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564 awaiting an air compressor sent to her from the Soo. jk The 'Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis., is planning exten- sive additions to its plant. The com- pany recently acquired 750 feet of dockage adjacent to its present plant by taking over the entire holdings of the Burger Boat Co. which will estab- lish a new plant across the river. It is reported the improvements to the Manitowoc company's plant will include a complete new foundry, employing from 100 to 150 men, and producing ship castings exclusively. Part of the recent acquisition will be used for the erection of a new fabricating building 60x 300 feet, of brick and steel, and a paint shop 45x75 feet, of solid brick construction. * Ox Drill Boat Earthquake wreck light was established Oct. 22 to mark the wreck of a drill boat sunk about three miles northeast of Dunkirk light. <A fixed red 'lantern light is attached to a spar buoy, about five feet above the water. The wreck js in about 60 feet of water. . Atlantic Coast Notes The steam trawler Rosrway, said to be the largest of the type ever built, is about to be placed in commission by Boston capitalists. She was built at Essex, Mass., and her machinery was installed at Portland, Me. The Roseway is 155 feet long and registers 351. net tons. Capt. Bruce Wallace is in command. - ks Navigators of vessels entering Boston harbor at night complain that search- lights on harbor fortifications frequently are flashed into pilot houses, apparently without reasonable excuse. On a num- ber of occasions, collisions have been narrowly averted when watch officers were thus temporarily blinded. * K Xk Capt. Pierce H. Lewis, formerly in charge of steamers on the Boston-New York route, has been given command of a lake-built steamship and for the pres- -ent is employed in transporting coal coastwise.. BOO ak Three-masted schooner CHARLOTTE W. Mirier, sunk last summer in Long Is- land sound, following a collision with an American submarine, has been raised, rebuilt and resumed her _ operations under the name of WitittAm H. Draprer. Xk ok * Capt. Charles E. Holbrook, Tennant's Harbor, Me, commander of 3-mast schooner Hattie E. Dunn when that vessel was sunk by a German submarine, has been appointed captain for a New York shipping concern holding a con- tract for handling government vessels. ee The bark Fryinc Croup, formerly the German bark OrttTAwa, is_ reported wrecked on the Japanese coast while bound from Manila to a United States port. : ee (act. C. Harding, master of the Boston-owned steamship Norrorx died recently at the Marine hospital, Nor- folk. He was stricken while bound from Boston for Hampton Roads. Funeral services took place at his home, Roxbury, Mass. Captain Harding was ' should be THE MARINE REVIEW 32 years old and, for a time, was first mate of the 6-mast schooner GrorcE W. ~ Wetts. He was born in Chatham, Mass. cee ks Two-mast schooner OLiveER AMES, largest of her type, is being broken up at Machias, Me, for firewood. For many years she ran along the New England coast in the coal and lumber trade. ko Ok The cause of the loss of the steam- ship Atcor, sunk last June while bound Deceniuee. 1918 from . Boston for Bordeaux, France, with a cargo of flour substitutes for the Swiss government, has been de- termined. The ship | 1 struck > an:: un<4 charted rock in 18 feet on Mud Island -- shoal, off Yarmouth, N. | The 6b: struction has been named after the ill- starred freighter. oe Oe The river steamer St. JoHN, which | was recently sunk in a collision at Nor- folk, Va., has been floated and anchored ~ in Norfolk harbor. A Along the UIUIAUUAUTAULA I l| i] Fill "SN ONDITIONS. an . the: export business on the Pacific coast have 'become so acute that an appeal has been made to the war trade board requesting modifica- tion of some of its embargo regula- tions. Exporters find themselves swamped with cargo and unable to obtain space except at rates that ap- pear prohibitive. The war trade board has recently placed sweeping embargoes on Oriental goods. Con- sequently there is a dearth of cargoes coming to the Pacific coast. On the other hand, freights from there to the Orient are skyrocketing, inasmuch as westbound and -eastbound freights in the Pacific always act in sym- pathy with each other. In other words, a fall in one direction means an advance in the other direction as Japanese owners are careful to main- tain about the same returns for each voyage. For this reason westbound freights have advanced from $30 to more than $40 with a tendency to advance still more. Japanese owners have not been sending their vessels into the Atlantic but are _ diverting their ships to the profitable routes in Indian waters. The regular lines will continue to ply to North Pacific ports but the increase in westbound freights will cover the decline in east- bound rates. Consequently exporters are up in arms and are seeking relief. 2K * 2K ) Drastic rules laid down by Gov. . Thomas Riggs in an effort to pre- vent the spread of influenza in Alas- ka, resulted in that territory being deprived of all steamship service from Puget sound for several days. Gov- ernor Riggs ordered that no patient sent ashore in' Alaskan ports and in consequence the steam- ship lines cancelled their sailings. The rule was speedily modified so that patients will be admitted to the hos- pital at Juneau, Alaska. When the governor announced the change, the sailings were resumed and. Alaska is once again in touch with the outside world. ; BK Ok Purchase of the fleet of freight and passenger ships'of the Pacific Coast Co. was recently announced by H. F. 'Alexander, president of the Pacific Steamship Co. When the two fleets 'were merged two years ago, the ves- sels were taken on a charter basis. However, Mr. Alexander has been working out a plan of purchase for some: time and this has just been QA lil acific Coast HUI completed. The amount involved is said to approximate $4,000,000. deal carries with it the sale of the Pacific Coast' Co.'s wharf: proper- ties in California and long-time leases on the wharf properties in Seattle and Juneau,\ Alaska. The Pacihe Coast The Co. has made no announcement as to © its future plans except that the sale of its floating property will place it in a stronger financial position and will enable it to increase the scope of its activities in Seattle. : * K * Launched at the Anderson ship- yard, Kirkland, Wash., as the Osprey, this. auxiliary steamer has just been sold to the French government and has been renamed GENERAL Pav. The sister ship, OLEANDER, has also been taken by the French. Both are to be ready shortly and will load for Atlantic ports. * 2K * Alexander Stewart, for many years actively associated with Dodwell & Co., died recently, thereby remov- ing. from north. Pacific 'shipping circles a widely known traffic man. Mr. Stewart had 'been for years a director of Dodwell & Co., and Pa- cific coast manager for the firm. He came to Puget sound in 1892 when Dodwell & Co. established the first regular steamship service between this coast and the Orient. Since that time, he has been a prominent factor in building up the enormous trade which now is permanently established -- between North Pacific ports, Japan | and China. Oe The most spectacular fire Puget sound has ever seen, occurred on the night of Oct. 15 when the Great Northern oil terminals, leased and -- operated by James Griffiths & Sons, | Seattle, went up in flames.. The loss is estimated at about $1,750,000. Oriental oils in storage, valued at more than $1,000,000 were destroyed. The extensive terminals of the Great by theg Northern railroad, occupied Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and those of the port of Seattle, were seriously threatened The Oriental liner Fusuimrt tion of this liner seemed Conditions were favorable, and the fire was confined to the one terminal. It has not been determined whether or not the fire was of in- cendiary origin. by areas of floating oil@ C Maru, } which was in berth, was surrounded by fire at one time and the destruc- | imminent. | however, |