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24 MARINE REVIEW. [December 6; be operated from more than one point at the same time. The only con- stant expenditure of energy is that used for rotating the armatures of generator and exciter through dead fields. ; 'Among the vessels that the company has equipped throughout or partly equipped with its electrical products, may be mentioned the fol- lowing: - Median Marine: St. Louis, St. Paul, New York, Philadelphia, Westernland, Noordland, Belgenland, Friesland, Merion, Haverford, Zee- land, Vaderland, Bosnia, Aragonia, Assyria, Northumberland, Frederick E. Richards, La Grande Duchesse, Bulgaria, Oriole. Yachts: Enterprise, Atalanta, May, Intrepid, Aphrodite, Margarita, Niagara, Alceda, Utowanna, Clermont, Utopia, Josephine. Government: Brooklyn, Baltimore, Wasp, Sherman, Pennsylvania, Meade, Ohio, Supply, Grant, Indiana, Burnside, Hist, Connemaugh, Rus- sian cruiser Variag, 'Russian cruiser Pobieda, Russian battleship Peres- viet, Russian gunboat Pallada, Russian transport Gromoboy, submarine torpedo boat Holland, police boat Samuel H. Ashbridge. ADJUSTABLE BEVEL BAND SAW MACHINE. -- An illustration on this page shows a néw adjustable bevel band saw machine that is especially adapted for the use of ship and boat builders. navy yards, and work where the cut is to be made at varying angles. The main frame is cast in one piece, on which is mounted a heavy circular weighted to prevent its falling when loosened. There is furnished with each machine one saw 1% in. wide 23% ft. long, mending tools and two counter shafts. The weight of the machine is 5,500 pounds. There are tight and loose pulleys on counter shaft of 12 in. diameter and 5 in. face. Speed 375 revolutions. When the machine is to be set up in a place where water can get into the pit in which the lower wheel runs, there is sometimes furnished a water-tight iron box in which to place the founda- tion for the machine. This forms the pit in which the lower wheel and belt are installed, and will weigh 5,000 pounds. When required there is provided two carriages mounted on circular tracks, one placed at each end of the saw table for the purpose of carrying the ends of long and heavy timbers to the right or left when cutting curves or irregular lines. An adjustable gauge for ripping and re-sawing may be attached to the table when desired. The machine is made by the Atlantic Works, Incor- porated, of Philadelphia. TWO BATTLESHIPS DISABLED, With the battleship Massachusetts leaking badly and the battleship Kearsarge with one of her big 13-in. guns in the forward turret disabled, there do not appear to be any indications that the North Atlantic squad- ron, of which these two ships form an important part, will leave these waters on Dec. 20, as announced. It has been known for several days that the Massachusetts was leaking badly and all her pumps had to be I Tl saddle which carries the wheels; this is counterweighted and provided with hand and power moyenient. This is done in such a manner as to have the center of movement for the saw at the point where it pierces the table, the movement being accomplished by means of the hand wheel shown at the left of the illustration, where also is placed an index in plain view of the operator to regulate the different angles required. At this point is also placed the hand wheel for adjusting the pressure roller and lever for raising and lowering the feed roller, the power movement being controlled by a shifter handle placed close by the operator. The machine is strongly belted. Wheel shafts are made of steel of large diameter running in bearings lined with the best anti-friction metal. Wheels are 38 in. diameter and 2%4 in. face, with steel spokes, the rim being a continuous laminated wood rim covered with canvas and gutta percha. The machine has a power-driven feed roll mounted underneath the table. This roll is so arranged that it can be raised or lowered so as to feed crooked or uneven timbers or be dropped entirely below the table surface when required; it also has a side feed so that a timber may be carried bodily to the right or left as occasion may require and has three changes of feed--10, 20 and 30 ft. The table is 4x6 ft., is level at all times and is provided with rollers at both sides to carry heavy timbers; has the latest improved guides both above and below, the top one being counter- used to prevent her from sinking in Hampton Roads. The injury to the big battleship is forward and divers have been working on her trying to make temporary repairs so that she could be taken back to the Brook- lyn navy yard and put in dry dock. They have succeeded in reducing the leak so that two pumps are now keeping her clear. The battleship Kear- sarge, soon after leaving dry dock at Brooklyn, fired her 18-in, gun in the forward turret and the recoil cushion failed to act properly. The big gun was totally disabled, for a time at least. It is thought that the gun will have to be dismounted and heated, to replace her bands, which have been sprung about 10 in, Anthony J. Drexel's new twin screw steam yacht Margarita, which has been built at Scott's yard at Greenock from designs by George L. Watson, had her long distance trial recently. The result was very satis- factory, the yacht making 17.95 knots an hour. This is the third yacht _of this name which Mr. Drexel has owned. Her dimensions are 289 ft. over all, 36 ft. beam, 17 ft. depth and a Thames measurement of 1,789 tons. The Panama Railroad & Steamship Co. has instituted its own line of steamships between San Francisco and Panama and is prepared to take through bound freights for eastern ports in any amount.