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we ee ae ee ee MARINE REVIEW. VoL. XIII. CLEVELAND, O., FEBRUARY 13, 1896. No. 7. A $200,000 Steel Steam Yacht. A steel steam yacht 225 feet over all has been framed and plated in just six weeks at the Crescent ship yard, Elizabethport, N. J. This is the establishment of which Louis Nixon, who was superintending con- structor with the Cramps, is now manager. The yacht, which will be one of the finest in this country, costing $200,000, is named Josephine, and is being built for Peter A. B. Widener of Philadelphia, who is pre- paring for a trip with his family around the world. Her principal di- mensions are: Length over all, 225 feet; on load water line, 183 feet; beam, 28 feet; depth, 15 feet; draft, 11 feet 6 inches; displacement, 800 tons, A steel house on deck, which will be covered with mahogany, is 135 feet long and 18 feet wide. The yacht will have a freeboard of 13 feet. She has very fine lines forward, but these are associated with a long overhanging bow and great flare, so that she will not bury herself in aseaway. The bilge is full round and the general shape seems to be snch that she will roll but little in heavy weather. A promenade deck on top of the deck house is intended especially for comfort while cruising in the tropics. Double awnings fore-and-aft will protect this house deck from the sun's heat. A bridge will extend across the pilot house the entire width of the vessel. In the extreme forward part of the deck . This coal bunker occupies the entire width of the ship, and has outlets or doors directly on the fire-room floor, and being located amidships the | trim of the yacht forward and aft will not be affected as the coal is used -- up. The boat equipment of the vessel will include a steam launch 30 feet long, a 21-foot naphtha launch, a whale boat 20 feet long, a 25-foot gig and a 16-foot dingy. Steel Rails in 1896. In one important branch of the iron industry the out-look is rather better than is generally suspected. Itis estimated by good authority that in the aggregrate the orders for steel rails on the books of the mills figure up between 250,000 and 300,000 tons. This is a good showing when ~ the fact is borne in mind that the mills delivered about 1,100,000 tons in all of standard rails in 1895. Thus far some important groups of rail- roads have placed their requirements, but a good many must still be heard from. Aside from the 18,000-ton Pacific coast order, which was placed several days ago, there has been nothing to speak of from new roads. With fairly good earnings, 1896 ought to be a much better rail year than was 1895. A few hundred thousand tons more going into that channel would do much to steady the situation.--Iron Age. A' $200,000; sTHEL STEAM YACHT. , house is the pilot house, chart room and captain's cabin, and also a special state room. Aft of this comes the galleys, a laundry and barber shop. The engine room comes next, and then the dining room, which ex- tends the whole width of the deck house and which will seat twenty-four persons. The dining room is to be finished in oak, mahogany and wal- nut. The extreme after end of the deck house, occupied by the owner's apartments, will be finished in mahogany and fitted with brass bedsteads, wardrobes, desks, etc. Below these are to be ten large staterooms and a ladies' saloon finished in white and gold, with onyx mantel and other costly furnishings. Officers' quarters will be forward of the boiler and machinery compartment. Engines are to be of the triple expansion kind, with cylinders 18, 27 and 42 inches diameter and 28 inches stroke of piston. Steam will be furnished by two Scotch boilers, built to withstand 175 pounds steam pressure. It is expected that the engines will develop 1,250 horse power. An electric plant that is to be installed in the vessel will be capable of operating fifty 16-candle power lamps, including a cable of lights that will be stretched over the mast head on special occasions. An Edison, marine search light and refrigerating plant are other features of the yacht. Coal will all be stored in one large compartment, which will hold 210 tons and which will be located between boiler and engine spaces. Stocks of Grain at Lake Ports. The following table, prepared from reports of the Chicago board ot trade, shows the stocks of-wheat and corn in store at ae principal ee of accumulation on the lakes on Feb, 8, 1896: Wheat, bushels. Chicagonseesicnlecconsnsesvacaedecssyclesseh720}932;000 3,431,000 Dutluthissessocoessecocsesscsaenesovsnioactcagaan 9,914,000 73,000 Milwaukee. ..ssccscssescssssssssesssesesseeee 416,000 2,000. Deteoitis. asssexe-osts-<asbend .avadisan aeons 2907000 28,000 Toledo: sigs nse iviazidetostenses ial. a ee ROOD 527,000 Buffalo)... cd cepa sete ae 107,000 ots Teen es 6s 2S Ne 00 4,168,000 As compared with a week ago, the above figures show at the several points named an increase of 329,000 bushels of wheat and a decrease of 314,000 bushels of corn. On Feb. 8, there was afloat at Chicago 138,000 bushels of wheat, 3,221,- 000 bushels of corn and 227,000 bushels of oats; at Buffalo, 259,000 bushels of wheat, 223,000 bushels of oats and 250,000 bushels of barley; at Duluth, 512,000 bushels of wheat; and at Milwaukee 176, 000 bushels of wheat and 120,000 bushels of oats. Corn, bushels. ~