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BULK FREIGHTER B. F. AFFLECK LAUNCHED AT TOLEDO JUNE 25 and is level in the tunnel. When it leaves the tunnel it rises and delivers to conveyor No. 2 which is 1087 feet long. At the discharge end of con- veyor No. 2 there is provided a two way chute with flop gate so that the limestone may be converted to conveyors No. 3 or 4 as desired. Conveyor No. 3 is 454 feet long and has an automatic self-propelled and reversing tripper of heavy de- sign. This tripper distributes the limestone into bins at No. 6 cement plant. Conveyor No. 4 is 1055 feet long and delivers to conveyor No. 5 which is 840 feet long. Conveyor No. 5 in turn delivers to conveyor No. 7 and provision is made at the junction of conveyors No. 5 and 7 to deliver to a future conveyor which will be No. 6. Conveyor No. 7 is 128 feet long and has a tripper for distributing to bins at No. 4 cement plant. All of the belt conveyor machinery was furnished by the Robins Con- veying Belt Co. and the system is de- signed for a present handling capac- ity of 350 tons of limestone per hour. It is possible to provide for future increase in capacity. The conveyors are 30 inches wide and are equipped with roller bearing idlers of the Rob- ins type. The troughing idlers are of the three pulley type fitted with Timken roller bearings and the re- turn idlers are fitted with Hyatt roller bearings. Conveyors No. 3 and 5 are fitted with a Messiter electric conveyor weigher for recording the amount of stone handled. An elec- trical interlocking system provides the proper sequence in starting the conveyor and in case of trouble with any unit in the system automatically cuts. out any preceding units. More than any other person B. F. Affleck, president of the Universal Portland Cement Co. is responsible for the tremendous development of this company. On June 25 there was launched at Toledo Shipbuilding Co. a lake bulk freighter of 12,000 tons 604 feet long and 60 feet wide which when completed will be one of the units in the lake carrying develop- ment of the Universal company un- der the direction of Mr. Affleck. It is therefore fitting that the new steamer should be named in his honor. When completed she will carry ore from the iron range at the head of the lakes to Lake Michigan and Lake Erie ports, limestone from Michigan to the steel and cement plants at Chicago, Buffington, Gary, Lorain and Duluth, and coal from points on Lake Erie, to ports on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Launch Large Freighter at Toledo Shipyard The second bulk freighter under construction this year for the Pitts- burgh Steamship Co., Cleveland the B. F. AFFLECK, shown in the accom- panying illustrations, was launched at the Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Toledo, O. on June 25. The AFFLECK is a duplicate of the A. F. HARVEY recently completed at the yards of the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Detroit. Named in honor of B. F. Affleck, president of the Universal Portland Cement Co., the new steam- er when completed in September will enter the general bulk ‘trade and par- ticularly the service to supply calcite stone to the Universal company’s. ce- ment plant at Buffington, Ind. The launching was attended by rep- resentatives of the Universal Port- land Cement Co., the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. and the United States Steel Corp. and numerous. guests. Mrs. B. F. Affleck acted ds sponsor at the launching. There is nothing out of the ordinary in the new freighter. She is designed to carry 12,- THE B. F AFFLECK JUST BEFORE LAUNCHING AT THE YARD OF THE TOLEDO SHIPBUILDING CO., TOLEDO, O. 32 . MARINE REVIEW—August, 1927