Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), 1 Oct 1896, p. 15

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MARINE REVIEW. | ms Air is Cheap--Cheaper than Dirt! FUEL IS DEAR=VERY DEAR! USE AIR AND SAVE FUEL! oon 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 ae 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 Six Boilers with Howden Hot Draft appliances now in Side-Weeel Steamer City of Buffalo. Dimensions of each boiler--12 ft. 6 in. diameter by 12 ft. length. HOWDEN 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 steame DRY DocK ENGINE WORKS, DETROIT, MICH. a chance to prove that we can coal your boats with quick GIVE US dispatch, and with most satisfactory fuel. ; : We have Four Large GHUTES on our Docks at AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO, 1,000 FEET RIVER oe and Day and Night Force. ""Reystone" Massillon, ic biisemiel and Best Grades of Hocking Eoals. O. W. SHIPMAN, 2072325", Detroit, Mich. Cuddy-Mullen Coal Co. FUBL DOCKS OF OSBORNE, SABGER & 60 Lake Shippers of Steam Coal. | arte emtek a FUELING DEPARTMENT FACILITIES: Best Keeping a sharp look-out for Shipman's Koal Dock. CLEVELAND HARBOR-- =. Youghiogheny Car Dumper; Eight Pockets; Three Steam Stes . Derricks ; Lighter. ; cam Coal Furnished DETROIT RIVER BRANCH-- oe Amherstburg, Steam Derricks; Sandwich, jaenaa te Ten Pockets and Two Steam Derricks. x Elevated} Pocket Dock now under construction. ese on Good Coal; Courteous Attention; Quick Dispatch. Pa oe General Offices: Perry-Payne Bldg., Cleveland, O.

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