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boilers 14 feet 6 inches inside diam- eter and 12 feet long over the heads. The working pressure will be 185 pounds per square inch. Each boiler is fitted with three Morrison corru- gated furnaces of 42 inches inside diameter and with 430-2%-inch seam- less steel tubes. The hull is built of steel with two complete decks, the main deck having tracks for carrying cars. Steel deck houses are fitted on the second or shade deck for the accommodation of crew and passengers. There is suf- ficient length of car tracks to ac- commodate thirty 42-foot railroad cars. Seven watertight bulkheads divide the lower hold space into eight compartments. The boilers and en- gines are located midship. The sponsor was Mrs. Edward T. Taussig of Houston, Tex., daughter- in-law of J. E. Taussig, president of both the Wabash and the Ann Arbor railroads.. The WABASH was launched in the customary side man- ner used on the Great Lakes. Six heavy cables held the vessel just before the launching. As the signal was given at the moment when the the bottle crashed against the bow, an electrical switch released _ six guillotines which cut the six cables. Launch Selt-Unloader Carl D. Bradley Self-unloading Steamer CARL D. BRADLEY before launching N APRIL 9, there was launched O at the American Ship Building Co.’s yard at Lorain, O., the longest vessel ever built on the Great Lakes, the CARL D. BRADLEY. This ship has the further distinction of being fitted with turbine electric ma- chinery. In this respect she is the second vessel so fitted on the Great Lakes, the first being the T. W. Ros- INSON, also owned by the Bradley Transportation Co. and _ similar in general features to the present boat. The vessel was successfully launched ona beautiful clear day and christened by Mrs. Carl D. Bradley in honor of CARL D. BRADLEY, LAUNCHED AT LORAIN, 0O., APRIL 9, 1927 22 MARINE REVIEW—May, 1927 at the American Ship Building Co., Lorain O., April 9, 1927 her husband who as president of the Bradley Transportation Co. had the vision and the courage to go far ahead of his time in the construction of these boats. The CARL D. BRADLEY is a self-un- loader and will be used in the lime- stone carrying trade between Rogers City, Mich., and ports on Lake Erie. The electrical equipment for this ves- sel including the main power plant is being furnished by the General Electric Co. Electricity for operat- ing the main propulsion motor and auxiliary motors will be furnished by a complete turbine generator power plant normally rated at 4200 shaft horsepower and having a maximum , rating of 4800 shaft horsepower. The CARL D. BRADLEY will be of about 9500 gross tons and is 638 feet in length, 65 feet in width, and 33 feet deep. Steam is furnished by two Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilers fitted with Westinghouse automatic stokers and with induced and forced draft. There is a single electric mo- tor driving a single propeller. After the launching which took place shortly before noon the large company of guests returned to Cleve- land and attended a luncheon at the