Sawyer T. F. Higgins Wm. Millikin John Mraz is Profit First instead of Safety -- H. W. McEwen A. D. Birdsall James A. Walsh R. W. Townsend _G. H. Bowen H. E. McIntosh George Reece Wm. P. Diamond J. H. Denner Wm. E. Culp PH. Dunn EJS. Roe John A. Ferguson F, Limpert H. J. Clegg A. L. Eggert E. F. Bernard Thos. Treleaven George G. Burt W. B. Danforth F. D. Selee Adam C. Lowe C. E. Lawrence John B. Woods H. Grotemat Geo. Schroeder J. W. Miller W. W. Densmore George H. Barth George Young C. A. Fletcher Frank Schwartz Bernard Henry Wm. D. Killett EL; Hineline John W. Clark Floyd E. Lyons F. Thurman J. H. McGlenn W. C. McDougall H. M. Lubahn GoAs Sune Wm. A. Lewis J. D. Walker H. N. Armstrong F. A. Smith O. Coder Wm. Bourlier on the tests made last summer but in a great many tests that we had made prior to that time, that in de- signing a propeller wheel, the first thing to determine is the speed, or the number of revolutions per minute, that we wish the engine to make, and from this we must determine the pitch of the wheel that will give the best results for a ship of the type under consideration; then the area of the wheel must be decided upon and the wheel should be made as near as pOs- sible to a true screw, at the pitch that has been determined, and there is found to be a loss if the wheel 1s shifted from that pitch, either mak- ing it coarser or finer. If it is found that a mistake has been made in the dimensions of the wheel, it would be more economical to design a new wheel than to endeavor to correct the mistake by making a worse one in changing the pitch. Pitching in a Seaway "While in connection with this branch of the service, I wish to call attention to one thing that I have noticed on some of our ships: That when the vessel is pitching in a sea 3 % '