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16 MARINE REVIEW. - [April 11, SHIP BUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES. The last issue of the Review contained a brief summary of the report of the bureau of navigation, treasury department, regarding the ee tion of merchant vessels in the United States during nine months en : March 31. The treasury department year ends June 30, and hence the MERCHANT SHIPS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES--FROM REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF NAVIGATION. Nine months ended March 31, 1901. Nine months ended March 31, 1900. Wood : IVessels| "994 |Gross Tons. Districts. SteelV essels Véusels: Total. _|Steel Vessels Vewols. Ba Ba Oo foun Dw 3 Ba ; Bo : a ;| o8 slo od Jie] ef 1 So cok fe) 28 £\ée\2\ 68 i2|\ ee -|% 68 12) 6a |al 6s oe ee oe oS Atlantic and 2 ef a 759 | 451| 66,320 | 484] 124,079 | 55 | 70,440 | 474) 57,400 | 529) 127, patie eae 3 Onan 79| 25.492 | 83| 31,522] 1| 1,068] 74] 18,591 | 75 19,654 Great Lakes.| 28 | 80,708) 35] 2,659.| 63] 83,367; 10| 40,529} 30) 1,926) 40 42,455 West'nRivers| 1 562 | 122| 73443 | 123] 8,005| 1 50| 87, 6,149| 88! 6, Totals....... 66 | 145,059 sr] wo 758| 246,973 | 67 | 112,082 | 665| 84,066 79 196,148 i f{ the third quarter with the last day of March. The full repori ae hand. The main features of it are contained in a table on this page. Vessels officially numbered during the nine months (the govern- ment regard a vessel built when she is numbered) aggregated 246,973 THE EXODUS TO EUROPE. Notwithstanding the fact that there will be no special attraction on the other side of the ocean this year the agents of the various steamship lines say the outlook for a prosperous season is encouraging. Thus far the bookings have been up to the average for an ordinary year, but greater inquiry for accommodation is expected after the balmy weather sets in. It is announced in New York that steamship men would not be surprised should this year prove the banner one, except 1900, in the transatlantic passenger business. Last year, it is claimed, hundreds of persons re- mained at home in order to avoid the crush to attend the Paris exposi- tion, and this year these will undertake the journey. The agents say that as the various industries of the United States are in a flourishing condi- tion, many persons will be able to take a trip to Europe this year. There is every evidence of this fact, they say, in the extraordinary demand for second cabin accommodations, On a few lines the summer season for eastbound travel will extend from the middle of April to July 15. On the other lines the summer season will open May 1 and end July 15. The minimum rate during the summer season on the Deutschland of the Hamburg-American line; the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of the North German Lloyd; the Oceanic of the White Star line, and the La Lorraine of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, will be $110, which is a small reduction from the rate last year. On other steamships the minimum rate ranges from $50 to $100. A number of new steamships will be placed in the New York service of several lines this year. The American line will have the Philadelphia, formerly the Paris, which is practically a new vessel, remodelled and fitted with all the modern improvements for safety and comfort. She is expected to arrive in New York early in July. The Red Star line will have the Zeeland of 12,000 tons, and the Merion and Haverford, each of 10,000. The Zeeland is a sister ship of the Vaderland. The North Ger- RELATIVE NAVAL STRENGTH OF NATIONS.* NUMBER AND DISPLACEMENT OF VESSELS OF DIFFERENT CLASSES, BUILT AND BUILDING, FOR THE SIX PRINCIPAL NAVAL POWERS. UNITED STATES. GREAT BRITAIN. FRANCE. GERMANY. JAPAN. RUSSIA. rage ele el oe (es ee eg te el we ele ele feel Se el a al rs ad |Sqa q | a ise q '3 a ide a s a iss a 5 a |se ae zs Bee ui fle |e |e) © me fale | © ae) & oe at 2 ice Ee] Bie eS i - bove Be Eee ae eas eye! o | gogan | 6 | 78,000 || 45 | 662.470 | 11 | 154,900 || 19 | 197,920 1| 12,630 || 9 | osree! 6 60,000 || 4} 54,400 | 2} 30,400 || 15 | 162,915} 7 | 92,300 Battleships, ee a coast-defense ironclads - Bi ee 35.060 | 4 |) 11,020 || 95 1 142865) to || 25 | TORO | oa.) aces 26 | 88,920 |i cicclt 6) 17,0061... thao} 7edool ot ee a 3 17'415| 6 | 76,500 || 11 | 71,2601 14 | 167,600 || 10 | 63°00 |"it "04,000 || "4 35,760 2) 17,740|! 6 | 51,285} 1| 9,850|| 11 | 82,730) 41" 7,800 Cruisers, Hy eee and ae , protected, no armore\ : : 3,000 Lone) Aeutssy a. 86,300 | 9 | 43,200 |] 77 | 446,490 |......|..ccceceeee 22 | 105,495 | 2 | - 7,860 |] 9 | 49,210 }..03..1..2....0... 10.) 41,485 Eos. fee 8, 8 | 46,680} 8 | 44,860 Coulee, 1,000 to. 3 000 tons... x SRO len 72, | 134,615] 8 | 11,600 || 17 | 30,250 3g°660 | 3 |""8400| 16 | o7'o08 Co) gies | fee i 1,000 tons, gun- : : er ee), A ee BB | 42,870 [esee frcscoenee|| 15} 8,635 an er peo OU on eee moped ge Oe re a ees oe | ieee 5,275 Wl? Seo ee 25 | 7215 | 123.380 Torpedo boats .....-....sceeers 93| 2,400] 12} 2,005 ||167 | 7,295 | 2 350 ||228 | 14,245 11,498 |... 55 |. 3.730| 11 940: ||186 | 11,240; 10) "900 Training Vessels... ..:c0scs04s Bl DOOD iesscl sacesaens ce 9 GCSB ee pes sass. 9 | 36,175 25,610 |"... 4 bole ee Total 98 | 302,650 | 58 | 217,420 |/569 |1448,360).77 | 347,050 |/400 | 588,580 ) 28 | 125,610 ||285 | 358,900 | 18 | 88,940 ||124 | 209,680-| 14 | 41,190 |l294 | 420,440 | 38 | 149,140 Total built and building.. 151--520,070 tons. 646--1, 795,410 tons. 428--714,190 tons, " 258--447,840 tons. 1388--250,870 tons. 332--569,580 tons. *Prepared Office of Naval Intelligence, United States Navy, date of Oct. 17, 1900. ross tons. The list includes 753 vessels of all kinds. 'This indicates for a fiscal year that will end with the 30th of June a probable total con- struction, including canal boats and other unrigged craft, of over 460,000 tons. The increase for the first three quarters of this year over the corre- sponding period last year has been 50,825 tons, of which 40,912 tons are credited to the great lakes. Steel steam vessels numbered fifty-six, of 128,369 tons, compared with fifty-nine of 102,322 tons for the correspond-_ i iod last year, the lake ship yards showing an increase of 33,500 eae Atheutic seaboard a decrease of 13,000 tons. This decline on the Atlantic seaboard will, however, be made good by the end of the fiscal year when several large steamers, recently launched, are numbered, including the Pacific Mail steamer Korea, not yet measured. The principal factors of the new tonnage are thirteen large lake steel steamers aggregating 59,860 tons, nineteen large wooden schooners of 35,470 tons, and five large steel ocean steamers of 29,683 tons for the Hawaiian trade, three of which are also under contract to carry mails to Australia. Eleven large rigged barges of 16,594 tons have been built. For the first time the lake ship yards have built considerable steel steam tonnage for the seaboard, seven steamers of 14,384 tons having thus far been built, which can pass through the Canadian canals. Four of these small steamers, when the ice permits, are designed for trade between lake ports and European ports. The remaining vessels of over 1,000 tons are the New York & Cuba Mail Steamer Morro Castle of 6,004 tons; eight river, ferry and coasting steamers of 13,821 tons; one steel ship, Astral, 3,292 tons; two barken- tines, 2,461 tons; and one steam dredge of 2,525 tons. The smaller vessels, under 1,000 tons, number 685 of 62,779 tons. w passenger and freight steamer Zulia was launched from the Wess, Lee ship Sate: Philadelphia, last Saturday. She has been built to the order of the Red D line and will trade between New York, Vene- zuela and Porto Rico. She is 277 ft. long and will have accommodations for both first and second-class passengers. A chart of Agate and Burlington bays (Two Harbors) has just been issued and may be had from the Marine Review at 20 cents. As the district covered is small, the chart is on a large scale and shows clearly all the docks at Two Harbors. It is valuable also as a chart covering a part of the north shore of Lake Superior that is most visited by the ore and coal carriers. man Lloyd will have the Kronprinz Wilhelm, of 15,000 tons, and the Neckar, of 10,000 tons. The Bremen, one of the vessels considerably damaged in the Hoboken conflagration last June, and which has been almost entirely rebuilt, will soon resume her place in the Bremen service. The Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (the French Line) will have La Savoie, of 10,000 tons, a sister ship of La Lorraine. BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE MILWAUKEE. Bids were opened in the office of the secretary of the navy last week to build the protected cruiser Milwaukee. Contract for this vessel had been awarded'to the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., on condition that it restored certain items which had been eliminated in its bid. The Bath company felt that there would be no profit in the vessel and rejected the bid. At the present bidding there were only two bidders and three bids-- the Union Iron Works of San Francisco and Cramp & Sons of Phila- delphia, the latter firm submitting two separate propositions. The bids were as follows: Union Iron Works, to.complete a cruiser' in thirty-six months for $2,825,000, according to the department's specific specifica- tions; Cramp & Sons, proposal No. 1, to build a cruiser of 9,700 tons dis- placement and a speéd of 23 knots in thirty-six months for $2,740,000. This bid is peculiar in form. A memorandum states that it is impossible to build a ship of the speed and qualities required for less than $3,000,000, but the 'Cramps will take the contract for a 23-knot, 9,700-ton cruiser for $2,740,000, which is about the total available sum at the disposal of the department, on condition that the secretary will apply to congress for an appropriation of $300,000 additional to bring the total up to $3,000,000. A second bid submitted by the Cramps in the event that the first proposal is rejected is to build a smaller cruiser and a slower one, namely, 8,800 tons and 22 knots speed, in thirty-four months for the $2,740,000 available. As the Union Works may be allowed 4 per cent. in the competition by reason of location on the Pacific coast, its bid is still within the funds available, The bids were referred to the board of construction for report, United States inspectors of home and foreign steam vessels in San Francisco have rendered a decision in the matter of the wreck of the Rio de Janeiro, finding Capt. Ward to blame for allowing the steamer to leave her anchorage on the morning of the disaster, Pilot Jordan much to blame for: attem the vessel into the harbor, and censuring 1 or ang to bring Chief Engineer Herlipp for being absent from his post. The inspectors revoked the éngineer's license,