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34 co A USHEUL. TOOL. 4 &: The Detroit Tool Co., of . Detroit, Mich., are manufacturing the Detroit combination tool, picture of which is here shown, This is the neatest, most compact and handiest all 'round tool 'ever devised for use on vessels of every description. In the engine room of the big steamboat, on the yacht and naphtha launch where the matter of Space,is of such vital importance, this tool will be greatly appreciated, as it combines in one tool a forge, with ro- tary blower, anvil, vise, pipe vise, geared drill and emery wheel. Every feature of the tool is practical. | In detail the tool consists of an iron base, having at one end a stationary "TAE MARINE REVIEW operated by the same driving wheel and is fitted with a clutch arrangement so. that it may be thrown in and out of gear at the will of the operator. and either the drill or blower may be op- erated independently of each other. The tool is made of high grade ma- terial; beautifully finished, all working - parts are machined, is equipped with cut gears and will be an ornament to any boat or yacht. : The accessories furnished with the tool include drill, a blacksmith's hardy, blacksmith's tongs, and a ladle over the fire. The tool is made in three sizes, rang- ing in price from $25 to $50. A 'HANDY TOOL FOR . USE ON BOARD SHIP. - head stock, at the other, a owas an- vil and overhanging forge hearth. The head stock contafns the mechanism of the rotary blower, drill and emery -wheel, and forms the stationary part of the vise and pipe vise jaw. The an- 'vil serves 4s the movable part of the vise and pipe vise jaw and moves back and forward on the bed piece between two adjustable guides, and is operated through a screw by a hand wheel at the outer end of the head stock. The air delivered by the blower in the head stock is conveyed through a cored channel in the bed piece to the forge hearth at the opposite end. The forge hearth is attached to the bed piece by means of interlocking lugs and can be removed and replaced in an instant, This is of great value to the engineer or yachtsman, as it enables him to re- move the forge hearth and set it aside when not in use, thus taking up very much less space. The fan shaft of the blower projects through the air intake at the side of the gear case, and is fitted to receive an emery wheel. The emery wheel is constructed with an open center in sttch a way as to force the air into the intake pipe and in so doing it draws the emery dust away from the operator and into the forge. The blower and emery wheel are op- erated by a hand crank, located on the rear Side of the gear case. This crank is fitted with a pulley for the applica- tion of power when so desired. The fan and emery wheel are geared 12 to 1 and may be run by hand, 2,000 revolutions per minute. The drill is 'EFFICIENCY OF SUBMARINE SOUND SIGNALS. The Submarine Signal Co., 88 Broad St., Boston, Mass., has received the fol- lowing letter from Capt. R. Saurmann of the Hamburg-American liner Amer- ika concerning the efficiency of sttbma- rine sound signals, showing the superior- ity of the submarine bell over the ordi- nary form of whistle from light vessels: "Dear- Sirs,--I consider the Submarine Signal as a most valuable assistance for havigating a vessel in foggy weather. As an example I state the following fact: Approaching Nantucket light ves- sel on a west course in a-dense fog with alight S. S. E. breeze and' smooth sea on May.5, 1906, we heard the Sub- marine Signal very slightly on our port side in a distance say about 4-6 miles. When the sound ceased at 0.10 p. m,, I put the vessel on a south course and heard the signal then again till 0.45 p. m. I was then sure that I had the light - vessel to the eastward and put my course direct for Fire Island light vessel. Dur- ing all the time awe never heard a single sound of the Nantucket light. vessel's steam whistle. * Yours very truly, (Signed) Carr. R. SAURMANN, S. S. Amerika. CANADIAN SHIPPING NOTES. The dredge Galveston which reached Quebec July 1 was built in Great Brit- ain for. harbor work at GalveSton, Texas, was found to.be too large for work and was bought by the Domin- ion government. The Galveston is a crucible. holder for holding a crucible or metal beam and 41 '$perm or right whale dredge of the sand pump type and is 233 ft. long, 39: ft. breaes and 15 ft, 5 in, deep. The department of public aoe of the Dominion government will build three. 500-yd. steel hopper scows on Georgian bay. They will be of modern design and will be 144 ft. long, 30% ft. beam and 11% ft. deep. : The underwriters have paid total loss claims upon the' Allan _ line steamer Bavaria which went ashore on Wye rock near Quebec in the fall of 1905. Representatives of the wreck- 'ing firms have not, altogether aban- doned,. however, the hope of salving the steamer, The Allan Sie hip be: ae eed an order. with Barclay, Carle & Co; on the Clyde, Scotland, for a passenger - cargo steamer to be 500 ft. long, 60 ft. St deep, atid. to. be equipped | with triple- expansion en- gines. The depeche of marine of the Dominion goyernment has placed an order with the dock yard at Sorel, Quebec, for the construction of a spoon dredge for work on the St. Lawrence ship canal at Cap a la Roache. : io The 'success of the Pacific Steam Whaling Co., of Victoria, British Co- lumbia, in the' whaling industry, has attracted the attention of local and Puget sound capitalists with the re- sult that a company has been recently formed to engage in the business. The agents in San 'Francisco for the com- pany are the Barneson-Hibbard Co., the shipping merchants. The new whaling corporation will have a sta- tion in southeastern Alaska, and a new steamer is to be constructed at once which will probably be of steel. The "Pacific Steam Whaling Co. has been actively engaged in the business. for about a year, and it has now reached such proportions, that another steam tender is to be built tq assist the steamer Orion, which was brought to Victoria from the Atlantic. The com- pany has a station at Sechart, but be- fore next spring it will establish dan- other at Nootka sound. It is not the that this new industry demands, but, the common "gray back" that is found in great numbers off the north Pacific coast. This whale is hunted down and towed to the station, where every part of the animal is utilized. - The industry is one of the most important in Norway, and it is stated that the new company will import efficient men from that country to carry on the work.