M | k | The National Publication Covering the Business of Transportation by Water CLEVELAND FOUNDED 1878 ~NEW YORK CONTER?TS Vol. 61 July 1931 No. 7 HIGNGOEI BE 55 oie ii cece os cenee ce 13 Urges United Efforts in Support of Merchant Marine... 15 United States Senator Wesley L. Jones By Robert C. Hill Passenger Trade on North Atlantic—Part II .............. 16 By W. L. Harms Le. + New Freight, Mail and Passenger Service .................. 18 USINESS OF TRANSPORTAT Renaissance Of Old Tronsides. ............ccccccccssssceccssseeerees 19 —— SSS By Commander Louis J. Gulliver RE RS Launch First New Matson Liner in July .................4.. 21 S.S. President Hoover Exceeds Guarantee on Trials.... 22 : Lighthouse Service—Recent Developments in ............ 23 HE yo owedaae Lectinate dl ue Maritime Law—Late Decisions ...........c.ccssccssscssecsessceees 24 Cleveland, Ohio, U. $. A By Harry Bowne Skillman Ports—Marine Business Statistics Condensed ............ 25 Load Line Legislation Discussed. ...............sccccceeseeseeeeees 27 Cleveland Office, Penton Bldg. ‘By Norman F. Titus A. H. Jansson, Editor New Construction Ordered and Contemplated ............ 28 H. O. Taylor, Adeertising Manager Bunker Prices—Foreign and Domestic ..................:.0655 30 Tank Cleaning—New System Of ..........ccccccsecseeeeeeeeneeees 31 Chicago Office, 1347 Peoples Gas Bldg. By L. E. Browne a ge Up and Down the Great Lakes .....,......::ccccsceeseeees 32 Bulkhead Doors, Elevators—Electric Control ............ 34 New York Office, 220 Broadway, Turbine or Diesel Drive in Stern Wheel Towboats...... 35 Joseph Fuller, Eastern Manager Welding—Importance of in Shipbuilding a vic bela ta eouicevene 36 -¥ = a & Stokers Installed in River Towboats ...............:.:c0ececeeee Sz H. R. Simonds Equipment Used Afloat and Ashore ..............:seeeeee 38 Giant Gate Lifter for Welland Canal Tested ................ 41 Pittsburgh Office, 507-8 Oliver Bldg. Stevedoring and Dock Management Progress .............. 42 = CG gocrg Pier Layout and Equipment for Economical Transfer Sey By H. E. Stocker * ’ : : Terminal at Portland in Full Operation San oe 681 Market St. By A. H. Morrill Safe Stowage Essential to Efficient Operation Washington, D. C. Office, ; By H. A. Rhatigan “pag Mae eeorenag Press Building Useful Hints on Cargo Handling ................cc:c0esseeeeeeeees 47 C ierracones Personal Sketches of Marine Men .............::cccccceeeeeeeees 48 Pe Grice Cisick H Calvin Austin, Retired Chairman, Eastern S.S. Lines Wostuminater, 5. W. eae Distributing Base for Water Transportation ................ 52 Vincent Delport What the British Are Doing in Shipbuilding .............. 54 Books—Late Marine Reviewed. .............:ccceceeseeeseeeeeenees 56 New Trade Publications .............:.c:cceceerecseeenecneeseeseeeeees 58 Business News for the Marine Trade .............::::+::0e000 58 MARINE REVIEW is a member of the Audit Subscription United States and its posses- Bureau of Circulations, Associated Busi- sions, $8 per year; Canada $4.00, Sirs — me Mehges gg pee Back numbers pihi ge eon 50 es Lapsed RUSE cents. Cable addresses: Penton, Cleve- March 3, 1879. Copyright 1931 by The land, and Irotrapen, London. ness Papers Inc. and the National Pub- Great Britain and other Foreign Coun- lishers Association. Entered at the (i ) } tries, £1:0:0. Single copies 35 cents. Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, oO. ( | d ere Por | fit organization whose members have pledged themselves Re LE igphagson Up pins gee apceete in which the interests of the men of pana info industry, trade and professions are placed first—a code demanding ans iase editorial pages, classified and verified paid subscribers, and honest advertising of dependable products. MaRINE REvieEw—July, 1931