Marine Review | The National Publication Covering the Business of Transportation by Water CLEVELAND FOUNDED. 1878 NEW YORK CONTENTS Vol. 57 October 1927 No. 10 Page Merchant Marine Necessary for National Safety............ 11 By Capt. Ralston S. Holmes, U. S. N. Harry Coulby—Largest American Lake Freighter........ 12 Get Government out of Shipping. ............ccccccccccccsccceereeeres 22 Shipbuilding on Lakes Shows Profit................::ccsscccsseeeeeee 23 eS == Sand Vessel, Canadian, Completed.............ccccccscssesceresseees 24 S=THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTATION BY WATER== | S. T. Crapo—Cement Carrier—Launched..................00 25 —_ SSS Injuries, How to Reduce on Shipboard.............0..ccscesseeee 26 . . cones sonemmemronmerngs Sternwheel Diesel Towboat Completed...............0.0....05 27 Diesel Engines—large—Eight Ordered...................ccc008 28 Published monthly by 4s * "Lege * The Penton Publishing Co:, British Marine Exhibition at. OLYMPIA, ccd sconcessinees 29 Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. By Vincent Delport Cleveland: Oftiea, Pasion Bld Photographs—Latest Marine Events.. Be ntsibasnies cating umencecteees 31 H. Cole Estep, View President Dock Management Progress Section..............cceeseeeeees 32 a - Jansson, ifor . J. D. Pease, Advertising Director Beaumont Plans Improvements - V. Cole, Circulation anager HW GO. Talo y By Ben Sykes Woodhead R. C. Coursen Maritime Law—Late Decisions,......:ssccccccoccsscssavscseperscetanees 35 Boston Office, 475 Main St., Cambridge, s say oe By Harry Bowne Skillman . ne R. Glendining Diesel Electric Conversion—Gibbs-Taylor Plan................ 36 are U. 8. Lines Exhibit at Show in Lomdotecsjcsccinsc 37 Detroit Marine Disasters isiccsccsccsctescccasssccaccsieccccu hos teo ncn ienaeeeeaeenee one 38 V. E. Dolan P Mari Riai Statisti 39 Chicago Office, 1147 Peaptes Gas Bldg: orts— arine usiness Statistlés.;i.(6ccicacuseie L. C. Pelott Books—Review of: Latest. :..cdcusccatsiice es 40 Fred P. Pletcher 5 . New York Office, 220 Broadway, Caracas—Red D Liner Enters Service................:seeeeees Al Joseph Fuller, Eastern Representative What the British Are Doingsc.ccc.cosccccskcttacres ae 42 E. C. Kreutzberg ‘ ~ LS topo : What’s Doing Around the Lake.............c.cccscseeeresreeeeees 42 . - Simonds . s Pittsburgh Office, 2148 Oliver Bldg. Freight Rates and Bunker Prices ick ce sosnnseecennnece 43 S. H. Jasper Personal Sketches of Marine Men ...............ccccccscseeesereceenene 44 eitiasl oan Robert Dollar, Dollar Steamship C San Francisco Office, 24 California St. Capt. oper ollar, sg Ae eamsnip 0» Don Partridge By C. Laurence Smith Washington, D. C. Office, 2 4 A 653. Paisieciesula Ave City of Hamilton, Canadian Canal Freighter................ 48 - oe ee Marine. Disasters. cicccicccssseessiincncccosccsstasscthstoedusugeseavessrsateeaee 56 ondon ice, ax n ’ . . . Westminster, S. wi Trade Publications Reviewed............:sscssssesesseesseeesesersees 58 Vincaps Peper Business News for Marine Trade.........scsssccseeneceeseesnee 58 MARINE REVIEW is a member of the Audit Subscription United States and its posses- Bureau of Circulations, Associated Busi- sions, $3 per year; Canada $4.00; Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, as Sec- ond Class Matter, under the act of seo ey ee oe March 3, 1879. Copyright 1927 by The laid, and Ipoteapen, London. ness Papers Inc. and the National Pub- Great Britain and other Foreign Coun- lishers Association. Entered at the (l j j tries, £1:0:0. Single copies 35 cents. Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, O. ' j d The A. B. P. is a nonprofit organization whose members have pledged themselves to a working code of practice in which the interests of the men of American industry, trade and professions are placed first—a code demanding unbiased edi- torial pages, classified and verified paid subscribers, and honest advertising of dependable products. MARINE REVIEW—October, 1927 5