Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), 18 Mar 1897, p. 3

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MARINE REVIEW. 3 Pockets Foot Twenty-first St., Detroit, ~ BEST STEAM COAL. RAPID FUELING DOCKS, oernoir river. JAMES CRAHAM & CO., Gy Below Routes of Passenger and Car Ferry Lines. and Chutes arranged for different types of vessels. Large Supplies and every effort to give dispatch, day and night. Wide stretch of river for tows, and plenty of water at dock at all times. WILLIAMSON BROS. Cor. Richmond and York Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA. " Hoisting Engines ana Ship Steering Engines. With either Frictional Spur or Worm Gear of various Patterns to . Suit all purposes. iD ul Ex i Over 150 of the largest and most modern lake steamers have our steerers. THE W. L. SCOTT CO. Wholesale Dealers in Shamokin, Wilkesbarre,and Hazleton-Lehizh COALS. Mansfield Steam Coal. FUELING VESSELS a specialty, either from dock or steam scow Mansfield, capacity 300 tons, in buckets, which gives quick dispatch. Boats coaled day or night. Docks lighted with electricity and equipped with steam derricks. Fueling Office at Canal Dock, ERIE, PA. Air is Cheap--Che i SS Six Boilers with Howden Hot Draft appliances now in Side-Wheel Steamer City of Buffalo. Dimensions of each boiler--12 ft. 6 in. diameter by 12 ft. length. HOWDEN FERRALL'S PATENT Long Bearing Self-Adjusting 6 Roll Sheave Has norivetsinits construction, therefore is made stronger, hay- ing an interior separator to pre- #4 vent the rolls from touching a each other, and an interior rail to guide the rolls. ; fl LOUD BLOCK CO. BOSTON, MASS. BACNALL- 162 Cemmercial Street, The Rochester & Pittsburgh Goal & Iron Co. Reynoldsville Coal. STEAMBOAT FUEL DOCK. 3 Blackwell Canal at Michigan St. Bridge. 1400 Feet Dock Frontage. Steam Elevator and 4 Steam Derricks. Steam Fuel Scow, Capacity 550 Tons. Boats Coaled Day or Night. OFFICE: 694 Elfictt Square Bidg., BUFFALO, N.Y. TELEPHONES: Ellicott Square Bldg., Seneca 371 A. Dock, Seneca 37! D. WM. H. HAZEN, Dock Superintendent. aper than Dirt! FUEL IS DEAR=VERY DEAR! _ USE AIR AND SAVE FUEL! CONOMY in operating expenses on Lake Ships must come from E 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.

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