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MARINE REVIEW. VoL. XIII. CLEVELAND, O., JANUARY 16, 1806. No. 3. New Revenue Cutters. The treasury department will evidently do all in its power to secure the passage of Senator Cullom's bill providing for an appropriation of $400,000; with which to build two revenue cutters for the lakes in addition to the one now under construction in Cleveland. Ina letter to Senator Cullom, Mr. Cc. S. Hamlin, the assistant secretary, says: "Tt is the opinion of the department that at least two revenue cutters, additional to the one now being constructed at Cleveland, should be pro- vided for service on the great lakes. In view of the large advance in the price of material entering into the construction of iron and steel vessels, the sum of $400,000 will not be too great for two vessels of the class required for service on the lakes. Your suggestion that several good vessels should be provided for lake service is in perfect accord with the views of this de- partment. I beg to say further,in reply to the closing inquiry of your letter, that at least two additional revenue cutters should be constructed for service on the Pacific coast. The vessels now there are all very old and of obsolete type of construction--some wooden, some iron, all of them too small and too slow and of too small power to properly meet the service re- quired of them. Vessels required for service on the Pacific coast should Great Britain in commercial supremacy will be the United States. This is inevitable and is but the outcome of those irrevocable laws that govern the progress of commerce. It is commerce that will rule the world for the next hundred years. And in this Europe has no longer the lead.--New York Maritime Register. : New Plant for Unloading Ore at Ashtabula. During the latter part of last season there was in operation on the ore docks of the P. Y. & A. Ry, at Ashtabula, operated by M. A. Hanna & Co. of Cleveland, a new plant for unloading ore, which is illustrated herewith. Next season this plant will have ten legs and it will be used very largely for rapid work in unloading vessels of the 400-foot class, which will soon predominate in the ore trade. The apparatus was designed and built under patents and rights granted the King Bridge Co. of Cleve- land. Although perhaps the King Bridge Co. is not generally known to be engaged in work of this kind, they have built a number of machines of this character, the first being as far back as 1882. The hoists are built en- tirely of wrought and cast steel, which has been subjected to thorough in- Ze EIGHT-LEG KING CONVEYING PLANT AT ASHTABULA HARBOR. be of size, general dimensions and capacity to enable them to take and keep the sea under all conditions, with a cruising radius of not less than 2,500 miles." Develop and Strengthen our Merchant Marine. Any foreign war that this country should engage in would be mainly 'maritime. Passing events show that the time has gone by when the United States can have no fear of foreign entanglements. Taking these views into consideration, it is evident that everything should be done to develop and strengthen the maritime interests of the country. A first-class navy must be made, but it should not be so top-heavy as to be all military with no commercial part. The merchant navy must be built up, for without it our maritime interests will all be in the hands of foreigners, and our export trade in case of war would be entirely at their mercy. Stripped of all illu- sions, the real facts in the case show that other nations hate England and are anxious for her overthrow, simply because she has beaten them all at the game of commerce. She is all powerful because of her lead in trade, and they can not beat her until they take her trade away. They may bluster aud talk of alliances to keep her within bounds, but all this is talk, and should there be a fight Europe will get nothing from it. The successor of spection throughout its manufacture. Care has been taken that the struct- ure should be well designed and detailed from an engineering standpoint, which is of the first importance when the very hard usage that is required of itis considered. The hoists shown in illustration are arranged in pairs --that is, two bridges have one support in common at the rear, designated as the rear tower, while there is a separate support or leg at the front for each bridge. All of the towers are supported on wheels placed on substan- tial tracks, consisting of two rails at the rear and one in front. The mov- ing of the plant from one point to another is done by steam or electric power at the rear, while at the front it is by means of hand gearing. The » bridges are hinged to each side of the top' of rear tower, and at the top-of | the front tower they are hung by means of adjustable connections. 'This mode of attachment allows the bridge or projecting apron, without being strained in the least, to be operated directly from the hatchway of a boat without moving the whole machine. : The principal dimensions of the machine are 180 feet between towers, with 88 feet cantilever and 34 feet apron on the front tower, which can be raised anid lowered by power at will, so as not to interfere with the masts of vessels when they are taking position in front of the plant. There is a clear space under the bridges from top of dock of about 30 feet, which