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24 MARINE REVIEW. [May 10, sentative of the manufacturing industries; I took Charles Cramp as a ship builder; I took Mr. Mink, who has to do with the coastwise trade. I sent out to the lakes and took men there who had no earthly interest in the matter except as patriotic citizens. I took men who were engaged in the coastwise trade, who had no interest except as patriotic Americans. I took men who believed in discriminating differences. I took men who believed in bounties and made up a committee of twenty-five men, and there never were twenty-five men who devoted so much time to any one single piece of legislation as those men devoted to that. We finally drafted a bill which, in my judgment, will, if it becomes a law, put our flag upon the ocean once more." STANDARD TYPES OF BOATS IN THE NAVY. "Standard Types of Boats of the United States Navy"' is the title of a valuable publication just issued from the construction bureau of the navy, having been compiled under the direction of Admiral Hichborn, chiet constructor. American naval boats are the best and the swiftest in the world, and the American. jackies have proved their superiority in many memorable rowing contests with the boats of every naval power in every port in the world. This result has not been obtained without effort, but, as disclosed in the publication just issued, has followed from the utiliza- tion of the highest science in boat building, supplemented by the prac- tical experience of our naval captains and of the sailors who pull the oars. At last the United States navy has thoroughly standardized its boats and the precious results have been embodied in the book, which is the first of its kind ever published by any navy. The principal reason for the publication was a desire on the part of the navy department to provide in compact form all-of the information necessary to enable any private boat builder to construct United States naval boats with absolute accuracy. It is realized that in time of war the navy yards, which now build the boats, could not begin to meet the de- mand, and recourse must be had to outside builders. In the Spanish- American war the navy was very near the end of its resources in the matter of boats. The army had used up all of the boats of the North Atlantic squadron in Janding near Santiago, and had there been more naval operations after the destruction of Cervera's fleet the lack of boats would have been manifested. As a matter of fact it was only the forward- ness of the construction bureau in building a number of boats for battle- ships and cruisers on the stocks in advance of their completion that enabled the department to have a small stock upon which to draw in the time of need. The publication, which is intended to guard against a recurrence of this condition, sets out all of the details needed for the construction of any one of the type of naval boats so accurately that it would not be necessary for a boat builder even to take a measurement. Every: figure has been calculated, and every particle of material entering into the boat is indi- cated, with its weight and cost. The requirements are set out in ninety- nine pages of text, and there are no less than 222 pages. of illustrations, some being half-tone reproductions of the launches and gigs and whale- boats and steam cutters and dingeys and other craft which make up the equipment of a warship. ARMOR PLATE MAKING AT THE BETHLEHEM WORKS. The Bethlehem Steel Co., South Bethlehem, Pa., has just issued an attractive little book intended to briefly illustrate the successive steps in the manufacture of armor plate, ordnance and forgings from the raw ma- terial to the finished product as practiced at the Bethlehem works. The story begins with the iron ore mines in Cuba and continues to the shipping wharves, the storage plant, the blast furnaces, the open hearth furnaces, and successively shows the manufacture of the steel ingot, the armor plate and the processes for hardening it. The book is beautifully illus- trated. The result of several experiments in the penetration of armor is shown, together with various types of ordnance now used on battleships. Valuable statistics are also given of the world's production of coal, iron ore and iron and steel. It is expected that within the next ten days the Harvard, first of the large freighters building by the American Ship Building Co. for Carnegie interests will be launched at the Detroit works. The Detroit works also have two very large steamers under way for Eddy Bros. of Bay City, and one of these will go into the water shortly after the Carnegie steamer. Work on a fire boat for the city of Detroit will be started as soon as the Harvard is launched. Henry M. Curry, well' known to everybody who has had dealings with the Carnegie Steel Co. during several years past, died at Atlantic City on Saturday last. Mr. Curry had been in poor health for some years and had not been in active business for many months. His death was due to a general breaking down of his system. Chippewa is the name selected for the fast excursion steamer building at the works of the Craigs, Toledo, for the Alrnold Transportation Co. of Mackinaw Island, Mich. This vessel is 209 feet over all and of very fine lines. She is to maintain a speed of 18 miles an hour in regular service, THE KENNEY FLUSHOMETER FOR FLUSHING WATER-CLOSETS. " THE BEST SYSTEM EVER INVENTED FOR USE ON STEAM VESSELS. NO CUP LEATHERS OR SPRINGS. Owners and Constructors of Steamships. Yachts and Steamboats have found it indispensable. Used by the U.S. War and Navy Departments--Transports Grant, Sheridan. Burnside, Terry, Hooker. Thomas. Sedgewick. Meade. Crovk, McClellan, Sherman. Also Albany, Day Line Steamers, and others. THE KENNEY COMPANY, Send for Catalogue: 72 to 74 Trinity Place, NEW YORK. Showing application of Flushometer. [Patented.] Tools for Economical Production. 36" STANDARD LATHE--HEAVY PATTERN. We build complete lines of Machine Tools for machine shop equipments, viz: Lathes, Planers, Drills, Shapers, Boring Mills, Etc. Investigate our lines before buying. The American Tool Works Co. BUILDERS OF COMPLETE LINES OF MACHINE TOOLS, wy Coes Ss: CoIMICIMNMNMA TI, UU. s&. A. NEW YORK OFFICE: 120 Broadway, Geo. Place, Agent. NEW ORLEANS: The Fairbanks Co. CHICAGO STORE: 68-70 South Canal Street. PHILADELPHIA: The Fairbanks Co. CLEVELAND: The Strong, Carlisle & Hammond Co. BOSTON STORE: 36 Federal Street. BALTIMORE: The Fairbanks Co. Supply Co. Finsbury, E. C. SAN FRANCISCO: Henshaw, Bulkley & Co. DENVER AND SALT LAKE CITY: The Mine & Smelter LONDON: Alfred Herbert, Ltd., 7 Leonard St., DUSSELDORF: de Fries & Co., Act. Ges., Graf Adolf Strasse, 83-87 ANTWERP: Nyssens Freres, 33 Rue des Peignes. BERLIN: de Fries & Co., Act. Ges., Kloster Strasse, 13-15. PARIS : Roux Freres & Cie., 54 Boulevard du Temple. MOSCOW: Alfred Stucken.