32 ae te a IN OE OUTPUT OF ENGINES AND BOILERS Richardsons, Westgarth & Co., Hartlepool, England, sent to the Review the following list or the output of engines and boilers for 1904: Steamers Inkula, 3,000 I. H. P.; Orscolo, 2,200; Canada Cape, 2,000; Agincourt, 2,000; Hillbrook, 1,750; Crane, 1,750; Stork, 1,750; Rugbeian, 1,700; Waddon, 1,700; Harcalo, 1,650; Germanic, 1,650; Claremont, 1,650; Harmonic, 1,650; Green- bank, 1,650; Oldhamia, 1,650; Lincairn, 1,650; Parthenon, 1,- 600; Katherine, 1,55¢; Dagmar, 1,550; Pontop, 1,550; Adriatic, 1,500; Majestic, 1,500; Furtor, 1,450; Dowlais, 1,400; Rose- moutt, 1,400; Windermere, 1,350; Whinfield, 1,300; Lady- kirk, 1,300; Adamton, 1,300; Childar, 1,100; Progresso, 1,000; Longhirst, 1,000; Hauk, 700; Falk, 700; Cherrybrook, 650; Ravn, 600; Grace, 470; Hurricane, 350; twenty-eight sets of land engines, including Parsons' turbines, Cockerill gas en- gines, steam and gas blowing engines, Easton & Anderson pumping engines, 25,370; seventy-nine Independent boilers, including marine, Nesdrum water-tube and Blake, 12,900; total indicated horse power for year, 92,990. PERSONAL Mr. J. R. Mills, who has been manager of sales in the Cleveland office of the Carnegie Steel Co., has been given the position of assistant manager of sales in the St. Louis office. Mr. John Scott, who has been in charge of the New Orleans ke Be ye BE. Ww REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION The Marine Review has, from time to time, published de- scriptions of Scherzer rolling lift bridges constructed for rail- road, street railroad and highway traffic and called attention to the many advantages of this modern type of bridge for navigable waterways as compared with the obstructive center- x 4 WME EK 2 Vp WS Woo. 9) ' Ni f S4ed \\ He ae PLAT OF THE SITE OF BRIDGES. pier swing bridges, which must be removed and replaced to accommodate the passage of modern vessels. During the past ten years more than sixty Scherzer rolling lift bridges have Plan at A-A ! Operators Cs House Ne i ey Top Laterals PS Bortom. Late End krew Elevation GENERAL, DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE. office of the company, has been appointed to the Cleveland vacancy. Mr. G. A. Tomlinson of Duluth who visited Europe directly after the annual meeting -of the Lake Carriers' association at Detroit, has returned to this country. Capt. Truman Moore, retired, of Lorain, has been offered the post of harbormaster of that port. Contract has been awarded the Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco, to replace the dredge Chinook at a 'cost of $21,310. been constructed and placed under construction to take the place of center-pier swing bridges at the principal marine centers in the United States and abroad. In this issue is illustrated the new Scherzer rolling lift bridge recently con- structed for the Newburgh & South Shore Railway Co.: This bridge is the longest simple truss span bascule bridge yet con- structed and has attracted wide and favorable attention among American and foreign engineers and vessel interests because of its simplicity, efficiency and the great improvement it affords for navigation in contrast with center-pier swing bridges and