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August, 1917 The officials of the company are plan- ning on wintering a large number of the boats of the Pittsburgh fleet at Erie and a repair plant may be built at that port. The company, however, de- nies the report that it will build a shipbuilding plant which will cost $3,000,000. cae oe The Canadian steamer Natrronco and the passenger steamer Eastern STATES collided early in the morning of June 19. As a result, the Natrronco is at the bottom of the Detroit river and the EAsTERN STATES was out of com- mission for about a week. The Nart- RONCO was up-bound with coal and the EASTERN STATES was bound for Cleve- land. The collision occurred at the head of Fighting island, and the Narrronco, which was leaking badly, was beached near the old Smith coal dock. The wrecked boat is entirely out of the channel and-is no obstruction to navi- gation. Ree oe The freight and passenger steamer Otcorr of Sandusky has been sold by Nelson J. Hunt, acting for the Penin- sular Steamship Co. The identity of the purchasers: was not disclosed. * 3K * Walter Voss, secretary-treasurer of the Lake Grain Elevating Association, died of pneumonia, June 21, at his residence in Buffalo. He was known to marine men all over the lakes. « * * The Orion Steamship Co., Green Bay, Wis., plans to change the name of the steamer Orton to WESEE. She is of 2283 gross tons register. * k bs The steamer Louts W. Hut, built at the Lorain yards of the American Ship- building Co. for M. A. Hanna & Co., was launched Saturday, July 14. The Hirt, named for the son of the late J. J. Hill, is 550 feet over all and has a capacity of 10,000 tons. *K bs * The new Pittsburgh steamer, Homer D. WitiiAMs, built at the Lorain yards of the American Shipbuilding Co., cleared June 27 on her maiden trip. She loaded ore at Duluth. Ke The 600-foot steamer Mupvate, built for the Johnstown Steamship Co., M. A. Hanna & Co., managers, has been com- pleted. She was placed in commission the first week in> July. Capt. P. 'L. Mellen brought the new boat out and B. Anderson is chief engineer. > ok *K The steamer SUSQUEHANNA, sold some time ago by the Great Lakes Transit Corp. to New York interests, left Buf- falo July 3. She was taken in two sections to Quebec, where the parts were to be joined. The. steamer was bound for New York. * 2K * S. O. Richardson, Toledo, has sold the gas boat JESSAMINE to the govern- ment. The ship, which is 57 gross tons, is 81 feet long and 14 feet beam. The price was not given out. x ok Ox The steamer ARIZONA grounded on Vidal shoal the morning of July 5, but was released by the tug ILLINoIs by evening and taken to the Soo. The ArIzoNA was loaded with lumber and 100,000 feet of lumber were lightered. THE MARINE REVIEW 301 By R. C. Hill EATTLE is celebrating the national holiday this year by formally dedi- cating with elaborate ceremonies the Lake Washington canal. This magnificent work is the fruition of efforts begun in 1853, when Gen. George B. McClellan gave the project his endorsement. The canal, whose locks are capable of lifting larger vessels than any other. government locks except those at Panama, connects Lake Washington with Puget sound, furnishing a splendid in- land, fresh-water harbor. The canal is 8 miles in length and adds more than 90 miles to Seattle’s waterfrontage. The work was done jointly by the govern- ment, state, and King county. In 1910 the government appropriated $2,275,000, excavation was begun in 1911 and since the locks were first opened to traffic 11 months ago, 17,000 craft of all sizes and description have passed through. The total cost of the improvement has been approximately $5,000,000. * Bs * Tentative proposals by H. F.. Alex- ander, president of the Pacific Steam- ship Co., for withdrawing the palatial express steamers GREAT NoRTHERN and NortTHERN Paciric from the run between Fravel, Oreg., at the mouth of the Columbia, and San Francisco, have been abandoned: for the present owing to the opposition from Portland,» Oreg. Mr. Alexander proposed to substitute the fast steamers PRESIDENT and GovERNOR, now operating. between Puget sound and San Francisco, and to replace them with the Great NorTHERN and NorrHERN Paciric. The plan was subject to ap- proval by Portland people and inasmuch as it was disapproved at Portland, the matter has been dropped. The Alex- ander idea was to give Portland direct service by operating the GovEeRNor and PreEsIDENT out of Portland instead of from Flavel. It is regarded as possible that some such arrangement may yet be made as the NorTHeRN Paciric and GreAT NoRTHERN are expensive vessels to operate and can handle an immense number of people. The rumor is also in circulation that these vessels may be used by the government as transports for which purpose they are well fitted. Se age Philip D. Sloan and his brother, Joseph A. Sloan, formerly identified with shipbuilding interests on the Great Lakes, are now taking a leading part in Puget sound’s great building program. The Sloan Shipyards Corp. has the dis- tinction of laying the first keels for wooden ships building on the sound to the government’s order. This company has a contract from the shipping board. for 16 complete wooden ships of the standard type. One week after receiv- ing the contract, two keels were. laid down at the _ corporation’s Olympia, Wash., yard. Another yard is to be established near Anacortes. The cor- pany has received substantial financial backing in the east, Antonio C. Pessano, Detroit, being next to the heaviest stockholder. * x The Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co. is -repairing the former Pacific coast liner Concress. which was badly damaged by fire off this coast last Sep- tember. The vessel has been sold to the Pacific Mail and close to $1,000,000 will be spent in rehabilitation. The Concress has been renamed NANKING and will be operated between San Fran- cisco and the Orient. Delivery will be made about Nov. * * * Seventy-eight days after the keel was laid, the Norwegian steamship JEANETTE SKINNER was launched last week, she being the seventh hull turned out by the Skinner & Eddy Corp., since its yard was established in May, 1916. The JEANETTE SKINNER was built for Knut Knutsen, Bergen, Norway, and is a standard 8800-ton deadweight freighter. The speed with which this ship was built is believed to establish a record at least for Puget sound if not for the Pacific coast. Z For the same owners, the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co. on June 7 launched the 7500-ton Norwegian freighter Srorviken. This was the eighth vessel turned out by this great plant since last September, ‘the others including the Cauro and Panuco for the Ward line, each 6000 tons; the submarines N-1, N-2 and N-3, and the 7500-ton Norwegian steamers GoLDEN Gate and -Krey West, sisters of the STORVIKEN. This’ yard is now employ- ing more than 4000 men. K * * The former German steamships Prinz WALDEMAR and Looncmoon have ar- rived on Puget sound from Honolulu in tow. Both will be operated under direction of the shipping board. The Looncmoon is being repaired by the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co.. and the Prinz WALDEMAR is being over- hauled at the Puget sound navy yard, where also the Saxonia, now known as the SAVANNAH, is being repaired. The former German ship STEINBEK, now fly- ing the Stars and Stripes as the Nortru- ERN Licut, is in the coal trade between British Columbia and San _ Francisco. * * * Rapid progress is being made at Ta- coma, Wash., in preparing the new plant of the Todd Shipbuilding Corp., and by Aug. 1 actual shipbuilding will be under way. A large amount of prelimi- nary work has been necessary in re- claiming tidelands, dredging, building’ roads and erecting buildings. This com- pany recently took a contract from the government for ten 7500-ton freighters of the same type as the StorvikeN and also has a large contract from _ the Cunard company. Tacoma will be favored with a large amount of this work, there being sufficient contracts to keep both plants in full operation’ for many months. There is a well defined rumor that a Jarge rolling mill is to be established in Tacoma, close to the Todd yards. ee ie Mexican interests are in the market for small steamers adapted for service along the: Mexican coast, but vessels of the type desired are scarce and the purchasers are having difficulty in ob- taining what they require. The little steamer IsLANDER, built for Puget sound service, has just been remodeled and is