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Pe oP Cea actrees yg oe A NRT eT Coe American Lloy« President Taylor Announces American Bureau of Shipping Has Absorbed Great Lakes Register and Formed English Connection ~ NOTABLE and far-reaching A step in the reorganization of the American Bureau of Ship- ping, New York, was outlined by Stevenson Taylor, president of the Bureau, at the annual banquet of the Society of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers, at the Waldorf-As- toria hotel, Nov. 17, when he an- nounced that the Great Lakes Reg- ister, which is affiliated with the Bureau Veritas for the survey and classification of vessels built on the Great Lakes for lake or ocean service, will henceforth be known as the Great Lakes Department of the American Bureau of Shipping, and furthermore, that an agreement had been entered into by the American Bureau of Ship- ping and the British Corporation for the survey and registry of shipping whereby these two societies will here- after represent the same interests in their respective countries. Mr. Taylor described the new de- velopments in the American Bureau of Shipping as follows: “Thanks to the efforts of Judge Harvey D. Goulder and the interested patriotic vessel owners of the Great Lakes, the Great Lakes Register, well and favorably known for its work on the Great Lakes, has joined the American Bureau of Shipping and will hereafter be known as the Great Lakes Department of the Bureau, with Horatio N. Herriman the manager, and his corps of surveyors and assist- ants just as they have been, serving faithfully in the future as they have in the past. Hereafter, therefore, the. judgment and experience of both cor- porations will be in unison to make classifications and surveys on _ the Great Lakes of the best character en- titled to the confidence of all con- cerned in that important service. “Believing that for trans-oceanic service all matters pertaining to con- struction should be governed by in- ternational regulations, the United States asked for an international con- ference on the subject of safety of life at sea. Such a conference was called to meet in London in Novem- ber, 1913. This conference was at- tended by delegates from nearly every maritime nation in the world, and those appointed by the United States performed royal service in behalf. of the cause, assisting materially in de- termining the convention, which was finally adopted and signed unanimous- ly by the delegates from all nations. That it failed to be formally approved is another story not necessary for us to discuss at this time. Suffice it to say, the principle for which the con- ference was called remains the same today as in 1913, namely, that the construction of ships for trans-oceanic service should be so determined that in truth it shall be international. “The American Bureau of Shipping fully realizes this need. It recognizes the valuable work done by other countries and their classification so- cieties. It is, therefore, a pleasure to announce that in the Great Lakes service the arrangement made years ago between the Great Lakes Register and the admirable Bureau Veritas will be continued and probably extended. “More, the American Bureau — of Shipping determined that in such mat- ters its action should be as near inter- national as it could be made, and that as quickly as possible. For this purpose it sent Chief Surveyor McClelland abroad and there has been received cable advices that the Amer- ican Bureau is at agreement with the British Corporation for the survey and registry of shipping, an agree- ment which gives the Bureau the full advantage of the practical experience and technical knowledge of that most progressive society, which during its 26 years has been recognized as lead- ing the development of ship building. “The new rules of the Bureau will be based on the revised rules of the Corporation, and they will embody the most modern systems of building, with such scientific, accurate methods and such flexibility of application as will make them peculiarly adaptable to American ideals. : “The joint arrangement is particular- ly satisfactory because it ensures har- monious action and an interchange of ideas advantageous to owners and builders on both sides of the Atlantic without interfering with the inde- pendence and national character of either society. “The arrangement immediately re- moves all difficulties in regard to in- ternational load lines for American classed ships, and will be of great advantage in helping our legislation when load lines are adopted here, as they must be. “The Bureau will act for the cor- poration in America and vice versa. The classifications will be in effect interchangeable. Dual classifications will be obtainable at a little more 18 than cost of single . classification. Surely, development on such lines will be real international classification in its best form. Owners will now fully realize that no longer need they feel it to be necessary to have the classifi- cation of any particular foreign society to obtain full insurance here or abroad.” Late Marine Patents Copies of any one of the following patents can be obtained by sending 15 cents in stamps to Siggers & Siggers, patent lawyers, National Union building, Washington, D. C., by mentioning The Marine Review: 1,200,616—Life-saving device. Robert Walter Hudson and Henry Bush Spencer, Ottawa, Ont., Can., assignors of one-fourth to Rupert William Nichols, Ottawa, Ont., Can., and one- fourth to Albert Edmund Hudson, Calgary, Alta., ‘Can. 1,200,765—Deck of ship, so as to render it applicable for use as a life-saving raft. Tom Hildred Scrimshaw, Leeds, England. 1,200,858—Pillow for use on ships, boats, and other craft. Hyman Linder, Whitechapel, London, England. 1,200,933—Life-saving and swimming belt. Isaac Fraki and Wilhelm August Merila, Hancock, Mich. 1,200,960—Power propelled boat. Charles J. McHugh, Indianapolis, Ind., assignor to the H-K Toy & Novelty Co., Indianapolis. 1,200,986—Boat-launching device for ships. Charles A. Richter, Grand Haven, Mich., as- signor of one-half to Duncan A. McDonald, Grand Haven, Mich. 1,200,997—Propelling apparatus for vessels. Lawrence York Spear, Groton, Conn., assignor to Electric Boat Co., New York, 1,201,051—Submersible storage tank. Charles Peter Mitchell Jack, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1,201,098—Internal-combustion engine. Arthur Harry Roper Pulman, London, England, as- signor of two-thirds to Oliver , Prescott Maciarlane, London, England. 1,201,163—Internal-combustion engine. Charles R. Edwards, Pekin, Ill. 1,201,165—-One-man hand-propelled boat. Karl E. Fischer, Brooklyn, N, Y. 1,201,176—Means for destroying vessels. Frederick V. Hagan, San Francisco, Cal., as- ones of one-third to Weller Robinson, Nampa, ‘ae Pacifie Mail Flag The United States bureau of naviga- tion announces the registration, pur- suant to section 7 of the act of May 28, 1908, of the following-described house flag and funnel marks of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., San Francisco: House flag, a swallow-tailed flag, divided longitudinally into five stripes, the top and bottom stripes being red, the two adjacent stripes white, and the middle stripe blue; funnel marks, a yellow funnel, with a black band at top and an adjacent white band.