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12 MARINE REVIEW. Work of the Ship Yards. James Davidson, West Bay City, Mich., will soon lay a keel for a 220-foot lumber steamer. Leatham & Smith's schooner I. N. Foster is having machin- ery put in at Manitowoc at an expense of $8,000, and will come out a steambarge in the spring. H. N. Botsford of the Wolverine Dry Dock Company, Port Huron, Mich., will build a cutter yacht after the model of the Detroit Gloriana. Her dimensions will be 68 feet over all, 45 feet on water line, 13 feet beam and 1o feet deep. She will be sloop rigged. It is reported that the Cowles Engineering Company, foot of Forty-third street, South Brooklyn, N. Y., is establishing a steel ship building plant that will be large enough for the con- struction of a full-sized steamer. The company expects to spend $500,000 for machinery and buildings. The steamer Chicago of the Western line will be rebuilt at Buffalo this winter. 'The old arches will be replaced with steel. The Montana of the same line wil] get new boilers. The Robert Mills and Saginaw Valley will also get new boilers. Solid bul- warks will be included in the Saginaw Valley's repairs. The White Line Excursion Company, William J. Zeigel and others of Buffalo is having an excursion steamer built at Mason's ship yard, Black Rock, N. Y. Her dimensions are 145 feet over all, 32 feet beam and 10 feet deep. She will cost about $35,000, have double engines, 18 by 20, and twin screws. The machinery will be built by David Bell, Buffalo. Two steam yachts over roo feet long are building at the works of the Davis Boat and Oar Company, Detroit, Mich. One of the boats, 118 feet long and 17 feet beam,is for Michael Cudahy, millionaire pork packer of Chicago. The triple engine will have cylinders 10, 16 and 25 inches by 15 inches stroke, and she will have a water tube boiler. The cabins will be fin- ished in mahogany and she will have a 50-light electric plant and search light. She will cost $40,000 and is expected to make 19 miles an hour. 'The other yacht is 108 feet long, 90 feet water line and 17 feet beam. She will have 1o and 20 inch compound engines, water tube boiler and will cost $21,000. She is for George S. Davis of Detroit. Around the Lakes. Truman & Cooper of Manitowoc have the contract for ex- tending Grand Haven piers. The north pier will be extended 250 feet and the south pier 200 feet. The desk calendar issued by the Pope Manufacturing Com- pany, Boston, contains a leaf for each day in the year, and on each one is given the day of the week, month and year, and hints on road making and bicycling. Captains Frank B. Hackett and John McCormick of Amherst- burg have purchased the steamer Energy of Wallaceburg. She will be fitted up as a wrecker and will have a steam pump and steam hoist aboard. She will be stationed at Pelee island and used as a wrecking tug in connection with the Hackett Wreck- ing Company, and will also convey freight from the island. At D elevator of the Lake Superior Elevator Company in Duluth a few days ago, 157 carloads of wheat, containing 95,000 bushels, were unloaded and weighed in four hours and forty min- utes. This is the fastest record ever made by any elevator in the world. Elevator D has several times broken the record for load- ing out wheat, and has shipped over 450,000 bushels in ten hours. Capt. William Mack and others of Cleveland have purchased _ the steamer V. H. Ketchum from Col. James Pickands for $55,- ooo. The Ketchum was built at Marine City in 1874, is rated A2and has an insurance valuation of $65,000. About $7,000 was spent in repairing damages done by the Maruba this fall. The boat has been kept up well and is considered a good pur- chase. Capt. Mack will sail her. When the steamer Samuel Mather was laid up the crew pre- sented Capt. J. H. Smith and Chief Engineer Irwin Marshall with gold rings. 'To Captain Smith a testimonial letter express- ing good feeling and thanking him for his kindness was also pre- sented. If this feeling was more general between officers and crews and it was expressed occasionally, the life of lake-faring men would bea great deal happier. The idea that kindness creates insolence was. brought to the lakes from salt-water and does not belong here. Report of Engine Trials of Steamer Cadillac. | This trial was made for the purpose of observing the economical working and the run was from Ashtabula light to the "Dummy"' light, a distance of 87 miles. The boat was loaded with coal. Indicator cards were taken every hour. 'The fuel was lump coal of good quality, weighed on platform scales. The sea was smooth and wind light and the steering engine was used throughout the trial, The record is as follows: of the machinery, Guages, : Temperature Revolution Steam- I:P. L.P Vacuum of feed, Time. Counter. lbs. Ibs, lbs. 'inches. degrees F. eo lS 146 5 2 465 22 106 231 2,365 155eh ose er 22.25 132 6:00 5,051 155 54. «7 22 130 6:29 7,790 166° 2 364-9 4726 22 132 7:30 13,522 155 54.7.8 22 134 8:00 16,361 155 o4. 7.75 22 134 8:30 19,191 156 54 7.75 22 134 9:00 22,032 156 a4 7.79 22 134. 9:30 24,855 156 54 7.75 22 134 10:02 27,892 155 54 7.75 22 134 . 10:30 30,520 154 54 7.75 22 134 11:00 33,300 . 155 54 7.78 22 134 11:30 36,184 155 54 7.79 22 133 12:00 39,021 156 DA eo 22 134 1:25 46,909 153 ph eae 22 128 * Passed Ashtabula light. + Abreast of "Dummy."' The H. P. valve gear was linked up 14 inches, the I. P. 3 inches and the L. P. 3 inches. Following are the results: Matera tetra: eee nero eee cer tae a tieeeencee meee Noy. 16 and 17, 1892. Draught of steamer at Ashtabula, forward........ ogame aya " GG a Biter eovs ccdrosoecnaees: cosmeeee' 13 ft. 6 in. eae si i MVE AM ces teaseone nace cee Sifts anal a ee at "Dummy," mean, estimated......... 13 ft. 24 in. Mean draught during trial.............seseeseessereec renee eee 13 ft. 23 in. B]O) Uo reed te Tne te Us taller te eta pete eetelee\s lake eatete letseteaistectersistere tc iciicteiciel 7 hours 8 minutes. Distance run, Ashtabula to "Dummy'"'..........02-seecse eee sence eees 88 miles Speedy meaner. .s.-ss-c10an SMa OES cea boy dads ae eae ee 10.82 miles ID Mian eKEti ete Oye SOLON Foca tcc Gcccucececcosaun cbobcIN5 ocr meoncen oyedacancacadrns 10 feet Piteh Of SONOWs sie kasad-nidec bet ete ccremsees trp ate a= aten ees eee ees 12 feet SMa erect esas age ene eee eee yee ee eee anna 15.4 per cent. By pe Ot We WMG! here deesetserewe ss Se Sane ne ae eee ene Triple Cylinder, diameter Hi. Poo... 1c. .ccccsc.hoeeeccue Sercesrcerescen seers 15 inches es a Tease athasas suse ot see aon seat aca ee nae D5 ss pees & ES Deg eas scscseateneetets oes barae opp Anceaeen eee 42. * SiO Ot sets saw aocorat no neues ce neat ek sncsoee nana mann serneieeries 30 ee BoilersSeotchiediametertcmss. ce rane c ce cececeec sea nt ae 13 feet ef pee emitter tebe piicesce ste: oe eeewa sands eter an race 11 feet 6 inches IEMA eS, yMin Deis. etec reac eces tivo sligiinans asia geeeeee Soe eee 3 ss Ciamieter ros cs.. Was San oauce i arene reste ie neers 40 inches Heabine surivce, cova e csce ct etne tend nehe encasement: 2,007 square feet Grate sucha cen cites tires eee weenie Semesters nee eel Sen rae 60 square feet RRA GLOn a ik 1, ae cE tea oad seca Bee Sen apie cieciee ee iente eames 33.45 Meriisboiler presse: sis. taste coesmpeeee. coer ...-.. 154.5 pounds Meanie yaeurinia ail GOm dCs etree as. ae eee eee eee 22 inches Voy le: Pee ReCeivels phe SSULCHonsetc sence sc acest ete nace 53.4 pounds pee ple PE ate Rey AST Rin ane ales ae eet aceon epene caren i sDewaee i> temperature Otekeed Watelieess.cr! cashed ates a ae eae 131 Revolutronswyrer mM MUbes 1 CaMpeescn tes cs. caee aera ee Docu dindicared horse powiermscnnacam) tle eee e-eeen eeeee reeaeee 155.08 a vis . CST SP Sieger sone Gene ae ee 179.48 it ef " PGs aR aS Ore ac? Seedie rts potas Se eee 175.81 otal indicated hiorsesowers mean. ss -cees-ue eee een ee 510.37 HOPI o} Hak eYs by CVE MINE' IMUNDL: s sincbrses onion oeosoc Gen'; cansHposko: 9,750 pounds et See PEL NUL Cx i wannteacsamten nl Sint see eas 1AtOcS ea "e oe POR MOU cre aacuee se crceagataene ne oe ener ae oe e e '¢ per square foot of grate per hour........... 1 SO a i i i of heating surface......... Or 0R ace £ Aes per indicated horse power per hour........ DF Aa Fleatimesuniace. ol botler. men lates te tec oeneas 3.93 square feet TH, -Respen squane toot olgrate.;.c: .e 4 rca 8.56 A similar statement of results obtained from a trial of engines of the steamer Pioneer, owned by the same company, the Cleveland-Cliffs Mining Company, will be furnished in the next issue of the Review. The Cadillac was built by the Chicago Ship Building Company and engined by the Cleyve- land Ship Building Company . The National Government Can Alone Meet the Cost. Ship-canal projects are receiving greater support than ever. Whether it is fear or jealousy of the success of the Canadian canal system, it is certain that the scheme to connect the Hudson river with all the great lakes by a system of ship-canals will ul- timately be carried out. The proposition presents so many ad- vantages, and the possibilities of success are so many that the ulti- mate value of such a system to so very large a part of the coun- try warrants the support that is given to the subject by commer- cial bodies in the interior and on the seaboard. It is not so much a question as to the advisability or practicability of such a system. 'Those points seem to have been settled favorably. It is now no more a question as to who shall build the new canals and enlarge the old. Whether national government, state, or local money shall pay for it is now to be found out. Over that point will the fighting be done.--Maritime Register.