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Canadian Bulk F reighter The J. H. G. Hagarty Built to Replace the Carruthers is a Very Staunch Vessel HE. bulk freighter J. H. <G. l Hagarty. building. for . the Si. Lawrence & > 'Chicago Steam Navigation Co., was launched from the yard of the Collingwood The customary crew's, owner's and navigating accommodation is fitted for- ward and the deck houses are of in- creased strength and fitted with 16- inch circular deadlights. All doors in Knew) THE BULK FREIGHTER J. H. G. HAGARTY ON THE STOCKS Ship Building Co., Collingwood, Ont., on June 18, being christened by Mrs. Morton Jones of Toronto. This vessel is one of the largest type of side tank bulk freighters on the lakes, being 550 feet over all, 530-feet keel, 58-feet beam and 31 feet deep. She is built to the highest class in the Great Lakes Register, but as in previous vessels built for this company she is constructed greatly in excess of the requirements of the Great Lakes rules, the top side plating, stringer and gunwale bar beinz exceptionally heavy to withstand the longitudinal strains. The water bottom is 5 feet deep and the side tank, which is 5 feet wide, extends to the main deck stringer. The cargo hold is divided into six compartments. (Mere are . 16 hatches, 40 feet wide and 10 feet long, spaced 24 feet centers, fitted with 4- inch spruce covers secured in place by Mulholland hatch fasteners. These cov- ers are fitted (salt water style) inside of Tyzacks patent hatch rest bars and will be supported underneath with portable steel strongbacks fitted both fore and aft and athwartship. In load- ing or unloading grain the strongbacks are not moved, but in loading or un- loading coal or ore, they are slid out of the way. cabins, texas, etc., are of 2-inch solid teak with 6-inch high coaming on deck. In the after' deck house are sitiated design and made entirely of steel. The doors of the firehold and entrance to engine room are also of steel. The Hagarty has no hurricane deck roof over the fantail, the object being to give the sea no chance to get under and lift off the cabin. The motive power is supplied by one triple-expansion engine having cylinders 24, 40 and -66-inch diameters by 42-inch stroke, jet condensing, supplied with steam by three Scotch marine boilers, 13 feet diameter. and 11 feet long, working at 185 pounds pressure under forced draft, the whole being capable of developing about 2,400 H. P., giving a speed of 13 miles per hour loaded. A very complete installation of aux- iliary machinery and pumps has been installed, and the pipes for handling all the water ballast are of large diameter in order to clear the tanks in as short a time as possible. Special attention has been given to the steering gear. The vessel has two separate independent steam steering gears--the Akers emer- gency gear on one side and main gear on the other, a special feature. The throttle of the main steering engines, which is direct-connected to rudder, is operated by Akers transmission.| <A one-ton refrigerating plant has been in- stalled, together with the necessary cold LAUNCHING THE BULK FREIGHTER J. H. G.. HAGARTY AT THE YARD.OF THE COLLINGWOOD SHIP BUILDING CO; COELINGWOOD,. ONE private and crew's dining rooms, galley, pantry, ice house, firemen, engineers' and other quarters. The engine room and galley skylights are of substantial chambers for carrying provisions for the crew. In this vessel the owners have spared no expense to make her the best of