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TAE Marine REVIEW 33 Pratt & Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn., sensitive drill press, $85.50; one belt-driven semi-automatic machine for making screw glands for surface condensers, $682.50. Prentiss Tool & Supply Co., New York city, horizontal boring and drilling machine, $1,720; vertical drill press, $159; 800-lb. steam hammer, $835; 37-in. vertical boring and turning mill, $1,475; universal radial drill, $1,355; and 6-ft. univetsal radial drill, $1,849. SUMMARY OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTION The monthly summary of construction prepared by the Bureau of Construction and Repair, navy department,' shows fair progress upon all naval vessels. The summary would indicate that the New York navy yard is forging ahead of the Newport News Co. in the construction of the sister bat- tleships Connecticut and Louisiana. Following is the sum- mary: ; ; Percent of Name of Vessel. Building at Completion, BATTLESHIPS. oe 190 co 2 Virginia Newport News S. B.& D. D. Co. 92.89 94.24 Nebraska Moran: Bros sC6. 7 3c 79.58 81. Georgia Bath lron: Worker, 27. 86.44 87.44 New Jersey Fore River Shipbuilding Co... $0.3 "00.1 | Rhode Island Fore River Shipbuilding Co... 93.0 | 93.7 Connecticut Navy, Yard: New York, 7.07.25 86.15 89.39 Louisiana Newport News S.B.& D.D. Co. 85.40 87.73 Vermont Fore River Shipbuilding Co... 61.4 63.8 Kansas New York Shipbuilding Co... 60.1 62.7 Minnesota Newport News S. B.& D. D. Co. 71.16 73.86 Mississippi Wim. Cramp; & Sons.,..06 <1 38,71 = 40.87 Idaho Wim. Cramp & Sons...) 33 33.66. 36.22 New Hampshire New York Shipbuilding Co... 182 20.4 ARMORED CRUISERS. California Unior Iron: Works 3762. .22 81.8 82.9 South Dakota Union lton Works viecesn.. 80,6). 81,9 Tennessee Wm. Cramp & Sots:.....+,- 84.32 86.08 Washington New York Shipbuiiding Co... 83.9 85.8 North Carolina Newport News S.B.& D.D. Co. 14/96 19.20 Montana Newport News S. B. & D. D. Co. 13.04 16.81 PROTECTED CRUISERS. : St. Louis Neafie & Levy S. & E. B. Co. 75.7 70.60 Milwaukee Union iron Works 32) 3-3 acu: 80.6 82. Charleston Newport News S.D.& D. D. Co. 99.7. 99.8 TRAINING SHIPS. Cumberland Navy. Yard, Boston... 45.3 Qs. OS. Intrepid Navy Yard, Mare Island. oc. O75 075 ' SCOUT CRUISERS. Chester Beth Tron Works io O. 6.11 Birmingham Fore River Shipbuilding Co... 4.7 9.3 Salem Fore River Shipbuilding Co... 4.3 8.2 TORPEDO BOATS. Goldsborough Wolt © Zwieket. 4s. 99. 99. © O'Brien Lewis' NIKON g45. Ge is 99. 90. SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOATS. Submarine T. B. No. 9, Fore River Shipb'ing Co. 17.06 25.4 Submarine T. B. No. 10, Fore River Shipb'ing Co. 16.5 21.1 Submarine T. B. No. 11, Fore River Shipb'ing Co. 16.5 23.6 Submarine T. B. No. 12, Fore River Shipb'ing Co. 16.5 23.1 The Donald Steamship Co., of New York, has voted to increase the capital preferred stock from $200,000 to $500,000, and the common stock from $100,000 to $250,000. The pur- pose is to pay for two new ships now being constructed for the company by Swan & .Hunter, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng- land. The City of Tampico of the Mexican-American Steamship Co.'s fleet to New Orleans, has just arrived in this country from the hands of her builders in Norway. The new steamer is 270 ft. over all, 37 ft. beam and 18 ft. draught. tended for service to Mexican and Central American points. She is in- NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS The thirteenth general meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will be held at No. 12 West Thirty-first street, New York, on Nov. 16 and 17. In ad- dition to the program of subjects given below, Mr. Clinton H. Crane and Naval Constructor H. G. Gillmor will both have papers, though their subjects are not yet announced: Investigations Relating to the Action of Screw Propellers. By Prof. Wm. F. Durand, member of council. Progressive Speed Trials of Gasoline Launch Tudo: By George Crouse Cook, member. Some Results of Tests of Model Propellers. By Messrs. A. V..Curtis and L. F. Hewins, Juniors. Experiments With Ventilating Fans and Pipes. »By Naval Constructor D. W. Taylor, U. S. N., member of council. Notes on the Strength of Water-tight Bulkheads for Bat- tleships and Cruisers. By Harold F. Norton, associate. A Tale from Japan. By Mr. George W. ee member of council. Marine Steam Turbine Developments. Speakman, associate. Some Problems in Ferry Boat Propulsion A. Stevens, vice president. The Ultima, a Globuloid Naval Benes) By Anson Phelps Stokes, associate. The Cruiser. By Commander Wm. Hovgaard, member. Scantling Regulation in Yachting. By W. P. Stephens, as- sociate. Some Notes on Steam Boiler Troubles. member of council. Yacht Races. By Paul Eve Stevenson, Esq. Shipbuilding of the Great os By W. I. Babcock, member of council. Marine Turbines. By i ho By Colonel E. By Horace See, By Charles G. Curtis, member. UPPER MISSISSIPPI IMPROVEMENT Ninety delegates representing the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri and fifty cities and towns on the river between Minneapolis and Cairo © were in attendance when the annual convention of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association was called to order this week. President Thomas Wilkinson of Burlington, Ia., and Secretary 'B. Boswell of Quincy, Ill., submitted their reports and the discussion of them occupied the greater part of the first session. The most important feature of the president's address was the report of the government engineers, who have estimated under an act passed by the last congress the cost of deepening the channel of the upper river to a. depth of 6 ft. in low water. This report showed that the work would cost $19,860,348,,and that the amount could be expended under the continuous contract system during a period of years. It is understood that the average daily movement over the Pittsburg terminals, known as the interchange move- ment, is now holding up at the average of 6,000 cars a day. The movement is greater than has ever been known. The money which has been expended at Pittsburg in improving the terminals during the past three years is now reaping its reward. The railways are handling the busi- ness magnificently though they could use more cars if they had them. Shippers are asking for from five to 100 cars a day and it is understood that at the Jones & Laughlin mill there are about 20,000 tons of finished steel awaiting shipment. All the railways have placed orders for cars by the thousand. The Duluth & Iron | Range Railway has ordered 500 steel hopper cars and the Duluth, Messabi & Northern, 750 steel hopper cars from the Pressed Steel Car Co.