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Liner for Bermuda Run (Continued from Page 30) Another striking feature of the passenger service is the provision of an extensive modern steam and elec- tric laundry, which occupies a con- siderable area on the upper, main and lower decks at the stern of the vessel. The vessel has been built to com- ply with the latest requirements of the British board of trade, United States regulations, and Lloyd’s Reg- ister. There are nine watertight bulk- heads, extending to the main deck, the watertight doors being fitted with hydraulic arrangements for rapid clos- ing, and operated from the bridge. An hydraulically operated steering gear is fitted aft, and to provide power for emergency purposes and for use in port when the generators in the auxiliary engine room, fitted in con- nection with the main machinery, may not be working there are two large diesel driven generators fitted in a separate engine room aft well above the waterline. Life boat accommodation is pro- vided for all on board, and in addition a large number of life rafts are placed conveniently on the boat deck. The boats are exceptionally large, and accommodate about 86 passengers each. They are carried in patent davits of the gravity type, which en- sures speedy and safe lowering ready for embarking passengers. A large motor boat, fitted with searchlight and wireless is provided for passenger use, and no doubt this will prove ex- tremely useful at the various ports touched on in world cruising. Hull Built to Highest Class Cargo arrangements are somewhat unique. There are insulated and re- frigerated chambers for the carriage of chilled meat, similar chambers for the carriage of fruit and vegetable produce, all as cargo, and also ’tween deck and hold space for general cargo, . part of which is arranged for the carriage of motor cars. Another cargo carried will be fresh water for de- livery to the company’s hotel in Ber- muda, and special pumping arrange- ments are provided in connection with this. In view of the world cruising ar- rangements, special requirements have to be met in the provision of fuel bunkers, and a considerable space in the vessel has been allocated for the carriage of oil fuel. In addition to the cargo carrying arrangements extensive refrigerated storerooms and bulk storerooms, bag- gage spaces and mail rooms have been provided. 50 There is an extensive telephone service between various members of the executive staff and pantries and service pantries; alsoa system of com- munication tubes for handling dockets etc., between the bureau, wireless of- fice, kitchen and service pantries. Complete Radio Equipment An elaborate equipment of broad- casting apparatus has been provided, including four microphones, 24 loud speakers of latest type and a broad- casting receiver, and it is intended that programs “on the air” may be listened to by voyagers in the public rooms on the promenade decks, also in the private suites, and this not alone in the first class for similar ar- rangements are made for the second class. The music of the ship’s or- -chestra also can be broadcast through the vessel by the same ingenious ap- paratus which includes further for the broadcast transmission of grama- phone music. When completed the BERMUDA will be one of the most luxurious and com- pletely fitted vessels in any passenger service. The whole of the work in the vessel has so far been and will continue to be carried out under the supervision of the naval architects and consulting engineers Messrs. Esplen, Son & Swainston, Messrs. Gardner, decorative architects of Glasgow, and the owners’ representatives. Appointed West Coast Sperry Representative The Sperry Gyroscope Co. has an- nounced that its San Francisco repre- sentative, J. F. McConkey, has been appointed West Coast representative. In the past the activities of each of the company’s offices at San Fran- cisco, Seattle and Los Angeles, have been supervised directly from New York but under this new arrangement, Mr. McConkey will have charge of all of the Sperry company’s interests on the West Coast. Mr. McConkey was formerly a mem- ber of the New York service staff and was assigned to Seattle in 1922. About a year later he was placed in charge of the San Francisco office. The two masted schooner MARY ELIZABETH under command of Capt. Henry Rose arrived in Narragansett bay late in July after having made a 40-day voyage of 3600 nautical miles from Brava, Cape Verde Island with- out having made a single change in her full spread of canvass. A run of 180 miles was made on the first day out from Brava. MARINE REVIEW—September, 1927 July Lake Levels The United States Lake survey re- ports the monthly mean stages of the Great Lakes for the month of July, 1927, as follows: Lakes Feet above mean sea level SSURROTIOR oe aecrctackces ss csnseuscasdsosebeseveeuviesvovcstcoscetps 602.69 MACHISAN=ELUTON: = {..scsiseudecsapesevtsessovsvcepeccerecssetes 579.55 SG Cle BN cs cnc csavero uses vasncptnkinsialosasiovstuestoecsucavze 574.99 BSP saci saccacacoccsadcxccssaalababscnccdatecssecdessessseactsspessbiees 572.16 OES 8s esse vs son ceasbnczescccdcauancocgseconecsvaccaNennabaeneons 246.01 Lake Superior was 0.36 foot higher than in June and it was 1.83 feet higher than the low July stage of a year ago. Lakes Michigan-Huron were 0.12 foot higher than in June and they were 1.01 feet higher than the July stage of a year ago. Lake Erie was 0.04 foot lower than in June and it was 0.96 foot higher than the July stage of a year ago. Lake Ontario was 0.10 foot lower than in June and it was 0.81 foot higher than the July stage of a year ago, and 0.34 foot below the average stage of July of the last ten years. New Docks at Liverpool (Continued from Page 33) all lined with sheds and is furnished with the latest type of crane equip- ment. The accompanying illustrations show these mechanical hoists in posi- tion. They are movable electric cranes of one and one-half and one-ton ca- pacity. There is also 5-ton movable steam cranes. Complete railway con- nections and sidings are provided from the new piers. Large Berthing Space Provided After entering the system through the lock from the river Mersey there is a half tide basin known as the Giadstone dock with an area of 22 acres. Opening out of this basin are two branch slips known respectively as Gladstone branch docks Nos. 1 and 2. Each of these docks or slips, as we would call them, are 400 feet wide and 1420 feet and 1285 feet long respec- tively. Branch dock No. 1 is separated from the Hornby dock by a space of an average width of about 400 feet. Connections between the new docks and the older system is made by the Glad- stone-Hornby lock which is 645 feet long by 90 feet wide. It is possible to berth in the branch docks taking into account all the four pier sides, four ships of 1270, 13800, 1325. and 1510 feet long respectively. With this very fine addition to its already elaborate system of docks the port of Liverpool should continue to grow as one of the great seaports of the world. The enterprise, persistence, good sense and courage of the Mersey docks and harbor board might be emulated with great profit by port authorities in the United States.