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14 MARINE Trade Notes. The Cleveland City Forge & Iron Company, Cleveland, O., now at work on four rudder frames for the battleships res Kentucky, Illinois and Alabama, the first three of which are now un- der construction by the Newport News Ship & Engine Building Com- pany, Newport News, Va., while the fourth is being built by the Cramp Ship & Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia. All four -- rudder frames are made from double refined wrought iron and have an extreme height of 20 feet 94 inches, with an extreme width of 19 feet 3 inches. The rudder stocks are 18 inches finished diameter, and each has a 5-inch hole bored axially through it. Owing to its intri- cate shape the rudder stock portion of the frame had to be forged solid throughout and machined out afterward. The stock forging weighed about 25 tons in the rough, exclusive of the bows, counterbalance and braces. These rudder frames are the heaviest and most. intricate ever attempted in this country. "Touching? a Tubular Triumph" is the title of a neat little book published by Randolph & Clowes, Waterbury,Conn. An illustration of seamless cold-drawn copper tubes 24 inch diameter and 12 feet long is shown. 'The steam pipes in the North West and North Land were furnished by this concern and were the largest ever manufactured in this country up to that time. The list of sizes and particulars would prove valuable to engineers and naval architects. The new steamer for the Old Dominion line, Princess Anne will have her boats fitted with Standard automatic releasing hooks by Jas. R. Raymond, 24 State St., New York. No. passenger steamer should be without them. Their use insures the proper launching of life 'boats and that means the saving of many lives in case of accident. A New York yacht captain writes as follows to the American Shipbuilder: "The tug Robert H. Rathbun arrived in Boston, May 29, with five barges in tow. Allowing for the length of the tug and barges, as well as the long stretch of hawsers connecting each barge, - would make this tow fully one mile long. While it is not an uncom- mon thing to meet these long tows, I mention this one in particular because the Boston papers spoke of it as being bothersome to sailing ~ craft meeting them in certain places. As I myself passed this tow in Vineyard Sound T wish to call your attention to the fact that naviga- tion is made very hazardous by meeting these long tows, especially where navigation is intricate. Take, for instance, a vessel meeting a tow of this kind at Pollock Rip slue. This tow would reach from No. 2 buoy to the bell buoy, the most intricate part in the Vineyard Sound. Now, for the safety of life and property which might be imperilled in case of collision, I trust you will comment on this in your valuable paper until this avariciousness is stopped. Again, what makes it more dangerous in case of thick weather, there are no signals indicat- ing how many barges are being towed, so you can readily see how hazardous navigation is." If the barges were equipped with towing machines built by the American Ship Windlass Co., Providence, R. I., they could shorten tow line in dangerous places, and also during a storm, thus preventing any of them from going ashore. NITED STATES ENGINEER Cn De- troit, Mich., May 23, 1897. VESSH L OWN- ExnS AND MASTERS are cautioned against ae at HIGH SPHED through the improved 20-FOOT CHANNEL IN LAKE ST. CLATR, as such speed threatens the durability of the im- provement and the safety of navigation. It is hoped that this caution may induce owners and masters to co-operate in so reducing speed through this channel that the promulgation of restrictive regulations may not become necessary. By order of the SECRETARY OF WAR. G. J. CEE, Lt. Col., Corps of Eng'rs, U.S. A July 1 The Bessemer Steamship Company Solicits Catalogues, Prices and Discounts from manufacturers and wholesale dealers in Ship Machinery, Brass Goods, Rope, Paints, Asbestos, Packing, Hose, Furniture, Piping, Glass and Crock- ery, Tinware, Ranges, Carpeting, Bedding, Life-preservers, Rafts and Boats, Engineers' Supplies and Tools, Carp enters' Tools, Elec tric Supplies, Lamps, Grate Bars, Castings, etc., etc., etc. ALSO QUOTATIONS from Market men and Grocers on the Lakes for Provisions and Meat, best quality only. CATALOGUES without quotations are not wanted. ALL, GOODS except provisions to be delivered in Cleveland. Address 1. M. BOWERS, General Manager, CLEVELAND, OHIO, REVIEW. In General. The Great Eastern was the first ship to be fitted with steam steer- ing gear. The steerer was put in under the supervision of J. Macfar- lane Gray, of London. Senator Quay introduced a Senate bill appropriating $1,250,000 for a dry dock at the League island navy yard, of a size to receive the largest battleships at low water. The report that the Japanese government has refused to grant a subsidy of $3,240,000 to the Nippoa Yusen Kaisha's steamship line be- twen Yokohama and Seattle, Washington Trritory, is misleading. The proposed subsidy is really for about $1,700,000, and not $3,240,000, It is still under consideration, and will penal be granted when - parliament again sits. cd The Secretary of the Navy has sent a statement to the Senate con- cerning the cost and quantity of all the armor plate which has been supplied to the government by the Carnegie and Bethlehem steel com- panies. The statement shows that tne Carnegie Company has sup- plied 12,127 tons at prices ranging from $515 to $661 and that the Bethlehem Company has supplied 13,302 tons within the same range of prices. On June 8 the New York State Canal Board approved plans for canal improvements, the estimated cost of which is $2,873,852. Of this amount, $1,683,555 is for work on the eastern division of the Erie canal, and $1,190,397 for work of the middle division. The total amount of work under the $9,000,000 appropriation, contracts for which are either awarded or to be awarded in the near future, is $6,199,527." The plans just approved are for 22 contracts. A catalogue that is probably the most elaborate publication of its kind ever issued in this country has just been sent out by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co. (consolidated), builders of pleasure eraft of all kinds at Morris Heights on the Harlem, New York City. About fifty elegant illustrations of steam yachts of all types and sizes are contained in this catalogue, and a complete description accompanies each of. them. There are illustrations and descriptions also of engines and boilers suited to yachts, and all of the best type known in marine engineering circles. A few of the several kinds of sailing yachts built at the Harlem works are also described and illustrated, but the naphtha yachts, which are a specialty with this concern, are left to a separate publication. Chas. E. & W. F. Peck, 58 William St. 812 Royal Insurance Building, NEW YORK CITY. CHICAGO, ILL. Cc. T. BOWRING & CO., i 5 & A a Ave., E. C. ON, ENG. INSURANCE. BROWN & CO., "J. G. KEITH & 00., G. KEITH & CO., LA SALLE & CO., 202 Main St., 138 Rialto Bldg., Board of Trade Bldg, Buffalo. N. Y. Chicago, Ill. Duluth, Minn. Are prepared to make rates on all classes of Marine Insurance on the great lakes, both CARGOKS and HULLS. "GREAT LAKES RECISTER." F. D. HERRIMAN, Surveyor-General, Chicago, Ill. Newport News Shiphuildine dk Dey Dock COMPANY. WORKS AT NEWPORT NEWS, VA. (On Hampton Roads ) Equipped with a Simpson's Basin Dry Dock capable of docking a vessel 600 feet long, drawing 25 feet of water, at any stage of the tide, Repairs made promptly and at reasonable rates. SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDERS. For estimates and further particulars, address C. B. ORCUTT, Prestt, No. | Broadway, New York: