. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1919 . reclaimed and N. M. Paterson hasmade the successful experiment of dry-ing the grain thus salvaged. The methodemployed is hydraulic pumping, thewheat am! water being pumped into•lerrick scows which permit the water torun off while the wheat is retained. Xoattempt will be made this winter to raisethe ship, but should she remain in placefor the winter months an attempt willbe made early in the spring. In the galewhich developed while the ship wasstranded on Canoe rocks the Congdonparted about one hundred feet from and the
. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1919 . reclaimed and N. M. Paterson hasmade the successful experiment of dry-ing the grain thus salvaged. The methodemployed is hydraulic pumping, thewheat am! water being pumped into•lerrick scows which permit the water torun off while the wheat is retained. Xoattempt will be made this winter to raisethe ship, but should she remain in placefor the winter months an attempt willbe made early in the spring. In the galewhich developed while the ship wasstranded on Canoe rocks the Congdonparted about one hundred feet from and the remainder of the vesseldropped down at an angle, the stern ofthe ship beini? submerged in about onehundred and fifty feet. Montreal.—The annual report of theManchester Liners, Limited, of Man-chester, England, has been received the outbreak of the war the fleetconsisted of fifteen steamers, and of thisnumber eight were sunk by mine or sub-marine. Five steamers were purchasedand two built to replace the losses, theyears work proving very STOCKYARD LOOKING WEST 8 Volume IX. Building Mine Sweepers at Fort William The Laying Out of the Yard Needed Much Thought and Planningto Get the Best Results—How Vessels Are TakenDown to the Launching Basin SHIPBUILDING activity throughoutthe Dominion has been second onlyto the manufacture of munitions,and at the present time may well beconsidered on a par to that most im-portant industry. In the immediate futureand for some time after the cessation ofhostilities the magnitude of shipbuildingwill remain paramount among Canadianenterprises. When the building of ves-sels is mentioned, one generally thinksof what is being accomplished on theseaboard, or those rivers or waterwaysadjoining or flowing into the Atlanticor Pacific. Naturally, the bulk of the connect the Upper Lakes with the oceanwaterways. Many of the vessels of• tons or less, that are now beingbuilt for the Imperial Munitions Board,the Canadian or th
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