November, 1923 MARINE REVIEW NEW YORK —CLEVELAND—LONDON Marine Review THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTATION BY WATER NOVEMBER, 1923 Published Monthly by The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. IN THIS ISSUE PAGE Speed Records on the Atlantic..... .. 405 Free School for Teaching Oil Burning 408 News from American Shipyards World Unrest Cripples Shipping What the British Are Doing New Liner for Coastwise Service Jap Quake Hits Insurance Firms..... 416 Salvaging the Wooden Ship Fleet.... 418 Editorial... 421 Quick Way to Find Fuel Costs:...... 422 Safety Factors in Lake Ships—II PAGE Photographs from Far and Near Late Decisions in Maritime Law..... 428 Activities in the Marine Field........ 430 Marine Business Statistics Condensed. 434 Late Flashes on Marine Disasters 436 Convert American Freighter to Diesel 437 Pacific Freight Market Is Strong.... 438 Pilfer Proof Case for Valuable Freight 439 Ocean Freight Rates : Equipment Used Afloat, Ashore Business News for the Marine Field.. 443 BRANCH OFFICES BOSTON - . 426 Old South Bldg. CHICAGO - - 1147 People’s Gas Bldg. CINCINNATI - - - 504 Edwards Bldg. WASHINGTON - : NEW YORK - PITTSBURGH - . - - 2148-49 Oliver Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO’ - : - 675 Monadnock Bldg. 2203-2206 No. 220 Broadway - - 84 Home Life Bldg. FOREIGN OFFICES PARIS, FRANCE 23 Rue de la Bienfaisance (VIIIe) BIRMINGHAM, ENG LONDON, ENG., 2-3 Caxton House, Westminster, S. W. 1- - Prince’s Chambers Cable Address IROTRAPEN, Landon Subscription, United States and its possessions, Foreign Countries, £1:0:0. Single copies 25 cents. $3 per year; Canada $4.00; Great Britain and other Back numbers over three months 50 cents. The Cleveland News Co. will supply the trade with MARINE REVIEW through the regular channels of the American News Co. European Agent, The International News Co., Breams building, Chancery Lane, London, E. C., England. Member, the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Business Papers, Inc. and the National Publishers Association Entered at the Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, as Second Class Matter, under the act of March 3, 1879 Copyright 1923 by The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, O. on