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NOTES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE S. S. TYLER. 



Mr. Howard C. Higgins, Member: — I want to add that the data which I will present 

 and send to the Secretary confirm the ship's good performance. The owners of the vessel 

 think she is a fine ship, she does good work, and does it economically ; just how economically 

 it is difficult to say, as we have no other ship with which to compare her performance. I am 

 willing to give these figures to the Secretary to appear in the discussion in connection with 

 the paper. 



The Chairman : — We will appreciate that very much. 



The data referred to by Mr. Higgins are as follows : — 



Abstract of Logs for November, ipi3, S. S. Tyler. 



Speed, knots per hour 11.48 



Coal per trip, tons (2,240 lbs.), including port consumption 35.71 



Knots per trip ,. . . 290 



Tons cargo (2,240 lbs.) per trip, including port consumption 1,446 



Tons knots per trip, including port consumption 419,340 



Pounds coal per trip, including port consumption 80,000 



Tons cargo, one knot per one pound coal, including port consumption 5.24 



Pounds coal per knot, including port consumption 276 



Cubic feet cargo space per ton (2,240 lbs.) cargo carried 198 



Tons cargo carried per ton of coal consumed, including port consumption 40.2 



Average pounds per mile, no deduction for por use 249.5 



Displacement (tons) at 14 feet 5 inches 3,925 



Attention is called to the small cargoes carried on several trips and the large average 

 space (198 cubic feet) taken up per ton. This is due to the business being largely a one- 



