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14 MARINE REVIEW. The W, C. Richardson. With all the comment on ship building prospects and reports of launches,a new boat has been running around Cleveland harbor with- out attention of any kind from the newspapers. When contracted for, when launched, and when she made her trial trip, she managed to es- cape mention. She was named fora prominent vessel owner in the Perry-Payne building, but he has not as yet been officially notified of it. The craft was built for pleasure for Mr. Louis Hausheer and was named for W. C. Richardson. The hull is 32 feet long by 64 feet beam, and the Wootters gas engine, built by the McMyler Mfg. Co., Cleveland, drives it at a speed of about 9 miles an hour. The cylin- der is 64 by 12 inches. This little engine develops 7 horse power when making 290 revolutions. The Lotta, one of the handiest de- livery boats on the lakes, has a similar engine. Some twenty sta- tionary engines of the same type are also giving satisfaction in run- ning printing presses, etc. One or two turns of the fly wheel is all that is required to start this engine. The engine shaft is independent of the propeller shaft, so that it is not necessary to stop the engine when the propeller wheel is stopped. The engine shaft is connected direct to the propeller shaft for forward running , by means of a fric- tion clutch coupling, which is simple, effective and reliable. To re- verse, the friction clutch is thrown out and reversing is done by means of bevel frictions, this being a noiseless and simple arrangement, Reversible propeller wheels can be furnished if desired, doing away with all reversing apparatus. A. M. SMITH, MEMBER OF THE SHIP BUILDING FIRM OF ABRAM SMITH & SON, ALGONAC, MICH. In the contracts for the three 11,000-ton battleships that areita be built, one each by the Cramps of jalanieeliataet Newport News Ship anil. & Dry Dock Co., and the Union Iron Works of San Fran- cisco, no premiums are eierea for increased speed, but a penalty at the rate of $25,000 a quarter knot, is imposed for the first half knot below the maximum requirement of 16 knots. It is proposed to name these ships California, Alabama and Pennsylvania. Hunters' excursion rates are offered by the Nickel Plate road to points in Michigan, Wisconsin and the southwest. 339 Noy. 1 Air is Cheap--Cheaper than Dirt! Six Boilers with Howden Hot Draft Apalachee now in Side-Weeel Steamer City of Buffalo. Dimensions of each boiler--12 ft. 6 in. diameter by 12 ft. length. HOWDEN FUEL IS DEAR=VERY DEAR! USE AIR AND SAVE FUEL! Hy ore in operating expenses on Lake Ships must come from reduced coal bills. No great saving can be made in labor cost, and provisions are already low. But fuel bills can be lowered and cheap coal used to advantage by adopting Modern Methods of making steam at low cost. No manufacturer of pig iron would to-day think of running his furnace without a hot blast. Competition would not permit it. This same competition demands advanced practice in the operation of ships. The same principle is applied in the HOT DRAFT Now in use on Lake Steamers aggregating over 40,000 Horse Power. CAN BE APPLIED TO OLD SHIPS AS WELL AS NEW ONES. No complicated machinery. Cool engine rooms and cool fire holds. Estimates, readily furnished for application of this draft to any steamer Dry Dock ENGINE Works, DETROIT, MICH.