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et ake Members of Association Discuss Problems of Importance to Great Lakes Interests at Recent Meeting in Detroit—Year's Record Highly Satisfactory men owning and operating the great fleets that ply the Great Lakes were discussed at the annual meeting of the Lake Carriers’ Asso- ciation, held at Detroit, Thursday, Jan. 18. The attendance was unusual- ly large, ship masters and engineers as well as owners taking part in the proceedings. William Livingstone, the venerable president of the association was in the chair when the meeting was opened on Thursday morning. Mr. Living- Poo of interest to the -stone was assisted in conducting the meeting by George A. Marr, secre- tary, and Harvey D. Goulder, general counsel of the association. There were 16,926.58 shares represented out -of a total of 19,542.38. Attention was called to the fact that the number of memberships in the association was decreasing at the same time that the tonnage was in- creasing. The tendency toward a de- crease in membership, as first pointed out at last year’s meeting, results from the concentration of the control of lake vessels and from the numer- ous sales of vessels. The increase in tonnage results from the new vessels added during the year, the tonnage of which has been only partially offset by the numerous sales. During the year the number of vessels decreased by 14, while the tonnage increased by 1,369 tons. At the close of the year the membership represented a_ total of 414 vessels in all classes, aggregat- ing 2,013,962 tons. President’s Report President Livingstone in his an- nual report summed up in a masterly style the salient features of last year’s operation. He presented an interest- ing array of data concerning the in- fluence of the war on American trade and the American merchant marine. Liberal extracts from the president’s report are presented in another part of this issue. Frank B. Smith, chief engineer, Pittsburgh Steamship Co., submitted the report of the special committee cn water purification. This commit- tee had been appointed a few days before the meeting following the an- nouncement by the surgeon of the United States public health service in charge of the sanitary district of the Great Lakes that lake vessels must Sreactent: Sasper Holmes Sheanle. he oe OF tad Auahiahiow aw’ Bust at ned. ay vieestont le Load) and Ate lead Land alt. (of ts, dereclors and anermn- Ars hii death byingl w tad dende of, (personal Sorrow! Aw LA fe alle OAL’ elecle LO Vive. President of thitahe Coo and one: ME PHOT 7 pf be Crnss hve’ Cinietiee: LHNCE’ Bg DRE ees Hud vedl and seven, and Mee! gle’ copol f- Lecont Chairman of the Hlfare Cominttlig) dince. Ad formation re epee PEO PEE J val nee! le Cherriene of thee Wal OVC! Gaew hel ud inde, Bae eA (hi fk Le fifi theiobg eS Phas: ae andwe eee Gg reccaly Sou? ee Ee PA AhUcetedads Cad beotihie be his unfasting ffforts: eae pute: life wad undpoll - oe oD Dat Bist of Be Oe So Sees : aes - (itd and Sfitt tlic dpuriled cline A aD’. el re o Let Deion: 2 Le bo CHE! a wt MONE, wee. AYO cling aroun Fai LIER We eee. sadly mntss fis fam tba presen ee aL We’ ESS See yecntortd. Mog Ope LE: ly lucene Ba pis: wos a geoel Soave which fella as” eth profound SOVV'OUW: Loke he lhe Re ) fami and. Khe he Mies ope (CAUETL fe bright ore Wa awakening orn, ¢ REPRODUCTION OF A MEMORIAL DRAWN UP AND SIGNED BY OFFICERS OF THE LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCI- ATION. FOR. PRESENTATION TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE JASPER H. SHEADLE 88 be equipped with some form of water purifying apparatus before leaving port at the opening of navigation this spring. The committee reported that the surgeon, Dr. J. O. Cobb, had stated emphatically that “no boats will be permitted to leave port at the open- ing of navigation next spring without one of the approved methods of water purification being installed”. He had told the committee that notification of the government’s attitude had been given to lake interests some months before and that the government was not disposed to recognize any grounds for delay at this time. The special committee had taken up a preliminary investigation of the engineering details involved in meet- ing such a ruling. Conferences had been held with representatives of sev- eral manufacturers of water purifiers. Mr. Smith submitted to the associa- tion the results of these conferences. According to the report, the methods of water purification which were con- sidered were distillation, heating by a steam jet and sterilization by means of ultraviolet rays. Call in Expert The committee had been assisted in its work by C. Arthur Brown, chief engineer of the engineering bureau of water purification of the United States Steel Corporation, one of the coun- try’s leading authorities on the purifi- cation of water. H. P. Letton, sani- tary engineer, public health service, attended the conference held by the committee with the district surgeon. Although the subject had been brought up so recently that many of the members were not familiar with the situation until the special committee reported, the association acted promptly. Unanimous approval was given to a resolution authorizing Pres- ident Livingstone to appoint a special committee to consider the question. This committee was to decide upon the measures best adapted to meet the situation. In presenting the report of the wel- fare plan committee, E. C. Collins, acting ‘chairman, referred with emo- tion to the splendid work of the com- mittee’s late chairman, Jasper H. Sheadle. Mr. Sheadle had been chair- man of this committee since it was first authorized in 1909. He had de-