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: : | } 296 the sides. They are elegantly fitted in white enamel paneling with mahogany wainscoating. lavatory, bedroom, and office, the latter _upholstered in green plush, with olive- There is telephone com-. green carpet. munication between the captain's quar- ters and all parts of the ship. The deck house amidships is sur- mounted by a pilot house with a private stairway leading to the chart room and lavatory for deck officers. In the pilot house is a solid brass steering pedestal with electrically illuminated compass and brass steering wheel, submarine sig- nalling apparatus, alarm systems, searchlight operating gear, and _ tele- phonic communication with all parts of the ship. Passenger Accommodation On the bridge, extending the full width of the vessel, are a Lord Kelvin stand- ard compass, encased in mahogany and brass, two steam whistle levers and two electrically illuminated engine room re- ply telegraphs on heavy finished, brass stands. The firstclass passenger accommoda- tions are amidships and in the after end of the vessel. All staterooms are outside. They are finished in hardwood and white enamel and are_ richly carpeted. The toilet accessories are of the latest approved design, heavily nickel-plated mountings, heavy por- celain basins, and French plate mirrors encased in nickel frames. All of the toilet fixtures were supplied by the Los Angeles and San Francisco branches of Crane Co. The first-class dining saloon is a handsomely appointed apartment, decor- ated in gold and white enameled panelling and gold decorated fluted side stanchions. The furniture and general appointments are elegant, and there is mote than the usual space between chairs and tables. The entrance is from the social hall by means of a solid ma- hogany stairway. The skylight over the dining room and social hall is ex-° ceptionally large and so arranged that the whole top flat may be raised, thus making it especially suitable for a warm climate. The second-class accommodations are in the forward part of the vessel and are well equipped, special attention hav- ing been paid to ventilation and sanitary arrangements. The crew's quarters also are in the forward part of the vessel and are well fitted with large lavora- tories and hot and cold shower baths. The beds are all furnished with spring mattresses. The rooms are well ven- tilated with side ports and cowl vents, -and the quarters are heated with radi- ators. The assistant engineers' quarters -are He has a private bath,. THE MARINE REVIEW on 'the lower after-deck, as are also those of the steward's department. The chief engineer's room is on the main after-deck within easy access of the engine room. It has direct telephone communication with every part of -the ship, and is handsomely and comfortably furnished. The propelling machinery is. in the extreme after end of the boat. The main engine is of the triple three-crank type, with cylinders 22, 36, 61 in., having 42-in. stroke. They were designed at the engineering works of the Craig Shipbuilding Co. by A. L. Becker. The cylinders are arranged from forward in the following manner: high pressure, intermediate pressure, and low pressure. All the valves are operated by the double bar Stephenson link motion. There are three front and three back cast-iron columns, the latter acting as guides for the crossheads. The piston rods are of steel, 8 in. in diameter and fitted with the best metallic packing. The engine is equipped with a direct- acting steam reversing gear. The pro- peller is a four-blade, built-up cast iron wheel 14 ft. in diameter. The main boilers, three in number, are of the Parker water-tube type, placed athwartships. They are fitted to burn oil or fuel. The auxiliary machin- ery in the engine room consists of air and bilge pumps connected to the main engines; two main feed pumps 12x 18x 24, simplex; one. vertical fire pump 8x7x12, duplex; one horizontal ballast pump, 10x 12x12, duplexs one. centri- fugal pump 8x8x12; two horizontal fuel pumps 6x4x6 duplex; one _ hori- zontal settling tank pump 6x534x6 duplex; one horizontal evaporator pump 414x234x4 duplex; one horizontal sanitary pump 6x534x6 duplex; one horizontal boiler circulation pump 5x 3x6 simplex; two hand fire pumps, 5x10; one Sturtevant dynamo engine, 6x6 10 kw.; one DeLavel turbine dynamo 10 kw.; one Stevens ice ma- chine 6x6. Crane valves and fittings are used throughout. -- Suez Canal Traffic The report of the Suez Canal Co. for 1913 states that 10 years ago ves- sels recording more than 4,000 tons were not 22 per cent of the total passing through the canal; last year they were over 44 per cent. Ships of over 6,000 tons 10 years ago were but 1 per cent of the total; last year they were 5 per cent. In 1912 the average time was cut down by 35 minutes to 16 hours 19 minutes, which was maintained last year. Last year 5,085 ships used the canal. The year 1913, while the total trade done was August, 1914 less than in. 1912, showed a marked gain in the tonnage of loaded mer- chant. ships. The quantity of mer- chandise carried was 25,775,000 tons, a record figure. The heavy business was bound east and south. In inclhud- ed coke from Great Britain, sugar from Adriatic ports, petrol-from Rus- sia and the United States, and phos- phates from Algeria and Tunisia. A special feature was the size of the consignments to India and farther eastern ports of worked metals, ma- chinery and railway material. Burma, Siam, Indo-China and East Africa are increasing their trade with Europe. China and Japan are steadily and largely expanding their business, while India has from the first been a main supplier of traffic. The region directly tributary to the canal is also developing new industries. Shaft to Titanic Engineers Impressive scenes marked the un- veiling of a memorial to the Titanic engineers by Sir Archibald Denny at Southampton, April 23. Ten thousand persons were present, and in the fore- ground was a sad group of widows whose husbands went down with the ill-fated vessel. The central feature of the statue is a figure of Glory reste ing upon a boat's bow in bronze. The steamer J. W. Nicholas, which went ashore at North Point, Lake Huron, last Nov., has had 72 ft. taken out of her amidships, and will be made of Canadian canal size. Extensive alterations have been made at Manitowoc on the steamer Living- stone, owned by Wm. Livingstone, presi- dent of the Lake Carriers' Association. The vessel, which is of composite hull construction, has received new steel decks, replacing her former wooden decks. New steel coal bunkers have also been installed. The Cape Cod Canal Although Cape Cod Canal will not be ready for navigation for nearly two months, it is announced that the cape is no longer entitled to that name, but is now an island, as the waters of Massachusetts and Buzzards bays met for the first time on April 21. Quite a little ceremony attended the removal of the last dyke, when all the officials of the company were pres- ent. The canal will be opened to vessels drawing not over 12 feet on July 4, this year. The 300th anniversary of the land- ing of Capt. John Smith on Monhe- gan Island, off Hancock county, Me:, is to be celebrated in August.