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tie sel-Electric Ferry Fourth Order The Golden Gate Ferry Co., San Francisco, recently placed an order for a duplicate of its three diesel electric ferries, the GOLDEN BEAR, GOLDEN Poppy, and GOLDEN SHORE which have been in service since July 4, in the passenger and auto ferry service of this company on San Francisco bay. Machinery for the new ferry will be the same as that furnished for the other three and will consist of three diesel generating units and two pro- pulsion motors, one for each end of HE enthusiastic reception of T last year’s high seas roll call of membership for the American Red Cross forecasts an even better enrollment for 1928 when the tenth annual roll call is launched Nov. 11. The ordinary dates between which this intensive enrollment of member- ship takes place are Armistice day, Nov. 11 to Thanksgiving Nov. 25 this year, but since the uncertain routine of the merchant marine makes such regularity difficult with respect to seafarers, the roll call will continue past Thanksgiving in their case. This will afford an opportunity for ships in passage to reach port in time for their crews to enroll. Red Cross Calls the Roll the ferry. Each generating unit will consist of a 400 brake horsepower Ingersoll-Rand marine diesel engine direct connected to a Westinghouse 250-volt generator developing 250 kilowatts at 265 revolutions per min- ute, and a 40-kilowatt 125-volt exciter. The propulsion motors also to be fur- nished by Westinghouse will each de- velop 950 horsepower at 180 revolu- tions per minute. Variable voltage system of control will be used of Westinghouse type. All speed control and maneuvering is accomplished by varying the separately excited shunt fields of the main generator. There are many instances of the gratifying success of last year. In the port of Havre, France, an Amer- ican lady secured a total of 109 annual memberships on the American steamship Wrest HarpAway. The Mer- chants and Miners Transportation Co., Baltimore, reported 281 memberships from the company’s fleet. The six ships of the Casttner, Curran & Bullitt, Inc., returned 140 memberships, while the Atlantic Refining Co. of Philadel- phia reported more than 200 members on its vessels. With this encouragement from last year, the American Red Cross is con- fident of an equal or better showing in the coming enrollment period. ENROLLING IN THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ABOARD THE PRESIDENT’S YACHT, MAYFLOWER 54 MARINE REVIEW—October, 1927 This ferry is of the double ended type. The dimensions are: Length overall, 240 feet; beam, 44 feet; draft, 18 feet. The gross tonnage will be about 780 and there will be room for 350 passengers and 85 automobiles. The speed will be 13 knots. Order’ Diesel Generators The Washington Iron Works, Seat- tle, has been given an order to sup- ply five sets of diesel engines and equipment for generating purposes aboard the five coast guard cutters recently ordered. The engines will be Washington-Estep 4-cylinder 110 brake horsepower of the open side, 4-cycle, airless injection type. This company’s diesel engines are used extensively in other branches of state and government activities. Launch Ss. 3. California at Newport News The International Mercantile Ma- rine Co. announced on Sept. 22 that the 22,000-ton passenger liner CALI- FORNIA under construction at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry- dock Co. for. the Panama Pacific line service between New York and Cali- fornia via the Panama canal, will be. launched on Oct. 1. The ship will be christened by Mrs. Roland Palmedo, daughter of P.A.S. Frank- lin, president of the company. Rapid work has been done on the CALIFORNIA. Her keel was laid March 20, 1926. Launching a little over 1 year and 6 months after the laying of the keel of such a large vessel, it is believed establishes a new record for American shipyards. The CALI- FORNIA will be ready for service in January next. An order has already been received for a sister ship by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co. and it has been officially announced by the International Mercantile Ma- rine Co. that it has under considera- tion still a third vessel, which would mean a total investment of nearly $21,000,000. Plans for the construc- tion of the third vessel have not yet been announced. Open New York Office The Earle Gear & Machine Co. with the main office and plant at 4707 Stenton avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. has announced the opening of a New York district office at 95 Liberty street, New York city with C. N. Walsh and George E. Barrett in charge. Earle products consist of cut gears of every description, operating ma- chinery for movable bridges, lock gates, dredges etc.