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1901.]} be very few changes in the crew during the sea service of her officers. From here the battleship will go to Old Point, where a costly silver ser- vice will be presented to the namesake of the state of Illinois by its people. A large delegation of people from Chicago and of Chicagoans in Washington is expected to witness the presentation. Whether or not the naval chiefs finally agree on the merits of the superposed turret system as applied to battleships, there seems to be no question that a large majority of the officers of the line, warrant offi- cers and petty officers favor the double turret. The proposed tests with the battleship Illinois and Alabama and the armored cruiser Brooklyn tc determine the comparative efficiency of 138-in. guns mounted in pairs in single turrets, 8-in. guns mounted in pairs in single turrets and a pair of 13-in. guns and a pair of 8-in. guns mounted in superposed turrets will be watched with interest by the naval officers on this station and the officers and men at the ship vard. The early arrival of the battleship Kearsarge in Hampton Roads may have something to do with these tests. It is understood that Capt. Folger's ship will come ahead of the other ships of the squadron. The Alabama is also with the North Atlantic squadron and the Brooklyn is on the Pacific station. The burned steamer Norfolk-on-the-Roads has been hauled out on a marine railway and this week New York experts are making a survey with a view of rebuilding if possible. It is believed that the hull is sufficiently strong to stand rebuilding. The coast survey has made Newport. News its headquarters for the district of Hampton Roads and 'Chesapeake Bay and the steamer En- deavor, of the survey's fleet, now makes this her home port. Considerable survey work is being done in the Chesapeake now. The Trigg ship yard at Richmond, which is building several torpedo MARINE REVIEW. 43 EXPORTATIONS OF COAL IN 1900. Coal exportations from the. United States during the fiscal year just ended, as shown by the treasury bureau of statistics, amounted to $22,- 317,496, against $19,502,813 in the fiscal year 1900, $13,661,028 in 1899, $11,008,643 in 1897, $10,646,062 in 1896, and $8,391,026 in 1891. Thus the value of coal exportations from the United States has doubled since 1897 and nearly trebled in the decade. These figures relate to values. Meas- ured by quantity the increase has been even greater, the exports in 1901 being 7,676,149. tons, against 2,390,039 tons in 1891, thus making the total exports of 1901 in quantity more than three times as much as in 1891. The United States now stands third in the list of coal exporting coun- tries of the world. The coal export figures of the principal countries of the world in 1899 show that while Belgium slightlv exceeded the United States in the total number of tons exported, her imports were more than one-half as great as her exports, making her net exportation of coal much less than that of the. United States. The figures of coal exports during 1900 recently published by the British government, a copy of which has just reached the bureau of statistics, show that the coal exports of the three principal coal-exporting countries--the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom--in 1900 were: United States, 7,558,000 tons; Ger- many, 18,055,000 tons; and United Kingdom, 58,405,000. Thus, while the growth of the coal exports from the United States shows a large per- centage of increase, these figures of the exportation of coal from Germany and the United Kingdom show that the field occupied by those countries is still much larger than that which the United States now supplies. In growth of both exports and production, however, the United States had made much more rapid advance than any other country. The total quantity of coal produced in the United Kingdom was, in 1886, e REAR VIEW, LOADED TRAIN WITH PLOW. boats and destroyers for the government, has hit upon a novel idea for facilitating the repairing of the delicate little warships when they break down during trial trips. It has purchased at Baltimore a floating machine shop. which is being overhauled and refitted for its special use. It will be in the neighborhood of the trial course when the boats are out and in the event of mishap, unless of a disabling character, it will not be neces- sary to put back to the navy yard or to Richmond for the needed atten- tion. 'The North German Lloyd liner Main is tied up at one of the piers receiving her machinery, preparatory to leaving for New York, having been floated out of dry dock No. 1 The cruiser San Francisco, which has been at the navy yard at Nor- 'folk since the close of the Spanish-American war, undergoing extensive overhauling, amounting to a practical remodeling of the vessel, will be placed in commission about Oct. 1. The San Francisco is now a modern cruiser throughout, with a heavier battery than she had before and more comfortable quarters for officers and crew. Her hull protection has been strengthened considerably, and, altogether, she is ahead of any vessel of her class in the navy. When placed in commission, the San Francisco will have been at the navy yard about three years, more time than would be required in building a new ship of her type. The Seaboard Steel 'Casting Co., Chester, Pa., are making the anchors for the mammoth steamships building at the yard of the Eastern Ship Building Co., at New London, for the Great Northern Steamship Co. The anchors weigh 60 tons, the largest bower anchors weighing 9 tons each, _ are of the Baldt latest stockless type and are of extra quality cast steel. Special local sleepers.--Train leaving Cleveland at 7:50 p. m. for Chicago, return trip leaving Chicago at 8:35 p. m., via the Nickel Plate road, now carries extra local 'sleepers between these points affording ample room for all. For specific information call on nearest agent or B. A. Akers, C. Po & T.°A., Cleveland, 0. 145, Aug. 17. 157,518,000 tons; in 1900, 225,181,000 tons; while in the United States the United Kingdom than in the United States. production was, in 1886, 100,664,000, and in 1900, 245,422,000. Thus the United Kingdom since 1886:;has increased her production but about 50 per cent., while the United States has increased hers nearly 150 per cent. The cost of coal has meantime increased much more rapidly in the The value of the 157,000,000 tons of coal mined in the United Kingdom in 1886 is put by the statement of the British government above referred to at £38,000,000, and of the 225,000,000. tons mined. in 1900, is put at £121,000,000. Thus, while the quantity mined in the United Kingdom has increased but 50 per cent. from 1886 to 1900, the value has meantime increased over 200 per cent. On the other. hand, the value of the 100,000,000 tons of coal mined in the United States in 1886 was, according to the same authority, £32,000,000, and that of the 245,000,000 tons mined in 1900, £67,000,000. Thus, in the United States, while the quantity increased about 150 per cent. the value of the coal mined increased but little over 100 per cent. The relative increase in the cost of coal in the United Kingdom and the United States is shown in an even more striking form in the state- ment of the British government above referred to by a table which gives the price per ton of coal in the United Kingdom and United States in 1888 and 1900, respectively. It shows that the price in the United King- dom advanced from 5 shillings per ton to 10s. 9d., from 1888 to 1900, while in the United States it fell from 6s. to 5s. 514d. per ton in the same time. The Imperial Dry Dock 'Co., St. John, N. B., writes to the Review saying that the project for the establishment of a dry dock at St. John is progressing favorably. The company is now arranging for plans and specifications and hopes to be able to ask for tenders for construction within three months. : The Ollard Machine Works, Tacoma, Wash., has been awarded the contract for repairing the machinery of the transport Warren now in that port. :