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1903. ] MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. 31 BRANCH FUSE BLOCKS. A bulletin from the H. W. Jones-Mianville Co., too Wil- nee street, New York, thus describes the Noark branch fuse block : "Appreciating the demand for enclosed fuse branch blocks, we have perfected the line of single branch blocks herewith illustrated, which contain features of merit that will unquestionably appeal to the constructing engineer and other users of. such devices. We have departed "from the usual arrangement for branch block devices, in which the fuses for the branch circuits abutt at right angles to the outside of the two or three parallel main wires. This construction requires a block of some size, owing to the fact that it is necessary to give space for the main wires and branch fuses separately. In the Noark branch blocks the object has been to economize space and at the same time produce a branch block in which the arrangement of the wires and fuses should be absolutely safe, both in the operation and manipulation of .the device. To obtain this result we have arranged the branch fuses so that each of the terminals in which the branch fuses are received and to which the branch wires are connected are sepa- rated from the adjoining terminals by heavy partition walls, high enough above the contacts to prevent anything being laid across from contact to contact and cause short-circuiting. This feature is also predominant in our main blocks. The main wires to which the branch block is connected, instead of passing across the block at the end of the branch fuses, are arranged to traverse it in suitable grooves placed in the porcelain block between the terminals of the branch fuses. In this way a great economy of space is effected, while at the same time the block can be easily and readily installed and the manipulation of the fuse devices for a removal or insertion is entirely safe.' Admiral Bowles, chief constructor of the navy, has recom- mended to Secretary Moody that the men engaged in the con- struction of the battleship Connecticut in the Brooklyn navy yard be paid by the piece instead of by the day. He thinks the disadvantage which the sovernment suffers in its contest with the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., which is build- ing the Louisiana, a sister sup, will be minimized by this system. '4ne government's day is eight hours; that of the ship building company ten. Steam Barge and Consort for Sale. Steamer 119 ft. 6 in. long; 25 ft. 7 in. wide; 9 ft? 4 in. deep; capacity, lumber 270 M ft.; coal 385 tons. Engine high pressure 20x20; new boiler, allowed 150 Ibs. steam. Everything pertaining to this boat in first-class condition. Consort. 133 ft. Sin, long: beam 25.20, 4 in.; 10 ft. 8 in. deep; capacity lumber 375 Mea Tt: coal 575. tons. Hull in good condition; now receiving new spars and: other repairs. 'Terms, cash. Address Box 804 Marine City. Jat 22 Large Tug for Sale. Large lake tug for sale. In good con- dition, fitted out for raft towing. In- quire, Frank Perry, Sault Ste. Marie, - Mich. Mar. 9 Steam Barge for Sale. Steam barge for sale, half or whole. Rates A-2. Capacity 700,000 ft. of lum- ber. Light draught; 120 lbs. of steam. For. particulars apply to J. E. Miller, 23 Lodge avenue, Cleveland, O. Jan. 18: Argentine Navy - - The " Messageries Maritimes" Seas BELLEVILLE WATER-TUBE BOILERS NOW IN USE (AUGUST, 1902) On Board Sea-going Vessels, NOT INCLUDING New In- stallations Building or Erecting. French Navy rs : English Royal Navy - - - Russian Imperial Navy - - E Japanese Imperial Navy - - Austrian Imperial Navy - - : Italian Royal Navy - - : Chilian Navy - - - - Chemins de fer de l'Ouest: (The French Western Railway Co.) aSteaniigs plying between Dieppe and Newhaven Total Horse Power of Boilers in Use 268,020 H. P. 745,900 " 184,900 " 110,700. 2). Sed 13,500 © 26,000 '° {3,000 87,600: 7 - 16,500 + 1,501,520 WORKS: Ateliers et Chantiers de l'Ermitage, at Saint-Denis (Seine), France. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: Belleville, Saint-Denis-Sur-Seine.