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16 TAE MARINE REVIEW to be erected are: A punch shop, 46 x 147 ft.; foundry, first section, 90° x 100 ft.; machine shop, 90 x 128 ft.; power house, 50 x 150 ft.;. boiler house, 25 x 50 ft.; mold loft, 40 x 150 tis forge shop, 45 x. 35 ft.; joiner shop, 40 x 50 ft.; bending floor, 35 x 95 it; office, 30 x 50 ft. All of these last will be of heavy mill construc- tion, limited to one story, by reason of the immense weight of the machin- ery. The cribbing and bulkheading in front of the plant will be 600 ft. long, the cribbing to extend back 20 ft. The plans were prepared by Chief Engineer Baker, of the Craig com- pany. HARBOR STRIKE AT ANTWERP. Since the middle of August a serious strike has prevailed in the harbor of Ant- werp, though there are indications now that the force of it is broken. In the fall of 1900 a disagreement of wages result- ed in throwing 25,000 men out of employ- ment at Antwerp. Negotiations were com- pleted then by which the standard wage was increased to five francs a day. This agreement lasted until August when a certain contingent on the docks demand- ed an increase of from five to. six francs per day. Circumstances compelled the granting of the request temporarily, but as it was apparent that it would be fol- lowed by a general demand, the feder- ation of employers declared that the old rates would have to be restored. A strike THE HARBOR OF ANTWERP, followed and workmen were imported from England to break it, but with indif- ferent success. NEW COWING LIFT BRIDGE AT JEFFERSON ST., CLEVE- LAND. Increasing channel requirements for the movement and handling of iron ore in the Cuyahoga river, Cleveland, are leading to the adoption of various expedients by the city toward facili- tating the progress of the industry. Notable improvements in this line have been the elimination of a curve in the river channel at Jefferson street, which was very close to 300 degrees by cutting a channel be- FIG, 1--LIFT BRIDGE, PARTIALLY OPEN,