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14 MARINE Small Electric Plants for Ships. The demand for small direct. coupled engines and generators for marine plants meeting the necessary requirements of compactness, light weight, simplicity of construction, freedom from vibration and noise at high speed, and perfect regulation as well as durability and low cost, is met by the direct coupled generating sets manufactured by the General Electric Co. of Schenectady. These sets are built in sizes varying from 24 K. W. to 25 K. W. and the fact that both en- gines and generators are manufactured by one concern is an assurance that fit and alignment are perfect, the finish uniform and the test thor- ough. The engine is simple. It has but one valve driven direct from the eccentric pin of the governor. The set is compact. The engine having a short stroke and the armatures being specially wound, both height _ and length of the sets are reduced toa minimum. The engine bed lengthened carries the generator, and although the appearance is somewhat massive, the bed is so carefully cored out that without sacri- fice of stability the weight has been brought down to about one pound to 34 watts. Special attention has been given to the engine parts, to the end that the machine may run with perfect smoothness and regularity. The bearings are self aligning and self-oiling. The coupling between the armature shaft and engine crank is a split sleeve, which allows of easy removal of the armature. The governor is compact with but few moying parts, which can give practically no trouble or wear out. The 4K. W., 8 K. W. and 20 K. W. sets have double cylinder en- gines; the 24 K: W., 7K. W., 10 K. W., 15K. W. and 25K. W. sets have single cylinder engines. All of the generators are four-pole 110-volt machines, with the ex- REVIEW. I American Pumps in Foreign Ships. One large manufacturing concern in this country, the hous | Henry R. Worthington, New York, seems to be getting its share of orders for pump equipments on foreign naval vessels. ; A partial list of foreign naval vessels that are equipped throughout with Worthing. ton pumps includes in the British navy nine battleships of the largest class, a coast defense iron clad, two first class-cruisers , three third- class cruisers, eight first-class torpedo boats, ten second-class torpedo boats, fourteen torpedo boat chasers and two first-class gunboats, as wellas the queen's yacht Victoria & Albert. Vessels in the British government service in Africa and India and smaller craft connected with the war office at Cairo, as well as three first-class torpedo boats in the Indian marine, are also fitted with Worthington pumps, Vessels of other navies fitted with these pumps are: Russia, ten, including one battleship and two barbette shipsof large dimensions; Germany, twelve, also including some of the largest ironclads and cruisers; Danish navy, two torpedo boats; Brazil, three torpedo boats; e. Spain, one first-class cruiser and two torpedo boats; Austria, four cruisers, two torpedo boats and sundry small craft; Chilian navy, six first-class torpedo boats; Argentine navy, on cruiser and four first-class torpedo boat destroyers; Japanese navy, two cruisers; Por- tugeese navy, vessels for service in Africa. A novel launch took place recently at Morris Heights, New York, where the consolidated firms of Chas. L. Seabury & Co. and the Gas En- gine & Power Co. have a large plant for the construction of steel and wooden yachts, naphtha launches and other pleasure craft. The steel -- ? steam yacht Hiawatha was launched about 10 p. m. in the presence. ception of the 25 K. W. generator, which has six poles and a full load voltage of 125 volts. The greatest floor space occupied is 80 by 47 inches by 66 inches high. The generators combine all the well known features of the General Electric machines, and the rating given to each has been calculated on a most conservative basis. The illustra- tion shows a full line of single cylinder sets--24 K. W., 7 K. W., 10 K. W., 15-K. W. and 25 K. W. That the single cylinder engines are economical is exemplified by the fact that they show as low as 28 pounds of water per I. H. P. per hour non-condensing, and 23.5 pounds per I. H. P. per hour condensing, using steam at an initial pressure of 80 pounds, just as it comes from the boiler, without super- heating or making any allowance for entrainment. These results have been obtained by a series of tests, in which the water was accur- ately measured. Sets below 10 K. W. capacity are, of course, some- what less efficient, but they will compare favorably with engines of other makes, representing the best practice. The 1897 directory of the Ship Masters' Association is the hand- somest book yet published by the captains. In addition to the names and addresses of members, seventy-eight pages are given up to a list of lake vessels with dimensions, tonnage,etc., and names and addresses of owners. General information valuable to captains is given in forty- five pages. The book is covered in red cloth and stampedin gold. It was published under the direction of the grand financial secretary of the association, W. A. Collier of Cleveland. A new light-house on the south point of Put-in Bay island is nearing completion, and it is expected that the light will be in opera- tion in a few weeks. Capt. M. J. McAlpin, one of the old-time navigators and father of Capt. Hugh MeAlpin, died at his home in Detroit, a few days ago. of a large company of friends of the builders and owners. The ship yard and the yacht were beautifully illuminated with electric lights, Japanese lanterns, etc. This vessel is 170 feet over all, 138 feet on the water line, 21 feet beam and 8 feet draft. She has a Seabury water tube boiler and triple expansion engines developing about 1,000 horse power. Charles Fleischmann, the owner; is a resident of Cin- cinnati, but is a member of the New York, Atlantic and other eastern yacht clubs. The New York firm built a yacht for him last year, which was also named Hiawatha, but she was not large enough for his requirements, and he determined to go back to the same builders and obtain just what the experience of last summer's cruising had shown him that he needed. 'Perfection in Anchors" is the title of a neat little pamphlet that has just been issued by the Bald Anchor Co. of Chester, Pa., and which contains a collection of illustrations and valuable information of the subject of anchors of all kinds. The success of this company's stock- less anchor has resulted in their making shipments b y the car load to the lakes, and it would therefore seem that anything they have to say about anchors should prove interesting to both ship owners and ship builders. "Lake freights: To Buffalo--Propeller Forest Queen, corn and barley at 6 cents; bark Chenango, corn at 4 cents. To Oswego Schooner Minnie Williams, wheat from Milwaukee at 10 cents.' The foregoing is not a quotation representing present conditions. It is an extract from a photographic copy of the first issue of the Daily Trade Bulletin of Chicago, which was printed Wednesday, May 1, 1867. Freights of this kind are only a memory now. | Several hundred photograph negatives of lake ships are heldin stock by the Marine Review. Prints can be made on short order.