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On MARINE REVIEW. : Soe Care of Yachts and Small Steam Vessels. 'There areialways a great many details about the machinery of steam yachts and'small steam vessels of all kinds that must have.careful attention. Most-yacht boilers are durable enough if fed always with clean, fresh water, and for this. reason it is good policy to provide a filter im the main feed sys- tem. The filter is charged. with hay or excelsior, and it takes.care of oil and - solid particles, keeping them off the heating surfaces of the boiler. . The nu- merous valves which go with the steam and water systems are sources of trouble and danger if they are of poor quality, but there are plenty of good valves in the market, and it is folly on the part of the steam yachtsman not to buy the best. Pipe joints, if properly made up in the beginning, will last through many seasons without giving any trouble. Copper pip- ing is not much used nowadays, iron pipe and brass pipe of iron pipe size TT X Kv WHINY :. having come-into almost universal use where formerly copper pipe was considered: essential. The flange joint properly takes precedence for strength, and should generally be used in the larger sizes of pipe wherever it is convenient to put it in. Fig. 1 shows a male and female joint of this type, one that is widely used by some of our best eingineers and one that is economical of packing. It requires fewer bolts than the ordinary flat joints. In the case of copper piping the pipe end is turned into a recess in the flange and is also expanded with the hammer, and finally is riveted and brazed or sweated to the flange. With iron pipe it is a good practice, and one that is frequently followed with large sizes, to turn over the end of the pipe after it has been screwed home. This is shown,in Fig. 2. The effect is to give a tight connection to the flange, and, in addition, to greatly. diminish the liability of pulling out. ~ There is usually a much greater running of water into engine room and fire room bilges than is necessary. First there is the water from the engine bearings, if hollow brasses are used. In this case the water can be conveniently piped overboard--that is, if the supply comes from the circulating pump, which will give it ample pressure. Then there are the drippings from the various pumps. Substantial drip pans of steel plate, and deep enough for good capacity, should be provided under each pump. It is best to have the drip pan form part of the bed plate. 'Whether the boat be of steel or wood construction, dry bilges assist in her preservation and'afford a neatness which is of itself worth attaining. "Practically all of the lubricating oil used on board should be caught in the crank pits or in suitable drip pans. This oil can be sold to junk dealers, who can clean,it and-get a good price for it. "The process of cleaning fires is a distressing one for all hands on board | a small steamer. With hand firing the cleaning is tong drawn out and gives both yacht owner and fireman one or more miserable half hours each day. If mechanical stokers were more commonly in use on yachts there would be much less talk about the noisome smells from the fire room, for these devices reduce the necessary cleaning of fires to a minimum. It may be. that the yachtsman, who is ever willing to._pay-for luxuries, will be the pioneer in successfully installing mechanical stukers afloat. Up to this 'time they have not made any considerable headway either in. the merchant marine or-in the navy.--Iron -Age. _ J -H. KELLERAN. JOHN GORDON. H. L. CHAMBERLIN, . . BUFFALO'S NEW FIRM OF VESSHL AGENTS, JOHN GORDON & CO, 4 Capt. Fred econ) of the whaleback barge No. 129 : identall killed at. Ashland Tuesday while his ship was being Tecate on was standing on deck when apiece of ore weighing 100: pounds struck | him on the-back of-the head; crushing: his: skull. _ Hunters' Rates--Via the Nickel Plate road to designated points in the northwest, and southwest; also to local points in western Ohio and north- ern Indiana. No. 358, Nov. 15. 'sprayer, which completely breaks up and shat- 'ters the oil as it flows from the burner. 1 pilot Draft of Water in Detroit River. Contrary to expectations the draft of water in the Detroit Fiver has at no time during the past week been below 17 feet. Following are the readings of the gauge at Ballard's reef, furnished to the Lake Carriers' | Association by Duff & Gatfield: DATE. DRAFT. - WIND. Oct. 12, 6 prmi...c.cccsccenscarseressennceasceons 17 ft. 4 in. NwvW., light: ©: ce o¢e MIANIGHt......cccecseeeeeeeeeseeeeseees etter tte W., light. Oct. 13; 6 as W0si.......ccceseneesssncoeeeoaecesees 'light Ore 117, N. E., light. Ger. bc "MIQOMI 4-500 <0ble oaegcecehen-sdds>-onsvesg i feo ccime FOUN. Ee, disht: " Kole One TiN etme nese cnte ten teh enael> Mes tcicten doe oe Wott. (4 I1 Ee light. Ge ie eg IMTAMIGIA. \ac5sidenaeeereeesie careless 17 ft..92 sin S. E., light. Oct TA, s6 ax ameece. te ayromesnecresee ence nee Cex 17-ft. 3. in. S. E., light. Gb Gln 6c TIOOM 2c ceesteraercuc es'. oebideeadese caress Lt fte7 S., light. meh E OMI Pap Illy aetsaeaileen ctantcilse? sei sio tenis 17 ft.4 in. S. W., light. Ge © ic MAGUS paemenieNet ce cocre tes wcugene == ie, feo ths S. W., light. OCHS Gras mite... gese..c teen ceseete--<d ees. I7.ft.6 Fin. S. W., light. COME Meie NOON sates secs sesess.' i eneenye eicee re ILE ies ali W. S. W., fresh. Cena OcP a Illerete entices screetssascaeecmasscs 17 ft. 6 in. S. W., light. tee MIM MIP... 2... eccoees oo steees 17 ft.5 in. S. W., light. yes WE Oe, str eocacasnsabhascebenndbpoatoonccaddd I? ft. 2 i. W., light. Cie eeeTLOO Mare coma eeinenaoiseance ss accerweesstes ety on aelitt W., fresh. Creer ee OM |) eatUlere ptetener essa euiicy eaters 17 ft. in. N., fresh. Chee Com TIR Cl old em oratante cao seterentec nse: tees ls N. E., light. Octal Grak oma rerentccr.soteencestscuss se snacies: 17 ft.4 in. N.,; light. (et) CoOMIOOM Ms cae cs aece eae tere us eto sacnes cls ss 17 ft. 644 in. N. E., light. CoH MmaCCEN ON Derlille cen cineshonec ce osenosscnsnteets sides 17 ft. 4% in. E., light. Cn eccee TINT TIM Oat emecrteten ee ceetcsnaceee once 17 ft. 644 in. N. E., light. Oct. 18, 6 a. m...... ae 2 LUE iscnec ete heen tos Hi /aeticon (ee ete E., light. Ce Gis SSIKOXOS Ne erononnnbadsode pico k vue tiaae oad 17 ft. 5% in. Calm. 66 wo 6 P- Te. cereeeecarcccvessccccsceescnecs 17 ft. 9 in. Calm. . ie cee MMMM beer cencs acest acesteatecasrs Wi ft. 6) Ani N. K., light. Octy LOS Gta tinh ote avsete een. eres os mee seaies iW antteAgeestiras Calm. é Cometh O Olleretertersrcccicisorieeersiseimeieseecenenis s\siars Hl (eetiteeu eee S. E., light. Stock of Grain at Lake Ports. The following table, prepared from reports of the Chicago board of trade, shows the stocks of wheat and corn in store in regular elevators at the principal points of accumulation on the lakes, Oct. 16, 1897: Wheat, bushels. Corn, bushels. Wea Ope etude cc tyencbeal «io thes 6 3,119,000 19,766,000 DD ilitrtlaeorere noose cea nitiaees ett 8,288,000 486,000 Milwatikeer eer oe re ot 167,000 336,000 DetyOiwes : ceeat ne ovules eke ees 301,000 22,000 MoledOva sai ites Ge he Bin cece te he, 341,000 480,000 cB tattrenll OSes es soe ees Be re erosion ee aoa. ic 1,460,000 892,000 8,676,000 21,982,000 _ As compared with a week ago, the above figures show, at the several points named, an increase of 860,000 bushels of wheat and 856,000 bushels . of corn. On the same date there was afloat on the lakes 2,069,000 bushels of wheat, 1,826,000 bushels of corn and 2,508,000 bushels of oats. Grain afloat on the canals aggregated 523,000 bushels of wheat, 1,041,000 bushels of corn and 391,000 bushels of oats. 5000 Candle-Power Emergency Light. The Wells light has now 'become so common, and proved so satisfac- tory, that surprises may be expressed at its makers bringing out another high-candle-power oil, light working on a dif- she ferent principle. The new light, however, which is illustrated herewith, is not intended to ~ replace the older one, but for use in circum- stances where the eight or ten minutes needed for heating the vaporiser cannot be spared, as at fires, break-downs, etc., where every min- ute of time becomes of serious import. The new lamp is a spray, and not a vapor lamp. The first. of all the high-power oil lights was worked on this principle. As then constructed, however, the power required to produce the spray was considerable, whilst as now made by the Wells Light Mfg. Co., 46 Washington street, New York, a boy can easily maintain one of the lights in full activity. The lamp consists of a reservoir containing oil, and fitted with an. air-pump, by means of which a pres- sure is maintained in the space above the oil. This pressure is then utilized to force the oil up to the burner in the usual way. At the same time, however, a second pipe coming from the top of the reservoir leads air to the light fitted with a wick is kept constantly burning, and immediately the cock shown on the standard is turned, the flame starts into full activity. Closing this cock puts out the flame instantly, so that the lamp can be used very conveniently for signalling purposes. The standard, with its oil and air tubes, can be completely detached from the air reservoir, the two tubes aforesaid passing into this reservoir through glanids, as shown in the figure, which, on replacing the apparatus, only require tightening up for the lamp to be ready for use. 'This lamp should prove useful 'on ore and. coal docks, around dry docks, etc. The illustration is from Engineering of London. All charts sold by the Marine Review are corrected to date of sale. °