Marine Review The National Publication Covering the Business of Transportation by Water CLEVELAND FOUNDED 1878 NEW YORK CONTENGTG Vole OF August 1931 No. 8 ibe NR Fics = = = 4 = = Page President Hoover, New Dollar Liner, Special Insert 11-37 Capt. Robert Dollar—Frontispiece .............ccccescsece 11 S. S. President Hoover Sails on First Voyage ........ 12 By A. H. Jansson Interior Arrangement and Decoration ..................+ 14 Hull Construction and Characteristics ..................0 23 Auxiliaries, Equipment President Hoover ................ 28 Main Propelling Machinery and Auxiliaries ............ OL Standardization and Sea Trials = i32.4.83...aid as 35 Published monthly by Editorials > .365.6.0. nisi 51 The Penton Publishing Co. Our Commerce Must Not Depend on Foreign Lines.... 52 Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. Jefferson Meyers, U. S. Shipping Board, Interviewed By Robert C. Hill , ; Suggest Building One Hundred New Cargo Ships........ 54 Soe Se oe Bide. By Capt. C. A. McAllister H. O. Taylor, Advertising Manager Mariposa, New Matson Liner Launched at Fore River 55 : : European Shipping In Depressed Condition ................ 57 eee tae oa 1347 Peoples Gas Bldg. By Frank C. Bowen Fred B. Pletcher ; Welded Barges of Cell Type Prove Practical .............. . 59 ; By H. R. Simonds Ne ca Fouls Po oe United States Second in World Shipbuilding Volume 61 = Ss Pea it | New Construction Ordered and Contemplated ............ 62 H. R. Simonds Maritime Law—Late Decisions ..............ccceccccssssoseveees 64 By Harry Bowne Skillman e ards? ian ig SOT Se Oliver, Bide: Ports—Marine Business Statistics Condensed .......... 65 WG Gade Stevedoring and Dock Management Progress ........... » - 66 - : Observations on Cost Saving on Cargo Handling sg: Ne Che wey eaves et By H. E. Stocker Deep Sea Pier at Vancouver of Modern Design Washington, D. C. Office, By A. W. Earl 1020 National Press Building L. M. Lamm Useful Hints on Cargo Handling ...........0....ccccceseeeeee ee 71 ; Personal Sketches of Marine Mem ...............ccscccececeees 72 H bee ee ‘ype Sir David J. Owen, Gen. Mgr. Port of London Vincent Delport By A. E. Fry Equipment Used Afloat and AShOore ...............ceccceee eee eees 74 Up and Down the Great Lakes «.i.......:...:.cccoeseceticcoeestace 76 MarRINE 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; a oS ios - nego poo ol ge? Back numbers. over << moe 50 Mi: “phe yee cents. Cable addresses: enton, Cleve- March 3, 1879. Copyright 1981 by The Imad and oumeee ae ness Papers Inc. and the National Pub- Great Britain and other Foreign Coun- lishers Association. Entered at the (i p P tries, £1:0:0. Single copies 35 cents. Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, O. i ¢ The A. B. P. is a nonprofit organizat to a working code of practice in w i d professions are Pp ; las iMitenial Baton cat and verified paid subscribers, and honest advertising of dependable products. MaRINE REview—August, 1931