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© tween Vancouver, . B:. Cs ~ Canadian Pacific steamship MoNnTEaGLE has com- x, pleted her last voyage:to the Orient. “ sueceeded by the néw:; ‘liner EMPRESS OF CANADA. July, 1922 nounces weekly service from Boston to west coast ports. * * * The Eagle Transportation Co. and the Submarine Transportation Co. have entered the intercoastal trade. Each company has six steam freighters Lo place in the service. There are at present nine companies operating vessels in the intercoastal trade via the Panama canal, more than 70 vessels with a combined deadweight cargo capacity of 650,000 tons being engaged. * * *% O. A. Gilbert has recently taken over the opera- tion of the American schooners, MARIE DE RONDE and the RicHarRD T. Grumn, the latter being about 2400 tons deadweight ‘capacity. Oe * Indicating the imp¥6yed outlook on the north Pacific-United Kingdom. route, the Furness Prince line late in June resumied service to North Atlantic ports. This company “established connections 3n this route late in 1921 but conditions at that time _ Were so unfavorable that the vessels were trans- ferred to service between north Pacific and Orient. Ih future the company’ announces that both services will be maintained. ‘ * os # re many years: ‘in the transpacifie service be- and Hong Kony, the She will be The MOoNTEAGLE yee Le used on the Atlantic in future service. os * Another steamship line will be added to the three now giving service out of Norfolk to Pacific coast ports, it has been announced by Hasler & Co., Norfolk agents for M. H. Tracy & Co., whose ships will begin the service early in June. The company.. has chartered from the Standard Oil Co. four met drships, Which will. be operated between New ¥ork, Baltimore, Norfolk and various west coast ports: Vessel Transfers The Luckenbach line has sold the steamer FREDERICK LUCKENBACH, 4490 tons deadweight, to the. Castle-Lodge Steamship Co., recently organ- ized at Wilmington, Del., with a capitalization of $500,000. She will operate in the Levant trade, the Imperial Navigation Co., 39 Cortlandt street, New York, being general agent. The vessel will be renamed CastLE-LODGE. * * * The schooner Mrnissa Trask has been bought at marshal’s sale by David W. Simpson, ship broker, Boston, for $2625. * * * "A recent change in registry of the steamer Brenvernon, of the Tri-National Steamship Co., operating between Boston, Halifax and St. Johns, places her under the Panama flag, where heretofore she has flown the Norwegian flag. BS * * The steamer Tuscan has been transferred from the Munson Steamship Co. to the Merchants & Miners Transportation Co., Baltimore. Hawaii To Improve Ports Hawaii is floating a bond issue of $1,350,000 for harbor improvements in the islands. Money raised {by .the is- sue will be used in building new wharves and in dredging in the har- bors of Kahului-and Hilo. The bonds will bear 4% pet cent, and have been approved by President Harding, -and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, ac- cording to A: ~Lewis, treasurer: of Hawaii. Bids for the, issue were se ay fF een A ESM er ye cd 4 Bite MARINE REVIEW Shipping Board Liners PASSENRER ships built by the ship- ping board after the armistice have al- ready cost more than $130,000,000 accord- ing to the board’s records. The total will probably reach $140,000,000 as final payments have not been made on several 283 Cost $6,000,000 Each This makes an average cost for the 23 ships of $6,000,000, with the seven 502- foot liners. costing slightly more than $4,000,000 apiece, while the 16 535-foot liners average slightly less than $7,000,000 each. The board’s figures of cost on these of the vessels only recently completed. liners follow: Length between perpendiculars © New Name Old Name feet Builder Gost President Van Buren ... Old North State.. 502 New York Shipbuilding C President; Hays 7250 cc... Creole: State.....5...- 502 New York Shipbuilding Born. e oan oe a President: Pollet aes Granite State...... 502 New York Shipbuilding Corp.. 4,086,027.46 President Monroe ...... Pan Handle State.. 502 New York Shipbuilding Corp. 4,085,516.44 President Harrison ..... Wolverine State.... 502 New York Shipbuildin of President Adams ....... Centennial State... 502 New York Shipbuilding oe : ees a President Garfield ...... Blue Hen State.... 502 | New York Shipbuilding Corp.. 4°088'274.71 President Madison ..... Bay’ <Staterwosucae 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp.. 5,887,111.75 President Pierce, ....... Peninsular State... 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp.. 5°887,111.78 President McKinley . Keystone State.... 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp.. 7,041 7552.23 President Wilson ...... Empire State...... 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp: 27, 041, 551. 44 President: Vatt.% s2s0cae% Lone Star State... 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp.. vi 016, 112.64 President: Lincoln 72... . Hoosier State...... 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp.. 7,008,964.80 President Harding ..... Hawkeye State..... 518 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.. 67664,521.20 President Roosevelt .. Buckeye State ..... 518 Bethlehem ' Shipbuilding Corp.. 5,992,652.65 President, “Grant (2500 4.. Pine Tree. State... 518 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. . 5,494,496.20 Pan America >).3 joo0 Palmetto State..... 518 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.. 5,318,138.24 Western World. .38 Nutmeg State ..... 518 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.. 4,023.107.47 American Legion ...... Badger states en. os: 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp.. 7,309,189.37 Southern’ Cross). ...'..3< Gopher State....... 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp... 7°302,848.15 President Jefferson ..... Beaver State*...... 518 New York Shipbuilding Corp ~7-317,318.15 President Cleveland .... Golden State...... 518 Newport News S.B.&D.D. Co. 629104403 President Jackson ...... Silver “State. 3.0. 2a: 518 Newport News S.B. & D.D. Co. 6,353,232.06 *Ex-Wenatchee HE OsGe Ais os seamen Cr eae ch eta eae di aete aes Wun ier ossive le ibehiprdl tetas euthlere somaap ue oie na een CR eS $130,554,297.28 opened simultaneously in San Fran- cisco, New York and Honolulu. The Gulf Coast lines have ordered a car transfer vessel from the Dravo Contracting Co., Pittsburgh. The ves- sel will be named the G. H. WaALKkeEr, and will cost about $250,000. She will operate on the Mississippi river between. Anchorage and Baton Rouge, La. She will be 340 feet ice Pittsburgh Traffic Gains Still suffering from the effects. of the coal strike, traffic on the rivers of the Pittsburgh district showed an increase in May over April, accord- ing to. statistics prepared by the United States engineer’s office in Pittsburgh. The ‘total May tonnage was 877,258 as’ against 725,814 tons in April, a gain of 151,644 tons. The May figure, however, still is consider- able under the March tonnage of 2,- 096,906. Coal shipped on the rivers in May aggregated 283,747 tons. In April this figure was 336,660 tons while in March it was 1,793,566 tons. 2 For the first time the May “Sta- tistics include the listing steel. This amounted to 44,877 tons. The complete report for. May fol- lows: : Allegheny Monongahela Ohio ‘Commodity river river river >. Gone oe acne ts 17,370 128,022 138,355. ; Cokes coca eee 2.825— 1,200 GasOlimGsces <icses) 1,000 990 200 Gravel sacs: 138,880 94,915 24,590 Tron and: steel..:.2 20%. 28,112 16,765 PackGtsCargzO sins eo. sic 8 “s seee 5,670 Sand xo eee as 137,580 94,862 21,900 Unclassified ..... 210 17,950 5,862 367,676 214,542 otal oo sves e209 5.040 Merge Fleets of Pacific - Towing Companies The fleet of eight tugs of the San Francisco Tugboat Co., better known as the “Black Stacks,” passed into the con- trol of the Shipowners’ and Merchant .w@hipowners’ association, known as the “Red Stacks,” recently. Thomas Crowley, vice president and general manager of the absorbing company, comes by this merger into contral of the towing activities of San Francisco bay, being now the largest tow- bats operator on the Pacific coast and one ‘Shthe largest in the world. According to Mr. Crowley’s announcement the deal was consummated for economy purposes. There will be no change in present towing rates and likewise ney ‘change in the direc- torate of the “Red Stacks.” The San Francisco Tugboat Co. was operated by James Rolph Jr., mayor of San Francisco, who, by the merger, becomes the largest individual : owner in the new combination. The eight tugs taken over are the Storm Kine, Aras, Hercures, RELIEF, GLEANER, TAToosH, Wyappa and Cuter. Entire operation of the enlarged fleet is under William G. Darragh, superintendent of the “Red Stacks.” With the consolida- tion of the two towing organizations, Capt. Clem Randall, manager, and Capt..William’ Gray, port captain, of the “Black Stacks,” sever their connections with the company. Captain Randall was in charge of the “Red Stacks” until Mr. Crowley became “vice president and general manager. in 1918, when Captain Randall joined Mr. Rolph and organized the “Black Stacks.” Quarters of ‘the “Black Stack” ’ fleet -at Pier 21, San Francisco, will be abandoned and the merged fleets operated from Pier 15, according to Mr. Crowley.