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MARINE REVIEW. | 9 The Standard Oil Barges. Several lake builders bid for the construction of two barges for the Standard Oil Company, New York, and the contract was awarded to the American Steel Barge Company, West Superior. The amount of the suc- cessful bid is not known, but it is thought most builders bid high on account of the joints which were required to be oil-tight. How the joints are made and other peculiar constructional points are shown in the accom- panying drawings, furnished by John Haug,Philadelphia, the architect who prepared the plans. He has designed oil steamers that carry 10,000 bar- rels and barges that hold 15,000 barrels. The barges building at West Superior are designed for 8,000 barrels. They are 170 feet long, 33 feet beam and 17 feet deep. The size will permit of them being taken to the coast through the St. Lawrence canals in the winter when they cannot be used on the lakes. Attention is called to the bulk-head stiffening, which is arranged on one side only, leaving the other side unobstructed for caulking. It is con- Trade Notes. Worthington pumps are used throughout on the American liner St. Louis. Dredge and crane chains made by J. B. Carr & Co., Troy, N. Y., are made of iron rolled specially for that purpose. All the wood for the cabin fiaishing on the North Land, launched last week, was furnished by the Martin-Barriss Co, Cleveland. The only nickel-seated pop safety valve is mauufactured by the Con- solidated Safety Valve Company, 111 Liberty street, New York. The recent report of the steamer Madagascar shows that she is the most economical wooden boat on the lakes. DeanBros. ,Indianapolis,Ind furnished her pumps. The steam pipes of the fastest cruiser in the world, the U. S S. Min- neapolis, are covered with Magnesia sectional covering, which is gener- ally used in the United States navy and by nearly all up-to-date ship La] DECK AND LONGITUDINAL VIEWS OF OIL BARGES. Length bite. Pup 170f > Mh Scolire of Stil Bull Barge. Bion Jak. er F000 Bante Dips motpd WA. 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Brown, which has became so widely known as the most economical freight boat on the lakes, has a first class electric light plant furnished by the F. P. Little Company, Buffalo, N. Y. Shipbuilders should write the Continental Iron Works, Brooklyn, N Y., for a description of a new boiler furnace they will soon put on the market. builders. Write the Keasbey & Mattison Co., Ambler, Pa., for results of tests as compared with other covering. Nearly 2,000 launches built and engined by the Gas Engine & Power Co., Morris Heights, on the Harlem, New York City, are in use. No engineer is required and they are always ready. For the bearings of the engines in the new steamers that are reported building in this issue, some kind of metal will be used. Write the Mag- nolia Metal Co., New York, and learn why you should use Magnolia metal. Nearly all the steel steamers built recently by F. W. Wheeler & Co. and the Detroit Dry Dock Company have open hearth steel plates manu- factured by the Carbon Steel Co., represented by the Condit-Fuller Co.,, Cleveland. A good feed-water heater has been patented by Robert. Leavmonth, 200 Bouck avenue, Buffalo. It is in use on twenty-five lake steamers, and ~ the president of the Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo, N. Y, says it is the best heater and purifier he ever saw. Attention is called to a new advertisement on page 4 of this issue, that of the Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co. In addition to their lake trade, they have furnished beam straps for the Fall River line boats and a large amount of forgings for naval vessels. DeGrauw, Aymar & Co., 34 South street, New York, N. Y., advertise cordage and oakum, but there is nothing in the way of vessel supplies they do not handle. They are agents for Tyzack's stockless anchor, which is fast superseding anchors cof old styles on the lakes. Abram Smith & Son, Algonac, Mich., have a new hull for a steamer for sale. Itis 200 feet keel, 36 feet beam, 12% feet deep, built of No.1 white oak, steel-arched and diagonally strapped. She will class A1* and have capacity for 1,100,000 feet on 13 feet draft, without machinery. If not sold she will be used as a tow barge one season, being fitted with three sticks with gaffs und light sail, so she could be handled if cast loose. This firm has quite a reputation for lumber barges, the W. K. Moore, built by them, carrying 831,000 feet lumber on 10% feet water. The Comstock, Abram Smith and Interlaken are of their build. Their new 1,000 foot slip and easy access to timber give them unexcelled advantages for economical building. They have a record of 30 years building operation.