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TAE Marine. REVIEW 17 MARITIME TRADE OF TURKEY A report drawn up by the commercial expert attached to the British Consulate-General in 'Constantinople gives particulars of the maritime trade of Turkey in the year 1903-1904 (March 14, 1903, to March 13, 1904). The total tonnage engaged in this trade in that year exceeded by about 9% percent that of any preceding year, and the progress made in the last two years amounts to nearly 21 percent. The percentage of each of the participating maritime nations remains, however, for the most part the same, with two exceptions, namely, that of France, which is a little greater, and that of Turkey, which has suffered the regular decrease (2 percent per annum) which has been going on for several years past. The shares of the differ- ent flags in the year under review were: Sail. Steam. Reg. tons. Reg. tons. Seat Brita: soi ee 10,500 15,090,637 taetthany 9 CAG eae, a 1,770,580 Aurstria-Haingary «sss se es 3,880 7,379,850 Begin 025 ee ee 455,038 DORN i ie es a ee es 109,871 © PAI os a ee 125,318 PTE oo an Ee a 138,559 2,961,990 (HREOS ONG oe. as a. 310,472 5;920,063 ELON: ces. orig ce ee ee 515,475 Tale ia erg ras Coe eee 41,540 3,844,405 WIGGLENERTO (46. a ee 14,416 13,114 Ae ec 2,055,823 4,278,407 Pijowa 2: ae 2,522 244,082 Heyol (alo 4 as Sie a ok te es 2,678 92,669 POuea: 2 4,149 187,968 RUG 2 ee 1,906 3,326,851 Sweden and: NOPway io. : Gee 396,256 Total (including other coun- bee) a ee, ei 2,605,704 40,713,989 It is not possible, from the above figures to ascertain the quantities of cargo landed from and shipped on board the vessels represented in the list, as probably nearly half of them arrived or sailed in ballast. The next table shows the shares of the different flags in the year 1902-03 and (for the purpose of comparison) the figures for the year 1873-4: 1873-4, 1902-3. Steam. Sail. Steam. Sail. Reg. tons Reg.tons. Reg. tons. Reg. tons (eneat Britain........ 2,613,041 .- 378,640 13,513,660 11,065 beOITG0Y se 24 13,402 323,140 1,032,782 11 Austria-Hungary... 2,593,644 490,024 6,776,207 5,385 HOLQIUM. cme 92,035 1,320 S04 2oHe 3 ee BUANCE oe 1,717,245 6,220 2,475,002 101,376 GreeCO is: eyes 7,270 1,362,108 5,103,000. 333,598 OMA. a ne 28,764 2,572 AN BU QAR. > ci' Wialy. 5 ae: 327,786 905,645 3,543,150 44,487 TKO ae cs 1,811,070 3,557,783 4,823,149 1,988,930 PRUSSIA: gen eck ss 1,142,739 '276,848 3,026,696 1,223 Sweden and Norway 47,018 57,783. 370,404 ..40--- 7 otal nclidms thetic, . 6.40). ane f+ as on countries)...:... 10,401,529 7,111,079 42,581,235 2,516,654 The features of the shipping traffic in the Levant have changed but very little in late years; but, on the one hand, the Court Line appeazs to be gradually going out of exist- ence--eleven of its boats being already sold, and a very precarious coasting service being maintained by the re- maining five--and, on the other hand, the Roumanian maritime service has been extended, so that now, in con- nection with the bi-weekly line between Constanza and Constantinople, a voyage to the Piraeus and one to Smyrna is undertaken alternately, and when another steamer now nearing completion is delivered the service will be extended to Alexandria. The cargo-boat line from Galatz and Braila (or from Sulina and Constanza) to Rotterdam now, however, works irregularly on account of the falling off in the supply of Westphalian coal as return freight. BIDS FOR MACHINE TOOLS Washington, Oct. 9.--The bureau of supplies and accounts of the navy department will within the next few weeks open bids for a considerable number of supply and equipment items for the various branches of the service. On Tues- day, Oct. 10, bids will be opened for machine tools, etc., called for by requisitions from the bureaus of steam engi- neering, equipment and yards and docks, for delivery at the navy yards at Boston, Mass., New York city, League Island, Pa. and Pensacola, Fla. The items include one 70 ton 36 ft. railroad scale, one rock-crushing plant, one No. 1 horizontal boring and drilling machine, one 30 in. by 27 ft. bed triple- geared engine lathe, one lathe, engine screw cutting 18 in., 12 ft. length of bed, one emery wheel grinding lathe, one engine lathe, screw cutting 24 in., one belt-driven wood lathe, one engraving machine, one No. 2-A Universal milling machine, one vertical drill press to drill not less than 24 in., one single-spindle sensitive drill press 13 in. swing, one belt driven semi-automatic machine for making screw glands for surface condensers, 'one magnetic metal separator, one hy- draulic shaft-straightening machine to: have a capacity for straightening shafts up to 10 in. diameter and 30 ft. length, one hydraulic shaft-straightening machine to have a capac- ity for straightening shafts up to 3 in., in diameter and 12 ft., length, one belt driven hand saw, one hand planer and joiner, one single frame steam hammer, size 800 lIbs., one hydraulic pipe-bending machine, one pipe-bending machine to be oper- ated by a handwheel, one belt driven horizontal drilling and boring machine, one 37 in. vertical boring and turning mill, one belt driven universal radial drill having radius of 60 in., and one '6 ft., universal radial drill. Oct. 17 bids will be opened for a considerable quantity of machines, machine tools, etc., delivery of most of the items to be made at navy yards on the Pacific coast. -Among the items are one air hoist Io in. diameter, one air hoist 7 in. diam- eter, one air hoist 4 in. diameter of cylinder, one cast iron sheave 47 in. diameter, three cast iron sheaves 36 in. outside di- ameter, four cast iron double sheaves 12 in. outside diameter, two cast iron sheaves 12 in. outside diameter, 500 sq. ft. expanded metal fabric, 31,000 lbs. structural steel crane rails, three Hyde steam windlasses, one two-spindle center- ~ ing machine, one two motor three ton electric traveling hoist, 328,000 lbs. of mild-steel plates, one locomotive crane 10 tons capacity. LIVERPOOL SHIPPING LETTER Liverpool, Oct. 2--The Baltic freight conference which came into existence. a few months .ago has certainly realized all its ambitions in establishing minimum rates of freight. A circular just issued by the president em- phatically declares that conference rates have in almost all cases been secured, that the entries now amount to 757 steamers and about 1,150,000 tons gross register, but urges that members should not relax their efforts to make the association a complete success, especially now that the moment is drawing nigh when much tonnage will be booked over the next Baltic season. The committee earnestly hope that owners will stand firm, so that the improvement in rates which the conferente has been in- strumental in bringing about, not only may be maintained but further strengthened. To insure this result as far as possible, the. next meeting of the conference will be sum- moned for the latter end of October or the beginning of November. The reports that have been current here and which may