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September, 1920 rangement naturally expedites the work. The work done on the Det BoscHEtto a somewhat different inasmuch as twin screws were fitted in her. These Italian sailers are all small ships, meas- uring approximately 2000 tons and less. Rut the engines on the Det BoscHerrto, also Southwark-Harris, were smaller than the engine on the SAN GUISEPPE, the two together being able to drive her 8% knots. Some of the advantages mentioned for the auxiliary schooner are (1) the ship saves towboat fees by being able to enter port under her own power; (2) on a deep sea voyage she will be able to make her own way out of dol- drums; and (3) when meeting head winds the engines will give steerage- way. In other words the auxiliary en- gine takes the uncertainty out of sail-: ing, and enables a schooner to maintain a schedule. And, inasmuch as she has an engine aboard, the vessel can be equipped with electric lights, which is no small advantage. The crew of the sailer is not mate- tially increased by reason of the engine. A sailer usually carries an engineer to work her donkey engines. This man is replaced with an engineer who un- derstands the handling of diesel engines, and an assistant is drafted from the sailors in the crew. It is not infre- quently the case that the engineer is put on in place of one other man in L Bi aunch Bi g WO of the 7500-ton steel carriers, built for owners' account, have been launched by the Todd Dry- dock & Construction Co., Tacoma, Wash. The Rep Hoox took the water on June 30 and the Hogoxen on july 22. = Je Rep Hook was named in honor of the site of the Erie Basin plant of the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co., a Todd Corporation, while the HospoxkeN is com- Memorative of the Tietjen & Lang plant, ilso'a unit of the Todd interests. The Hopoken was christened by Miss Flor- ae Babish, whose father, Thomas Babish, is a veteran member of the Tietjen & Lang staff. A party from the Hoboken plant came out to witness the ceremony, _Vork at the Todd Dry Docks, Seattle, Proceeding actively, many large repair 10bs being handled there. This plant ecently increased its force from 600 to co. The steamship EASTERN aie was changed from a coal to ms umner and also had considerable work done, 'iy cae steamer Inpus, built by Toy lin yards, Vancouver, B. C., a. completed and delivered. On Mals this vessel developed 13.585 THE MARINE REVIEW the crew. Such an arrangement is pos- sible inasmuch as it is not the prac- tice of auxiliary schooners to use both sails and engines at the same time. Some sailing vessels have carried this development to its greatest extent and been converted from sailers to motorships. A case of 'this nature was 'the American motorship KATHERINE, which was formerly the 4-mast British barken- tine, County or Linuirucow. She was built by the Barclay-Currie Co:, 'Glasgow Scotland. It was decided that Ae motor equipment aboard was entirely adequate for purposes of navigation, so she was dismantled of her masts and turned out as a. motorship. The Kartn- ERINE has three semidiese] engines, On a: 37-day trip from San Fran- cisco to Manila all engines worked in- cessantly, save the port engine, which stopped for a period of 10 minutes. The motor drives were as reliable on a- 63- day trip from Manila to London, stop- ping only once, that being during a 4-days' layover at Port Said and. the Suez canal. . The main power plant of the Karu- ERINE, consisting of two 320-brake horse- power fuel oil engines of the Bolinder type, is fitted with air injectors and a special oiling system, which contains an arrangement for saving and filtering waste lubricating oil. The auxiliary machinery includes one 25-brake horse- Freighters knots. The vessel was on trial 90 days after the keel was laid down, establish- ing a British Columbia speed record. This is the sixteenth steel vessel turned out by this firm. Judgment has been signed at Van- couver, B. C., for $1,343,015 in favor of the Llyall Shipbuilding Co., against Ray- mond Van Hemelryck, agent of the Bel- gian government. The sum was for six 5-mast schooners, purchase of which was cancelled before delivery. Contract for altering, repairing, over- hauling and converting the Japanese-built shipping board steamer EASTERN Ex- - porter from a coal to an oil burner was awarded to J. F. Duthie & Co. on a bid of $101,996 in 18 days. The same yard is installing new engines in the shipping board vessel WESTBORO. Suit has been brought against the Seattle-North Pacific Shipbuilding Co. asking for a receiver on the ground that the directors are seeking to reduce the capital stock to escape payment of cer- tain claims. The suit is brought by F. C. Le Doux and F. X. Le Doux who claim to have a judgment unpaid of $22,000. Smith & Paschall, brokers, have entered suit against the company for $420,000 513 power, stationary type, fuel oil engine running at 375 revolutions per minute and directly coupled to a 15-kilowatt generator and on the opposite end of the shaft through a clutch coupling to a 2-stage air compressor, which is used for supplying air to the main en- gines in case of accident to the main compressor. A 15-brake horsepower en- gine running at 450 revolutions per min- ute is directly connected to a 10-kilo- watt generator, while a third, an 8- horsepower engine rurning at 550 revo- lutions per minute, is connected to a 5-kilowatt generator. All generators op- erate at 110-125 volts. An electric steering gearing is fitted. The main bilge and circulating pumps are driven from the forward end of the crankshaft of each engine. Auxil- iary pumping machinery consists of one, 4 x 6-inch, triplex, electrically driven pump with suctions to the sea as well as to the bilge; one electrically driven, 6 x 8-inch, triplex pump for fire and bilge service, as well as for emptying and filling cofferdams, directly con- nected to a 20-horsepower motor; one 3 x 4-inch, electrically driven, sanitary pump directly connected to a 3-horse- power motor. : The KaTHERINE, operating under the American flag, is engaged in carrying cocoanut oil to the United States and Europe and general cargoes to Manila. She is 287 feet long. At Tacoma alleged to be past due for commissions. Keels for two of the 12,000-ton tankers to be built for the Swiftsure Oil Co. have already been laid at Portland, Oreg., by the Northwest Bridge & Iron works. Work will be well under way in August. At Vancouver, Wash., the G: M. Standifer Construction Co, is completing five steel steamers for the Green Star line and also has three con- tracts for 12,000-ton tankers for the Standard Oil Co. : Two of the four 9600-on steel freight- ers built by the Skinner & Eddy Cofp., Seattle, have been sold. These are the Rosin Hoop and the Rosin' ADAIR now on the Atlantic. The Rosrn Goop- FELLOW, of the same fleet, is chartered to load coal in British Columbia' for Rio de Janeiro. . Work of dismantling the plant of the Skinner & Eddy Corp. is well under way, a full cargo of equipment having recently been taken to San Francisco by the steam schooner RosaLtie MAnony. Capt. Charles Meynier, 81 years old, | Mississippi river pilot for 50 years prior to his retirement, was killed by a street car in New Orleans late in July. ".