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May, 1917 THE MARINE REVIEW “IN WRN A Monthly Publication Devoted to Ship Building, Marine Engineering and the Business of Transportation by Water. Published by The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. IN THIS ISSUE Latest .Marine News in Pictures......... In the Traffic Manager’s Office.... Wooden-Ship Builders Meet U. S. Board 157 Late Decisions in Maritime Law........ What British Think of Wooden Ships... 158 Four-Year Test of Motor-ship Fleet..... Short Range Weather Forecasting....... 159 Government’s Naval Program. What the Government is Doing American Ship Yard Activities The Economic Aspect of Pure Water,... On the Coasts, Lakes and Rivers How to Build Up Our Merchant Marine 169 Equipment Used Afloat and Ashore..... BRANCH OFFICES CHICAGO =. - 1521-23 Lytton Bldg. PITTSBURGH - + + 2148-49 Oliver Bldg. CINCINNATI 205 Lincoln Inn Court. WASHINGTON - 708 Mefropolitan Bank Bldg. NEW YORK 508 West Street Bldg. BIRMINGHAM, ENG. - + Prince’s Chambers Subscription $2.00 per year postpaid, all over the world. Single copies 20 cents. Back numbers over three months, 50 cents. The, Cleveland News Co. will supply the trade with The Marine Review through the regular channels of the American News Co. European -Agents, The International News Co., Breams building, Chancery Lane, London, E. C.,. England. ; w ¥ Entered at the~Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, as Second Class Matter. (Copyright 1917, by Penton Publishing Company) Please mention THt Marine Review when writing to Advertisers