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Lake Carriers Elect Officers Annual Meeting Held in Cleveland — Ex pect Increase in Draft — Pulverized Coal for Ship Use—Project To Deepen Channels and Harbors HAT the business of the Lake ; Carriers association is efficient- ly organized and conducted un- der the leadership of its president, J. S. Ashley, was very evident at the annual meeting of the association held at Cleveland, April 19. The smoothness, precision and entire ab- sence of anything resembling criti- eism and wrangling with which the business of the meeting was carried on can only mean that to the mem- bers of this powerful association the conduct of its affairs is entirely satis- factory. Disregarding the ordinary rules of procedure at the end of the general meeting Harry Coulby, presi- dent of the Pickands, Mather & Co. and for many years a leading figure among lake operators, proposed that Mr. Ashley having carried on the duties of his important office in such an eminently successful manner be re-elected by acclamation. This was done. Both Mr. Ashley and Mr. Coulby referred to the invaluable services of Mr. Sabin from an en- gineering standpoint since his ap- pointment as vice president in 1925. The usual routine, election of the board of directors, executive com- mittee and officers was of course at- tended to but the talk by Carl J. Jefferson, head of the fuel conserva- tion committee of the United States shipping board, on the practical de- velopment up to the present time of pulverized coal for ship installations made the hit of the meeting. Use of Pulverized Coal In a clear, simple, straightforward manner, Mr. Jefferson related the story of the progress made in prac- tical experiments with pulverized coal for ship use. He illustrated his talk with freehand drawings and lantern slides. It was pointed out that the S. SS. MeERcER, a_ shipping board freighter has made two transatlantic voyages using pulverized coal and that she is now engaged on her third voyage and that the experience with this vessel and the minor difficulties that have come up have given those responsible complete confidence in the practicability of burning pulverized coal on ships. Nowhere else in the world would the application of this system of firing be more logical and more useful than on the Great Lakes, Mr. Jefferson pointing out that nearly 40 J. S. ASHLEY Re-elected President, Lake Carriers Officers Lake Carriers’ Association President J. S. Ashley Vice President L. C. Sabin General Counsel Newton D. Baker Secretary and Treasurer George A. Marr Executive Committee J. = Ashley, eed ae H. S. Wilkinson, C. Hutchinson, H Coulby, J. S. Wood, Je Fn "Boland, G. A. Tomlinson, J. C. Evans, A. E. R. Schneider, A. F. Harvey, H. K. Oakes Alternates J. T. Kelly, A. C. Sullivan, W. P. Schau- fele, W. H. McGean. J. B. Ayers, James McAlpine, A. H. Ferbert, W. G. Stewart, A. E. Cornelius. : Directors Cleveland J. S. Ashley, J. B. Ayers, Carmi A. Thomp- son, Newton D. Baker, Fayette Brown, C. C. Canfield, H. Coulby, R. W. England, A. H. Ferbert, A. F. Harvey, C. L. Hutch- inson, Chas. O. Jenkins, John T. Kelly, Joseph S. Wood, F. I. Kennedy, A. T. Kin- ney, Walton H. McGean, H. K. Oakes, C. J. Peck, L. C. Sabin, W. P. Schaufele, A. E. R. Schneider, George M. Stein- brenner, H. C. Strom, ‘Ww. G. Stewart, G. A. Tomlinson, Loh H. Warner and George A. Marr. From Other Cities J. J. Boland, J. C. Evans, J. B. Rodgers and A. E. ‘Cornelius of Buffalo, H. F. Hughes and A. C. Sullivan of Chicago, W. P. Snyder, Jr. of Pittsburgh and H. S. Wilkinson of New York MARINE REVIEW—May, 1928 all vessels in these waters are now coal burners. The advantages where coal is plentiful and cheap_ while oil is expensive is self-evident and such is the case on the Great Lakes. In various past issues of MARINE REVIEW and particularly in the Febru- ary number, have appeared descrip- tions of the MERCER installation and preliminary development work. The rather startling suggestion was made that the two famous ex-German ships, MT. VERNON and MONTICELLO (for merly the AGAMEMNON), be _ recondi- tioned as pulverized coal burners with present machinery. If so_ recondi- tioned Mr. Jefferson said, only the same personnel would be required in the fireroom as if oil were used. In conclusion he said, ‘“Pulverized coal has made its first cruise. I grant you that as yet he is only a single striper but he is a pretty ‘savey’ youngster and a dog-gone good ship- mate. He will stand his watch and bear a strong hand on all field days. He is young and still has the ways of a land lubber—but he is mighty willing to learn and it won’t be long before he will be able to hang up his ticket and sail with the best of them.” Welfare Plan Shows Results Col. E. H. Whitlock, smoke com- missioner of the City of Cleveland in a brief talk spoke of the work being carried out under his direction to eliminate the smoke nuisance. He thanked the operators for their prac- tical co-operation and said that as far as the ships were: concerned in- stances of dense smoke have been re- duced by 50 per cent in the past year. George M. Steinbrenner, chairman of the welfare committee: reported that the work of the committee, due to the active co-operation of all members and George A. Marr, secretary-treasurer of the association, had been productive of excellent re- sults. In the school work carried out under the direction of the committee 125 students successfully passed their examinations which was an _ increase of 19 per cent over the winter of 1927. Of this number 34 received original engineers’ licenses and 37 original pilots’ licenses. Forty of the engineer students and 14 of the navigation students were raised in grade. Mr. Steinbrenner emphasized