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FROM A DRAWING FURNISHED BY M. C. HE car ferry Henry. M. Flagler, building for the Florida East Coast railway, was launched from Cramp's ship yard, Philadelphia, on Sept. 22, and was christened by Miss Florence Marie Beckwith, to whom the ship building company presented a sou- venir in the shape of a handsome necklace with diamond studded pen- depth molded, 22 feet; deadweight ca- pacity at 15 feet draught, 2,500 tons; speed, loaded, 13 knots. The steamer is arranged with four sets of tracks on the main deck and has accommodations to carry 30 of the largest size refrigerator cars. In ad- dition the steamer is fitted with three cargo holds having a capacity of stor- STERN VIEW OF CAR dant. Miss Beckwith is the daughter of the president of the Florida East Coast railway. The car ferry was de- signed by M. C. Furstenau, naval architect, and her general dimensions are as follows: Length over all, 360 feet; length between perpendiculars, 348 feet; breadth molded, 57 feet; FERRY H. M. FLAGLER ing approximately 3,000 tons of cargo. Each hold is served by a double drum electric cargo hoist. In addition to the dry cargo, one of the forward ballast tanks has been arranged for carrying molasses, the necessary fill- ing and discharging apparatus being fitted. FURSTENAU, NAVAL ARCHITECT The power plant consists of two triple-expansion engines of the usual marine type, having cylinders 20, 3214 and 54 inches diameter by 36-inch stroke. Each engine is designed to develop 1,500 horsepower. The boiler plant consists of four Scotch type boilers, each 13 feet 2 inches diame- ter by 12 feet in length, fitted with two 48-inch Morrison corrugated fur- naces. The boilers will be operated under the Howden system of forced draft and are built for a working pres- sure of 170 pounds. The usual auxiliaries are fitted in the engine room, the only notable dif- ference being "the fitting of two. 12- inch centrifugal pumps by which the ballast tanks can be filled or emptied in a short space of time. The keel for the steamer was laid on April 20 and it is expected that she will go into commission during the. early part of December. The car ferry will be used in transferring cars from the railway train at Key West, Fla., to Havana, Cuba, the distance being about 100 miles. It is expected to make the run from dock to dock in eight hours. The construction of this car ferry realizes in a way the dream of Henry Flagler to establish an all- rail service to Cuba. Contract has been awarded the New- port News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., for length- ening the steamers Ceiba and Yoro for the Vaccaro Brothers Line, of New Orleans, at a cost of $50,000 each. These vessels have been operating under the Honduras flag but will be changed to American register after alterations have been completed. Both vessels will be lengthened 40 feet.