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1903. ] MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. 33 NAVAL ITEMS. The submarine torpedo boct Pike was launched last week from the yard cf the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal. Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson Hebson has been as- signed to duty at the Puget Sound navy yard. Mr. Hobson has been trying to get on the retired list for several months past but without success. The naval bill to be introduced in congress will provide for an increase in the construction corps of twenty-nine officers, not more than five of whom may be appointed in any one year. At present the constructors in. the navy department are under great stress and have more work to do than they should properly be entrusted with. Five men were killed and four others were injured by an explosion in the breech of the aft starboard 8-in. turret gun of the battleship Massachusetts on Saturday last. Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil, chief of the bureau of ordnance, showed great interest in the report of the accident and expressed the fear that the cause might never be known. He ventured the opinion that the charge was not in the gun when it was ignited. The Union Iron Works of San Francisco has followed the example of the New York Ship Building Co. in asking the secretary of the navy not to follow the recommendation of the board of construction that the contracts for building the armored cruisers Washington and Tennessee be awarded to the Cramps, Philadelnhia. The Union Iron Works filed a brief in which it was argued that the change made by the Cramps in their bid, in order to make it conform to the -views of the board of construction, was not permissible under the law, which, it was held, required the acceptance of bids as they were made at the time of the formal openine. It is contended by the Union Iron Works that as its bid for one vessel was less than 4 per cent. higher than the lowest Atlantic-coazst bid for one vessel it is entitled to the contract for one vessel under the pro- vision of the naval act, which gives the advantage of that per- centage to Pacific coast bidders. The Union Iron Works also asks if it is wise to award a contract for one vessel to the New York Ship Building Co. which has never constructed a warship? An argument in favor of the adoption by the United States navy cf a new type of torpedo boat was presented before the naval board of construction last week by C. L. Hargar, a New York patent attorney, who is the inventor of the craft, ard H.~* A. Herbert, former secretary of the navy, who is Mr. Hargar's counsel. The vessel is called a sub-surface torpedo boat. It consists of two parts, one partly exposed above water and the Aa Cabins and | Staterooms of modern vessels, especially those in the passenger service, should dem- onstrate the supreme possibilities of the wood finisher's art. : Ths demands a special varnish, however, as atmospheric conditions are more destructive to varnish afloat than ashore and the ordinary article is of but little use. The varnish best adapted to with- stand the deleterious influences of wind, wave and weather is «BERRY BROTHERS' SPAR VARNISH." Further particulars and a un'que marine puzzle sent free for the asking. Write us. Berry Brothers, Limited, Varnish Manufacturers, BALTIMORE i i i a i i i tl ll lll tl ll ll ll i i i ti tt i kg ng gg gg ng ng gg gg NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA | CHICAGO CINCINNATI ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO Factory and Main Office, DETROIT. stor beastie. Negba at sta Aa DraSrah DDraDraBratent By -other part submerged. The upper part is like the exposed por- tion of a Holland submarine boat running on the surface. It is filled with cellulose and is said to be incapable of sinking or of being destroyed by gunfire. The machinery and torpedo ap= paratus are in a fin-like arrangement attached to the upper body and entirely beneath the surface. The upper body does not become entirely submerged. The claimed merits of the craft are the entire protection of the machinery and torpedo apparatus through being entirel-- beneath the water, the small surface pre- sented: by the above- water body, and the absence of the danger of the craft being sunk through gunfire against the exposed por- tion which would be held un 'bv the lower body even if the cel- lulose did not expand sufficiently to close the wounds on the waterline. The bocrd reserved decision. SOME 1903 CALENDARS, The Waterbury Brass Co., Waterbury Conn., reproduces the painting "Nearing Harbor" as the central part of its calendar. 'Lue calendar which the John A. Roebling's Sons Co., Tren: ton, N. J., has issued contains a view of the cable construction of the new East River bridge, which the Roebling's are build- ing. In connection witn the calendar the Roebling's advertise their ropes, cables and wires. The Christensen Engineering Co., Milwaukee, Wis., has is- sued two calendars this season--both cf them marines in the three-color: process. Both, too, are moonlights and are more then usually attractive. The more one studies this process of printing the more he is amazed that so much can be done in three impressions. The C. W. Trainer Mfg. Co., No. 89-91 Pearl street, Boston, Mass., has issued a calendar which is very serviceable--that is one may hang it across the rocm and not strain his eyes to de- cipher the day of the month. Incidentally Carey's 85 per cent. pure magnesia, sectional, plastic and block coverings, asbestos - materials and hea felt are advertised. PITTSBURGH WHITE METAL GO.) MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST BABBITT and ANTI-FRICTION Metals Known tor any Purpose. Made from the Best Materials, Price and Quality Guaraitced and Always Consistent with the Market. PITTSBURGH, -- PA. Vorwe Pneumatic Tools Sor all hurposes. Made right. ep Priced right. Wri'e for Catalogs. The Q & C Co., CHICAGO. Western Union Bldg. NEW YORK, 114 Liberty Street. 'Seaboard Steel Cerny A Guarantee ee of Quality. Open Hearth Steel Castings of the Highest Grade for Locomotive, General Machinery and Shipbuild- ing Work. Subject to U. S. Government, Lloyds, Railroad and Other Highest Requirements. : Seaboard Steel Casting Co) Chester, Pa.