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"TAE MARINE REVIEW: 335°. run under the direction of Mr. W. A. Post, general manager of the Newport News company. After the standardization trial was completed the anchor gear was tested, the anchors being let go in thirty fathoms of water. .This test was entirely satisfactory. On the morning of the 14th the Louisiana started.on her four-hour endurance speed trial in the open sea, running from Monhegan Light in the direction of Boston Light. As the trial board had previously determined that 119.1 revolutions per minute would give the contract speed of 18 knots, it was obyious that the battleship would establish a fast record. It was only a question of margin. From the beginning she struck her pace and kept it up. The engines worked perfectly and the boilers again displayed splendid steaming qualities, developing 20,906 collective H. P., while the designed horse- power was 16,500. There was no grueling grind to get the speed, for that was not necessary. She can make 18 knots any time. The average speed for the four-hour run was 18.823 knots, the average turns of the propellers being 127.68. At the conclusion of the run and while the ship was still under forced draft, the steering gear was tested by the naval board. The helm was put hard-a-port in eleven seconds and then shifted to hard-a-starboard in eighteen seconds. On completing. this test the helm was put amidships and the vessel put through reversing tests, all. of which were satis- factory. The trial board;.of which Capt. J. H. Dayton, U. S: N., was president, left the vessel at Boston Light, and the Louisiana, with a broom lashed to her masthead, proceeded down the coast to Newport News, arriving there on the morning of the 16th, after a rough trip. The finishing touches are being put on and she will be ready to go into commission in the near future. The leading particulars of the Lodaka are as follows: Length on load waterline, 450 ft.; beam, extreme to outside of plating, 76 ft. 8 in.; draught on normal displacement of 16,000 tons, 24 ft. 6 in.; designed indicated horsepower, 16,500. The Louisiana is propelled by two sets of triple-expansion engines with cylinders 32%, 53 and two 61-in. diameters by 48-in. stroke of- piston. Her twelve boilers are of the Bab- cock & Wilcox type placed in six watertight compartments and supplying steam at 265 Ib. pressure. The total grate surface, of the twelve boilers is 1,100 sq. ft. and the total heating surface is 52,750 sq. ft. Her hull is protected by a complete waterline belt of armor 9 ft. 3 in. wide amidships and 'stepped down at the ends. In wake of machinery space the armor is f1, in. thick at the top, tapering to 9 in. at the bottom. Her main battery consists of four 12-in. breech loading rifles mounted in. two turrets, one forward and one aft; eight 8-in. breech loading rifles mounted in four side turrets Her secondary battery consists of twenty 3-in. 14 pounder rapid-fire guns, 50 caliber in length, twelve 3-pounder semi-. automatic guns, six I-pounder automatic guns, two I-pounder . semi-automatic guns, two 3-in. field pieces, two machine guns of .30 caliber and six automatic guns of .30 caliber. She also carries four 21-in. submerged torpedo tubes. DECLARES FOR THE OPEN SHOP. THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WHICH HAS BEEN POSTED' IN THE PLANT OF THE BUFFALO DRY DOCK CO., REQUIRES NO EXPLANATION. To whom it may concern :-- This is a declaration that the yard and plant of this com- pany is what is commonly known as an Open Shop, where employment is offered to all (subject to the rules and regu- lations of the management) without distinction as to color, creed, nationality or membership of organizations, the main requirements being a faithful performance of duty, and willing- ness to give a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. Burrato Dry Docx Co., Buffalo, Jan. 22,1906. THE WORLD'S SHIP BUILDING OUTPUT. . - 1904, 1905.°. ritish Private Yatds.,..,.,, ...0 hades ' 5: British Royal DockYards..,.... | ie ' pe Totals 2. i ie 1,405,633. ----1,744,402° FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, 1904. | 1905. Tons. Tons United States: 0. cee 324,175 368,775 ce ee ee Ore ee ee 27 eda '312,400. | TAN iene ghee cca ee 143,390 © 101, Holland... Gaia cae se Norway and Sweden........ ee 62,510 64,823. Italy: vin in 60,969 58,193, Japan oe. ia ee 34,016 47,458 Austria-Hungary 2.¢.....4 ei Cae vee 28,008 27,075. Denmark <3 ce eee a ee 13,836 17,124 Ching ee, Uh a ee Siva Te gae 6,429 Belgnim 2.0 ei cese Baer 2044 IUSBIG 5 ce, ae ier Pee 5,449 25,085 Spall 2c ee Lag: 2,861 Greece se... ea a Kee British Colonies' 5 oi 25,086 10,610 Total, Foreign and Colonial... 2,..:.<; 1,075,869) 14 12 Total, United Kingdom :. 3. ..43 = nei : eee Total Royal Dock Yards (Displacement De ee ae ae Votinage) 0.24. as peas Sen Cain tae ale co aaa The World's Output; ci e< 43s Bile 502 © 2,882,364 : British Increase, 24 per cent. Foreign Increase, 5.7 per cent. British Share of the World' s Output, 60.: 5 per cent. THE ASSOCIATION OF PASSENGER STEAMBOAT LINES. At» the. See meeting of the Association of Passaioe Steamboat Lines held at Prince George Hotel, New . York, Jan. 18 and 10, the following officers were elected: Pres- ident, Geo. A. White, Hudson River Day Line, New York; Secretary-Treasurer, W. F. Herman, Cleveland Transit ° Go. Cleveland ; Executive Committee, T. F. Newman; Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., Cleveland; H. W.-Thorp,: Goodrich Line, Chicago; J. C. Evans, Erie & Western Trans. Go; Buffalo; E. C. Reynolds, Pere Marquette Line Strs., Mil- watikee, Wis.; C. M. Englis, Citizens Steamboat Co.,New 'York;*C. J. Smith, Richelieu & Ontario Nav. Co., oe B. W. Parker, White Star ao Dera, sos The ficiahy steamer Ponah 'of the Boston. & Philadelphia Steamship Co.'s fleet was sunk in a collision, with the Ocean Line steamer. Nacooche during a dense fog off Vineyard Sound lighthouse. The Nacooche rescued. the officers. and. crew of the 'Trojan. The Trojan was formerly the. steamer Orion of the Boston, Tow Boat Co.' 's fleet. Some months. ago seas eulo., which Bonded: a 'foree amount of money. in "rebuilding = The Trojan was 'rebuilt. by. the Harlan & Hollingsworth , Wilmington, Del. in 1868: and was 260. it, keel, - 38. ft, ee and 23 ft. deep The Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co., of New Orleans, La., has given contracts to Howard's Ship Yard at Jefferson- ville, Ind. for two new transfer barges and two new tow barges. The barges will be of steel and will be. 245 ft. long, 37 ft. beam and 7% ft. hold. One of these barges will be used for carrying passenger cars and the other. for freight cars. One of the boats, to be named the Wm. Edinborn. will be made of wood and the other, not yet named, will.be | built of steel. They are both to be 145 ft. long, 31 ft. beam and 5 ft. deep. Mr. Cea Q. Weldin has been ones superintending, engineer for the North West Steamship Co. | ' ;