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14 MARINE In General, W. S. McCabe of a Tacoma, Wash. stevedore firm has patented machinery with which 5,000 tons of Oriental merchandise, tea, ae etc., can be unloaded in 24 hours. The Dominion Atlantic Ry. is adding a twin-screw $200,000 steel steamer to their Bay of Fundy service. She will be one of the finest steamers in the Canadian coasting trade. The big four-masted sea-going ship neneen left Baltimore recently for San Francisco with a cargo of 4,666 tons of coal, which is the largest cargo of coal ever carried out 'of Baltimore in a sailing vessel. The vessel is drawing 26} feet of water, and is expected to make a fast passage.. ; ; Official statistics show a deficit of a seta marks in the Baltic canal business. During the past year 19,900 vessels of 1,848,450 tons passed through this waterway. The fumabed of ee passages ex- ceeds those of the Soo canal over a thousand, but. the tonnage is only 3 about one-tenth as much, The French navy committee has approved the Poor favoring the proposal to open an extraordinary credit of 260,000,000 francs, 20,- 000,000 franes for repairs to warships, 40,000,000 frances to establish hacbor? of refuge and 200,000,000 francs to erated new war ships. The committee also decided that the new warships ooee be cruisers in- » stead of battleships. Capt. George Howe of the coal barge Wefaware' plying between New England and Southern coal ports, is a lover of the bicycle. 'The barge is 320 feet long, with a good breadth of beam, and so he has at ' his disposal a 600-foot cycle track, and he uses it. ror the rising bow of the Delaware is a coast that carries his wheel way to the stern, and to get back to the other tack is easy. A header excites no sar- , castic remarks, as the crew is well trained, and when meiey feel funny | they go into their quarters. -The official Blue Book on British shipping casualities for 1859-6 hows that the total number of sea casualties to vessels belonging to the United Kingdom recorded in 1895-6 (total losses and serious and minor casualties) was 6,872, or 684 less than in 1894-5 and 345 less than 1893-4. The average number of seamen lost in sailing vessels was 1,053, and of passengers 59, against 850 seamen and 48 passengers lost in 1895-6. The average number of seamen lost in steamships was 509, and of passengers 213, against 484 seamen and 426 passen- gers lost in 1895-6, Trade Notes. The neatest and richest thing in flag catalogues, showing all national flags, international code, and different line flags in colors, has been published by DeGrauw, Aymar & Co., 34 South st., New York. It is for the trade only. The Buffalo Forge Co., Buffalo, N. Y., has done something cute : in issuing a pocket edition of their 400-page library-bound catalogue. They were printed principally for engineers and they will find a de-:' mand for them as soon as the engineers learn of the valuable tables - in them. The C. H. Haeseler Co., Philadelphia, Pa., is furnishing a complete compressed air plant for the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co,, consisting of a 20x24-inch duplex steam compressor, 24 pneumatic caulking and chipping tools and 15 pneumatic drills and \: reamers. The many friends and patrons of the Garlock Packing Co. will . be pleased to hear of the continued prosperity of this enterprising | 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- i ery, Tinware, Ranges, Carpeting, Bedding, Life-preservers, Rafts and Boats, Engineers' Supplies and Tools, Carpenters' Tools, Elec tric Supplies, Lamps, Grate Bars, Castings, etc., etc., etc. ALSO QUOTATIONS from Market men and eaad 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 LM. BOWERS, General Manager, e CLEVELAND, OHIO. REVIEW. firm. Notwithstanding the fact that business generally is not brisk, the Garlock Packing Co. finds it necessary to run their plant over time to keep up with their orders which they are filling promptly. The company has new plans drawn which will greatly increase the capae- ity of their Palmyra factory and have already broken ground for addi-~ tional buildings which when completed wili nearly double their plant. The Detroit Graphite Mfg. Co., of Detroit, Mich., has recenty eae quired the title to the graphite mines in Horthetl Michigan from which they have been making their Superior graphite paint. The ore from this mine produces the best pigment for paint so far found. This pigment is reduced to a fineness never before obtained from graphite and none of the graphitic carbon is taken from it to be used for other purposes. It is unassailable by acids, or chemicals of any kind and is of an absolute uniform quality. The Superior graphite paint made by this company. has obtained an enviable popularity for use on vessels. B. P. O. E. excursion to Minneapolis via the Nickel Plate road, July 3d and 4th. One fare. ip 13a FFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD, Washington, D.C., June 28, 1897. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until noon on Saturday, the 31st day of July, 1897, for. furnishing the materials and labor of all kinds necessary for the construction, equipment and delivery of one first-class composite light-vessel at Philadelphia, Pa. The said vessel 'must be completed and delivered within ten calendar months from date of the approval of the con- tract by the Secretary of the Treasury, and bid- ders are informed that because of the urgent need of the speedy delivery, the element of time to be consumed in construction will be given due consideration in determining the award of the contract, and the contract will be awarded to the lowest best responsible bidder. Each 'proposal must be accompanied with a certified check payable to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the sum of five thousand dol- lars (#5,000).. The certified check of the success- ful bidder will be retained until the execution of a formal bond or contract, and the approval ~ of the same by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the certified checks of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned immediately after the proposal of the successful bidder has been ac- cepted, Forms of proposal, plans. cand specifications showing what is required, can be had or seen by applying to this office. The right is reserved to reject_any or all bids and to waive any defects. W. S. SCHLEY, Captain, U.S. N., Chairman. Chas. E. & W. F. Peck, 58 William St. 812 Royal Insurance Building, CHICAGO, ILL. NEW YORK CITY. Cc. T. BOWRING & CO., 5 & a an Ave., u C. NDON, ENG INSURANCE. BROWN & CO., J.G. KEITH & CO., LA SALLE & C0., 202 Main St., 138 Rialto Bldg., Board of Trade Bldg,, Buffalo. N. Y. Chicago, Ill. Duluth, Minn. Are prepared to make rates on alle at lakes both CARGOES and HULLS. lasses of Marine Insurance on the gre ' "GREAT LAKES RECISTER." F. D. HERRIMAN, Surveyor-General, Chicago, Il. Newport News Shiphuildiny & Dry Doc 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, Repaits made promptly and at reasonable rates, SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDERS. For estimates and further particulars, address c. B. ORCUTT, Pres't, No. | Broadway, New York«