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16 MARINE -REVIEW. MARINE REVIEW Devoted to the Merchant Marine, the Navy, Ship Building, and Kindred Interests. _ Published every Thursday at No. 418-19 Perry-Payne building, Cleveland, Ohio, by THe MARINE REVIEW PuBLISHING Co. _ SUBSCRIPTION--$2.00 per year in advance. Single copies 10 cents each. binders Sent, post paid, $1.00. Advertising rates on application. Convenient Entered at Cleveland Post Office as Second-class Mail Matter. XX = -- At the recent New Orleans meeting of the National Board of Steam | Navigation, Mr. F. G. Osborne of the lighterage department of the Penn- -- sylvania railroad was elected to the chairmanship of the executive com- _ mittee. The one could never have been developed to its present high stage of usefulness in this country without the other. Mr. Osborne called atten- tion to the fact that in earlier days when river, lake and coast navigation was carried on almost exclusively in sail vessels the railroads were viewed by vessel owners with jealous eyes, but gradually the steam vessels had come to go hand in hand with that of the railroads, until finally there became between them a common interest and inter- Mr. Osborne is evidently the right kind of man in the position : to which he has been elected. He is broad enough to understand that - there should be no struggle between the ship owner and the railroad. - progression of | change of passengers and freight, which has caused the chasm to grad- | ually but steadily narrow. As evidence of the closeness of the affiliation -- in many instances, he pointed to the fact that lines such as the Morgan, Mallory, Cromwell, Ward, Clyde and Plant are now made up partly of vessel and partly of rail interests, while every railroad with a water ter- minal has a fleet of steam vessels to supplement its work, the extent of © this phase of transportation ranging from the road that has a few ferry- | boats in service in New York harbor to lines like the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Southern Pacific, which have large steamers in the trans- oceanic service. Osborne, there are more than 400 steam vessels engaged in the transfer of railroad freight and passengers. the railroad is the natural ally and feeder of steam vessels and that it brought business directly to the steam vessels in all parts of the country. In the harbor of New York alone, according to Mr. ~ To sum up the matter, he said that -- The following comment by the Shipping World, a London publica- tion, on methods followed in the construction of the challenger for the America's cup is, to say the least, interesting: "The builders of the Shamrock are still keeping up their childlike and mythical proceedings | in regard to the supposed building in absolute secrecy of the craft. Surely the Chiswick firm do not imagine that they hold, at this end of the nineteenth century, the supreme prerogative to blindfold science and put ' back the hands of time? We maintain, with all due respect to Messrs. | Thornycroft, that Messrs. Herreshoff have nothing to learn from us when i it comes to the construction of a racing machine pure and simple, nor do we think the American riggers will get any wrinkles from the Shamrock's : sail plan. capped by having to sail across the Atlantic, we believe the better boat will win, whether she has been built in Stygian darkness or in the oper light of day." The commission recently appointed by Governor Roosevelt of New York to investigate the canal troubles. of that state, and of which Maj r_ Although Sir Thomas Lipton's craft will be heavily handi- - T. W. Symons, United States engineer at Buffalo, is a member, is evident- : ly alarmed over the interest shown in Canada's enlarged canals on the St. . Lawrence, which will certainly be opened up to traffic early next season. The efforts of two or three big corporations to arrange for terminal fa- cilities at Montreal, so as to operate vessels to advantage in the canal trade, have stirred up the New York State interests, especially at Buffalo, © to a fear of greater competition than was expected from the Canadian route during the earlier stages of canal improvement in the St. Lawrence. It is understood that Governor Roosevelt's commission will go to Canada May 10, to inspect and examine the canals of the St. Lawrence and inci- dentally to learn all they can as to probable competition from that source. Mr. Eugene T. Chamberlain, United States commissioner of naviga- tion seems to take advantage of every opportunity that will keep him in touch with the interests of vessel Owners and ship builders of the coun- | try. His latest move in the furtherance of this ambition is found in the trip which he has just undertaken to the West Indies. Mr. Chamber- lain will visit Cuba, Porto Rico, Hayti and San Domingo, and will make a thorough study of shipping and commercial problems generally, with which, however, he is already very well informed. The tendency in France continues to be in the direction of increasing and improving the interior waterways of the country, the most notable project now under discussion being the building of a ship canal to connect the Rhone with the city of Marseilles. At present a single rail- way. company controls the vast traffic entering and leaving the city, and complaints of inadequate service and high rates are frequent. nection with the Rhone would greatly relieve the situation. The board of construction, navy department, will soon take up the | matter of the adoption of triple twin screws for the large cruisers recently authorized by congress. There is already evidence of the development of. serious opposition to the views of Engineer-in-Chief: Melville, who 'is an: enthusiastic advocate of triple sctews. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co. has announced the aabouee oe an extensive plan of improvements to be carried out at Newport News, Va. A new elevator will be erected, an additional pier for loading coal. constructed and new track laid until the yards will contain a total of fifty- two miles of track. i I a De i ao A con- [April 27, --$--. BRIGHT OUTLOOK ON THE PACIFIC. San Francisco, April 20.--We have heard out here of late of some eastern men--ship builders and vessel owners--contemplating enterprises of different kinds along shipping lines on the Pacific. They will maka no mistake. The opportunities for profitable investment of capital in this direction are of a very attractive kind and will undoubtedly be taken up shortly by strong hands. With a steady increase in the trade to the Klondyke, to Honolulu and to Manila, the demand, especially for steamers, has greatly exceeded the supply. Shipping is prosperous everywhere on this coast and has been for eighteen months past. Sailing vessels in the Siberian trade have been unusually successful. Five vessels are now on-the berth taking in cargo for Siberia and fifteen are taking in supplies and canners' outfits, as well as men to 'do the necessary work in Alaska. pene The Santa Fe Railroad has had plans made for a feathering bucket side-wheel ferry of about thé size and style of the Philadelphia, a picture of which appeared in the Review of March 30. Hatch Brothers, owners of the Monticello, plying between this place and Mare island navy yard, have drawings for a steel steamer 135 feet long and 30 feet beam. The plans call for 15 knots. The vessel will be used almost exclusively for passen- ger service, replacing the Monticello, which has become too small for the increasing trade. ~The government transports Arizona and Scandia are in port taking on supplies for Manila. They are both large carriers, the Scandia being es- pecially adapted for troop service. Both ships will take troops as well as cargo. Since arrival they have taken on new names. The Arizona will go out as the Hancock and Scandia as the Warren. The Newport of the Pacific Mail Line will return again to Manila. The Lelanaw is also under charter to the government. The latter vessel is under the man- agement of Mr. Jerome from the great lakes. Arthur Hill of East Sagi- naw is also interested in the Lelanaw, Mackinaw and three other vessels that have been successfully operated in the coast coal trade. Mr. Jerome informs me that two steam cs of about 4,500 tons capacity are to be added to his fleet. Occassionally these steamers are used in South Am 'rican trade. APPOINTMENTS OF CAPTAINS AND ENGINEERS. Bradley, M. A., Cleveland: Steamers--Alva, Capt. M. Mulholland, Engineer J. N. Kirby; Geo. Stone, Capt. Chas. H. Francke, Engineer Fdwin Black; Hesper, Capt. Jos. A. Holmes, Engineer A. R. Crook; Pasadena, Capt. John H. Wysoon, Engineer A. J. Millet; Gladstone, Capt. Paul Howell, Engineer P. H. Doyle; M. B. Grover, Capt. W. E. Morris, Engineer J. F. Mahaney; City of Cleveland, Capt. B. H. Jones, Engineer Geo. F. Hunt; R. P. Ranney, Capt. Clint Ennes, Engineer Geo. W. Cross; J. S. Fay, Capt. D. Buie, Engineer Dan Conway; F. Kelley, Capt. Chauncey Ney, Engineer W. A. Robbins; S. E. Sheldon, Capt. C. R. Baker, Engineer Jos. Griffin. Schooners--Adriatic, Capt. E. Save- land; Jno. Martin, Capt. Las Lawless; A. Cobb, Capt. N. Gifford; D. P. Rhodes, Capt. W. A. Seeles; T- Quayle; Capt. Fred. Green; Sandusky, Capt. A. B. Parsons; Negaunee, Capt. D. C. Olson. Davidson, James, West Bay City, Mich.: Steamers--Appomattox, Capt. Hugh Stevenson, Engineer Fdward A. Carter; Shenandoah, Capt. Geo. C. Stevenson, Engineer R. E. Walker; Rappahannock, Capt. E. Smades, Engineer E. J. Rae; Sacramento, Capt. Ira B. Mansfield, En- gineer C. A. Fletcher; Amazonas, Capt. A. J. Mahon, Engineer Richard Mahoney; Orinoco, Capt. Geo. C. Burns, Engineer Geo. M. Wise; Ven- ezuela, Capt. Geo. W. Starkey, Engineer J. Phelan,; Nicaragua, Capt. Wm. G. Maltby, Engineer Hugh McAlpin; Bermuda, Capt. John Mc- Avoy, Engineer R. H. Rowswell; Monohansett, Capt. Richard Bifield, Engineer John Haller; Robert Holland, Capt. W. L. Montgomery, En- gineer J. Wellman. Tugs~Industry, Capt. A. H. Kent, Engineer John Doe; Annie M. Pierce, Capt. John Ross, Engineer Charles Young. Schooners--New schooner No. 91, Capt. Carl Johnson; new schooner No. 92, Capt. David W: Williams; Armenia, Capt. Lawrence Coleman; Abyssinia, Capt. Fred. T. Weimar; Algeria, Capt. Charles Jackson; Crete, Capt. Martin Johnson; Granada, Capt. Chas. Frederichs; Paisley, Capt. FR. J. Starkey; Grampian, Capt--Mark~--J. Starkey; Lizzie A. Law, Capt. Peter Overood; White and Friant, Capt. John Stevenson. Minch & Nicholas Transit Co's., Capt. Wm. Gerlach, Mgr., Cleveland: Steamers--I. W. Nicholas, Capt. N. B. Nelson, Engineer Wm. Miller; Onoko, Capt. Joseph Lampoh, Engineer. A. E. Meeker; Philip Minch, Capt. W. H. Johnson, Engineer R. D. Butler; John N. Glidden, Capt. W. S. Carlos, Engineer Andrew Nelson. Schooners--Dundee. Capt. on Elen; Sophia Minch, Capt. John H. Christie; Warmington, apt = oe . _Energy characteristic of the management of the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. is again shown in announcements regarding the progress of work at the Newport News plant. Keels for the two 18,500-ton passenger and freight steamers for Pacific service will be laid within a month or six weeks. The Brown Hoisting & Conveying Machine Co. of Cleveland has completed the traveling cantilever crane under which these vessels are to be built and it has been successfully tested. Another crane will ere long be completed and under it the battleship Missouri and monitor Arkansas will be built. Work has been started on the fourth of the Morgan liners and the first of two steamers to be built for the Crom- well line.. They will be constructed on the ways from which the Morgan liners El Norte and El Sud were recently launched, and when El Rio, the third Morgan liner is launched May 1, the keel will be laid for the second of the Cromwell liners. A representative of Delannay, Belleville & Co. of France, owners of all patents on the Belleville type of water tube boiler, has been in this country for two or three months past, and it is understood that he con- cluded an arrangement with the Cramps before leaving, subject to ratifi- cation by his company, for the manufacture of the boiler in the United States. This engineer also examined the Belleville boilers of lake passen- ger steamers North West:and North Land, and it is understood he com- mended the workmanship and material, as well as the condition in which the boilers havé been placed for the coming season's work.