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MARINE REVIEW Ween. AND MARINE RECORD, = tesuss,1970. ublished ever ursday a CLEVELAND O., MAR. V9, 1903. oe Vol MNVIE jeu wade Bide by ine Eastern Office, 1023 Maritime Bldg., New York City orice" to ae No. 12 39 Marine Review Pub. Co. Chicago Office, 373 Dearborn St. f $4.50 year. Single Copy Io cents. [Entered at Cleveland Post Office as second-class matter.] NAVAL MONUMENT AT SAN FRANCISCO. The first permanent monument to commemorate Admiral Dewey's victory at Manila bay and to pay tribute to the sailors of 6the' "American navy is being erected on Union square in the' Heart "of « San Francisco: = 'There "is a special appropriate- ness in: locating the monument in San Francisco, for it is the city which faces the orient and is as well the city in which Ad- miral Dewey's flag- ship, the Olympia, was built. The con- tract for the monu- ment was awarded last year to Robert I. Aitken, sculptor, and Newton J. Tharp, ar- submitted consists of a granite shaft, 83 ft. in height, at the basc of which are four em- blematic bronze fig- ures, 8 ft. in height. Surmounting the shaft will be a bronze figure. of _ Victory, bearing in one hand the trident and 'n the other a laurel wreath. The colossal figure of Victory is shown in the accompanying il- lustration. Ground was broken for the shatt in. May, + 1007, by the late President McKinley during his visit to the coast. 'The shaft, designed by Mr. Tharp, is of plain granite with a capital somewhat after the Corinthian order but original in treatment. The estimated cost of the monument is $45,000, the amount having been raised by popular subscription. 'The figure of Victory has already brought Mr. Aitken much praise. He is only twenty-four years old and the effort is extremely ambitious. WORLD'S WASTAGE OF VESSELS. The returns of vessels lost and condemned during the quar- ter ended Sept. 30, 1902, have just been issued by Lloyd's register. The figures given take in vessels reported up to Feb. 10 of this year, excluding in all cases vessels of less than 100 net toms. Dealing first with steamers, thirty-seven of these, aggregating 46,251 tons gross, were lost during the period named. Of these nearly two-thirds, or twenty-three vessels of 33,251 tons, were wrecked, the next heaviest item coming under the head of col- lision; which claimed five steamers of 5,374 tons. Of the re- mainder, two were abandoned, one was burned, four foundered and two are missing. In regard to losses of steamships France suffered least, proportionately, her one ship of 105 tons represent- ing .o1 per cent. of her gross steam tonnage. Spain also lost one steamer of 191 tons and with it .03 per cent. of her steam tonnage. Great Britain lost eleven ships of 13,029 tons repre- senting .1 per cent. of her steam tonnage. The British colo- nies were proportionately the heaviest losers, their five ships of 7,334 tons lost equalling .97 per cent. of their tonnage. In the matter of sailing ships the returns are more un- favorable, including as they do particulars of ninety-five ships, aggregating 59,781 tons, which passed out of existence in the quarter. Of these, however, eleven of 8,064 tons were broken up or condemned. Of the remainder, fifty-two of 29,974 tons were wrecked, ten of 6,134 tons were abandoned, nine met their end by collision, eight are missing, four foundered and one was burned. Of the sailing ships lost, roughlv one-quarter, in tons, were British, to which nationality nine of the ships of 10,845 tons are credited. The United States has the best position with losses, equaling .36 per cent., and Austria worst wita 2.41 per cent. In actual tons lost Norway heads the list with seventeen sailers, turee of which were abandoned at sea, totalling 11,181 tons, and representing 1.46 per cent. of her holding in sailing tonnage. chitect. The design - SHIP BUILDING IN GERMANY, During the year 1902 the ship building yards of Germany turned out altogether 227 steamers with a gross. registered ton- nage of 212,233 tons and 280 sailing vessels of 58,715 tons. The steamers show a falling off, as compared with i901, of three ships and 49,000 tons. 'This falling off becomes all the more striking in view of the fact that at the beginning of 1903 only 121 steamers of 255,977 tons remained in course of construction, as against 142 steamers of 317,080 tons at the end of 1901, and 152 steamers of 321,397 tons at the end of 1900. _In the case of sail- ing ships there was an increasing tendency at the beginning of 1902, although the same volume of tonnage was turned out in German yards in 1901 as in 1900, for in January, 1902, there were building ninety-four sailing ships of 30,190 tons, or an increase of 11,000 tons as compared with roor. In 1902 there was turned out an increase of sixty-nine sailing 'ships of 28,000 tons, as against the production in 1901, and at this moment there are 114 sailing ships of 22,310 tons in course of construction. But, these figures must be modified in several respects in order to arrive at the increase of tonnage in the mercantile marine of Ger- many. Firstly, there must be deducted the eleven warships, which were completed last year, and also the eighteen warships which are still under construction. Secondly, there must be deducted river craft, small sailing vessels under 100 tons, tug- boats, lighters, ice-breakers, dredgers, etc. The turnout of larger vessels, since and including 1900. is seen in the following table: Steamers. Tonnage. Sailing ships. Tonnage. FOOO. op ee Fe BISCO0t = 2. a)... 11,258 LOOM a O35 a. DIO 216 Sela IS, 5,013 1002, So ee TOT O33 RI 11,525 In course of construction: Steamers. Tonnage. Sailing ships. Tonnage. Akt end: Of 20008. (0.2 Gore) ae 233,200.35. ifs 6,851 At-end of 1061, /2...; Ora es 220 Jasna 7 es Ovsce 8 9,503 Adnend ot 1002.45.50... =. D7 7255 ae ke 15 ae 7,958 Of this total production there were built for foreign ship owners eight large steamers of 20,811 tons in 1902, and twelve large steamers of 40,651 tons, including eight warships of 23,238 tons. In 1902 one warship of 4,759 tons was built for a foreign power. Meanwhile the steamers built abroad to the order of German shipowners are as follows: Steamers. Tonnage. TOCO 1 Be Pe a 99,888 IQOI ra ee 1002 3) ee IG oe Na 37374 Two steamers of a total tonnage of 3,000 tons are now being built abroad for German owners. The decrease in the activity in German ship building during 1902 was due to the fact that owing tc the general depression in trade throughout Germany, the steamship owners were compelled to reduce their orders for new vessels. STRIKE IN NEW YORK SHIP YARD SETTLED. Boilermakers at the ship yard of the Townsend & Downey Ship Building & Repair Co. Shooter's island, New York, struck last week and the boilermakers in other yards went out in sympathy with them. The New York branch of the National Civic Federation quickly settled the sympathetic strike and the men returned to work on Wednesday of this week. Moral suasion alone. was the method adopted. 'The federation then turned its attention to the original strike but the ship building company had settled it pretty thoroughly itself by aggressive action. Lhe utmost activity was displayed by the ship buildin~ company in filling the places of the strikers as soon as they left, to the end that the men themselves, losing heart in the strike, voluntarily returned to work. The naval board of construction has determined that the three new 16,000-ton battleships, authorized by the last naval appropriation bill, shall be identical with the Connecticut and Louisiana types as to armor and armament, the only difference being that the upper portion of the belt armor, which is 11 in. on those two ships, shall be Io in. on the new vessels, and that the superstructure armor shall be increased from 6 to 7 in. Pre- liminary to the determination of the type of the new 13,000-ton battleships it has been decided to prepare sketch plans for fast 22-knot ships and slow 17-knot ships. Percy & Small, Bath, Me., are stretching the keel for a large wooden schooner. She will be a six-master, the third to be built by this enterprising firm, and will be 275 ft. long.