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14 - MARINE REVIEW. A Large Solid Wheel. The propeller illustrated herewith was made by H. G. Trout (King Iron Works) {of Buffalo for the steamer Pensacola of the Gulf Transit Co., Galveston, Tex. It is 14 feet in diameter and is the largest solid wheel ever made in Buffalo and possibly on the great lakes. Of course, a great many wheels of larger diameter are made at the Buffalo works, as well as at other places on the lakes, but they are of the sectional kind, the blades being cast separate and bolted to the hub. Mr. H. G. Trout's success with propellers has brougnt to him a large patronage, especially from the south, where many of the large fruit steamers are fitted with his wheels. Among these latter may be mentioned a bronze wheel of 13 feet diameter, furnished recently to a New Orleans steamer.. The Three Friends of Cuban fame and the Sommers N. Smith were fitted with Trout wheels. _ Engineers of the lakes will probably recognize the "man in the photo- graph," Mr. G. H. Wilson, who is well known as the foreman of the Trout works. er i Powerful Electrical Machinery. A notable addition to the already extensive electricaf nlant of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power & Mfg. Co. in the power house at the foot of the cliff, at Niagara Falls, N. Y., will shortly be made in the form of a General Electric Co. electrolytic generator which will be the largest of its kind ever constructed. It will be both liberally and carefully designed to enable it to cope with the very severe service of electrolytic work, namely, for practically continuous operation. This machine will have fourteen poles and wil] run at 257 revolutions, giving an output of 5,000 amperes at 175 volts, or a capacity of 875 kilowatts. It will be of the latest type and will be directly connected to the water wheel shaft. It will be provided with a special panel switchboard with fuil form K equip- ment of instruments necessary to handle a current of 5,000 amperes. The General Electric Co. is already well represented in the big power house of the Niagara Falls company. Two of its six pole 560 K. W. 300 revo- lution 650 volt railway machines, both directly coupled to the same turbine shaft, supply current to the Great Gorge Railway. In addition the station: contains a General Electric booster and two other generators; one of 100 and one of 90 K. W. ' A New York dispatch says that the American line management has made arrangements with the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. for repairs and alterations to be made during the coming winter in the steamships St. Paul, St. Louis and Paris. The nature of the alterations to be made is not disclosed, but it is said over $200,000 is to be expended on the three vessels. Bcilers and engines are to be overhauled, with a view to increasing the speed of the vessels. : New Station. The new Twenty-third street station of the Pennsylvania Lines in New York is fast becoming popular with Cleveland people. The new cab service inaugurated by this line, with only a nominal charge, is what the people long have wanted. The 1:40 p. m. train from Cleveland has through sleepers to New York without change, and diner serving supper. This express train also makes quick time to Pittsburg, Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia. For rates and full information call at City Ticket Office, 149 Superior street, Cleveland. Railways of the United States. i commerce commission is late, as usual, with its sum- aaa Sen EEEee but the information which their report cgntains is nevertheless interesting. The total railway mileage of the Dated States on June 30, 1896, which is the date of the report, was 182,776 miles, an in- crease of 2,119 for the year. The aggregate railway capital was $10,566,- 865,771, which represented a capital of $59,610 per mile of line, or, if current liabilities be included as part of the capital, $63,068 per mile of line. The total capital stock amounted to $5,220,527,269, of which $969,956,692 was preferred. Of the total capital stock a fraction over 70 per cent. paid no dividends. The total dividends amounted to $87,603,371. The passengers carried during the year numbered 511,772,737, an increase of over 4,000,000 as compared with the previous year, which, however, showed a decrease of 33,266,837 as compared with 1894. The freight tonnage carried amounted to 765,891,385 tons, which was the largest ever reported for railways in the United States and an increase of nearly 70,000,000 tons as compared with the preceding year. The gross earnings amounted to $1,150,169,376, an increase of nearly $75,000,000 as compared with the preceding year. The net income showed an increase of more than $33,000,000 over the preceding year. There were in the hands of receivers on. June 30, 1896, 151 roads representing 30,475 miles of operated road. This represented an increase of 18 roads as compared with the preceding year. The capital stock of the railroads controlled by receivers was $742,597,698 and the funded debt was $999,733,766. There were in service on the date of the report 35,950 loco- motives and 1,297,649 cars of all classes, an increase of 251 locomotives and 27,088 cars compared with the corresponding date a year ago. The employees on the railways numbered 826,620 and their aggregate com- pensation amounted to over 60 per cent. of the total Operating expenses of all railways, a slight decrease as compared with preceding years. The employees killed during the year numbered nearly 1,900, an increase of fifty, and those injured numbered nearly 30,000, an increase of over 4,000 as compared with the preceding year. Of the passengers carried 181 were killed and nearly 3,000 were injured. The persons other than employees and passengers killed numbered 4,406 and those injured 5,845. This class- ification includes trespassers. A comparison of the figures given shows that out of every 444 men employed on railroads one was killed, and that out of every twenty-eight men employed one was injured. For every 152 trainmen employed one was killed, and for every ten employed one was injured. Only one out of every 2,827,474 passengers carried was killed, and only one was injured for every 178,132 passengers carried on the roads. Exhibit of Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co. At the convention of the National Association of Stationary Engineers, held at Columbus recently, the Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co. of New York occupied a store opening into the main lobby of the hotel, and exhibited a full line of their engineering goods, particularly Eclipse sectional rain- bow gaskets, Rainbow sheet packing, Honest John hydraulic and hercu- les packings. They also exhibited their combination stop valve packing and Peerless piston packing. The Rainbow gauge glass rings, Anaconda steam hose for use in blowing out tubes, belting, hose, rubber valves, etc.; were particularly attractive to the delegates. Their Rain-Besto gaskets for very high pressure being cut with metallic insertions, received especial attention. The exhibit was handsomely prepared and the goods made a fine showing. They will send. samples. to anyone desiring .to test the merits of their goods. Hudson Dickerman of New York was in charge of the exhibit, W. J. Courtney being also in attendance. They 'presented the ladies with handsome bouquets on the night of the reception and enter- tained the delegates with royal hospitality. The Duluth, Missabe & Northern ore docks made a new record in gaging 56,000 tons in thirty-six hours recently. Eight Bessemer steamers oaded, Army and navy charts of the lakes are kept in stock by the Marine Review, Perry-Payne building, Cleveland.