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IAT HR NUTT NA TA VOL. 44 CLEVELAND SEPTEMBER, 1914 NEW YORK No. 9 Steamer South American: She Has Proved Very Popular in the New Route Established by the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co. HE steamer South American, built for the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co. by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, De- troit, has proved very popular in the trade and there is talk of adding a third vessel to this fleet, which now consists of the North American and the South American. The principal dimen- THE PASSENGER STEAMER SOUTH AMERICAN, BUIL THE CHICAGO, DULUT sions of the South American are: Length over all, 314 feet; length on keel, 291 feet; breadth, molded, 47 feet; depth, molded, 18 feet. The vessel is exclusively a passenger boat, carrying no freight, and has ac- commodations for 540 passengers and a crew of 160. Thehull of the steamer is divided into seven compartments by six watertight bulkheads. The three lower decks are of steel and the two upper ones of wood. The general arrange- ment of the vessels has been well thought out. The main dining room with a seating capacity for 276 passen- gers is located forward on the orlop deck and is finished in silvered oak with cork tile flooring. Immediately under T BY THE GREAT LAKES ENGINEERING WORKS, DETROIT, FOR H & GEORGIAN BAY TRANSIT CO.