The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-12
MARINE NEWS NOTES.

An important meeting OF the execu-
tive committee of the American steam
strip Owners Association is scheduled
for to-day. Some of the matters to be
considered are the stand to be taken on
the Hague Rules, 1921, for an inter-
nationally uniform bill of lading; the
subsidy measure: the provision In the
tariff bill for so per cent. duty on re-
pairs OF American ships executed In Tor
eign yards, and representation at the
international Shipowners convention TO
be held In London In November.
The Barber Steamship Company Is
known to be considering a reentry into
the French and River Plate trades with
its own ships. The line formerly had
twelve chartered vessels In these SER
vices 1t was the pioneer American
company to operate to the River Plate
and entered the French trade after the
war dropping out in 1921 when the
Shipping Board assigned the berth to
the Cosmopolitan Shipping Company.
John e. Craig, traffic manager of the
New York and Porto Rico Steamship
Company, again refused yesterday to
reioin the Porto Rican section OF the
West Indies Conference. The conference
lines deferred a decision on the measures
they will take to meet the situation.
Representatives Of shipping companies
employing stevedores and longshoremen
will meet to-day in an effort to come to
an agreement on wages and working
conditions after September 80. over
which they were deadlocked last week.
The sun Shipbuilding Company OF
lad ffas.r
tract for the construction Of four Diesel
electric seagoing dredges for the War
Department at price Of $2,52S.24O, the
sun bid being the lowest OF sixteen, in
Guiding four submitted by navy yards.
The ships are to be 26S feet long, 10
feet beam, % feet inches depth and
speed OF IL "a knots. The power equip
ment is to consist OF three Mcintosh &
Seymour engines OF 1000 brake horse
power on the four cycle system.
r. III. Rossbottom, general manager
OF the United States Lines, has slight
attack OF influenza and is away from
his office for few days.
Tenders for the reconditioning or the
Texas Company's steel tank steamer
Louisiana will be received until Septem-
l..
burning system, new smokestack, new
bulkheads and other extensive altera-
tions. The ship Is drydocked for inspec-
ton at the Robins plant of the Todd
Shipyard Corporation. Brooklyn.
The Rutland Railroad. which disposed
OF its lake steamers when the provisions
OF the Panama Canal law went into eff
feet has announced a resumption OF rail
and lake freight transportation between
New England and the West via Ogdens-
burg. ~. Y.
The Pusey C Jones Co. Whining
ton. Del, will build two day passenger
steamers for the Wilson Line OF VII
mington and Philadelphia, at a con-
tract price OF s52s.00o for the two. The
vessels, designed by George c. Sharp
Company OF 80 Church street. are to be
220 feet In length. designed to carry
5000 passengers. propelled by single
screws and triple expansion engines sup
piled by oil burning boilers. Eighteen
knots speed Is called for and the con-
struction throughout will be steel with
three complete passenger decks and
shade or boat deck.
The agency at Portland, Ore, and
Seattle, Wash. for the Yamashita Kisen
kogyo Kaisha has been taken over by
the Yamashita Company, which will
handle the regular cargo service to
japan, with two sailing a month, and
also the charter business OF the COM