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1899.] , MARINE REVIEW. 23 -- It is understood that President Morse of the New York Ship Build- ing Co., Camden, N. J., will not erect at the new Camden works any of the large traveling cantilever cranes such as are in use at the Cramp and Newport News yards, as it is the intention to construct huge ship sheds, so that vessels may be built under cover as is the case in some of the European yards and at San Francisco, VALUE OF STOCKS--LEADING IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIALS, Quotations furnished by HERBERT WRIGHT & Co., Cleveland, date of Dec. 6. 1899. NAME OF STOOK. OPEN HIGH LOW oOLOsE American Steel & Wire........... ..6.. 463 463% 434 45 American Steel & Wire, Pfd.......... 95 95 93% 937% MEdeLalestee lovers sceste soc sseeteenerss csr 60% 60% 5834 6034 EP ETAIEStEEls LG 5. cc. .cercesscomterseet 80% 804% 79 80% National Steel ....... Seecineseees eee 45% 45% 41 43 Nationalksteels Biden... ..scessne cscs 94 94 93 93% Mmeicatedith PIAtCT cc. ssnssdseo eect 32 32 2836 30 American Tin Plate, Pfd............... 81 81 7 80 American Steel Hoop................00 46 46 4214 45% American Steel Hoop, Pfd............ 82% 8254 81% 89 Republic Iron & Steel ..:......-......4 244 24 23% 233/ Republic Iron & Steel, Pfd........... 69% 69% 69% 6934 OLD 'PHONE No. 319. A bill has been prepared and will be submitted to congress providing for the establishment of a marine hospital at Buffalo. The building con- templated is to cost $125,000 and would have accommodations for from sixty to.seventy-five beds. CAPT. GEO. A. SIMPSON, Exeert Compass Adjuster, 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Yearly Contracts Solicited. Nautical Instruments Repaired. SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. FOR SALE. Steamers Superior and Duluth. Suited to ice crushing pur- poses. Good excursion boats--1,000 to 1,500 capacity each. Euclid Beach Park Co., Cleveland, O. Dec. 7. U. S. Engineer Office, 57 Park St., Grand Rapids, Mich., November 30, 1899. Sealed proposals for Pier Extension at Saint Joseph, Mich., will be received here until 3 P. M., December 30, 1899, and then pub- licly opened. Information furnished on application. Chester Harding, Capt., Engrs. ~ Dec. .28. AMERICAN WOOD FIRE-PROOFING CO. GUY PHELPS DODGE, President. Sieumverees BOWING Green Bldg., 11 Broadway, N. Y. tet. No. 1338 Broad Make all kinds of wood ABSOLUTELY NON-FLAMMABLE, at their works at Newark, N. J. Our treatment has heen accepted and is being used hy different bureaus of the United States Navy and the General Electric Co., having passed the required tests. A SPECIALTY : Q2Z2-20-41 Ou-=xrMN QS z oS Oni 2 -- i OUMNSHIT THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING 65 WaLL STREET, NEW YORK. Soh THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF FIBER IN THE WORLD. A SPECIALTY: 4-STRAND PLUMBAGO HEART