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30 MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. NEW AND CORRECTED CHARTS. J. D. Potter, 145 Minories, London, chart agent for the British admiralty, announces the publication of the following new charts: No. 5 320 North American lakes, plans added--Michipicoten harbor, _ Gargantua harbor. 3316 West Indies, Puerto Rico, south coast--Guyanilla harbor. - 3281 England, south coast-- Portsmouth harbor, mooring ground, southern sheet. 2175 England, south coast--Poole harbor. 1607. England--River ames entrance, North Foreland to the Nore. 3278 Channel islands, Jersey--St. Helier harbor. 2361 Germany, Elbe river--Outer light-vessel to Brunsbuttel- koog (plans--Cuxhaven road, Kaiser Wilhelm canal en- trance, Brunsbuttelkoog). 3262 Germany, Elbe river--Brunsbuttelkoog to Hamburg (plans --Hamburg and Altona harbors). 3303. Black sea--Batum bay. 3288 Newfoundland--Northern arms of Canada bay. 3308 Newfoundland--Little river. 3310--Newfoundland--Bay of Islands, outer part. 32908 West Indies, Puerto Rico, east coast--Ensenada Honda and Puerca bay. 3304 South America, east coast--Rio de Janeiro to St. Sebas- tiao island. se 602 British Columbia--Roche harbor and approaches. 3313 North America, west coast, Alaska--Yakutat (Bering) bay. 688 Madagascar--Tamatave. 3289 Red sea--Port Berenice. _ : 3312 Eastern Archipelago--Madura island, south coast; Bunder road. 3311 oo Archipelago--Anchorages on the north coast of ava. 3314 Philippine islands, anchorages on the west coast of Luzon --San Fernando harbor; Port Santo 'Tomas. 3309 Japan, gulf of Tokvo--Uraga harbor. 28 England, south coast, plan added--Salcombe harbor. The list of charts in which additions and corrections have been made is as follows: , No. 853 United States, east coast--St. Andrew sound to St. John river. 130 Leeward islands--Anguilla to Puerto Rico with approaches to Virgin islands. : 28 England, south coast--Salcombe river. 34 England, south coast--Scilly isles. 2390 Scotland, west coast--Fast and West Lochs Roag. 2311 ee sheet IX--Fleina to Vestfiord and the Lofoten islands. 2302 Gulf of Bothina, sheet VIIJ--Tome point round the head of the gulf to '1'auvo. 2647 France, west coast--Les Sables d'Olonne to Bourgneuf. 1799 nae America, east coast--Boca del Drago; Boca del ore. 1358 South America, east coast--Union bay to Rio Negro. 1544 Central America--Panama road. 2087 Africa, south coast--Bashee river to Umtavuna river. 2088 Africa, south coast--Umtavuna river to Tugela river. 2089 Africa, east coast--Tugela river to Delagoa bay. 648 Africa, east coast--Delagoa bay to river Zambesi. 685 Africa, east coast--Bazaruto bay. 1810 Africa, east coast--River Zambesi to Mozambique harbor. 1809 Africa, east coast--Mozambique harbor to Bas Pekawi. 658 Africa, east coast--Ras Pekawi to Cape Delgado. 1808 Africa, east.coast, sheet VIII--Cape Delgad> to Kilwa. 690 Africa, east coast--Cape Delgado to Mikindani bay. 662 Africa, east coast--Kilwa point to Zanzibar channel. 1032 Africa, east coast--Channels between Ras Tikwiri and Mafia island. 664 Africa, east coast--Zanzibar to Malindi. 640 Africa, east coast--Pangani to Ras Kimbiji, two sheets. 1390 Africa, east coast--Chale point to Pangani. 848 Africa, east coast--Malindi to Juba. 7504 Madagascar--Cape St. Andrew to Bevato island. 2762 Indian ocean islands--Comoro islands. 40 India, west coast--Karachi harbor. 934 Eastern Archipelago--Surabaya, Bali and Sapudi straits, etc, i 3019 es Saki to Kagara Sima with the channels to mari. 651 Japan--Bungo channel. The new steel steamer building at the Harlan & Hollings- worth Co.'s works, Wilmington, Del., for the Eastern Steamship Co. is to be named Calvin Austin. Mr. Austin is vice-president of the steamship company. The secretary of the treasury has asked congress to provide two new revenue cutters to take the place of the Maclean and Hamilton which have outlived their usefulness, [Feb. 26, SHIP BUILDING AT NEWPORT NEWS. Newport News, Feb. 25--Overtures have been made by prop- erty owners of this place to the W. R. Trigg Co. of Richmond with a view of having its plant removed here. The Trigg com- pany recently failed and, believing that the parties who are in- terested in it would prefer to be on deep water, two men of this city offered a free site of 150 acres with a frontage on James tiver of 2,000 ft., about three miles above the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co.'s plant and within one mile of the main line of the Chesapeake & Ohio road. A site of 100 acresa half mile from this property recently sold for $50,000 cash. Lewis - Nixon has also been approached with a view of locating here a ship yard to turn out tugs, river steamers, yachts and launches, and in the event the Trigg company will not accept the site the same offer will probably be made to him. The two men who own the 150 acres say they will give the site free to any one who can establish responsibility and who will build a ship yard that will employ at least 1,500 men. Much interest has been excited by the offer and it is believed that it will not go un- accepted very long. The Newport News company has just been awarded a con- tract for repairing the British steamship Daventry, which went aground near Hatteras and damaged her outer and inner bot- toms. 'he repairs will cost about $40,000. Ship yards at New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore had representatives here to make estimates. Among them was Henry Konitzky, now with the ship yard at Sparrow's Point, Md., and the first general superintendent of the Newport News works. Mr. Konitzky was succeeded in the early 90's by Sommers N. Smith, who was later succeeded by Walter A. Post, the present general superin- tendent. An effort is being made by the people of Newport News to have the ship yard fix April 23 as the date for the launching of the armored cruiser West Virginia and if possible to have the Maryland, a sister ship, put overboard the same day. The mili- tary and firemen will give a carnival during the week of the 2oth, and Thursday, April 23, will be the big day. Excursions will be run here from all parts of the state on that day and the people of the city are anxious to have a launching attraction in the morning in order to have the thousands of West Virginians and others who will come to see the event here on the same day. It is not believed that a double launching will be arranged, al- though the ship yard has made no announcement yet. The new battleship Maine arrived in Hampton Roads last week. and came up to Newport News Monday for coal. Ath- letic events were held aboard the monitor Puritan here on Mon- day. 'The Puritan will remain here all the week. Flags were . at half mast at the navy yard last Monday in memory of Rear Admiral Wilde. The torpedo boat destroyer Truxton, on her last trial'run in the Roads, made 29 knots. The torpedo boat destroyer Barry was commissioned at the navy yard several days ago. The new torpedo boat destroyer Whipple will have her speed trial March 9. It is again reported that Germany will send the cruisers Gazelle and Falke from the South Atlantic station here to be overhauled. When the new Atlantic Transport Line steamship Mas- sachusetts passed in the Capes and proceeded to Baltimore to load her first cargo, the Baltimore, Norfolk and other papers re- ferred to the ship as the largest vessel that had passed in the Capes since the Great Eastern. An erroneous impression: was created. The largest ships that have passed the Capes are the Pacific liners Korea and Siberia, built at Newport News. The Korea is 572 ft. 4 in. in length over all and has a displace- ment of 18,400 tons, with a draught when loaded of 27 ft. The dimensions of the Siberia are the same. 'The Massachusetts is 507 ft. over all, displaces 17,200 tons and has a draught when loaded of 27 ft. 4 in. The Massauchsetts was built by the New York Ship Building Co. at Camden, N. J., and a sister, the Maine, was launched at Sparrow's Point, Md., last week. Judge Edmond. Waddill, Jr., in the United States court, has handed down a decision that fixes the next procedure in the matter of the condemnation of the Schmoele tract back of Ports- mouth, which the United States government desires for addi- tional navy yard purposes. 'There are 272 acres in the tract and a commission was appointed to condemn the property and fix a just compensation for the owners. The commission appraised the property and fixed its value at $572,000. The government claimed that this was excessive and protested against a confirma- tion of the commissioners' report. 'The United States district attorney argued that a jury of twelve and not a freehoid board of five should determine the value of the property and moved to set aside the finding. The court ruled that this was not suffi- cient ground for ignoring the commission's report, but held, after hearing evidence, that the ends of justice would best be met by a reappraisement of the property and the report of the con- demnation commission was not confirmed. The next procedure will be determined later. It has been -said that the new dry dock at Hunter's Point, Cal., is the largest in America. This is an error. The new dry dock here is the largest in this country and really the largest in the world, as it has a larger water capacity than any other. The Newport News dock is nearly 100 ft. longer, considerably wider and 2 ft. deeper than the Hunter's Point dock.