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46 of Baltimore are back of this steamship com- pany. LAKE FITHIAN, lake-type cargo, 4230 dead- weight tons, for $25,000 cash to William Clif- ford of Duluth, Minn., built by the Globe Shipbuilding Co. November 1919. The pur- chaser is to use this vessel in a land reclama- tion project in the south, together with the . = LAKE ELLENDALE recently sold by the oard. WESTERN KNIGHT, WESTERN GLEN, WESTERN ALLY, West IsSLETA and West CAwtTHON, ocean cargo vessels, of 8640, 8645, 8514, 8742 and 8554 deadweight tons each, respectively, for approximately $782,000 to John M. Frank- lin as agent for the American South African line, a corporation to be formed under the laws of the state of New York. Operation for a period of five years with not less than 12 voyages per annum in the South and East African service, according to the conditions of the sale, was guaranteed by the purchaser. This sale represents the fifth important dis- position of established lines during the cal- endar year 1925, the other lines sold being the California Orient line, 5 combination pas- senger and cargo vessels for operation between San Francisco and Manila and Japanese and Chinese ports; the American Palmetto line, of 6 cargo vessels between the South Atlantic coast and the United Kingdom and Continental Europe; the American Export line, of 18 cargo vessels between the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Spanish At- lantic and Portuguese ports and North Afri- ean Atlantic ports; and the Pan American line, of 4 combination passenger and cargo vessels operating in the South American trade. JEPTHA, DEPERE and DERBLAY, ocean cargo vessels, of two-deck type, 5127, 5186 and 5118 deadweight tons each respectively, built by the Hanlon Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. late in 1920, to the Alaska Steamship Co., New York City, for the sum of $270,000 cash. These are the only remaining vessels out of a group of ten, two of which were purchased by this same company for its Alaskan service; four others having been purchased for op- eration by another concern between Baltimore and Porto Rico; and one other by a salmon concern for operation with its fishing fleet. World Markets YORKHILL, single deck steamship, 6080 dead-' weight tons, 8585 gross tons, for about £12,- 500 to Monument Steam Navigation Co., Lon- don, for Japanese buyers. MANCHESTER EXCHANGE, single deck’ steam- ship, 6559 deadweight tons, 4091 gross tons, for about £16,000 to the Manchester Liners Ltd., Manchester, for foreign buyers. MAmTtTrI, single deck steamship, 38600 dead- weight tons, 2139 gross tons, for about £17,- 000 to Carl Beck & Co., Norway for Japan- ese buyers. MorraA, single deck steamship, 3292 dead- weight tons, 2184 gross tons, for about 8000 pounds to the Australasian United Steam Nav. Co., London, for Japanese buyers. MARINE REVIEW February, 1926 Seamen Discharge Books EEKING a change _ Follette seamen’s law to provide for the use of continuous dis- charge books for seamen on American vessels and to enable seamen to leave vessels when in port without facing charge of mutiny, representatives of marine labor unions have been appear- ing before the senate commerce com- mittee in support of the bill intro- duced recently by Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin. The bill also would permit seamen to have an outside party present when shipping articles between the crews and vessels are signed. The com- mittee has had under consideration the new LaFollette bill. The unions were represented chiefly by Andrew Furu- seth, president of the International Seamen’s Union of America. Under provisions of the measure the continuous discharge book for seamen in the La- would be issued by the United States through its shipping commissioners and would show a description of the holder, the date and place for signing on for each voyage, together with the nature of the voyage, the name of the ship, the rating of the seaman at the time of shipping and the date of dis- charge and the rating at that time. It was pointed out by the union rep- resentatives that while some contin- uous discharge books contain a column for the notation of the character of the service rendered by the seaman on the voyage, the new LaFollette measure had omitted this provision because, it was charged, it has been abused in the past. Union men said that where pri- vate discharge books have been used with such a column, inefficient work was cited on the part of seamen be- cause of the personal dislike element. Canadas Pacific Gateway (Continued from Page 27) The dock is operated electrically. There are three 54-inch main pumps and two 22-inch auxiliary pumps, S. S. PRINCESS KATHLEEN—SPECIALLY BUILT ON THE CLYDE WITH HER SISTER SHIP THE PRINCESS MARGUERITE FOR THE TRIANGLE RUN BETWEEN VICTORIA, SEATTLE AND VANCOUVER—SHE IS OVER 6000 GROSS TONS AND HAS A SPEED OF 23 KNOTS and the dock cam be emptied in four hours. The water is pumped out into the sea through a tunnel 600 feet in length measuring 9 feet by 14 feet. When filled, the dock con- tains 42,000,000 gallons of water. YARROW’S SHIP REPAIR PLANT AT VICTORIA Charges for Use of Old Drydock . First Following Gross tons day days Up) to -L000: tons’ aye eo . $ 3800 $100 E000: to" D199: tons. os eee 350 190 2000 “to-2499' tons Bcc. 400 237 2600 :to'-2999\ tons: ike kek 550 287 8000 to 4999 tons vovcccccccccceees 650 3880 5000 to 5999 tons ..c.crcccsccccccese 850 460 6000 to: 6749: tons. ikke 875 510 6750: to” 1499. 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